A man from a respectable family with every opportunity to succeed can’t quiet the demons that compel him to destroy. Early warning signs aren’t enough to prevent the reign of terror he unleashes when he goes berserk up and down the I-5 corridor.  

Sources:

Wikipedia

Sports Illustrated article by L. Jon Wertheim

“Serial Killer Sunday: When True Crime Meets the Gridiron” by Julie Miller from October 23, 2022

The I-5 Killer by Ann Rule

Murderpedia

“Popular” by Nada Surf

Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard and James Marshall

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Three young women spend a peaceful Halloween evening giving out candy to trick-or-treaters at their home in a small town. Within hours of turning off the lights and going to bed, two of them will be dead.

Sources:

Lori Johnston on Medium

ABC News article

CBS News article “Nightmare in Napa”

National Crime Scene Cleanup

Find a Grave – Adriane Insogna

WIS10 article

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One man terrorizes women across the US with impunity for over two decades. Why can't law enforcement and mental health professionals coordinate to end his spree? By the time people raise the alarm, four women are dead and scores of others must live with the trauma he inflicted.

Sources

Muderpedia

You Belong to Me and Other True Cases – Ann Rule’s Crime Files: Vol. 2

This Interests Me – Brenda Ball

“Escaped Michigan Patient Said to Admit Killing Four” [no byline] The New York Times May 25, 1975

Reddit thread

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Between 1979 and 1982, five people went missing near the Washington-Idaho border. Were these vanishings connected by a lone serial killer or did multiple perpetrators ravage these small towns?

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Sources

Wikipedia - Lewis-Clark Valley Murders

People Magazine article “Killer in the Valley” by Sandra Sobieraj Westfall & Christine Pelisek

Wikipedia – Ottis Toole

Confluence trailer – 2011 documentary

Cold Valley from Investigation Discovery

Tapatalk.com discussion on Lance

Altered Dimensions article: “Lewis-Clark Valley Serial Killer – 35 years later, frustrated police believe they know who killer is but lack evidence to make arrest” by Dimensions

Grunge article “The Unsolved Lewis Clark Valley Murders” by Brian Myers

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In 1986, in separate incidents within a few miles of each other and over four months apart, 12-year-old Michella Welch and 13-year-old Jennifer Bastian disappear in broad daylight. Are these cases connected? 

Sources:

Find a Grave – Michella Welch 

Dateline podcast “Evil was Watching” May 2022

Point Defiance Park - Wikipedia

Find a Grave – Jenny Bastian

Lindsey Wade – writer (detective)

Joseph DeAngelo on Wikipedia

King5 News article about Jennifer & Michella’s Law

KOMO News article “'I'm so sorry,' Gary Hartman apologizes after conviction in 1986 death of Michella Welch” by Keith Eldridge and Danny Stritch March 22, 2022

Law & Crime

The Cinemaholic

Theresa Bastian – writer (Jenny’s sister) 

Lindsey Wade’s book In My DNA: My Career Investigating Your Worst Nightmares by Lindsey Wade

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When Vili Fualaau and Mary Kay Letourneau start an illicit relationship, he’s 12 years old and she’s 34. Jon and Meghan discuss this sensational story, exploring its dark elements and the troubling implications of child exploitation and misunderstood love.

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Sources:

Crimes and Capers of the Northwest by Heather Vale Goss

Wikipedia

Vili Fualaau on Dr. Oz

by Anna Quintana

Nicki Swift article “The Untold Truth of Mary Kay Letourneau”

Biography.com timeline

Loitering: New & Collected Essays by Charles D’Ambrosio - “Casting Stones”

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When an 18-year-old disappears during summer 1979, her family, friends, and law enforcement do everything they can to locate her. Join Jon and Meghan as they puzzle over what could have happened that night over 40 years ago.

Sources:

You Belong to Me and Other True Cases, Ann Rule’s Crime Files Vol. 2

Reddit post by u/hypercorrections

Ellensburg Daily Record from September 15, 1981

Peter Hurkos, Dutch psychic

Photo of the bulge

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On Christmas Eve 1985, a family expecting dinner guests finds a stranger at their front door. Come along as Jon and Meghan discuss cultural warfare, the damage that rumors cause, mental illness, and chaotic violence that ends in senseless tragedy.

Faces of the Enemy by Sam Keen

You Belong to Me and Other True Crime Cases Ann Rule’s Crime Files Vol. 2 (“Black Christmas”)

“A Rumor in Madrona,” by James Ross Gardner for Seattle Met magazine

Wikipedia

Stalking Seattle: The Goldmark Murders

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Two sisters accept a ride home on an early fall night in 1973. Then the unimaginable happens. Join Jon and Meghan as they dive into the lasting reverberations of a heinous crime.

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Sources:

Mamamia article by Keryn Donnelly

Find a Grave.com

A Crime’s Lasting Wounds - The Washington Post August 13, 1992

New York Daily News article by Mara Bovsun

Rapid City Journal article by Megan Cassidy from September 28, 2013

LA Times article by Julia Prodis from August 23, 1992

Kennedy’s appeal to State of Wyoming

Habeas corpus Wikipedia

The Darkest Night  by Ron Franscell 

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Two young women set out for a cross-country adventure only to encounter unimaginable trauma. Hike into the scrub brush with Jon and Meghan while we unpack a story fraught with tension and marvel at one woman's quest for answers.

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Strange Piece of Paradise by Terri Jentz

Cline Falls Axe Attack Wikipedia

The 2011 PBS documentary “Forgiveness: A Time to Love and a Time to Hate,” created by Helen Whitney with an episode featuring Terri Jentz

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