Going West: True Crime

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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Bart Whitaker // 33
When a desperate neighbor calls 911 in hopes of saving the beloved family next door from a shooting, only 2 out of 4 survive. But after the eldest son is questioned in the hospital, police become incredibly suspicious. Then, an important tip comes...
38 min
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Sherri Papini // 32
In November 2016, a mother of 2 from Northern California doesn't come home after her usual jog. Her husband tracks her cell phone only to find that it's located in a patch of grass with the headphones placed on top along with strands of blonde hair,...
44 min
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Kenia Monge // 31
On March 31, 2011, a 19-year-old girl goes to a night club with her friends. But before the night is over, she gets kicked out for being too intoxicated, leaving her alone on the streets of Denver, Colorado without her purse and phone. When the...
47 min
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Bryce Laspisa // 30
In August 2013, a 19-year-old boy takes an unexpected road trip away from college down the I-5 to visit his parents in Southern California at the same time his friends reported him having incredibly strange behavior. The (what should have been) 6-hour...
44 min
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Glen Rogers // 29
In the 1990's, an undistinguished man sets out on a killing spree across the United States attacking multiple women, but no one knows the crimes are connected. When Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman are murdered in Brentwood and OJ Simpson is tried...
42 min
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Kyron Horman // 28
When a 7-year-old boy doesn't show up to class after his Portland Elementary school's science fair in June 2010, police set out on the largest search in Oregon history. But law enforcement quickly set their sights on the last person who saw Kyron that...
53 min
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Noura Jackson // 27
June 4, 2005 started out as a normal Saturday in Memphis, Tennessee. But sometime after midnight, tragedy struck when a teenager found her mother brutally murdered in their home. Within months of the attack, the teenage daughter is charged with her...
57 min
433
Leah Roberts // 26
Most of us have thought about escaping our everyday lives in search of adventure. But after a young woman from North Carolina takes off on a road trip by herself without telling anyone her plans, her car is found wrecked on a backroad in Washington...
47 min
434
Andrew Cunanan // 25
Chasing the good life is something most of us strive for. But when that hunger turns into a cut throat obsession, lives are broken and lost. In the 1990's, one young mans pursuit of success takes him from a spree killer to becoming the assassinator of...
41 min
435
Jody LeCornu // 24
One snowy night in 1996, a 23-year-old women was enjoying drinks at a bar with friends after a long day at work and a fight with her boyfriend. At 3:40am, she sat in her car in a deserted parking lot since her boyfriend had told her not to come home...
41 min
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Michael Gargiulo // 23
In 1993, an 18-year-old girl is murdered outside her home in Glenview, Illinois. When the police start considering her neighbor as a potential suspect, he flees to Los Angeles where he continues to stalk, watch, and murder other young women. The trial...
42 min
437
Nicholas Barclay // 22
In 1994, a troubled 13-year-old goes missing while walking home from a basketball game. The police chalk it up to a runaway case, but he doesn't return home. 3 years later, he's found in Spain claiming that he was kidnapped in Texas and had just...
44 min
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Rodney Alcala // 21
In the late 1960's, a Los Angeles-native with multiple mental health diagnoses is caught in the midst of murdering a young girl. When he vanishes without a trace, the FBI adds him to their 10 Most Wanted List. After a few years of actively searching,...
41 min
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Jessica Ridgeway // 20
In October 2012, a 10-year-old girl disappears on her way to school in Westminster, Colorado. Investigators are starting to lose hope until a mother makes a phone call and the gruesome details come to light. This is the case of Jessica Ridgeway....
40 min
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Amy Bishop // 19
In 2010, a professor opened fire in a biology faculty meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and, when police catch the woman behind it all, they realize that she has a dark past. In 1986, she had "accidentally" shot her brother in their...
40 min
441
Steven Koecher // 18
When a 30-year-old Utah native vanishes just outside of Las Vegas in a quiet, suburban neighborhood, investigators and family search tirelessly for answers. They quickly find some peculiar surveillance footage and discover he went on some puzzling...
40 min
442
The Stayner Brothers // 17
In 1972, a 7-year-old boy was abducted while walking home from school in Northern California. 7 years later, he finally broke free of his captor and reunited with his family- but his new life was far from normal. In 1999, 4 women were murdered in...
45 min
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Mackenzie Cowell // 16
When a 17-year-old girl goes missing in 2010, her small town in Washington is flipped upside down. Surveillance footage of her leaving her beauty school is quickly discovered and it leads police to an interesting suspect. But when they put him behind...
42 min
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Greg Holman // 15
In the fall of 1978 in Scottsdale, Arizona, a kind-hearted and beloved high school freshman disappears under strange circumstances. When police begin to search for what happened to him, they quickly find their prime suspect. However, their immense...
42 min
445
The Jamison Family // 14
When a family of three disappears in Oklahoma while in search of a fresh start, investigators desperately seek clues to find them. Days and years go by and the circumstances grow stranger as police unravel the bizarre puzzle. This is the mysterious...
41 min
446
The Bayou Killer // 13
When 23 men are found strangled to death between 1998 and 2006, Louisiana police begin a seemingly endless search for their killer. This is the story of Ronald Dominique, the Bayou Killer.
40 min
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Amy Mihaljevic // 12
When a predator starts making phone calls to young girls across Northeast Ohio in 1989, an innocent life is lost. The town becomes ridden with fear while police search tirelessly to find her killer, leading them to a 30 year investigation. This is the...
41 min
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Daniel LaPlante // 11
In 1987, a small New England town is terrorized by a young man who has a penchant for messing with people’s heads. Between burglary, stalking, and even murder, he leaves no stone unturned. This is the story of Daniel LaPlante.**GOING WEST DOES NOT...
38 min
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Susan Powell // 10
In 2009, a family of 4 decided to go on a last minute camping trip near their home in Utah... in the beginning of winter. When the young and faithful mother & wife didn’t show up for work the next day, police began to question her husband Josh, and if...
48 min
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The Hillside Stranglers // 9
In the late 1970's, Los Angeles was in a panic due to an unknown perpetrator killing young women and leaving their strangled, naked bodies on hillsides across the city. It wasn't until over a year and a half into the murders that police finally got a...
40 min