Going West: True Crime

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...

Daniel Brophy // 206

03 Jun 2022

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In 2018, a chef and instructor at the Oregon Culinary Institute was murdered in his classroom before a Saturday morning class. After investigators loo...

Shannon Siders // 205

31 May 2022

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In July of 1989, an 18-year-old Indigenous woman in Michigan went missing after a night out with friends. Shortly after her disappearance, the local p...

Robert Wone // 204

27 May 2022

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In August of 2006, an attorney in Washington DC was murdered after spending the night at a friend’s house while multiple other people were in the ho...

Jennifer Harris // 203

24 May 2022

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In May of 2002, a 28-year-old woman returned to her hometown in Texas to start anew. But, after spending the evening with an anonymous person, she d...

Brittanee Drexel // 202 (Now Solved)

21 May 2022

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In 2009, a 17-year-old girl headed to Myrtle Beach with some friends for a spring break trip. But when she walked off alone to meet someone after suns...

Lisa Kimmell // 201

17 May 2022

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In 1988, an 18-year-old woman hit the road in Colorado to visit her family in Montana. But when she never arrived, police began their search for her i...

Q&A with Daphne and Heath

13 May 2022

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We have finally made it to 200 episodes! Make sure to check out the episode before this (200) on the murder of Janett Christmas, and the urban legend ...

The Man Upstairs // 200

13 May 2022

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In 1950, a teenage girl was babysitting for a local Missouri family when she was brutally murdered before the nights end. She was able to phone police...

Tammy Zywicki // 199

10 May 2022

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In August of 1992, a 21-year-old woman left New Jersey for Iowa to begin her senior year at college. But after becoming stranded in Illinois, she we...

Manley Hot Springs Murders // 198

06 May 2022

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In 1984, residents in the small Alaskan village of Manley Hot Springs began disappearing when a drifter arrived to town. After 9 people were murdered,...

Katie Poirier // 197

03 May 2022

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In 1999, a 19-year-old woman was working an overnight shift at a Minnesota gas station when she was abducted from behind the counter. With the help of...

Logan Schiendelman // 196

29 Apr 2022

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In 2016, a 19-year-old man in Washington told his grandmother that he had an epiphany about his life that he was excited to share with her. But when s...

Katie Janness // 195

26 Apr 2022

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In July of 2021, a 40-year-old woman was walking her dog late at night in her local park when she was brutally murdered. Her girlfriend was the one to...

Cleashindra Hall // 194

22 Apr 2022

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In May of 1994, an intelligent and bright 18-year-old and soon-to-be pre-med student vanished after work in Arkansas. Her boss (who was a local doctor...

Malibu Creek Murder // 193

19 Apr 2022

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In the summer of 2018, a chemist took his 2 daughters on a camping trip in Malibu Creek State Park while his wife studied for an exam. But after just ...

Kelsey Smith // 192

15 Apr 2022

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In 2007, an 18-year-old woman headed to Target to buy her boyfriend an anniversary present. But when she didn’t return home that evening, her family...

Hugues de la Plaza // 191

12 Apr 2022

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In 2007, a 36-year-old French man living in San Francisco was found dead in his apartment after a night out. Despite suffering multiple stab wounds an...

Glensheen Mansion Murders // 190

08 Apr 2022

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In 1977, a Minnesota heiress was found murdered in the bed of her mansion alongside her night nurse, who lay next to a bloodied candlestick. As invest...

Yingying Zhang // 189

05 Apr 2022

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In 2017, a 26-year-old woman left her home of China to further her education in the US. But when she missed her bus on the way to view a new apartment...

Hannah Wilson // 188

01 Apr 2022

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In April of 2015, a 22-year-old woman was just 2 weeks away from becoming an Indiana University graduate, when she disappeared after a night of celebr...

Shane Donahue // 187

29 Mar 2022

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In March of 2010, a 23-year-old man was leaving his parents house in a rural part of Northern Virginia, when he disappeared forever. Between an online...

Naomi Irion // 186

25 Mar 2022

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On March 12, 2022, 18-year-old Naomi Irion was abducted from a Walmart parking lot while she awaited her early morning shuttle to work. The man in que...

