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Thetrue-crime podcast universeis ever expanding.
Were here to make it a bit smaller and a bit more manageable.
Each week, our crack team of podcast enthusiasts and specialists will pick their favorites.
But I picked a great episode to dive into head first.
Despite police efforts, Anns body was never found and a suspect was never charged.
All these years later, the case remains open, albeit with a footnote.
The notorious serial killer was just 14 years old at the time and delivered newspapers near Anns home.
Its interesting conjecture, but does it hold?
After listening, Im pretty sure Im a believer, but your mileage may vary.
(Alcala is also the subject of the new Wondery podcastThe Dating Game Killer.)
Jamie, come wake up, an increasingly panicked man pleads before he realizes that Jamie is dead.
The 19-year-old has been murdered.
Dr. Alex Bridges, an expert forensic psychiatrist, emerges as the central character and narrator of this mystery.
Yet her interviews with the accused and his family give listeners clues in this mystery.
(Spoiler alert: He doesnt answer.)
The next day, the man was seen again, this time dead.
He had no ID and no visible cause of death.
(FYI, the murdery atmosphere of Adelaide brings to mind California in the 70s.)
When I need an extra soupcon of levity, I tune in toTrue Crime Obsessed.
(She survived.)
He pleaded to the lesser charge of assault and was paroled after just 17 months.
This podcast covers it all.
And thats essentially where the first episode ends.
Amy Wilkinson
Murder in Pilot Mountain, Who Was Ronda Blaylock?
On August 26, 1980, 14-year-old Ronda Blaylock disappeared after school in Rural Hall, North Carolina.
Her body was found three days later, 17 miles away in Pilot Mountain, North Carolina.
Forty years later,FOX8 WGHP-TVin Greensboro is taking another look at Rondas case.
Chanel Dubofsky
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