The Motherlode

Overview

Michelle and her editors agree to push her book deadline after being granted access to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s East Area Rapist / Original Night Stalker (EAR/ONS) room. Poring over 37 boxes of files now occupying her daughter’s playroom, Michelle and her researcher Paul Haynes explore the case of the “Visalia Ransacker,” the perpetrator of a string of burglaries in the early ‘70s bearing striking similarities to EAR.

Guest Stars

Paul Holes

Self - Ret. Chief of Forensics, Contra Costa County

Daniel Greenberg

Self - Michelle's Literary Agent

Kera Bolonik

Self - Michelle's Friend, Writer

Larry Crompton

Self - Ret. Detective, Contra Costa County

Patton Oswalt

Self - Michelle's Husband

Michelle McNamara

Self (archive footage)

Paul Haynes

Self - Michelle's Researcher, Citizen Detective

Melanie Barbeau

Self - Citizen Detective