Going West: True Crime

Monica Moynan // 305

16 May 2023

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In April of 2019, a 22-year-old mom went missing from North Carolina without any of her family or friends realizing, because they continued to receive...

Ali Kemp // 304

12 May 2023

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In June of 2002, a 19-year-old college student was found murdered at the community swimming pool where she was working for the summer in Kansas. With ...

Beau Mann // 303

09 May 2023

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In November of 2021, a 39-year-old man vanished in Los Angeles during an Uber ride across the city in broad daylight. He texted 911 for help along his...

Madeline Kingsbury // 302

05 May 2023

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In March of 2023, a young mom of two dropped her children off at daycare, returned home, and then seemingly vanished from inside her own house. The fa...

Heidi Allen // 301

02 May 2023

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In April of 1994, an 18-year-old woman was abducted from her job in upstate New York. After rumors spread that she had been buried in the woods, and t...

Grant Solomon // 300

28 Apr 2023

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In July of 2020, an 18-year-old man was run over by his own truck in a supposed “freak accident”. But when none of the evidence at the scene sugge...

Amber and Josh Hilberling // 299

25 Apr 2023

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In June of 2011, a young man fell 17 stories to his death out of his Oklahoma apartment window. Surprisingly, his pregnant wife admitted to pushing hi...

Tiffany Valiante // 298

21 Apr 2023

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In July of 2015, an 18-year-old woman ran from her parents’ New Jersey home during an argument, and never returned. Just hours after being captured ...

The West Mesa Murders // 297

18 Apr 2023

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In 2009, the bodies of eleven women were uncovered in a New Mexico desert, all of whom had been missing for multiple years. As police investigated the...

Prisma Reyes // 296

15 Apr 2023

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In April of 2019, a 26-year-old mother failed to pick up her son from his babysitter. When police tracked her to a Dallas apartment building, and view...

Brookelyn Farthing // 295

11 Apr 2023

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In June of 2013, an 18-year-old girl disappeared after attending a party with friends and family. Before she went missing, she sent a text to her ex-b...

Kelley Brannon // 294

07 Apr 2023

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In July of 2020, a 36-year-old woman took a roadtrip to move out of state with her boyfriend when his car broke down, stranding them in a small Florid...

Jennifer Kesse // 293

04 Apr 2023

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In January of 2006, a 24-year-old woman was last seen leaving work on a Monday evening. She was home all night, and it even appeared as if she had wok...

Mary Lands // 292

31 Mar 2023

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In March of 2004, a 39-year-old Michigan woman walked out of her home after getting into an argument with her fiancé, and was never seen again. At le...

Dylan Rounds // 291

28 Mar 2023

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In May of 2022, a 19-year-old farmer in Utah went missing. With bizarre evidence at his home suggesting foul play, his family raced there from Idaho, ...

Madalina Cojocari // 290

25 Mar 2023

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In December of 2022, an 11-year-old girl was reported missing by her mother, who claimed she hadn’t seen her for over three weeks. Since then, suspi...

Barbara Beach Hamburg // 289

22 Mar 2023

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In March of 2010, a 48-year-old woman was found murdered in the backyard of her Connecticut home. With her murder appearing personal, police wondered ...

Jeramy Burt // 288

17 Mar 2023

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In February of 2007, a 33-year-old Idaho man disappeared on his way to meet up with a friend. After he was last seen, he sent a series of bizarre text...

Brianna and Caitlin Denison // 287

14 Mar 2023

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In January of 2008, a 19-year-old woman went missing from Reno, Nevada. When her body was discovered weeks later in a field, evidence brought police t...

The Clouse Family // 286

10 Mar 2023

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In 1981, a young couple and their daughter went missing after moving to Texas. When a group of robed women returned their vehicle to family, loved one...

The Delphi Murders // 285

08 Mar 2023

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In February of 2017, two teenage girls went missing from a hiking trail in Delphi, Indiana. One day later, their bodies were found. With eerie video f...

Gretchen Anthony // 284

03 Mar 2023

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In March of 2020, a Florida woman came down with an acute case of Covid–or so her friends and family thought. When they couldn’t get ahold of her,...

Erica Alonso // 283

01 Mar 2023

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After going out to a nightclub in February of 2015, a 27-year-old California woman disappeared. When police released surveillance footage of her at th...

Murders at Horseshoe Lake // 282

24 Feb 2023

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In 1996, two members of the prominent Snowden family were found murdered on their picturesque lakeside Arkansas property. 24 years later in 2020, the ...

Celia Sweeney // 281

21 Feb 2023

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In February of 2020, a 28-year-old woman went missing in South Carolina after trying to get away from a man at a bar. When police searched her apartme...

