What the record says
The Wonderland murders, also known as the Four on the Floor Murders or the Laurel Canyon Murders, are four unsolved murders that occurred in Los Angeles on July 1, 1981. It is assumed that five people were targeted to be killed in the known drug house of the Wonderland Gang, three of whom—Ron Launius, William "Billy" Deverell and Joy Miller—and the girlfriend of an accomplice, Barbara Richardson, died from extensive…
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Podcast episodes
- The Wonderland Murders Part 1Morbid · 2022
- The Wonderland Murders | Four on the FloorHollywood & Crime · 2024
- The Wonderland Murders 1 (45 Years)Murder: True Crime Stories · 2026
- Episode 545: John Holmes and the Wonderland Murders Part I - Here Comes Johnny WaddLast Podcast On The Left · 2023
- John Holmes and Eddie Nash: The Wonderland MurdersProfiles In Eccentricity · 2019
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