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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Harold Henthorn // 48
In 2012, a woman and her husband were hiking in the Rocky Mountains when she had a fatal fall off a cliff. It took 2 hours for life support to arrive. But when they finally did, she was pronounced dead. Before the investigation began, her husband's...
52 min
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Danielle Van Dam // 47
In early 2002, a 7-year-old girl is taken from her bedroom in the middle of the night. Her parents don't realize until the following day, but when they do, they phone police. The search begins in their neighborhood and detectives narrow in on the man...
35 min
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Lake Waco Murders // 46
In 1982, three Texas teenagers went out to watch the sunset over Lake Waco and didn't come home by curfew. When the night passed, their families feared the worst. But that following evening, their bodies would be discovered at a different park across...
49 min
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Laci Peterson // 45
On December 24, 2002, a pregnant woman disappeared after a normal morning at home while her husband was supposedly out fishing. 4 months later, her body is found in the same area her husband went fishing he day she disappeared. But is he guilty of her...
59 min
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Brian Shaffer // 44
In 2006, a 27-year-old Medical School student went out to a bar with some friends. But when they couldn't find him by last-call, they left without him. Days passed and his dad decided to file a missing persons report. But when police finally checked...
36 min
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Faith Hedgepeth // 43
In Fall 2012, a 19-year-old college student went out with her friend/roommate in their town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina before returning home in the early morning. Her friend left so she could get some sleep but returned home hours later to find...
39 min
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Polly Klaas // 42
In 1993, a 12-year-old girl had her 2 friends over for a slumber party at her home in Petaluma, California. Before they headed to sleep, a strange man entered the house and abducted her. This is the case of Polly Klaas.Case Sources:...
40 min
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John Albert Gardner // 41
When two girls go missing within just one year in San Diego County, California, the entire community bands together to find them. In 2010, police discover that a local sex offender could be behind it all. This is the case of Amber Dubois, Chelsea...
45 min
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Lindsey Baum // 40
In 2009, a 10-year-old girl disappears while walking home from her friends house in McCleary, Washington. Years later, her remains are found in a remote area over 100 miles away. This is the case of Lindsey Baum.Get 10% off your Vampire Wine order at...
36 min
435
Thad Reynolds // 39
One early morning in July 2004, a 36-year-old Georgia man is killed shortly after his arrival at work. As a beloved member of the community and passionate Deacon at his local church, who would want him dead- and why? This is the murder of Thad...
36 min
436
Brianna Maitland // 38
One night in March 2004, a 17-year-old girl goes missing after leaving her restaurant job. The following day, her car is found crashed into an abandoned barn but she is nowhere to be found. This is the disappearance of Brianna Maitland. Private...
41 min
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Eric Tamiyasu // 37
In Summer of 2001, a 41-year-old man is found murdered in his house alone on his family's orchard in Oregon. Police quickly discover that the night he was killed, someone had been lurking outside his house, taunting him. This is the case of Eric...
36 min
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Heather Elvis // 36
In 2013, a 20-year-old girl in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina begins dating a married man from work and the consequences are deadly. This is the disappearance of Heather Elvis.  Do you have anxiety, stress, insomnia, or lack of energy? You need to...
44 min
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Thomas Brown // 35
In Fall 2016, a high school senior doesn't come home by curfew and his mom reports him missing. The small Texas town immediately starts looking for him, and within a few hours, they find his car abandoned on a dirt road. The contents of his car raise...
50 min
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Lauren Spierer // 34
After a night of drinking at a sports bar in Summer 2011, a 20-year-old Indiana University student is seen stumbling home with a male acquaintance. When her boyfriend fails to get in touch with her the following day, a nation-wide searched is...
38 min
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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
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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
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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
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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