Northwest of Normal: A Pacific Northwest True Crime Podcast

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Send us Fan Mail In January 1974, Ted Bundy unleashed a reign of terror that would last for over four years as he roamed at least seven states, leaving atrocious carnage and ineffable anguish in his wake. Part 7 of a multi-part story. Sources The Stranger Beside Me By Ann Rule The Phantom Prince By Elizabeth Kendall The Seattle Times – “A former detective recalls manhunt” By Ted Montgomery, September 6, 2004 Unspeakable Acts Edited by Sarah Weinman – “The End of Evil” by Sarah Marshall; origi...

Send us Fan Mail In January 1974, Ted Bundy unleashed a reign of terror that would last for over four years as he roamed at least seven states, leaving atrocious carnage and ineffable anguish in his wake. Part six of a multi-part story. Sources The Stranger Beside Me By Ann Rule The Phantom Prince By Elizabeth Kendall Lynda Ann Healy (1952-1974) – Find a Grave Memorial Mamamia – “The little-known story of serial killer Ted Bundy's first girlfriend, [intentionally omitted].” By Jessica Kingsto...

Send us Fan Mail In January 1974, Ted Bundy unleashed a reign of terror that would last for over four years as he roamed at least seven states, leaving atrocious carnage and ineffable anguish in his wake. Part five of a multi-part story. Sources The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule The Phantom Prince by Elizabeth Kendall Lynda Ann Healy (1952-1974) – Find a Grave Memorial Mamamia – “The little-known story of serial killer Ted Bundy's first girlfriend, [intentionally omitted].” By Jessica Kingst...

Send us Fan Mail In January 1974, Ted Bundy unleashed a reign of terror that would last for over four years as he roamed at least seven states, leaving atrocious carnage and ineffable anguish in his wake. Part four of a multi-part story. Sources The Stranger Beside Me By Ann Rule The Phantom Prince By Elizabeth Kendall Lynda Ann Healy (1952-1974) – Find a Grave Memorial Mamamia – “The little-known story of serial killer Ted Bundy's first girlfriend, [intentionally omitted].” By Jessica Kingst...

Send us Fan Mail In January 1974, Ted Bundy unleashed a reign of terror that would last for over four years as he roamed at least seven states, leaving atrocious carnage and ineffable anguish in his wake. Part three of a multi-part story. Sources The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule The Phantom Prince by Elizabeth Kendall Lynda Ann Healy (1952-1974) – Find a Grave Memorial Mamamia – “The little-known story of serial killer Ted Bundy's first girlfriend, [intentionally omitted].” By Jessica Kings...

Send us Fan Mail In January 1974, Ted Bundy unleashed a reign of terror that would last for over four years as he roamed at least seven states, leaving atrocious carnage and ineffable anguish in his wake. Part two of a multi-part story. Sources The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule The Phantom Prince by Elizabeth Kendall Lynda Ann Healy (1952-1974) – Find a Grave Memorial Mamamia – “The little-known story of serial killer Ted Bundy's first girlfriend, [intentionally omitted].” By Jessica Kingsto...

Send us Fan Mail In January 1974, Ted Bundy unleashed a reign of terror that would last for over four years as he roamed at least seven states, leaving atrocious carnage and ineffable anguish in his wake. Part one of a multi-part story. Sources The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule The Phantom Prince by Elizabeth Kendall Lynda Ann Healy (1952-1974) – Find a Grave Memorial Mamamia – “The little-known story of serial killer Ted Bundy's first girlfriend, [intentionally omitted].” By Jessica Kingsto...

Send us Fan Mail A young girl dies in Montana in 1996. The sheriff’s department writes her death off as an accident though it was clearly a homicide. Can a new sheriff and his team find the killer or is it too late? Sources 48 Hours – “It’s About Danni” The Cinemaholic – “Paul Hutchinson: What Happened to the Suspected Killer?” by Naman Shrestha, February 8, 2025 Find a Grave – Danielle Adeline “Danni” Houchins Music: “Flowing Rivers” by Immersive Music Instagram: @nwonpod Email us at nwonpod...

