The Honolulu Strangler: Paradise’s Uncaught Killer
Between 1985 and 1986, five women vanished from the streets, bus stops, and airport roads of Oʻahu. Each was bound, sexually assaulted, and strangled. Their bodies were left near the water in what should have been paradise.
Hawaii’s first modern serial killer—dubbed the Honolulu Strangler—terrorized the island and then disappeared. One man became the prime suspect. He was never charged. The case remains unsolved.
Host Alexander Lawson recounts the murders of Vicki Purdy, Regina Sakamoto, Denise Hughes, Louise Medeiros, and Linda Pesce, the frantic investigation, and the shadow that still…
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