Kaysera Stops Pretty Places // 185

22 Mar 2022

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In 2019, newly 18-year-old woman in Montana hung out with some friends, before fleeing the house when a fight ensued. After that, she was never seen a...

Lauren Giddings // 184

18 Mar 2022

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In June of 2011, a Law student studying for her bar exam in Georgia suddenly vanished from her apartment. Within days, police would discover something...

Patty Striker // 183

15 Mar 2022

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In 2000, a 35-year-old winery owner was found murdered in her A-frame tasting room. Was her murder connected to the killing of another winery owner ju...

Brooke Wilberger // 182

11 Mar 2022

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In May of 2004, a 19-year-old BYU student who was home in Oregon for summer break was abducted in broad daylight while working around an apartment com...

Tiffany Sessions // 181

08 Mar 2022

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In 1989, a 20-year-old woman headed out for a late afternoon power walk in Florida and didn’t come home. After conducting the largest search in Alac...

Sierra LaMar // 180

04 Mar 2022

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In March of 2012, a 15-year-old girl in California disappeared without a trace while walking to her bus stop early in the morning. Police had no idea ...

Dorothy Jane Scott // 179

01 Mar 2022

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RE-DO EPISODE! This was originally episode 4 of Going West (which no longer exists!). We have re-researched and re-recorded it.“When I get you alone...

Nova Henry // 178

25 Feb 2022

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In January of 2009, a young mother and her 10 month old daughter were murder in their Chicago townhouse while her 3 year old son sat in the same room....

Susan Swedell // 177

22 Feb 2022

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In 1988, a 19-year-old woman went missing while a Minnesota blizzard hit her small lakeside city. Between her talking to stranger boys on party lines,...

Savannah Spurlock // 176

18 Feb 2022

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In January of 2019, a 22-year-old woman headed out to a bar with a couple friends in Lexington, Kentucky. But after being seen on surveillance footage...

Sophie Sergie // 175

16 Feb 2022

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In 1993, a 20-year-old university student in Alaska was hanging out with her friends in the dorms, when she stepped out for a smoke. When she never r...

Zebb Quinn // 174

11 Feb 2022

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In early January of 2000, an 18 year old boy living in Asheville, North Carolina, disappeared one night after his work shift. Weeks later, his car was...

Evelyn Hernandez // 173

08 Feb 2022

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In 2002, a 24-year-old pregnant woman vanished after a normal day in her home of San Francisco just days before her due date. When her body washed up ...

Rachel Cooke // 172

05 Feb 2022

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In 2002, a 19-year-old woman was visiting her family's home in Georgetown, Texas when she headed out for a morning run. When she didn’t return home,...

Jesse Ross // 171

01 Feb 2022

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In 2006, a 19-year-old man from Kansas City, Missouri headed off to Chicago with a group of fellow college students to attend a mock United Nations co...

Rayna Rison // 170

28 Jan 2022

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In March of 1993, a 16-year-old girl in Indiana closed up the animal hospital she worked at in preparation for a date with her boyfriend. But when she...

Maya Millete // 169

25 Jan 2022

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In January of 2021, a 39-year-old mother of 3 in Chula Vista, California went missing right before her daughters birthday trip. Between cryptic conver...

Carla Walker // 168

21 Jan 2022

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When a young Texas couple was attacked in their car after a high school Valentine’s Day dance, the teenage girl was abducted. And after her body was...

The Anaqua Springs Murders // 167

18 Jan 2022

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In January of 2019, a mother and her two daughters were found dead inside their home in San Antonio, Texas. They all appeared to be shot, and an autop...

Lana Harding // 166

14 Jan 2022

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One morning in January of 1974, a young schoolteacher didn’t show up to her rural Montana classroom for the day, and the police were called to inves...

Summer Wells // 165

12 Jan 2022

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In June of 2021, a 5-year-old girl living in rural Tennessee disappeared one afternoon while allegedly playing with her toys in the basement of her fa...

