Join 48 Hours correspondent Peter Van Sant for "Trained to Kill: The Dog Trainer, the Heiress, and the Bodyguard," a gripping six-episode podcast that unravels a dark story — Mark Stover was a talented dog trainer, better known as the dog whisperer of the Pacific Northwest. He was charismatic and attracted the attention of wealthy blonde heiress Linda Opdyke. They built a business together, along with a marriage. But Linda said Mark also had a dark side and when she tried to leave the marriage, he obsessively followed. She sought the protection of a security expert Michiel Oakes who soon became the new love of her life, her knight in shining armor. But when blood was found in Mark’s home and he was reported missing, detectives went looking for Michiel. In this dark love triangle, just who was the hunter and who was the hunted? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Nestled in the far reaches of Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest, you can find a chain of gorgeous, tranquil islands.
It's so beautiful, but it's changed for me now. I don't... It's marred.
In 2009, three days before Halloween, a grisly crime stunned the seaport town of Anacortes, Washington.
I can only describe it as evil. something horrible, something terrible.
The blood on the walls, the blood on the carpet, it told a story of what took place.
The scene was at the house of a popular dog trainer named Mark Stover.
Mark was known as the dog whisperer of Anacortes and the dog trainer to the stars. He could speak dog. They knew that he knew them.
There was blood on Mark's driveway and blood on the floor throughout his house, but there was no sign of Mark.
I've never seen in my career a case that has as many twists and turns and mysteries as this case with Mark Stover.
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