Going West: True Crime
Episodes
Sara Ebersole: The Cowboys in the Truck // 604
01 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In March of 2023, a 26-year-old woman was seen on surveillance at a convenience store in the small town of Reddick, Florida, before accepting a ride f...
Timmothy Pitzen: A Mother's Final Secret // 603
28 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In May of 2011, a boy and his mom headed out on what seemed like a spontaneous vacation; making stops at attractions across the Midwest. But the trip ...
Kathy Page: Three Billboards Outside Vidor, Texas // 602
24 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In May of 1991, a 34-year-old woman was found dead inside her car after it appeared to have veered into a ditch in her small Texas town. But investiga...
JoAnne Chambers: The Schoolhouse Stalker // 601
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In 1993, a Pennsylvania teacher began receiving threatening and incriminating letters, which she believed were coming from another teacher at her elem...
Hall of Crime with Daphne and Heath + Q & A // 600
17 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Join Daphne and Heath for five rounds of drafts for their true crime hall of fame and learn their most haunting disappearance case, most baffling unso...
Holly Bobo: The Man in Camouflage // 599
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In April of 2011, a 20-year-old nursing student was abducted from her rural Tennessee home in broad daylight, her brother as a witness. Three years la...
Nancy Moyer: The House on the Highway // 598
10 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In March of 2009, a 36-year-old single mother vanished from her Washington home along a highway without a trace. Multiple men are believed to have bee...
Randy Leach: Party at the End of the Road // 597
07 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In April of 1988, a 17-year-old left after a graduation party in rural Kansas, and was believed to have driven away in his mom’s car. But neither he...
Kouri Richins: Killer Turned Author // 596
03 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In March of 2022, a 39-year-old father of three was found dead in his Utah home from what originally appeared to be an aneurysm. But later, this deter...
Ann Hoover: Her Nightmare Neighbor // 595
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In March of 1997, a 44-year-old Pennsylvania woman disappeared after tensions escalated with her next-door neighbor. When investigators searched the n...
Tim Moreau: The Starry Night Slaying // 594
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In January of 1990, a 21-year-old man went missing under suspicious circumstances while working at a Portland, Oregon music venue. When his car was fo...
Marcy West: The Fire Chief's Secret // 593
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In January of 2024, a 48-year-old woman was pronounced dead in Washington after suffering a sudden seizure in the middle of the night… But when poli...
Megan McDonald: Someone in the Backseat // 592
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In March of 2003, a 20-year-old woman, who happened to be the daughter of an NYPD detective, was found brutally beaten to death in Hudson Valley, disc...
Tara Grant: Secrets in Washington Township // 591
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In February of 2007, a 34-year-old mother of two left in the middle of the night for a work trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico, but would never make it to ...
Annie McCarrick: Ireland's Missing American // 590
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In March of 1993, a 27-year-old American woman returned home to her Dublin apartment after picking up groceries to cook dinner for her friends the fol...
Matthew Anfeldt: Into the Woods // 589
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In February of 2019, a 20-year-old man vanished after last being seen fleeing from a store near his small, Washington town. His disappearance came jus...
Brianna Maitland: The Car in the Vermont Barn // 588
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In March of 2004, a 17-year-old girl left the late shift at a small-town Vermont inn and began her short drive home. But she never made it. The next d...
Ashley Flynn: American Idol to Murder (Happening Now) // 587
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In February of 2026, in the middle of the night, a 37-year-old woman was found shot to death in her bed after her ex-American Idol contestant husband ...
The Brom Ax Murders: A Suburban Nightmare // 586
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In February of 1988, four members of a Minnesota family were brutally murdered in their home in the middle of a winter’s night. The shocking nature ...
Madeline Soto: Living With a Monster // 585
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In February of 2024, a 13-year-old girl was reported missing in Central Florida after missing school. What began as a frantic search after a potential...
Mary Schlais: Hitchhiker on Highway 94
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In February of 1974, the body of a 25-year-old woman was found covered in snow in a roadside ditch after she headed out hitchhiking in Minnesota. Desp...
Kendy Howard: The Bathtub Murder // 583
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In February of 2021, a 48-year-old Idaho woman was found dead in her own bathtub of an apparent suicide. But as troubling details emerged, suspicion f...
Kimberly Sullivan: Connecticut House of Horrors // 582
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In February of 2025, firefighters responded to an emergency call from a Waterbury, Connecticut home. But what initially appeared to be a routine house...
