In October of 2007, a 22-year-old tennis player was supposed to meet up with a friend before heading to a party, but he never showed up. After leaving strange voicemails for his parents and telling his sister that “important” people were after him, he vanished. Even though his car and backpack were soon found, they only brought more questions than answers. This is the story of Charlie Allen Jr. BONUS EPISODE patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. South Coast Today: https://web.archive.org/...
Oct 14, 2022•43 min•Ep. 244
In 2013, a 19-year-old Arizona college student went missing after being involved in a single-car accident. When it was discovered that she took a ride from a suspicious cab driver and her whereabouts were unknown, police began investigating her disappearance with numerous persons of interest. Months later, her remains were found in a nearby desert, and theories spread of a “Zombie Hunter” and potential serial killer being involved. This is the story of Adrienne Salinas. BONUS EPISODE patreon.com...
Oct 11, 2022•47 min•Ep. 243
In October of 2012, a 30-year-old woman in Illinois who was being stalked by an unknown male went missing. She had been scared in the weeks leading up to her disappearance, and when her body was found in a river, police looked into numerous people in her circle until damning evidence brought her killer to justice. This is the story of Katrina Smith. BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Medium: https://medium.com/@story-teller/grieving-husband-turned-out-to-be-the-evil-murd...
Oct 07, 2022•39 min•Ep. 242
In October of 2016, a 23-year-old woman in Indianapolis headed to a private party and was never seen again. Just hours before she disappeared, she sent the address of the party to her best friend in case she went missing. Months later, she would be found murdered, and thanks to surveillance footage, police came up with a theory. This is the story of Angie Barlow. BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Fox: https://fox59.com/news/remains-found-buried-in-northeast-side-yard-be...
Oct 04, 2022•43 min•Ep. 241
Starting back in 1997, dozens of men have been found killed under eerily similar circumstances. Almost all of them were dubbed accidents fueled by a night out drinking with friends. But when investigators started noticing a similar calling card left by each body, graffiti paint of a smiley face, they began to suspect these seemingly random deaths were connected by one or more serial killers. This is the story of the Smiley Face Killer. BONUS EPISODE patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCE 1. Fo...
Sep 30, 2022•49 min•Ep. 240
In October of 2018, a 16-year-old girl disappeared from California after a party. Her stepmother picked her up from the side of the road after finding her running in the dark. When they got home, they went to sleep side by side for safety since she was agitated, but the next morning, she was gone. Blame began to shift within the family as inconsistencies in the story emerged, and all the family’s dirty laundry surfaced. This is the story of Karlie Guse. BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodcas...
Sep 27, 2022•50 min•Ep. 239
In April of 2003, a psychologist was found dead in his car from a car crash. But shortly before his death, he had received threatening letters, and the day he died, he was seen driving erratically before crashing into a tree. Though police ruled his death a suicide, his autopsy revealed unsettling details indicating that he had potentially been tortured and held captive before he crashed his car. This is the story of Philip Shue. BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Philip...
Sep 23, 2022•40 min•Ep. 238
In August of 2022, a 22-year-old woman headed out for a late night snack with the promise that she would be right back, but she never returned. Since then, her family, police, various organizations, and locals have been scouring the area looking for evidence. And with cell phone pings and surveillance footage, they’re hoping to find answers as soon as possible. This is the story of Jolissa Fuentes.
Sep 20, 2022•39 min•Ep. 237
In August of 1993, a 22-year-old college student in Illinois was found dead in her apartment, strangled and stabbed with a pair of scissors. With numerous potential suspects in the realm of possibly, one was convicted. But was he really behind it? Or was it someone else all along? This is the story of Jennifer Lockmiller. BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Herald Review: https://herald-review.com/news/local/25-years-after-jennifer-lockmiller-of-decatur-was-murdered-her-k...
Sep 16, 2022•39 min•Ep. 236
In August of 2017, a 22-year-old film student in Philadelphia was murdered after a night out. What started as a missing persons case quickly evolved into a murder investigation after her remains were found in a storage shed. And it was soon discovered that her killer had transported her body over 100 miles in a Lyft before disposing of her. This is the story of Jenna Burleigh. BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Temple Update: https://templeupdate.com/burleigh-murder-tria...
