Stanford, California. October 13, 1974. There weren't many places in Stanford that Arlis Perry felt at home. She had just moved from Bismarck, North Dakota, with her new husband, Bruce Perry, who was studying at Stanford. The iconic Stanford Memorial Church, however, was Arlis's safe place. It was somewhere she could go whenever she was feeling lonely or homesick. Naturally, it was where she went on the night of October 12, 1974, after an argument with Bruce. Nobody could have foreseen the horrors Arlis would endure that night in the place she felt most at peace. Was there a Satanic motivation behind Arlis's murder? Or was she just in the wrong place at the wrong time?

Stanford was no stranger to brutal slayings of young women. This episode will also look at the murders of Leslie Perlov and Janet Taylor, who were murdered in 1973 and 1974, respectively. Their murders, like Arlis's, would go unsolved for decades.

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Sources

Recent John Getreu article: Alleged serial killer's trial delayed while defense seeks state Supreme Court decision on DNA evidence

Arlis Perry

Murder of Arlis Perry

Stanford Student's Wife Found Slain In Church

40 years later, satanic reference still tied to Stanford murder

Past detectives on Stanford chapel slaying reflect on case’s ending

Sheriff investigating whether Stanford watchman linked to other campus murders

Suspect In 1974 Ritualistic Stanford Chapel Murder Kills Himself As Police Close In

Sheriff: Grisly 1974 Stanford murder solved | News | Palo Alto Online |

Stanford cold case: Will DNA solve murder of David Levine?

Suspect in 1974 Stanford killing was guard who found body

Leslie Perlov

Alleged serial killer pleads not guilty in 1973 murder case

Sister of slain Stanford grad 'grateful' 1973 case solved

DNA leads to arrest in 1973 Palo Alto cold case

Raped 45 years ago, woman returns to bring attacker to justice — for other woman's murder

Janet Taylor

Victim's green pants to be key piece of evidence in serial-killer case

Arrest in 1970s cold-case murder points to serial killer

Murderer of former athletic director's daughter identified after 45 years

Alleged serial killer lands in hospital before trial

Accused serial killer's trial set for January

Man accused of 1974 cold-case killing near Stanford campus pleads not guilty

Police think they've solved the long-cold murder of Stanford football coach's daughter

Others

Stanford Memorial Church

Alec Jeffreys

MemChu through the years

John Getreu

David Berkowitz

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