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- Episode 3: What the UMass Amherst police records reveal about Maura MurrayThe UMass Amherst police department released their records on the investigation into the disappearance of Maura Murray. This episode looks into what the documents reveal, including motives for her disappearance, more information about the mysterious party on campus, and the story of how her ID may have been found in a junk yard.
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55 min - Episode 2: The FingerprintExclusive: NH police found a fingerprint in Maura Murray's car that matches to former West Point cadet, Steffen Finkelstein (aka Steffen Baldwin). Steffen was recently sentenced to 15 years in prison on unrelated charges in Ohio. He left West Point within a week of when Maura Murray left the academy and changed his name eight months after she went missing.
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21 min - Episode 1: What Happened Behind the Scenes
In 2016, James Renner's book on the Maura Murray case, True Crime Addict, was published. But that was only the beginning of the story.
Since then, Renner has been the target of obsessive online trolls who worked closely with the family of the missing woman, running their social media and providing them with computers and other support. The harassment boiled over into the real world, when Renner's family was stalked while on vacation in the Outer Banks. At times, Renner was also targeted by Maura's boyfriend, Bill Rausch, who went to great lengths to keep secret his attacks on women.
Hear the full story for the first time.
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About The Curse of Maura Murray
From the publisher's feed
When Maura Murray disappeared in 2004, her story became the first big mystery of the social media age. Since then, Maura Murray has been the subject of countless articles and podcasts. And slowly…
her story grew into myth and misinformation became fact. For the first time, hear the story of what it was like to cover Maura Murray's case from the inside.
Presented by James Renner, author of True Crime Addict, the definitive book on the case, The Curse of Maura Murray details how the case attracted obsessive online stalkers who spread false information for years and attacked anyone who spoke up against the. It is a cautionary tale about the current state of true crime media and how journalists are attacked when they question the official narrative.
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