Jennifer Odom // 280

17 Feb 2023

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In February of 1993, a 12-year-old girl disappeared near her home in rural Florida after a day at school. Her community banded together to find her, b...

Alexander Stevens // 279

15 Feb 2023

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In January of 2017, the body of a 24-year-old man was found naked at the bottom of a cliff in a state park in Maryland. Although his girlfriend claims...

Irene Gakwa // 278

10 Feb 2023

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In February of 2022, a 32-year-old nursing student from Kenya went missing in Wyoming after moving there with her boyfriend. Between allegedly burning...

Maura Murray // 277

07 Feb 2023

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In February of 2004, a 21-year-old nursing student vanished after being involved in a car accident in New Hampshire. When police arrived at the scene,...

Belinda Temple // 276

03 Feb 2023

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In January of 1999, a 30-year-old pregnant mother was found murdered in her Texas bedroom closet. Police suspected her high school football coach husb...

The WVU Coed Murders // 275

31 Jan 2023

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In January of 1970, two freshman students at West Virginia University disappeared while hitchhiking after seeing a movie. While police originally thou...

Tyarra Williams // 274

27 Jan 2023

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In January of 2016, a 19-year-old woman vanished from the parking lot of her North Carolina apartment complex. When her grandfather received word that...

Lacy Miller // 273

25 Jan 2023

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In January of 2003, a 20-year-old college student in Colorado didn’t return home after a night out with friends. One week later, her body was found ...

The Mineshaft Murders // 272

20 Jan 2023

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On December 30th, 2017, 17-year-old Breezy Otteson and 18-year-old Riley Powell went missing in Utah after meeting up with a friend. When their bodies...

Ellen Greenberg // 271

17 Jan 2023

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In January of 2011, a 27-year-old elementary school teacher was discovered dead on her kitchen floor with over 20 stab wounds. Despite the fact that t...

Ana Walshe // 270

14 Jan 2023

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On New Years Day, 2023, a 39-year-old mother of 3 went missing from her Massachusetts home. When her husband was arrested days later for misleading po...

The Boy in the Box // 269

10 Jan 2023

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In February of 1957, a box containing the body of a boy was found in Pennsylvania, and for nearly 70 years, his identity remained a mystery. But in No...

The Idaho 4 Part Two - Arrest & Evidence // 268

06 Jan 2023

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Weeks after 4 college students were murdered in their Moscow, Idaho home, an arrest was made and some of the evidence that led to the arrest has been ...

Dru Sjodin // 267

03 Jan 2023

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In November of 2003, a 22-year-old woman was abducted from the Columbia Mall parking lot in North Dakota. As her case garnered media attention from al...

Kevin Nguyen // 266

31 Dec 2022

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In December of 2018, a 25-year-old man in Indiana was kicked out of a bar for acting strangely. After being seen on surveillance footage walking in th...

The Snaggletooth Killer // 265

27 Dec 2022

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In December of 1991, a bar manager was closing up for the night when she was attacked and murdered by an unknown man. When bite marks on her chest led...

Jennifer & Abby Blagg // 264

23 Dec 2022

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In November of 2001, a Colorado woman and her six-year-old daughter disappeared almost without a trace, leaving behind just a puddle of blood in their...

Dana Ireland // 263

20 Dec 2022

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On Christmas Eve, 1991, a 23-year-old woman went missing after a bike ride from her boyfriend’s house in Hawaii. When police discovered her bike, it...

Shanquella Robinson // 262

16 Dec 2022

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In October of 2022, a 25-year-old woman went to Mexico with her friends for a birthday trip. But within a day of their arrival, she would be found dea...

Suzanne Jovin // 261

13 Dec 2022

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In December of 1998, a 21-year-old German woman studying at Yale turned in her senior essay and prepared for a pizza party. Later that night, a passer...

Dawna Natzke // 260

09 Dec 2022

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In December of 2011, a 911 dispatcher went missing in Arkansas after leaving a Christmas party. When her body was found in a secluded area days later,...

Danielle Stislicki // 259

06 Dec 2022

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In December of 2016, a 28-year-old woman left her insurance job for the night and disappeared. The next morning, her car was found, but the location o...

Tent Girl // 258

02 Dec 2022

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In 1968, the decomposing body of a young woman was found on the side of the road in Kentucky. With the lack of DNA testing, and no indication of her i...

The Idaho 4 // 257

29 Nov 2022

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In the early morning hours of November 13, 2022, four University of Idaho Students were stabbed to death in their off-campus home by an unknown assail...

Laney Gwinner // 256

28 Nov 2022

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In December of 1997, a 23-year-old woman went out to a bowling alley with friends to celebrate finals week and a recent promotion. But after a fun, se...

Jonathan Luna // 255

23 Nov 2022

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In December of 2003, a 38-year-old lawyer was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Pennsylvania. He had been stabbed 36 times with his own poc...