Sep 13, 2022•39 min•Ep. 235
In October of 2018, a 26-year-old postal worker went missing in Chicago after leaving her apartment to run errands. But suspicious surveillance footage and a thought-to-be fake sick call made into her work the next day have led her family and investigators to believe something sinister happened to her. This is the story of Kierra Coles. BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. NBC: https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/exclusive-kierra-coles-disappearance-woman-in-video-pl...
Sep 09, 2022•38 min•Ep. 234
In April of 2022, a 12-year-old boy was found dead in his backyard, and the police ruled it a suicide despite the baffling and bizarre details associated with the crime scene. His family is desperate for help in re-opening the investigation, fully believing that their son was murdered. This is the story of Sean Daugherty. Also known, as What Happened to Sean? PETITION https://www.change.org/p/what-happened-to-sean?original_footer_petition_id=32056726&algorithm=promoted&source_location=petition_f...
Sep 06, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 233
In 2011, a 22-year-old graduate student in Idaho was baking cookies with friends when she stepped out for a cigarette and was murdered on her porch. Police would soon uncover that an obsessed professor who referred to himself as a “psychopathic killer” had been behind it all. This is the story of Katy Benoit. BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Spokesman: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/aug/22/we-dont-shy-away-from-it-university-of-idaho-hon 2. NBC: https://www.nbc...
Sep 02, 2022•36 min•Ep. 232
In August of 1993, a 16-year-old Indigenous girl went missing in Hawaii after going out with a friend. Earlier that day, she and her friend had been picked up by a hitchhiker who asked them to hang out later, but despite this detail, Police initially believed she had run away. Years later, they would finally received a confession that detailed the horrible truth about what happened to her the night she disappeared. This is the story of Sequoya Vargas. BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodcast ...
Aug 30, 2022•37 min•Ep. 231
In September of 2006, a grisly murder scene was uncovered in a picturesque farmhouse bed & breakfast in rural Maine. Four people, including the innkeeper and her daughter, were murdered and dismembered by the young cook who lived there, shocking the small town and the entire region. This is the story Julie Bullard, Selby Bullard, Cynthia Beatson, and Jimmy Whitehurst, and it’s also the story of the Maine Bed & Breakfast Killer. BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. WJBQ: ht...
Aug 26, 2022•41 min•Ep. 230
In August of 2009, a 15-year-old girl left home to hang out with friends in a neighboring Wisconsin town, and never returned. Her brother's 24-year-old friend had actually been the last person to see her, claiming to have dropped her off at the home of her ex-boyfriend. But her ex-boyfriend claims they didn’t even have plans to see each other. So which of these men is lying? Or was it someone else entirely? This is the story of Kayla Berg. BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES...
Aug 23, 2022•43 min•Ep. 229
In August of 1983, a 20-year-old woman working as a cocktail waitress and a DJ was found strangled to death in a vacant field in Texas. When police began investigating her murder, they released the sketch of a mystery man they called “the cowboy”, hoping someone could identify him. Then, her mother began receiving threatening calls from an unknown man, but police had no idea if they were coming from her killer, or who her killer even was. And it would be decades before they would find out. This ...
Aug 19, 2022•36 min•Ep. 228
FIRST HALF OF OUR NEW PATREON BONUS EPISODE ON Debanhi Escobar. LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast In April of 2022, an 18-year-old woman went to some house parties with her friends in Mexico. But after she began acting erratically, her friends sent her home in a car service. During her ride home, she excited the vehicle and stood in the highway before wandering off. Her father scoured the city looking for her, only to find her deceased in a motel’s water tank. After 3 very...
Aug 19, 2022•19 min•Ep. 227
On August 5, 2022, a 16-year-old girl went to a campground party near her home and never returned. When records showed her phone last pinged at the campground before turning off minutes after she supposedly left, her family feared for the worst. Both she and her car are both still missing, with few clues as to what could have happened to her. This is the ongoing story of Kiely Rodni. KIELY GOFUNDME https://www.gofundme.com/f/bringkielyhome BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodcast...
Aug 16, 2022•53 min•Ep. 226
In August of 2006, a 21-year-old man attended a party after relocating to Louisiana to reconnect with his biological father. Multiple reports came out from party attendants that he had been acting paranoid and then left suddenly. But the most eerie account of all came from his father, who was the last person to speak with him, and remembers his son whispering into the phone that he thought someone was following him. This is the story of Clinton Nelson. BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodcast...