UPDATE: SOLVED? Ruth Price 911 Call // 162 Part II

07 Jan 2022

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Last week, we broke down the ever-haunting Ruth Price 911 Call that has stumped the internet for nearly 20 years. But with new information, this myste...

Lauren Smith-Fields // 164

07 Jan 2022

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In December of 2021, a 23-year-old woman headed off to meet an older man for a Bumble date, but by nights end, she would be dead. With an unclear caus...

Peggy Carr // 163

04 Jan 2022

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Towards the end of 1988, a recently blended family in Florida received a threatening letter in the mail, and within a few months, they all became incr...

The Ruth Price 911 Call // 162 // 3 Year Podiversary Episode

31 Dec 2021

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In 1988, a woman called 911 to report a strange man outside her house. After a brief moment of silence, she screamed before the phone got disconnected...

Valerie Zavala // 161

28 Dec 2021

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On New Years Eve, 2002, an inspiring 19-year-old woman celebrated at a friends house party in Fillmore, California before becoming the designated driv...

The Rocky Mountain Murders // 160

24 Dec 2021

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In January of 1982, two beautiful young women seemingly vanished in Breckenridge, Colorado during a relentless snow storm. But the next day, one would...

The North Pole Murders // 159

21 Dec 2021

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Between 1979 and 1981, a handful of girls and young women disappeared around the jolly small town of North Pole, Alaska, only for their remains to sho...

Julia Ashe // 158

17 Dec 2021

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In December of 1989, a 22-year-old woman was doing some Christmas shopping in Connecticut when a “good samaritan” helped change her flat tire, and...

Betsy Aardsma // 157

14 Dec 2021

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In November of 1969, a 22-year-old Penn State student studying English had been in the basement of the campus library when she was attacked. One singl...

Samira Watkins // 156

10 Dec 2021

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In October of 2009, a 25-year-old Florida woman was reported missing when she failed to show up for work the morning after an important conversation. ...

Sydney Loofe // 155

07 Dec 2021

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In November of 2017, a 24-year-old Nebraska woman matched with another woman on Tinder, and the pair hit it off. But after a second date, she disappea...

Cara Knott // 154

03 Dec 2021

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In December of 1986, a 20-year-old women left her boyfriends house and headed home to be with family after the holiday, but she never arrived. After h...

Jason Landry // 153

30 Nov 2021

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In December of 2020, a 21-year-old man headed home from college for the holiday's to see his parents in Texas. During his drive over, he was involved ...

Janet March // 152

26 Nov 2021

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In August of 1996, a 33-year-old artist and aspiring children’s book illustrator from Nashville vanished after allegedly heading off on a quick vaca...

Lauren Cho // 151

23 Nov 2021

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In June of 2021, a New Jersey native settled into her Airbnb chef job outside of Joshua Tree, California after traveling cross-country with her boyfri...

Murder in Marblehead // 150

19 Nov 2021

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In November of 1950, a coastal Massachusetts schoolteacher was found murdered while a treacherous nor’easter hit this small town. In one of the bigg...

Ashley Young // 149

16 Nov 2021

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In November of 2018, an inspiring 31-year-old woman headed to a Grand Rapids pub with an old friend, and she was never seen again. What followed was a...

Tommy Burkett // 148

13 Nov 2021

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In late November of 1991, a college student from Virginia was visiting home for Thanksgiving when he decided to meet with some old friends for a night...

Jodi Parrack // 147

09 Nov 2021

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In November of 2007, a young Michigan girl was headed home on her bike after visiting with a friend, but she never returned. Once her body was found i...

Julie Jensen // 146

05 Nov 2021

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In December of 1998, a 40-year-old wife and mother from Wisconsin became violently ill, and after 3 days of being sick, she sadly passed away. But was...

Homicide at Midtown Marriott // 145

03 Nov 2021

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Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women! In October of 2019, an SD Card was found on an Anchorage, Alaska street that contained videos and i...

Miranda Fenner // 144

26 Oct 2021

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In 1998, an 18-year-old working her normal night shift at a Montana movie rental store was murdered by an unknown assailant who escaped into the darkn...

