The Trailside Killer | Full Serial Killer Documentary

David Carpenter, the serial killer known as The Trailside Killer, terrorised California in the late 1970s by hunting victims on remote hiking trails. In 1979, a series of murders shook Northern California as hikers vanished or were found dead along secluded forest paths. The brutality of the attacks, and the fact that several victims were killed in pairs, drew chilling comparisons to the crimes of the Zodiac Killer two decades earlier. As fear spread across the Bay Area, investigators honed in on a prime suspect: David Joseph Carpenter, a violent repeat offender who had once been considered a possible Zodiac suspect. His pattern, his methods, and his chosen hunting grounds all pointed toward a predator who stalked the trails with calculated precision. One of the first major cases ever tackled by FBI profilers John Douglas and Roy Hazelwood, the investigation into Carpenter became a defining moment in the early development of criminal profiling. This is the story of The Trailside Killer - and the hunt for the predator who turned California’s wilderness into his hunting ground. ➡️ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheMysteryAbyss ➡️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7HlSTDqY1I9oFfGpuqCmmB #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimecommunity #crime #documentary