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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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
452
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
453
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
456
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
457
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
458
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
459
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
460
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
461
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
462
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
463
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
465
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
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Alissa Turney // 8
Plenty of people have gone missing in the desert. But was this Arizona teen just another runaway, or did her stepfather's obsessive control finally seal her fate? This is the disappearance of 17-year-old Alissa Turney.**GOING WEST DOES NOT OWN ANY OF...
48 min