Going West: True Crime

In November 2015, a 28-year-old Indiana woman was found unconscious in her home after what originally appeared to be a tragic accident while displaying holiday decorations. But as investigators pieced together local security footage and spoke to neighbors, it was clear that she’d been murdered in a targeted attack. With her husband at the gym during her early-morning slaying, a home invasion seemed the likely conclusion. But the deeper investigators looked, the more unsettling the question became: why Amanda?

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In September of 1970, a 25-year-old nurse finished up a late-night shift at a casino near Lake Tahoe and seemingly vanished without a trace. What followed was a series of mysterious phone calls and letters, which would eventually connect her to one of the most prolific serial killers in modern history. But is he truly behind her vanishing? This is the murder of Donna Lass: The 12th Zodiac Victim?

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In October of 2013, a 24-year-old math teacher stayed behind after classes at her Massachusetts high school to offer assistance to one of her students. But when she didn’t come home that night, police descended on the school, discovering disturbing surveillance footage and a truly horrifying scene left behind in the woods nearby. This is the murder of Colleen Ritzer.

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On Halloween Night, 1985, a Texas girl vanished following what should have been a fun evening of trick or treating. When her body was found nearby, police began an exhaustive search for her killer. Then suddenly, a string of handwritten letters began to come in to the local sheriff’s office, which included riddles that police were challenged to crack if they wanted to unmask a killer… This is the murder of Mary Stiles, and the story of The Baytown Riddler.

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In the continued story of a woman terrorized by a stalker in 1970's Wichita... Dubbed “The Poet,” this unknown person tormented a woman and her husband, and was even linked to a prolific serial killer. After a years-long investigation, detectives began to believe A SHOCKING conclusion… estimating that their suspect was closer to home than they could’ve imagined… This is the story of Ruth Finley.

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