Going West: True Crime
Episodes
Daniel Brophy // 206
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Kristen Modafferi // 126
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 1997, a newly 18-year-old woman headed to San Francisco for the summer to attend UC Berkeley for a Photography course. But after work one afternoon...
Girly Chew Hossencofft // 125
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 1999, a young bank teller left work in New Mexico and was never seen again. As her co-workers began investigating her disappearance the following m...
Philip Fraser // 124
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 1988, a 23-year-old man from Alaska left for a solo road trip to Washington so he could begin medical school. During the drive, he experienced car ...
Kaylee Sawyer // 123
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One summer evening in 2016, a 23-year-old Oregon woman got in a fight with her boyfriend, walked off into the night alone, and was never seen again. J...
Larry Gene Bell // 122
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the early summer of 1986, two young blonde girls went missing in the state of South Carolina without a trace. Until a series of cryptic phone calls...
The Lake Oconee Murders // 121
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 2014, a successful, retired couple living on a beautiful lake in Georgia hadn’t been heard from for multiple days in a row. But after some neighb...
Keith Reinhard // 120
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the summer of 1988, a Chicago-based journalist left the city life to write a novel in a small, Colorado mining town. After he arrived, he opened up...
Annie Le // 119
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In September 2009, a Yale graduate student working towards her doctorate was just days away from her wedding when she disappeared without a trace. But...
Brandi Wells // 118
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In August of 2006, a 23-year-old woman headed out to a nightclub as a “last hurrah” before returning to college in Eastern Texas. Her car was late...
Highway 20 Killer // 117
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Between the late 1970’s to the early 1990’s, a monster invaded a main highway across Oregon and committed multiple crimes against in his wake. Alt...
Susan Taraskiewicz // 116
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 1992, a 27-year old airport employee and aspiring cartoonist left work to grab she and her co-workers some food for their overnight shift- but she ...
Hania Aguilar // 115
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 2018, a 13-year-old girl was headed out to her aunt’s car to warm it up before their daily drive to drop her off at middle school when she was ab...
Pinyon Pines Murders // 114
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the late summer of 2006, numerous calls came in to the fire department regarding a house in the beautiful mountains of Pinyon Pines, California tha...
Cathy Ford // 113
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 1988, a 19-year-old woman in Maryland went missing after a last-minute meeting with an unknown man. When her car was found burned and an anonymous ...
The Suitcase Murder // 112
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 2004, three suitcases were discovered by different people in the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia, and they all contained the dismembered remains of an u...