Aug 12, 2022•42 min•Ep. 225
In July of 1989, an 18-year-old woman was heading home to her parents house when she was shot in her own car. Her mother, an acclaimed mystery author, launched her own investigation and spent years hunting for her daughter's killer. And finally, after many years, answers came to the case. This is the story of Kaitlyn Arquette. BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Real Crimes: http://www.realcrimes.com/Arquette/Kaitlyn_Arquette.htm 2. Kait Arquette Family Website: https://k...
Aug 09, 2022•50 min•Ep. 224
In January of 2022, a 23-year-old woman living in the Bay Area went missing after being spotted on surveillance footage at a local gas station. The next day, her car was found abandoned on a dead-end street with the keys in the ignition, but she was nowhere to be found. Throughout the investigation, police discovered numerous suspicious clues leading to one specific suspect. This is the story of Alexis Gabe. BONUS EPISODE patreon.com/goingwestpodcast...
Aug 05, 2022•52 min•Ep. 223
In the spring of 1992, a string of murders began off the I-70 freeway in the Midwest. The killer claimed at least six victims, all of whom were store clerks, but to this day, no one has ever been caught, despite numerous eyewitness accounts. This is the story of the I-70 Killer. BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. St Louis Post-Dispatch: https://www.newspapers.com/image/141418456 2. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18229019/patricia-lynn-magers 3. Find A ...
Aug 02, 2022•44 min•Ep. 222
In August of 1981, a 20-year-old woman in Ohio disappeared in broad daylight from her office. When her boss arrived to find her car still in the parking lot, and signs that she had been there that day, but no trace of her, she was reported missing. Weeks before her disappearance, she had been receiving threatening phone calls, had numerous dreams about being abducted and murdered, and was concerned about a stalker at work. To this day, she has never been found. This is the disappearance of Cynth...
Jul 29, 2022•42 min•Ep. 221
In August of 2016, a 27-year-old woman went missing in the Spirit Lake Reservation of North Dakota after taking a drive with 3 men. After loved ones didn’t hear back from her in days, her aunt, who is a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Woman activist and organization owner, took the investigation into her own hands and traced down her killers. This is the story of Carla Yellowbird. https://www.sahnishscouts.org BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES https://www.kfyrtv.com/conten...
Jul 26, 2022•36 min•Ep. 220
Between 1993 and 2014, five women with similar appearances and backgrounds vanished under comparably suspicious circumstances in the same small area of California. As an area that is already nicknamed “The Black Hole” for its large number of disappearances, many locals believe that there is a serial killer stalking the area. These are the stories of Jennifer Wilmer, Karen Mitchell, Christine Walters, Sheila Franks, and Danielle Bertolini. Also known, as the Humboldt Missing Five. BONUS EPISODES ...
Jul 22, 2022•54 min•Ep. 219
In 2004, a well-liked man went missing from Aurora, Colorado after dropping his girlfriend off at the airport. When police conducted a wellness check at his home 2 days later, they found him brutally and methodically murdered in his own basement, with no apparent motive and no suspect in sight. But he had recently rented his basement apartment to a stranger…so was this mystery roommate to blame for his gruesome death? This is the story of Oakey “Al” Kite. BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodc...
Jul 19, 2022•37 min•Ep. 218
On June 24th, 2000, a 15-year-old aspiring writer vanished from her home in Utah, and her mom turned to her daughter’s own stories for clues. Having been a victim of bullying, police initially believed that she ran away. But as witnesses came forward, she appeared to have a stalker who had lured her from her home on the very computer where she sat every night to write. This is the murder of Trisha Autry. BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Unsolved Mysteries: https://www....
Jul 15, 2022•39 min•Ep. 217
In April of 2022, a 24-year-old went on a birthday trip to Houston, but disappeared after meeting up with a man in the middle of the night. Since then, a suspect has been named, and a warrant is out for his arrest after police found the victims blood in his car and apartment, mysterious Google searches and hardware store receipts, and horrific photos in his phone. However, this man is currently on the run and his whereabouts are unknown. This is the story of Felicia Johnson, and the search for C...
Jul 12, 2022•43 min•Ep. 216
In 2003, a young couple was camping in their pick-up truck in a remote part of the Arizona desert to celebrate their anniversary. But before they could return home, they were murdered in the back of the truck. With few clues left behind, could the photos on their disposable camera help piece together the truth? This is the story of Brandon Rumbaugh and Lisa Gurrieri, otherwise known as the Bumble Bee Road Murders. BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. ABC: https://www.abc15...
Jul 08, 2022•45 min•Ep. 215