Hailey Buzbee: Lured by an Online Predator (Happening Now) // 581
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In January of 2026, a 17-year-old girl left her Indiana home late at night after connecting with someone she met online. But when she suddenly stopped...
Sheree Magaro: Blood in the Snow // 580
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In February of 1987, a 30-year-old woman left her boyfriend’s home in Maryland during the onset of a severe snowstorm, planning to beat the weather ...
Sarah Grace Patrick: Teen Accused of Killing Parents // 579
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In February of 2025, in a quiet Georgia neighborhood, a routine night ended in unthinkable violence for one family. When authorities arrived, they dis...
Anthony Urciuoli: Missing After a Mysterious Page // 578
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In January of 2001, a 31-year-old man vanished when he left his family’s New York home after receiving a mysterious page. He told his parents he was...
The American Beauty Murder // 577
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In November of 2000, a 26-year-old biotech worker was found dead in his San Diego apartment, laid out on his bed with rose petals scattered around his...
The Vampire of Sacramento // 576
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the late 1970s, Sacramento residents were terrified by a string of bizarre and gruesome killings committed in quick succession. The assailant seeme...
Janet Chandler // 575
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In January of 1979, a 22-year-old college senior living in Holland, Michigan, disappeared while working at a local hotel. A day later, she was found o...
The Tepe Murders: Evidence and Signs of Abuse / Part 3 // 574
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Since the murders of Monique and Spencer Tepe, and the arrest of their alleged killer, Michael McKee, an extradition hearing has taken place, and poli...
The Stalking Murder of Kenneth Fandrich // 573
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In January of 2023, years of stalking a Portland man turned into a horrific act of murder. Detectives in Oregon were called to the parking garage of a...
Monique and Spencer Tepe / Part 2 (Happening Now) // 572
11 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today, an arrest was made for the murders of Monique and Spencer Tepe, who were killed on December 30, 2025, in their Columbus, Ohio home. Join us as ...
Monique and Spencer Tepe (Happening Now) // 571
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On December 30, 2025, a 37-year-old Ohio dentist didn’t show up to work, concerning his co-workers. When friends and colleagues checked his family h...
Joyce Chiang // 570
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In January of 1999, a 28-year-old immigration attorney headed to Starbucks in Washington DC woman after seeing a movie with a friend. But when she did...
Kristil Krug // 569
02 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In December of 2023, police in Colorado responded to a quiet neighborhood in Denver for a welfare check after a 43-year-old woman stopped responding t...
Ana Walshe // 568
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In January of 2023, a wife, mother, and real estate executive vanished from suburban Boston while heading to the airport to tend to a work emergency. ...
Jocelyn Earnest // 567
26 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In December of 2007, a 38-year-old woman was found dead in her Virginia home next to a gun and a typed letter that, at first glance, appeared to be a ...
Carol Rofstad // 566
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In December of 1975, a 21-year-old college student headed out for a pub drink with a friend before the Christmas holiday. That night, a year and a hal...
Gone on Christmas: Parris Hopson & Za'zell Preston // 565
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In December of 2019, a young woman stepped out for a walk on Christmas Day after feeling anxious at a family gathering, and she never returned. Eerily...
Christina Parcell: The Rose Petal Murder // 564
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In October of 2021, deputies in Greer, South Carolina, responded to a chilling scene in a suburban home: a 41-year-old woman found lifeless in her liv...
Catherine Woods // 563
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In November of 2005, a 21-year-old dancer was found brutally slain in her New York City apartment. She was ambitious, talented, and chasing her dream ...
Rebecca Park: The Whole Story (Happening Now) // 562
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In November of 2025, a 22-year-old pregnant Michigan woman went missing under suspicious circumstances mere days before she was set to give birth. Thi...
The Devil Made Me Do It // 561
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In February of 1981, the small town of Brookfield, Connecticut became the stage for one of the strangest murder cases in American history. It began wi...
Rebecca Park (Happening Now) // 560
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In November of 2025, a 22-year-old pregnant Michigan woman went missing under suspicious circumstances while approaching labor. Within weeks of her di...
Theresa Fusco // 559
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In November of 1984, the normally safe Long Island village of Lynbrook was gripped in fear when a 16-year-old girl vanished after leaving her job at a...
Melissa Lamesch // 558
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In November of 2020, police in Mount Morris, Illinois responded to a report of a house fire, where firefighters would make a grim discovery: the body ...
