This Decades-Old Halloween Murder Still Has LA Residents Double-Checking Their Locks And Honestly, Same

When his doorbell rang at 11:30 on Oct. 31, 1957, Peter Fabiano thought it was a trick-or-treater’s last-ditch effort to collect more candy before the clock struck midnight on Halloween.

The 35-year-old Los Angeles beauty shop owner had just joined his wife, Betty, 38, in bed. He sat up, slid on his robe and strode to answer. When he opened the front door of their suburban Sun Valley ranch house, he chuckled at the costumed figure.

“Isn’t it a little late for this?” he asked…

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