A heady mix of drugs, sex and murder were the ingredients that led to the slayings in the Laurel Canyon neighborhood known as Wonderland in the early morning of 1 July 1981. The victims were all bludgeoned to death. There was one survivor, but the perpetrators were never positively identified and the case remains unsolved. Porn star John Holmes was arrested for his suspected involvement but later was acquitted for lack of evidence as were the other accused.
You've previously read about Ed Gein HERE, who inspired Robert Bloch's character of Norman Bates in his novel, Psycho, as well as serial-killer "Buffalo Bill" from THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. Both of these stories were featured in CRIME MONTHLY (#49, April 2023).