Helen Anderson and Danni Howard are back for a whole new season of Devils in The Dark! In this episode, the girls travel back to 1970s America to learn about the vile serial killer duo, Leonard Lake and Charles Ng. After several stints in jail, Charles Ng manages to escape military detention in Hawaii to join pen pal Leonard Lake in California to enact his horrific “Miranda Plan”. Inspired by the novel The Collector by John Fowles, Leonard and Charles commit the kinds of heinous crimes seen only in horror movies. Expect dark beginnings at the hands of a grandmother, a kleptomaniac who seriously cannot keep his hands to himself, and two of the worst killers Devils in The Dark has ever seen.



Devils in The Dark contains graphic details of sexual assault and violence, including violence against children, and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is strongly advised.  



00:00 - Introduction

08:32 - Where Leonard’s story begins

14:27 - Leonard’s stint in the Vietnam war and doomed first marriage

19:09 - Where Charles’ story begins

19:32 - The problem with Charles (he just can’t stop nicking stuff)

21:50 - Charles gets kicked out of the Marine Corps

22:26 - Leonard Lake and Charles Ng become unlikely pen pals

24:23 - Charles escapes Military Detention in Hawaii

28:36 - Leonard’s bunker

29:27 - The “Miranda Plan”

32:14 - The murder of Harvey and Sean Dubs

35:59 - The murder of Deborah Dubs

36:56 - The murder of Randy Jacobsen

38:04 - The murder of Brenda O’Connor, Lonnie Bond and Lonnie Junior

40:49 - Leonard Lake commits suicide

42:57 - Police search the bunker in California

51:17 - Charles is on the run

51:43 - The can of salmon incident (Charles is caught)

56:36 - The sentencing of Charles Ng

59:09 - Outro



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Produced by Alexandra Jueno at Audioboom Studios. 



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