The first episode of the LA85 Podcast starts in 1984 at the Olympics and recalls OJ's epic run up the California incline.

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The '85 Rose Parade was a triumphant moment for the young lady who was named its queen. Nonetheless, the announcement of selection exposed some of the secret inner workings of America's Parade. In this episode of LA85, secrets are revealed and two decades after, a high-ranking parade volunteer, and accused murderer, goes free.

Even as Night Stalker Richard Ramirez terrorized suburban Los Angeles residents with his sexual sadism and brazen break-ins, another serial killer was at work in South Central L.A. Lonnie David Franklin, Jr. , a.k.a. the Grim Sleeper, began a decades long murder spree in 1985.