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Going West: True Crime
Dark West Productions
300 episodes
Daphne Woolsoncroft and Heath Merryman discuss haunting details of different disappearance and murder cases week by week. New episodes released every Tuesday and Friday.
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Mary Stiles: The Baytown Riddler
On Halloween Night, 1985, a Texas girl vanished following what should have been a fun evening of trick or treating. When her body was found nearby, police began an exhaustive search for her killer. Then suddenly, a…
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Ruth Finley: A Stalker Called 'The Poet' PART 2
In the continued story of a woman terrorized by a stalker in 1970's Wichita... Dubbed “The Poet,” this unknown person tormented a woman and her husband, and was even linked to a prolific serial killer. After a…
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Ruth Finley: A Stalker Called 'The Poet' PART 1 // 653
In the late 1970s, a Kansas woman became the target of a relentless campaign of stalking and terror. It started with anonymous phone calls and letters, but escalated to multiple attacks, the likes of which she feared…
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Nicole Hutchings: The Fake Halloween Party // 652
On the day after Halloween, 2004, a 21-year-old woman left her Bend, Oregon home to attend a belated Halloween party with friends. But she never came home... So when her family realized she had left all of her…
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Jacob Wetterling: The Masked Man // 651
Description: In October of 1989, an 11-year-old boy rode his bike to pick up a movie rental in rural Minnesota with his younger brother and a friend. But on their way home, the three boys were stopped by a masked man…
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A Grave-Digging Peeping Tom: The Murder of Tina Tournai // 650
In October of 1995, a 23-year-old Colorado nurse left work and headed out to see someone from her past, hoping to talk over one last dispute before putting it behind her. But when she didn’t return, and her abandoned…
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Arely Proctor: Murdered During an Exorcism // 649
In September of 2021, a California girl apparently began exhibiting strange behavior that required an exorcism from demonic possession - at least as far as her mother was concerned. That night, she was brought to the…
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The Devil in Bellaire: Couple Murdered by 'Satan'? // 648
In the fall of 1995, a community was shattered when two members of the same family were found brutally murdered inside their home. But attention quickly turned toward a troubled person with an increasingly disturbing…
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Ylva Hagner: Into the Bay Fog // 647
In October of 1996, a 42-year-old software executive stayed late at her Bay Area office before seemingly vanishing without a trace. Days later, her car was found abandoned nearby with the keys still inside, but she was…
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Diary of a Teen Killer: The Murder of Elizabeth Olten // 646
In October of 2009, a nine-year-old Missouri girl left home to visit a neighborhood friend and never returned. As hundreds of people searched the surrounding woods, investigators began focusing on someone no one could…
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Mary Toups: The Original Witch Queen of New Orleans ft. Emma Roberts
BONUS EPISODE! Welcome to Petticoat Revolution! On our first episode, we meet Mary Toups, the mysterious “Witch Queen of New Orleans” whose life, occult shop, and unexplained death have made her a legend of the city.…
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Reagan Simmons-Hancock: The Final Trimester // 645
In October of 2020, a 21-year-old expectant mother spent the morning at home, preparing to welcome her child in a few weeks. But after a trusted acquaintance arrived at her door, an unfathomable crime unfolded…one that…
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Natalie Wood: Hollywood's Mystery at Sea // 644
In November of 1981, a 43-year-old actress vanished from her yacht off the coast of Southern California during what was supposed to be a relaxing holiday weekend away. As investigators pieced together the final hours…
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Talhotblond: The Murder of Brian Barrett // 643
In September of 2006, a 22-year-old man finished his shift in New York factory and walked outside toward his truck. Minutes later, he was dead. At first, investigators were faced with the murder of a young man who…
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Virginia Carpenter: After the Moonlight Murders // 642
In the summer of 1948, a 21-year-old Texas woman boarded a train bound for her second semester of college, carrying little more than her luggage and her plans for the future. And after arriving in Denton, Texas, she…
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Taylor Behl: A Virginia Campus Mystery // 641
In September of 2005, a 17-year-old college freshman disappeared after leaving her dorm, sending her family and the city of Richmond, Virginia into a frenzied search. As investigators unraveled her final days,…
