John Orr- Murder In 20 Podcast

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MI20 wishes to thank and acknowledge the following sources for this episode: U.S. Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Fire Administration/Special Report: Firefighter Arson A California arson investigator was regarded as a sage. But it was him all along When arson trails go cold Firefighters searched the rubble of a gutted hardware store Warner Bros. Blaze Destroys Facade of Walton Farmhouse Chief arson investigator in California town was also the man behind 2,000 blazes that killed four and destroyed millions in property in the 1980s and '90s. Arson: The Scorched-Earth Obsession A Final Flare-Up from Disastrous 1990 Fire Former firefighter charged with murder The Los Angeles Times Gutted Ruins of Ole’s Store Searched for Fire Victims Bodies of 3 Adults, 1 Child Found in Burned-Out Store Four Victims of Pasadena Store Fire Identified Tougher Sprinkler Codes Urged in Wake of Ole’s Fire Healing Process is Far From Finished Chevy Chase Canyon Fire May Be Work of Arsonist Glendale Fire Investigator Charged in 3 Store Blazes Colleagues Arrest Stuns Fire Officials Glendale Fire Official Indicted by Federal Jury Police to Review Arsons Handled by Orr Fire Captain Indicted in 5 San Joaquin Valley Fires Glendale Key Arson Evidence Target of Defense Arson Case Judge May Ease Bail Rules in Arson Case Glendale Fire Captain’s Novel to Be Used in His Arson Trial Suspect’s Novel is Evidence in Arson Case Fire Captain Calls Arson Trial a Conspiracy Famed Fire Captain is Found Guilty of 3 Arson Counts Glendale Arson Investigator Gets 30 Years Former Fire Official Denies New Charges Prosecutor Pushes for Execution in Orr Penalty Phase Ex-Firefighter Gets Life Spared in Arson Cases Ex-Fire Investigator Gets Life Term in Fatal Arson Sacramento Bee Jury deadlocks on death sentence The Californian Fire season open The Hanford Sentinel Prosecutor: Fingerprint will prove arson case The Press Democrat Searing flames sweep cross Southern Cal The Signal Vanity pyromaniacs often return to crime scene

PODCAST EXCERPT In California they are called the devil winds of Santa Ana. The high winds down power lines and spread sparks at lightening speed. The wildfires ravage the valleys and climb the mountains until the flames lick at the rooftops and consume everything in their path. When the afterglow of the fire fades to darkness all that's left are the black charred remnants of lives once lived. An experienced arsonist is a scary villain. With each fire they become more elusive. They are there when the fire starts to crackle and the flames rise. Then as the heat intensifies and the glow starts to roar they step back. But never away. The next morning The sheriffs department, homicide and arson investigators arrived. Search dogs were brought in and sniffed through the charred wreckage. Four people were missing. Two cars believed to be belonging to the missing sat eerily in the parking lot. And outside, a dozen relatives of the missing had gathered. Hoping and waiting.

SERIAL ARSONIST: JOHN ORR POINT OF NO RETURN In the flames of California evil danced as a serial arsonist hid in its shadows. A single finger print led to a firefighter with a dark secret of destruction and murder.