Holly Grim // 254

18 Nov 2022

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In November of 2013, a woman in Pennsylvania went missing from her home just a week before Thanksgiving. Years later, her remains were found on the pr...

Norman Ladner // 253

15 Nov 2022

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In August of 1989, a 17-year-old boy went hunting on his family’s property, but never returned. When his dad went out to search for him, he found hi...

Johnny Cashman // 252

11 Nov 2022

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In April of 2022, a 38-year-old man died in his apartment due to an apparent medical condition. Without seeing the scene of his death, his parents had...

The Amityville Murders // 251

08 Nov 2022

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In November of 1974, a 23-year-old man ran into a bar on Long Island and exclaimed to the patrons that his mother and father had been murdered, only f...

Samantha Burns // 250

04 Nov 2022

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In November of 2002, a 19-year-old woman went missing after telling her mom she was visiting a friend’s apartment in West Virginia. When her car was...

Mr. Cruel // 249

01 Nov 2022

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In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a masked man began snatching children from their homes in Melbourne, Australia. With crimes similar to that of a fi...

Teresa Halbach // 248

28 Oct 2022

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On Halloween day in 2005, a 25-year-old photographer headed to a Wisconsin Salvage Yard and was never seen again. When her car was found a few days la...

The Friday the 13th Copycat Killer // 247

25 Oct 2022

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In October of 1988, an 18-year-old man in Massachusetts dressed as Jason Voorhees and set off to kill a young woman. Obsessed with the horror franchis...

Arpana Jinaga // 246

21 Oct 2022

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In October of 2008, a young woman threw a Halloween party along with the rest of her apartment complex with countless attendees. But three days later,...

Aniah Blanchard // 245

18 Oct 2022

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In October of 2019, a 19-year-old college student vanished after stopping at a Chevron gas station late one night in Alabama. Shortly after she was re...

Charlie Allen Jr // 244

14 Oct 2022

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In October of 2007, a 22-year-old tennis player was supposed to meet up with a friend before heading to a party, but he never showed up. After leaving...

Adrienne Salinas // 243

11 Oct 2022

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In 2013, a 19-year-old Arizona college student went missing after being involved in a single-car accident. When it was discovered that she took a ride...

Katrina Smith // 242

07 Oct 2022

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In October of 2012, a 30-year-old woman in Illinois who was being stalked by an unknown male went missing. She had been scared in the weeks leading up...

Angie Barlow // 241

04 Oct 2022

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In October of 2016, a 23-year-old woman in Indianapolis headed to a private party and was never seen again. Just hours before she disappeared, she sen...

The Smiley Face Killer // 240

30 Sep 2022

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Starting back in 1997, dozens of men have been found killed under eerily similar circumstances. Almost all of them were dubbed accidents fueled by a n...

Karlie Guse // 239

27 Sep 2022

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In October of 2018, a 16-year-old girl disappeared from California after a party. Her stepmother picked her up from the side of the road after finding...

Philip Shue // 238

23 Sep 2022

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In April of 2003, a psychologist was found dead in his car from a car crash. But shortly before his death, he had received threatening letters, and th...

Jolissa Fuentes // 237

20 Sep 2022

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In August of 2022, a 22-year-old woman headed out for a late night snack with the promise that she would be right back, but she never returned. Since ...

Jennifer Lockmiller // 236

16 Sep 2022

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In August of 1993, a 22-year-old college student in Illinois was found dead in her apartment, strangled and stabbed with a pair of scissors. With nume...

Jenna Burleigh // 235

13 Sep 2022

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In August of 2017, a 22-year-old film student in Philadelphia was murdered after a night out. What started as a missing persons case quickly evolved i...

Kierra Coles // 234

09 Sep 2022

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In October of 2018, a 26-year-old postal worker went missing in Chicago after leaving her apartment to run errands. But suspicious surveillance footag...

What Happened To Sean? // 233

06 Sep 2022

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In April of 2022, a 12-year-old boy was found dead in his backyard, and the police ruled it a suicide despite the baffling and bizarre details associa...

Katy Benoit // 232

02 Sep 2022

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In 2011, a 22-year-old graduate student in Idaho was baking cookies with friends when she stepped out for a cigarette and was murdered on her porch. P...

Sequoya Vargas // 231

30 Aug 2022

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In August of 1993, a 16-year-old Indigenous girl went missing in Hawaii after going out with a friend. Earlier that day, she and her friend had been p...

The Maine Bed & Breakfast Killer // 230

26 Aug 2022

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In September of 2006, a grisly murder scene was uncovered in a picturesque farmhouse bed & breakfast in rural Maine. Four people, including the innkee...