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Gretchen Harrington: The Bible Camp Murder // 640
In August of 1975, an eight-year-old girl left her Pennsylvania home and began the short walk to her final day of bible camp… but she never made it. Soon, her remains were found, but it wasn’t until one of her…
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The Funeral Home Body Snatcher: The Death of Julie Mott // 639
In August of 2015, a 25-year-old woman died after a life-long battle with Cystic Fibrois. But hours after her memorial service, her body was stolen from her casket and taken out of the funeral home. There were no…
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Debbie Collier: "They Won't Let Me Go" // 638
A 59-year-old woman sent her daughter a Venmo payment accompanied by a cryptic message before disappearing from a strip mall about an hour away from her Georgia home. This is the puzzling death of Debbie Collier: “They…
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Karyn Slover: The Murdered Model in Lake Shelbyville // 637
In September of 1996, a 23-year-old Illinois woman vanished from her car without a trace after landing an exciting modeling job. Just days later, a gruesome discovery found at a nearby lake proved that she had been…
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Lauryn Licari: Her High School Cyberstalker // 636
A high school girl, as well as many of her peers, began receiving cruel and even threatening messages from an anonymous source. This is the story of Lauryn Licari, and her High School Cyberstalker. Hosted by…
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Keith Reinhard: Mystery on Silver Plume Mountain // 635
In June of 1988, a 49-year-old journalist left his life in Chicago behind to start over in a tiny mountain town in Colorado, and began working on a novel about another man’s disappearance from that very same town. But…
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Stacey Castor: The Poison Plot // 634
In 2001, a New York woman’s husband died suddenly after what appeared to be a mysterious illness. Five years later, her next husband met a strikingly similar fate. But as investigators revisited the first death, they…
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Killer Stylist: The Murder of Joleen Cummings // 633
In May of 2018, a 34-year-old Florida hairstylist finished her shift at work and seemingly vanished into thin air. But inside the salon where she worked, police uncovered signs of a violent crime, and a coworker whose…
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Kyron Horman: Missing from a School Science Fair // 632
In June of 2010, a seven-year-old boy attended his elementary school’s science fair in Portland, Oregon, and then seemed to vanish without a trace while walking toward his classroom. What began as a desperate search in…
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A Predator Called ‘MrHandcuffs’: The Suitcase Murders // 631
In 2014, two abandoned suitcases were discovered along a rural Wisconsin road. But the victims were completely different. One, a teenager from the West Coast, and the other, a Midwestern mom. But through their…
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Kenia Monge: The Woman in the White Van // 630
In April of 2011, a 19-year-old woman left a Denver nightclub after a night out with friends, only to vanish into the night. As investigators worked to retrace her final movements, a series of unsettling clues—and one…
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Bernadette Vander Meer: The Pastor's Secret // 629
In August of 2006, a 29-year-old woman headed out for a sunrise hike at one of the most intense peaks in the country, only to "fall" to her death. But when investigators looked deeper into a youth pastor in her life,…
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The Fish Head Beach Murders: Lindsay Cutshall and Jason Allen // 628
In the summer of 2004, two young bible camp counselors set out on a peaceful trip along California’s northern coastline. But when they failed to return home, a search led authorities to a heartbreaking discovery that…
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Ryan Cooper: An Iowa Farmer's Murder // 627
In June of 2021, a 42-year-old father running a successful farm in Iowa was found dead inside his home in what initially appeared to be a break-in gone wrong... But when investigators began poking around and asking…
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Merrian Carver: The Alaskan Ship Vanishing // 626
In August of 2004, a 40-year-old woman boarded an Alaskan cruise alone in Seattle, looking forward to a week at sea. But just days into the voyage, she seemingly vanished without a trace. Her cabin remained filled with…
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Barbara Weaver: The Amish Stud // 625
In June of 2009, a 30-year-old Amish woman was found dead in her bed inside a quiet Ohio farming community. At first glance, the crime seemed unthinkable in her tight-knit world known for their simplicity, faith, and…
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Dan Markel: Monster-in-Laws // 624
In July of 2014, a law professor was shot in broad daylight outside his home in Tallahassee, Florida. And detectives quickly suspected that the killing was anything but random, yet the truth would take years to…
