He crept through quiet neighborhoods, slipping into homes while families slept. For over a decade, he haunted California—committing chilling crimes that escalated from break-ins to brutal murders. He watched his victims, learned their routines, and vanished without a trace. Authorities called him the East Area Rapist, the Original Night Stalker… but no one knew his name. For over 40 years, he was a ghost. Then, in 2018, a single strand of DNA shattered the silence. This is the story of how one of America’s most elusive predators was finally unmasked—the man we now know as the Golden State Killer.