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Off-Ramp

Murder He Wrote

By Off-Ramp Staff
Published Nov 8, 2008
The man who probably kidnapped and killed young Walter Collins. The caption says, "Gordon Stewart Northcott signing out in the 'big book' at the Los Angeles County Jail as he departed for Riverside to go on trial as the slayer of the Winslow brothers."
The man who probably kidnapped and killed young Walter Collins. The caption says, "Gordon Stewart Northcott signing out in the 'big book' at the Los Angeles County Jail as he departed for Riverside to go on trial as the slayer of the Winslow brothers."
(
L.A. Public Library/Herald-Examiner
)

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Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John is sharing selections from the Off-Ramp vault to help you explore this imperfect paradise.

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KPCC's Steven Cuevas shares the sinister tale of Stewart Northcott, a Riverside man who's the focus Clint Eastwood's movie, "The Changeling."

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