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Cynthia Roth: The Lake Sammamish Drowning // 623
In July of 1991, a 34-year-old woman set off on the waters of Lake Sammamish, Washington with her husband for their anniversary. But she wouldn’t make it back to shore alive… What initially appeared to be a tragic…
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Allie Shehorn: 'Obsession' and Survival in Hollywood // 622
In May of 2024, a 35-year-old Hollywood makeup artist was attacked in her home with a knife, suffering injuries so severe she was declared clinically dead twice. As investigators raced to find the person responsible,…
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Lynette Hooker: Gone Overboard // 621 (Happening Now)
In April of 2026, a 55-year-old woman and her husband took their yacht to the Bahamas, only for her to allegedly be thrown out of their dinghy during a storm. But when police checked her husband's GPS data for the…
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Campfire Stories: A Going West Summer Special // 620
In honor of Heath's birthday, we tell four terrifying near-miss true crime stories from our listeners! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of…
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Daniel Robinson: Arizona's Missing Geologist // 619
In June of 2021, a 24-year-old Geologist headed out to a job site in Arizona, only to vanish shortly after arriving. His co-workers story changed multiple times, but without evidence of a crime, his family set in to…
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Cynthia Hoffman: Killed by a Catfish // 618
In June of 2019, a 19-year-old woman disappeared after leaving her home in Anchorage, Alaska with a few friends. But when she didn’t return, investigators began unraveling an unfathomable plot involving betrayal,…
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Anne Marie Fahey: Anchored in the Atlantic // 617
In June of 1996, a 30-year-old woman in Delaware politics disappeared after a mysterious dinner in Philadelphia. But when loved ones found a secret diary in her apartment, police began to uncover a murder mystery that…
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Joshua Maddux: Stuck in a Cabin's Chimney // 616
In May of 2008, an 18-year-old man vanished without a trace near his Colorado home. For years, his disappearance remained a mystery, until a grim discovery inside an abandoned cabin nearby changed everything. After his…
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Layla Santanello: A Digital Trail in Tennessee // 615
In June of 2023, a 20-year-old Tennessee woman vanished after leaving a hotel, looking disoriented, headed towards a walking path by a major highway. As detectives attempt to untangle a web of toxic relationships,…
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Morgan Nick: Stranger at the Baseball Field // 614
On a summer night in June of 1995, a young Arkansas girl was catching fireflies with a few friends when she vanished suddenly. Her friends reported seeing a mysterious man in a pickup nearby just moments before she…
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Rey Rivera: A Call, a Note, and a Fall // 613
In May of 2006, a 32-year-old writer in Baltimore rushed out of his home suddenly after receiving a mysterious phone call, and never returned. Six days later, his car was found abandoned, and two days after that, his…
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Debbie Flores: The Murder of a Showgirl // 612
In 2010, a 30-year-old Vegas showgirl was preparing for the final rehearsal of her first major production on the Strip when she vanished without a trace. Police reviewed surveillance footage and spotted her getting…
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Emily Noble: Woman of the Woods // 611
In May of 2020, a 52-year-old woman headed around Westerville, Ohio to celebrate her birthday. The next morning, her husband says he awoke to find her missing, with no sign of her anywhere. When her remains were…
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Stacy, Suzie, and Sherrill: Mystery in the Ozarks // 610
In June of 1992, three women vanished without a trace from a quiet home in Springfield, Missouri. Suzie Streeter, her friend Stacy McCall, and Suzie’s mother, Sherrill Levitt, had returned home after a graduation…
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Riley Crossman: Someone in Her Room // 609
In May of 2019, a 15-year-old girl vanished from her West Virginia home one night after sending a string of chilling text messages to her boyfriend. With the name of a potential culprit in one of the texts,…
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Kristin Smart: New Evidence Thirty Years Later // 608
In May of 1996, a 19-year-old college freshman vanished from her San Luis Obispo university in the middle of the night. When she never returned to her dorm room, what began as a missing-person case quickly gripped…
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Manijeh and Fanta: The Women in the Storage Units // 607
In April of 2023, a missing Minnesota woman was last spotted on surveillance footage being forced back into her apartment building after trying to flee. And afterwards, she was never seen again. With suspicious texts,…
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