Speed Freak Killers
What lies behind the speed freak horror?
4.1 (35)
40 mins
Uncover the crimes of the Speed Freak Killers, two men whose meth-fueled violence led to a series of abductions and murders in California during the late 1990s. Explore how their partnership spiraled into paranoia, brutality, and one of the most disturbing killing sprees tied to drug addiction.
Ep 1:
A Near Miss and Blood Ties in Linden
A woman's split-second escape opens the case of Wesley Shermantine and Loren Herzog—childhood friends from Linden whose meth-fueled descent led to a missing teen and a chilling first victim.
Ep 2:
Fifteen Years of Thrill Kills
For thirteen hidden years, Shermantine and Herzog hunted strangers for sport, culminating in the brutal 1998 murder of Cindy Vanderheiden that finally brought them to justice.
Ep 3:
Best Friends Turned Enemies
Arrested and pitted against each other, the once-inseparable killers turn on one another—leading to overturned convictions, a bitter parole, and a shocking act of revenge.
Ep 4:
Maps to a Boneyard
Wesley's crude hand-drawn maps unlock decades-old graves, revealing horrifying secrets buried beneath Linden's soil and forcing a reckoning with the scale of their crimes.
Ep 5:
The Reckoning of the Speed Freak Killers
As excavations reveal a possible 72 victims, families and experts confront the haunting question of what made these two men into monsters.
Discussions (5)
Paxton
Level 8 · 4 mo agoTrue 72 is just his claim
Fletcher
Level 3 · 4 mo agoIt is very unfortunate that those dig sites were done incorrectly. Mishandling the excavations and deleting files makes identifying the bones impossible.
Simon
Level 4 · 4 mo ago72 victims doesn't make them the most prolific in US history. Samuel Little had 93. Do basic research.
