The Bedroom Basher
5/12/202646 min
A California jury convicts Kevin Green of raping and bludgeoning his wife, despite his claims of innocence. But 15 years later, police nab a serial killer known as the Bedroom Basher and discover that Green may have been wrongly jailed after all.
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First 90 secondsMarisa Pinson0:00
This episode contains stories involving violence against children. Listener discretion is advised. [tense music] There are over 100,000 cold cases in America. Only 1% are ever solved. This is one of those rare stories. It's September 30th, 1979. Diana and Kevin Green are newlyweds living in the small town of Tustin, California. Kevin is a 21-year-old corporal in the Marine Corps. 20-year-old Diana is nine months pregnant with the couple's first baby.
Kevin Green· Guest0:47
We had gone out and done all the baby shopping, you know, doing the Lamaze classes, practicing the, the route to the, to the hospital. Um, everything was just, y- you know, from our naive point of view, it was perfect.
Marisa Pinson0:59
That night, the couple spent the evening at home watching a movie.
Kevin Green· Guest1:04
At 1:30 in the morning after this movie ended, uh, I had been thinking about wanting, whatever, a cheeseburger from Jack in the Box, and it's across the street. So I decided to get up and go to the Jack in the Box and get some food.
Marisa Pinson1:19
Kevin finds the drive-through backed up with cars and heads to another 15 minutes away. Green then returns home to find the door to his kitchen ajar.