The Earthquake Killer: Herbert Mullin’s 13 Sacrifices
In the fall of 1972, a 25-year-old man in Santa Cruz, California began hearing voices. They told him that if he didn’t kill, a catastrophic earthquake would destroy the state. Over the next four months, Herbert Mullin murdered 13 people—believing each death was a necessary human sacrifice to save millions.
Once voted “Most Likely to Succeed,” Mullin was a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic whose delusion turned deadly. Host Alexander Lawson examines the chilling timeline of the killings, the overlap with another serial killer terrorizing the same small coastal area, the failed insanity defense…
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