The Bob's Big Boy Massacre

The Bob's Big Boy Massacre

Author: Artificial Intelligence March 2, 2026 Duration: 31:54

The Bob’s Big Boy Massacre

Glendale, California – October 22, 1980


🔗 PRIMARY SOURCES & REPORTING

Los Angeles Times archive coverage of the murders and arrestshttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1980-10-24-me-6283-story.html

Follow-up reporting on arrests and confessionshttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1980-10-26-me-6665-story.html

Coverage of sentencing and courtroom proceedingshttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1981-01-09-me-9017-story.html


🔗 HISTORICAL & CASE SUMMARIES

California Department of Corrections inmate records (case defendants)https://inmatelocator.cdcr.ca.gov

Mass murder documentation and timeline referencehttps://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/harris-darrell.htmhttps://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/streeter-william.htm

(These pages compile court outcomes, sentencing, and background.)


🔗 CONTEXTUAL READING

Discussion of late-1970s and early-1980s restaurant robberies in Southern Californiahttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1981-02-15-me-31303-story.html

Historical analysis of execution-style robbery killingshttps://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/67622NCJRS.pdf


🔗 LOCATION HISTORY

Bob’s Big Boy Glendale history and redevelopment timelinehttps://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/bobs-big-boy-glendale

Historical overview of Bob’s Big Boy restaurantshttps://www.bobs.net/history


🔗 ADDITIONAL ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

Newspaper scans and contemporaneous reportinghttps://www.newspapers.com/search/?query=Bob%27s%20Big%20Boy%20Glendale%201980

Court transcript references via California Judicial Archiveshttps://www.courts.ca.gov/archives.htm

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