In the 1980s, Carolands Mansion sat abandoned in the hills of Hillsborough, California. Once a grand estate commissioned by the heiress to the Pullman railway fortune, it had since become a haunted house of sorts. But in 1985, something inside its decaying walls proved that monsters are all too real.
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Sources:
Free Lance, 4 February, 1985 – “Teenager Dies”
Auburn Journal, 4 February, 1985 – “Security Guard Held”
The Peninsula Times Tribune, 4 February, 1985 – “Brutal Attack Kills Teenager”
The Peninsula Times Tribune, 5 February, 1985 – “Horrifying Details”
The Modesto Bee, 6 February, 1985 – ‘Tale of Deadly Disneyland’
The Peninsula Times Tribune, 9 February, 1985 – “Emotional Funeral for Slain Teen”
The Press-Tribune, 20 February, 1985 – “Accused Mansion Killer”
The San Francisco Examiner, 23 February, 1985 – “Hillsborough Survivor Sues Guard’s Employer”
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 21 March, 1985 – “Guard Ordered to Stand Trial”
The San Francisco Examiner, 29 March, 1987 – “Carolands Murder Trial Set to Open”
Thousand Oaks Star, 1 April, 1987 – “Client Just Snapped”
The Peninsula Times Tribune, 2 April, 1987 – “Raley’s Family”
The Peninsula Times Tribune, 4 April, 1987 – “Teen Girl’s Grim Death Detailed in Raley Trial”
The San Francisco Examiner, 7 April, 1987 – “Assault Victim Recalls Death Stare”
The Peninsula Times Tribune, 11 April, 1987 – “Judge Drops Rape Charges”
The Peninsula Times Tribune, 15 April, 1987 – “Defence Opens in Raley Trial”
The Peninsula Times Tribune, 21 April, 1987 – “Jury Deliberations in Mansion Murders”
The San Francisco Examiner, 23 April, 1987 – “Guard Guilty of Murder”
The Modesto Bee, 7 May, 1987 – “Jurors hear of Convicted Killer’s Childhood”
The Peninsula Times Tribune, 7 May, 1987 – “Raley Dad Pleads for Son’s Life”
The Mercury News, 24 September, 2006 – “Laurie Survived”
Alameda Times Star, 8 September, 2013 – “California Death Penalty and Mental Retardation”
The Mercury News, 11 August, 2024 – “Life now Instead of Death”
