Author Michelle McNamara coined the name “Golden State Killer.” DNA evidence linked the East Area Rapist and Original Night Stalker in 2001. I don’t remember how long they were suspected to have been the same person. Probably all along by at least some people.

are the values of houses on corners depressed?

That’s an interesting question. It affects homes in the area

https://realestate.usnews.com/real-estate/articles/how-homicide-affects-home-values

And guess what? If you live next door to a house where somebody was murdered, your house, an innocent bystander, could lose value, too. “It’s not uncommon for homes near the scene of a violent crime to lose about 4 to 5% in value,” says Brian Quigley, the founder of Beacon Lending, a mortgage brokerage in Denver.

The average home within 0.02 miles of a homicide drops 3.2% in value, according to the Finder.com report.

That does make sense. If you were buying a house and new the next door neighbors had come to a grisly end, you might wonder about crime in the neighborhood. When that occurs, the home with the homicide isn’t only stigmatized; the entire neighborhood can become stigmatized, fair or not.

That’s just general stigma, not the fear of a criminal-at-large.

Speaking of cockleshells, one of the DeAngelo murders was on Cockleshell Drive in Dana Point.

So the Original Night Stalker may have been inspired by Pink Floyd (probably only subliminally understanding that he was hearing “cockleshell”) and the second Night Stalker was inspired by AC/DC? Lucky I made it out of high school without becoming a serial killer.