Anna Kepner (Happening Now) // 557
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In November of 2025, an 18-year-old girl died suspiciously while on a cruise with her family; her body found wrapped in a sheet under her stateroom's ...
Emma Walker // 556
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In November of 2016, a 16-year-old was found dead in her bed in a quiet neighborhood of Knoxville, Tennessee, after her parents thought she had simply...
Jackie Levitz // 555
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In November of 1995, a furniture heiress vanished without a trace from her elegant Mississippi home just weeks after moving in. Through an unlocked do...
Murder on Elm Street // 554
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On Thanksgiving Day, 2012, the small town of Little Falls, Minnesota was quiet and calm, with most people home enjoying the holiday and staying out of...
Melissa Wolfenbarger // 553
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In late 1998, a 21-year-old mother vanished from Atlanta after a phone call home on Thanksgiving Day. Months later, her remains were found scattered b...
The Jamison Family // 552
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In October of 2009, a family of three set out for the Oklahoma mountains in search of a fresh start. Days later, their pickup truck was found abandone...
Joan Webster // 551
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In November of 1981, a 25-year-old graduate student at Harvard vanished after arriving at Boston’s Logan Airport after being with family for Thanksg...
Dominique Dunne // 550
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In October of 1982, a rising young actress from a prominent Hollywood family was preparing for her next big role, fresh off a breakout performance in ...
Karen Swift // 549
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In October of 2011, a 44-year-old mother of four vanished after returning home from a Halloween party in Tennessee. Her abandoned vehicle was discover...
Holly Maddux // 548
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In September of 1977, a 30-year-old woman vanished after a break-up with her eccentric, famous boyfriend. Over a year passed before her decomposing bo...
The Teen Vampire Murders // 547
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In November of 1996, two parents were brutally murdered inside their home - but the killers weren’t total strangers, and more intriguingly, they wer...
Cheri Jo Bates // 546
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The day before Halloween, 1966, an 18-year-old college student spent the afternoon at her campus library in Riverside, California, but she never made ...
The Memory Card Murders // 545
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In September of 2019, a phone was stolen from an Anchorage, Alaska man, and found to contain videos and images of the brutal murder of an Indigenous w...
The Hall-Mills Murders // 544
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On a quiet September morning in 1922, two bodies; one, a respected minister, the other, a singer in his choir, were found beneath a crabapple tree in ...
Joanna Simpson // 543
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On Halloween, 2010, the quiet English village of Ascot was shaken when a bloody scene was found in the charming home of a local, 46-year-old bed and b...
Tracy Gilpin // 542
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In October of 1986, a 15-year-old girl attended a friend’s house party in the coastal town of Kingston, Massachusetts after babysitting. After dark,...
The Lake Placid Murder // 541
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the summer of 1997, the quiet Adirondack town of Lake Placid was shattered when a 39-year-old woman went missing. Later that day, her SUV was disco...
Celeste Rivas & D4vd (Happening Now) // 540
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In September of 2025, the body of a 14-year-old girl was found in the car of an impounded vehicle at a Hollywood tow yard. When the car was linked to ...
The Rawlins Rodeo Murders // 539
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
During the summer of 1974, four girls between the ages of 10 and 19 vanished from the same small Wyoming community while the rodeo was in town. Two ...
Justine Vanderschoot // 538
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In September of 2003, a 17-year-old girl vanished from her family’s home in Placer County, California. Her truck was missing from the driveway, but ...
Nada Huranieh // 537
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In August of 2017, a 35-year-old woman was found dead outside her Michigan home, discovered by her daughter near an open second story window. When pol...
The Pittsburgh Phantom // 536
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the late 1970s, suburban Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania lived in the fear as an apparent strangling serial killer hunted young women - walking to school,...
Jenny Low Chang // 535
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In September of 1977, a promising 19-year-old college student in San Francisco disappeared after heading to study in her university’s library. Horri...
Mitrice Richardson // 534
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In September of 2009, a 24-year-old woman was released from a Los Angeles sheriff’s station in the middle of the night after being arrested for fail...
Ann Marie Burr // 533
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On a stormy night in August of 1961, an eight-year-old girl vanished from her family home in Tacoma, Washington. There was no ransom note and surprisi...
The Jack Family Disappearance // 532
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In August of 1989, a 26-year-old man in Prince George, British Columbia was given an unexpected lifeline when a bearded stranger at a pub offered him ...
Katelyn Markham // 531
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In August of 2011, a 21-year-old art student suddenly vanished from her Ohio townhouse. Her purse, her car —even her beloved dog—were all left beh...