Peggy Hettrick // 143

20 Oct 2021

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In 1987, a 37-year-old woman headed out to a Fort Collins, Colorado bar and was never seen alive again. When her body was found in a field by a bicycl...

Miya Marcano // 142

13 Oct 2021

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In September 2021, a 19-year-old woman headed to her apartment in Orlando, Florida after work to prepare for an evening flight to her parents house, b...

The Opera House Murder // 141

05 Oct 2021

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In 1980, a 31-year-old violinist performed the first act of a ballet at the Metropolitan Opera House before disappearing during intermission. When the...

Gabby Petito Part 4 // Gabby's Remains & The Search For Brian

02 Oct 2021

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The latest updates on the tragic story of Gabby PetitoFBI CONFERENCE DISCUSSING GABBY'S BODY BEING FOUNDhttps://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=f...

Daniel Robinson // 140

28 Sep 2021

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On the morning of June 23, 2021, a 24-year-old Geologist living in Arizona headed out to a job site for work, before suddenly leaving 15 minutes later...

Christa Worthington // 139

22 Sep 2021

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In 2002, a fashion writer and mom living in the small Cape Cod town of Truro, Massachusetts was found murdered in her home. After an intense search ac...

Gabby Petito Part 3 // Brian Is On The Run!

18 Sep 2021

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Up-to-date account of news regarding Gabby Petito's case and Brian's flee.More to comeGabby Go Fund Me:https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-find-gabbyBo...

Gabby Petito Part 2 // Statements, Dispute, and Theories

15 Sep 2021

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In this episode, we discuss ALL up-to-date information on Gabby Petito's ongoing case and also discuss the Moab Murders that occurred just before Gabb...

Gabby Petito // 138 (Part 1)

14 Sep 2021

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In July of 2021, a 22-year-old woman set off in a van with her fiancé to explore to United States. But after just 2 months on the road, he returned t...

Murder at Otter Cliff // 137

08 Sep 2021

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In August of 1987, a 26-year-old New England woman responded to a personal ad in the local Dexter, Maine newspaper that would unknowingly lead to her ...

Matthew Hoffman // 136

01 Sep 2021

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In 2010, a 30-year-old man turned criminal in Ohio set off on a sinister path of destruction. After hiding in a tree while he stalked a local family o...

The Honolulu Strangler // 135

25 Aug 2021

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In the spring of 1985, a young woman was murdered after going out in Honolulu, Hawaii, and at least 4 other vicious killings followed. As a massive ta...

Alexis Murphy // 134

18 Aug 2021

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In August of 2013, a 17-year-old girl in Virginia headed out to collect hair supplies for her upcoming senior picture day. But when she didn’t retur...

Marissa Mathy-Zvaifler // 133

11 Aug 2021

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In 2003, a 16-year-old girl attended a concert in Albuquerque with her best friends expecting to have a fantastic night with their favorite artist. Bu...

Jean Ellroy // 132

04 Aug 2021

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In 1958, a 43-year-old woman was found murdered in Los Angeles the morning after being seen at a drive-in with an unknown man. Many years later, her s...

The Tampa Bay Murders // 131

28 Jul 2021

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In the late spring of 1989, a woman and her two daughters left their farm in Ohio for a girls trip down in Florida that was supposed to be filled with...

Allyson Watterson // 130

21 Jul 2021

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In 2019, a 20-year-old woman was out in a remote area with her recent ex-boyfriend when she suddenly disappeared. After he returned home to his parent...

Angie Dodge // 129

14 Jul 2021

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In 1996, an 18-year-old woman had finally moved into her first apartment in Idaho Falls, Idaho when something tragic happened inside. After she failed...

The Spreckels Mansion Mystery // 128

07 Jul 2021

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In 2011, a young woman died mysteriously in her boyfriend's Coronado, California home. Due to the nature of her death, it was ruled a suicide. But wit...

Anastasia King // 127

30 Jun 2021

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In 1997, a beautiful 18-year-old woman from Kyrgyzstan joined a matchmaking service to meet an American man. Shortly after that, a man almost twice he...