Failure To Stop

662. The Murder of Virginia Olson in 'A Murder On Campus'


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Police officer Cameron Santana and his brother Brian Santana join the show to talk about North Carolina's most notorious cold case. The book A MURDER ON CAMPUS: The Professor, The Cop, And North Carolina's Most Notorious Cold Case is a true crime investigation that unveils the shocking story behind the brutal 1973 murder on campus of 19-year-old Virginia Marie Olson.


On April 15, 1973, two high school students discovered Olson's body near the campus of the University of North Carolina-Asheville. The cold case that followed would span over 50 years, involving three generations of detectives and the Asheville Police Department and North Carolina SBI as they worked tirelessly to uncover the truth. Olson's murder was horrifically violent-she had been bound, raped, and stabbed to death, leaving the Asheville community in shock. Whispers about the killer's identity have circulated for decades, with theories ranging from an escaped mental health patient to one of North Carolina's most notorious serial killers-until now.

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