12 episodes
Three Wavland
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- True Crime
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4.7 • 3.9K Ratings
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After midnight on July 6th, 2012, three teenage girls walked into the thick Appalachian woods somewhere along the Mason-Dixon line. Hours later, under the glow of a nearly full moon, only two walked out.
The very last time Dave and Mary Neese saw their only child Skylar was in a grainy black-and-white video. In it, she's sneaking out of her ground-floor bedroom in the middle of the night, her purse over her shoulder, her brown hair swinging as she hurries across the small parking lot to a waiting car.
What happened to Skylar Neese has become gothic American lore: the odd girl out in a vicious teenage triangle. But in the ten years since that fateful night beneath the West Virginia stars, a fuller portrait of what happened has emerged. From award-winning journalists Justine Harman and Holly Millea comes a gripping 10-part series featuring Skylar's family, closest friends, and law enforcement who lived the case—and are still living it.
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Skylar Is Missing | Chapter 1
Star City, West Virginia. Sixteen-year-old Skylar Neese disappears into the night, just after the July 4th holiday, 2012.
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The Day After | Chapter 2
July 6, 2012, the first day without Skylar, was complicated. After a strange summer, Shelia and Rachel return to University High School for their junior year.
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Dear Diary | Chapter 3
As law enforcement circle Shelia and Rachel, a group of digital vigilantes begin to kick up dust. Officers learn more about the girls from their private journals.
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Hunger Games | Chapter 4
It's a bleak Christmas for the Neeses, who go to extreme lengths to find their daughter. An examination of the past reveals warning signs.
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"They Know" | Chapter 5
A last ditch effort to extract information from Shelia goes awry; Rachel returns to the scene of the crime.
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Silent Snow, Secret Snow | Chapter 6
As prosecutors build their case from Rachel's shocking confession, Shelia keeps up with her social calendar. Dave and Mary finally get some answers.
Customer Reviews
The Whole Story
I almost didn’t listen to this since in knew the basic story of what happened. So glad I listened though. Even if you think you know… wow… hearing Skylar’s dad speak just broke me. Wonderfully interviewed, recorded, and produced.
A range of emotions
This podcast was done really well and gives the listener the full experience into this case. I found feeling so many emotions. The amount of empathy and sadness I felt as I listened to this horrific story unfold sometime had me lost in time. This case couldn’t have been told any better. As Skylar’s daddy talked about her being frozen in time (forever 16) tears rolled down my cheek. The reality of it all is almost too hard to believe. Thanks for telling the story of this beautiful young lady that tragically left this earth. She has touched my life as I’m sure she has done to many others.
Grabbed me right away
Excellent podcast. Hard to listen to. Had me in tears several times. Very similar to the attack of the young girl by her friends due to Slenderman.