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  1. John Leonard Orr (born 1948 or 1949) [1] is an American convicted serial arsonist, mass murderer and former firefighter. A fire captain and arson investigator in Glendale, California, Orr was convicted of serial arson and four counts of murder; [2] he is believed to have set nearly 2,000 fires in a thirty-year arson spree, most of them between ...

  2. By Andrew Blankstein - Los Angeles Times. May 7, 1998. The murder trial of John Leonard Orr, a former Glendale fire captain turned arsonist, got underway Wednesday with defense lawyers arguing that faulty wiring–not arson–was to blame for a fire that killed four people in South Pasadena.

  3. Jun 5, 2018 · John Orr was a firefighter and arson investigator who set fires and killed four people in California in the 1980s. His daughter Lori Orr Kovach shares her story of growing up with him, testifying at his trial and learning about his sadomasochistic sex life.

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  5. Feb 22, 2019 · John Leonard Orr was a fire captain who started fires in California and wrote a novel about a firefighter arsonist. He was convicted of murder and arson after a fire at a hardware store in 1984 killed four people.

  6. Jul 7, 2020 · John Leonard Orr was a fire captain and arson investigator who started over 2,000 fires in California in the 1980s and 1990s. He used incendiary devices in fabric stores and other locations, killing four people and causing millions of dollars in damages.

  7. Feb 5, 2023 · Watch a video about John Orr, a former firefighter who committed arson and murder. Learn about his motives, his crimes, and his psychological disorders.

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  8. Nov 11, 2009 · John Orr was a fire captain and arson investigator who was convicted of three counts of arson in 1992. He is suspected of setting as many as 2000 fires in Southern California between 1984 and 1991, based on his fingerprint and a novel he wrote.

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