Tess Hilt // 530
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In August of 1973, a 22-year-old woman was beginning her graduate degree in psychology at the same Missouri university when she was brutally murdered ...
Mariame Sylla // 529
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In July of 2023, a beloved elementary school teacher took a walk through her Maryland neighborhood, just as she did every evening. But this time, she ...
The Craigslist Killer // 528
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the spring of 2009, a short-lived spree of attacks against women in Boston and Rhode Island had the Eastern Seaboard on edge. But when a suspect wa...
The Tacoma Girls // 527
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the summer of 1986, two young girls vanished mere months apart, both while out riding their bikes in Tacoma, Washington. Despite exhaustive efforts...
The Devil's Den Murders (Happening Now) // 526
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In July of 2025, a couple and their two young daughters were hiking at the Devil's Den State Park in Arkansas after recently relocating to the area. B...
Veronica Butler & Jilian Kelley // 525
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In March of 2024, two women set off on a short drive through the rural backroads of Oklahoma, but they never made it to their destination. Hours later...
Hadden Clark // 524
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1980s and ’90s, a deeply disturbed man from New Jersey drifted from town to town, hiding behind a soft-spoken voice and a childlike demeanor....
Keith Warren // 523
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In July of 1986, a 19-year-old man was found hanging from a tree near his Maryland home. Authorities swiftly ruled it a suicide, but those closest to ...
Erin Gilbert // 522
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In July of 1995, a 24-year-old woman in Alaska headed out on a date with a man she had only recently met. She was last seen at a crowded summer fair i...
The Bellevue Killer // 521
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the summer of 1990, a serial killer originally dubbed “The Charmer” began his crusade of committing brutal acts of violence against Seattle-are...
The Green Widow Murders // 520
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the late 1980s, a Hollywood camera operator was murdered in his home in the Los Angeles suburbs. At first glance, the scene appeared to be a tragic...
Simeonette Mapes-Crupi // 519
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In July of 2012, a beloved high school teacher was found murdered inside her Staten Island home. Although it was initially believed to be a home invas...
The Hiding Man: Anatomy of a Serial Killer // 518
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Serial killers are not just the stuff of horror movies or thriller novels. They walk among us, hidden in plain sight, sometimes quiet, sometimes charm...
Sade Robinson // 517
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In April of 2024, a 19-year-old student vanished after heading out for a promising first date in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. But hours later, her torched ca...
The Babysitter from Hell // 516
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Between 1980 and 1982, a string of unexplained child deaths unsettled small towns across Florida. Shockingly, the common thread was a quiet teenager h...
Norma Lopez // 515
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In July of 2010, a 17-year-old girl vanished while walking home from summer school in a quiet Southern California suburb. Her belongings were scattere...
The Love County Disappearances // 514
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In July of 2013, three friends wound up in the woods of rural Oklahoma after a high-speed police chase - but only one of them emerged. Following a flu...
Amber Spradlin // 513
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In June of 2023, a 38-year-old woman was found dead in a quiet Kentucky neighborhood, shortly after purchasing a house and beginning a promising new j...
Margaret Fox // 512
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1974, a 14-year-old New Jersey girl disappeared after meeting up with a man regarding a babysitting job. She had placed an ad in the paper, and the...
Going West is Going on Tour!
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In September, we're going on our first-ever tour! Find us in Denver, Dallas, Atlanta, Boston, and Chicago alongside Love Murder for five mysteriously ...
The Keddie Cabin Murders // 511
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In April of 1981, a mother and her children -along with two of her children's friends- were spending a quiet Saturday night in their rural California ...
Sabrina Kahler // 510
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In June of 2002, a 20-year-old woman vanished after a swim by Lake Erie. Last seen with her boyfriend’s friend, she was reportedly dropped off safel...
LaNell Barsock // 509
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In June of 2010, a 29-year-old nurse was found shot to death in her California home with a note that seemed to point to a particular person embedded i...
Carol Kennedy // 508
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In July of 2008, a 53-year-old mother, artist, and counselor was found bludgeoned to death in her Arizona home, just 35 days after finalizing her divo...
Sheila Von Wiese // 507
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In August of 2014, a 62-year-old American woman was found brutally murdered and stuffed inside a suitcase at a luxury resort in Bali. What began as a ...
Darwin Vest // 506
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In June of 1999, a brilliant entomologist vanished into the night after walking home in Idaho Falls. And when police looked into his vanishing, they f...