Going West: True Crime

Going West: True Crime

Daphne Woolsoncroft and Heath Merryman discuss haunting details of different disappearance and murder cases week by week. New episodes released every Tuesday and Friday.

Episodes

March 27, 2024 49 mins
In April of 1988, an Indiana girl was abducted off the streets of her neighborhood while walking alone after hanging out with friends. After her body was found, the investigation into her murder intensified, but hundreds of suspects surfacing in the case. With the killer taunting the police and public via a scribbled message on a nearby barn about the murder, and threatening letters left for other girls in the area, detectives crea...
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In March of 1997, a 26-year-old woman disappeared in the middle of the night while driving home from her job as a cocktail waitress in North Carolina. First, her Jeep was found on the side of the road, still idling. Then, when her body was discovered, a shocking suspect revealed themselves. This is the story of Kim Medlin. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 P...
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March 20, 2024 47 mins
In March of 2013, a 53-year-old nurse was stabbed to death by a hooded figure in broad daylight outside of her lawyer’s office in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. With the help of the attack and flee caught on multiple surveillance cameras, an intense investigation began to hunt down the culprit of her brutal murder. This is the story of Aliza Sherman. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-tr...
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March 13, 2024 45 mins
In February of 2003, a 15-year-old girl left her Nebraska home early in the morning to deliver newspapers, and never returned home. When her body was found in the basement of an abandoned lake house, an intense local investigation uncovered her killer. This is the murder of Heather Guerrero. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpod...
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March 8, 2024 49 mins
In March of 1974, a 17-year-old girl in Coconut Grove, Florida, headed to her father’s workplace to collect a few dollars of lunch money. Last seen hitchhiking next to a major highway, she vanished before she made it to either of her destinations. What ensued was a relentless search by her mother, countless harassing phone calls from her alleged kidnapper, and rumors of a motorcycle gang abduction. This is the story of Amy Billig. ...
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March 2, 2024 41 mins
In February of 1999, a teenage girl went missing while heading home from school in the Bronx. When her body was found days later in a dumpster behind a video rental store, police worked to find the person responsible. But after the case went cold, DNA technology would prove the devastating and shocking identity of her killer. This is the story of Minerliz Soriano. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoice...
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February 28, 2024 42 mins
In March of 2020, a 23-year-old Indigenous woman went missing while taking a walk outside her Haida Gwaii, BC home. Despite the fact that she had confided in loved ones about having a stalker, her case received very little attention due to the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Do what really happened to her? And does someone in her community hold the key? This is the story of Shaylanna Brown. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: ...
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February 23, 2024 41 mins
In December of 2019, a 28-year-old realtor headed to an appointment with a prospective client and vanished. When her body was found in an alleyway, police uncovered the details of her grisly kidnapping and worked hard to put her killers behind bars. With the help of surveillance footage and the knowledge of a threat being put on her family, police narrowed in on story people for the crime. This is the story of Monique Baugh. BONUS...
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February 21, 2024 46 mins
In February of 2005, a couple went out for drinks with friends at a bar in Philadelphia, heading out just before midnight. But during their drive home, they vanished, seemingly into thin air, and neither they, nor their car, has been seen since. This is the story of Danielle Imbo and Richard Petrone. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/go...
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February 17, 2024 48 mins
In February of 1987, a 15-year-old girl went missing from her Virginia home, leaving nothing behind but a ransom note from her alleged captor. But when a spotlight is shone on her inner circle, suspicions begin to fall on her parents and their potential involvement. But are they responsible? Or was it one of the other strange characters in the case? This is the story of Jennifer Pandos. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://...
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February 16, 2024 40 mins
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February 14, 2024 41 mins
In March of 2017, a 21-year-old woman headed back to her old West Palm Beach home to gather her belongings and move up to Buffalo, New York. But after having a conversation with her former roommate, they stabbed her to death, claiming to have been sleepwalking. But was that truly the case? Or was this premeditated murder? This is the story of Brooke Preston. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/...
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February 10, 2024 42 mins
In February of 2006, a 22-year-old Brazilian woman was seen leaving a New Jersey bar with an unknown man. Days later, her boss received a mysterious phone call, with the person on the other line screaming for help. But was this the missing woman? And what happened to her? This is the story of Carla Vicentini. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patre...
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February 7, 2024 44 mins
In 1999, a Missouri teenager’s stepfather disappeared. Four years later, in February of 2003, she told her uncle that her mother had murdered him and burned his body. Then, she disappeared herself. This is the story of Lena Chapin, and Gary McCullough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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February 2, 2024 41 mins
In the early months of 2023, six women turned up dead in and around Portland, Oregon, sparking rumors of a serial killer. Though police originally claimed they did not believe that the cases were connected, similarities emerged between four of the women, and one man linked them all. To the dismay of the public, not only did this suspect have multiple other crimes under his belt, but he had been granted early release from prison for...
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January 31, 2024 48 mins
In November of 2015, a 35-year-old woman left her Spokane, Washington home late one night to run an errand, leaving a note behind for her fiancé. When she never returned, her fiancé went looking for her, and discovered her locked car abandoned near a music venue with her purse and phone inside. When sightings of her acting strangely poured in from another side of town, suspicions of a mental health crisis were raised, until theorie...
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January 27, 2024 39 mins
In January of 1969, a 23-year-old Harvard graduate student headed out for dinner and ice skating with her boyfriend. After returning home to her Cambridge apartment that night, she was bludgeoned to death. For nearly fifty years, her murder would go unsolved. Then, with the help of Ancestry DNA, police uncovered a serial killer. This is the story of Jane Britton.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoice...
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January 24, 2024 53 mins
In January of 2008, a 26-year-old pregnant woman and her young daughter were found dead along a railroad track in South Carolina, leading investigators to believe that she had purposefully taken their lives. But with the only other resident of their home showing incredibly suspicious behavior by changing their story, having gaps in their timeline, and having an extensive and new injury to their hand, the family started their fight ...
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January 20, 2024 50 mins
In February of 2023, a 22-year-old pregnant woman headed to a California drive-thru with her parents late one night, weeks before her due date. When they arrived, she asked to step out of the car to get some air, and was never seen again. With no hospital records recording the birth of her child, police and her family can only fear the worst. But what really happened to her? This is the story of Cajairah Fraise. BONUS EPISODES App...
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January 17, 2024 45 mins
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