Vonda Pelto, Ph.D., Author of 'Without Redemption'

About Vonda Pelto, Ph.D., Author of 'Without Redemption'

Vonda Pelto, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist and author of Without Remorse: The Story of the Woman Who Kept Los Angeles' Serial Killers Alive' and co-author of 'Without Redemption: Creation & Deeds of Freeway Killer Bill Bonin, His Five Accomplices & How One Who Escaped Justice' with Michael B. Butler. She spent a number of years monitoring serial killers and violent criminals in Los Angeles Men's Central Jail from 1981 to 1984. Amongst those she kept tabs on were Freeway Killer Bill Bonin, Hillside Stranglers Kenneth Bianchi and his cousin Angelo Buoni, Sunset Strip Slayer Douglas Clark and famed porn star John Holmes, who was being held in connection with the famed Wonderland Murders.

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Vonda Pelto, Ph.D., Author of 'Without Redemption'

Category

society & culture

Language

en

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No

First episode

18 Nov 2014

Latest episode

18 Aug 2022

Latest episodes

42 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   18 Aug 2022

   Vonda Pelto, co-author of 'Without Redemption,' Featured on the Gary Nolan Radio Show

   Vonda Pelto, co-author of 'Without Redemption: Creation & Deeds of Freeway Killer Bill Bonin, His Five Accomplices & How One Who Escaped Justice,' Featured on the Gary Nolan Radio Show: www.WithoutRedemption.com Without Redemption was written on a number of parallel tracks that constantly intersect: First, it is the most detailed historical biography ever written about Bill Bonin, the notorious Freeway Killer responsible for murdering 22 teenage boys over ten-months in 1979-80. Second, it is a psychological roadmap which charts the evolution of Bonin’s personality from abused child to sexual predator to serial killer. This is accomplished using documents from his childhood, war service, multiple California government mental health and penal institutions, witness testimony and the expertise of Clinical Psychologist Vonda Pelto, Ph.D., who had many sessions with Bonin and two of his accomplices while working in Los Angeles Men’s Central Jail. Third, it is a narrative which, using long hidden documents, reveals the inner workings of Bonin’s mind, showing how he thought, felt, planned and viewed the world. The narrative displays Bonin, an abused high school dropout, cleverly manipulating lawyers, judges, doctors, social workers, friends, family, probation officers, government bureaucrats, detectives, journalists and, most tragically, the innocent victims of his rage. Fourth, Without Redemption reveals the complex story of what happened after Bonin’s final arrest, when so much was in flux and so many moving parts were swirling about. Archived investigative documents, collected from a variety of sources, brings to light a number of surprising, shocking, sad and even funny events from those ten tumultuous months from June 1980 to March 1981. Finally, it is a book which solves two murder mysteries and unlocks how one day of crossroads and coincidences, in the midst of the murder spree, profoundly impacted many lives and future events.

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   12 Mar 2016

   Serial Killers Easier Than Psycho Inmates, Treated Vonda OK, Compliments & Sociopathic Manipulating

   Serial Killers Easier Than Psycho Inmates, Treated Vonda OK, Compliments & Sociopathic Manipulating:

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   12 Mar 2016

   Vonda Helps Porn Star John Holmes Cheat on Hunger Strike, Funny Jailhouse Tales of The Wadd

   Vonda Helps Porn Star John Holmes Cheat on Hunger Strike, Funny Jailhouse Tales of The Wadd

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