Kayla Berg // 229

23 Aug 2022

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In August of 2009, a 15-year-old girl left home to hang out with friends in a neighboring Wisconsin town, and never returned. Her brother's 24-year-ol...

Susan Eads // 228

19 Aug 2022

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In August of 1983, a 20-year-old woman working as a cocktail waitress and a DJ was found strangled to death in a vacant field in Texas. When police be...

Debanhi Escobar // Patreon Sneak Peak

19 Aug 2022

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FIRST HALF OF OUR NEW PATREON BONUS EPISODE ON Debanhi Escobar.LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE: patreon.com/goingwestpodcastIn April of 2022, an 18-year-ol...

Kiely Rodni (Happening Now) // 227

16 Aug 2022

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On August 5, 2022, a 16-year-old girl went to a campground party near her home and never returned. When records showed her phone last pinged at the ca...

Clinton Nelson // 226

12 Aug 2022

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In August of 2006, a 21-year-old man attended a party after relocating to Louisiana to reconnect with his biological father. Multiple reports came out...

Kaitlyn Arquette // 225

09 Aug 2022

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In July of 1989, an 18-year-old woman was heading home to her parents house when she was shot in her own car. Her mother, an acclaimed mystery author,...

Alexis Gabe // 224 (Happening Now)

05 Aug 2022

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In January of 2022, a 23-year-old woman living in the Bay Area went missing after being spotted on surveillance footage at a local gas station. The ne...

I-70 Killer // 223

02 Aug 2022

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In the spring of 1992, a string of murders began off the I-70 freeway in the Midwest. The killer claimed at least six victims, all of whom were store ...

Cynthia Anderson // 222

29 Jul 2022

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In August of 1981, a 20-year-old woman in Ohio disappeared in broad daylight from her office. When her boss arrived to find her car still in the parki...

Carla Yellowbird // 221

26 Jul 2022

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In August of 2016, a 27-year-old woman went missing in the Spirit Lake Reservation of North Dakota after taking a drive with 3 men. After loved ones d...

Humboldt Missing Five // 220

22 Jul 2022

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Between 1993 and 2014, five women with similar appearances and backgrounds vanished under comparably suspicious circumstances in the same small area o...

Oakey "Al" Kite // 219

19 Jul 2022

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In 2004, a well-liked man went missing from Aurora, Colorado after dropping his girlfriend off at the airport. When police conducted a wellness check ...

Trisha Autry // 218

15 Jul 2022

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On June 24th, 2000, a 15-year-old aspiring writer vanished from her home in Utah, and her mom turned to her daughter’s own stories for clues. Having...

Felicia Johnson // 217 (Happening Now)

12 Jul 2022

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In April of 2022, a 24-year-old went on a birthday trip to Houston, but disappeared after meeting up with a man in the middle of the night. Since then...

Bumble Bee Road Murders // 216

08 Jul 2022

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In 2003, a young couple was camping in their pick-up truck in a remote part of the Arizona desert to celebrate their anniversary. But before they coul...

Aimee Willard // 215

05 Jul 2022

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In June of 1996, a 22-year-old college lacrosse player had a casual night out with friends at a bar in suburban Philadelphia. But on her way home, she...

Ben McDaniel // 214

02 Jul 2022

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In August of 2010, a 30-year-old scuba enthusiast from Memphis, Tennessee headed out for a cave dive in Ponce De Leon, Florida, and never returned. Af...

Bryan Rein // 213

28 Jun 2022

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In July of 1996, a 31-year-old veterinarian was found dead in his Montana home. Although he was loved deeply by his family and friends, and had a pass...

Karen Barnes // 212

24 Jun 2022

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In August of 2012, a Georgia woman was living on a yacht in Saint Mary’s after a violent divorce. But when someone crept up to the boat while she wa...

Rachael DelTondo // 211

21 Jun 2022

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In May of 2018, a well-liked teacher was shot to death in her parent’s Pennsylvania driveway. Not only is she believed to have had a relationship wi...

The Montana State Park Killer // 210

17 Jun 2022

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“Is this Susie’s Mom?” “Yes it is.” “Well I’m the guy that took her from you.”This was the type of taunting phone call received by t...

The Evansdale Murders // 209

15 Jun 2022

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In July of 2012, two girls disappeared in Evansdale, Iowa while riding their bikes. Police set out looking for them right away, but despite an exhaust...

Betty Gore // 208

10 Jun 2022

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In the summer of 1980, a beloved 30-year-old schoolteacher, wife, and mother was murdered with an ax in her Texas home while her husband was away on a...

Moriah Wilson // 207

07 Jun 2022

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In May of 2022, a 25-year-old elite bicyclist traveled to Austin, Texas for a race. But after hanging out with another cyclist and previous romantic i...