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Tales of the Grim Sleeper
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Tales of the Grim Sleeper

Aug 29, 2014
1h 45m
★ 6.4

25 years. Hundreds of victims. Justice for none.

Overview

When Lonnie Franklin Jr. was arrested in South Central Los Angeles in 2010 as the suspected murderer of a string of young black women, police hailed it as the culmination of 20 years of investigations. Four years later documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield took his camera to the alleged killer’s neighborhood for another view.

Genres

Crime
Documentary

Production Companies

South Central Films
HBO Documentary Films

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Cast

Lonnie Franklin Jr.

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