Send us Fan Mail A young woman goes missing after reconnecting with an old flame. Is there enough evidence to prove who disappeared her? Sources Wikipedia – Disappearance of Heather Elvis Dateline NBC “Return to the Landing” Music: “Flowing Rivers” by Immersive Music Instagram: @nwonpod Email us at nwonpod@gmail.com Visit our website: nwonpod.com Northwest of Normal | podcast@nwonpod

Send us Fan Mail A woman encounters a stranger intent on doing her in. By the time police arrive on the scene, she no longer needs their help. Sources True Crime Magazine – “Meet the Nurse Who Strangled Her Hitman” [no byline or date] All That’s Interesting – “A Hitman Tried To Kill Susan Kuhnhausen – So She Killed Him Instead” By Kara Goldfarb, Published March 30, 2018, Updated February 23, 2022 Willamette Week – “A Hit Man Came to Kill Susan Kuhnhausen. She Survived. He Didn't.” By Beth Slo...

Send us Fan Mail A woman arrives at an Oregon hospital with her three children. Two of them are grievously and injured and one is dead. The mother claims that a man attacked them but soon after, her story unravels. Sources Wikipedia – Diane Downs Small Sacrifices by Ann Rule KEZI Eyewitness News 1984 Special with Anne Jaeger – “Diane Downs' most disturbing interview” ABC News “In 1983, Diane Downs said a stranger shot her 3 kids, but police decided she was lying” by Sean Dooley, March 19, 201...

Send us Fan Mail In 1981, heinous murders and an abduction rocked a small community in Northern California. The case went unsolved for decades before investigators took a fresh look only to find that the answers to solving the crimes had been there all along. Sources Keddie28.com Wikipedia – Keddie murders People Magazine Investigates S1 E5 “Cabin 28: Horror in the Woods” People – “Inside the Keddie Cabin Murders: Daughter Remembers Finding Mom and Brother Dead at Age 14” by Jeff Truesdell, N...

Send us Fan Mail A man stalks girls and women throughout Anchorage and Seward with impunity for over a decade. Why does it take authorities so long to close in on him? Sources Wikipedia – Robert Hansen Wikipedia – “The Most Dangerous Game” The FBI Files “Hunter’s Game” Heavy Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) – nativehope.org Music: “Flowing Rivers” by Immersive Music Instagram: @nwonpod Email us at nwonpod@gmail.com Visit our website: nwonpod.com Northwest of Normal | podcast@nwonpod

Send us Fan Mail A family heads out from their home in Portland, Oregon to gather Christmas greenery in December 1958. They never make it back. Plus, a medley of Christmas crimes spanning almost a century to temper your holiday spirit. “Lully, Lulla, Lullay” Arranged by Philip Stopford, Caroline Halls, and Owen Ree Wikipedia - Martin family disappearance All That’s Interesting – “In 1958, The Martin Family Suddenly Vanished — And Oregon Police Still Don’t Know What Happened To Them” By Genevi...

Send us Fan Mail A family with two young children loses their way in the mountains on a holiday road trip and there's nowhere to turn for help. Sources Wikipedia – James Kim The News Review – “Ten years ago, Kim family endured wilderness tragedy” by Jeff Duewel, December 10, 2016 SFGate – “Stranded Father’s Heroic Last Hours / He crawled, climbed through 5-mile canyon seeking help for family” by Peter Fimrite, December 7, 2006 ABC News 20/20“Exclusive: Kati Kim on Her Family's Harrowing Ordea...

Send us Fan Mail Four college students are inexplicably murdered in their off-campus home in 2022, devastating their families and the community. The world speculates about what happened while law enforcement runs down leads. Can a killer outwit investigators? Or has "the perfect murder" become impossible in the digital age?Sources When the Night Comes Falling by Howard Blum The Idaho Massacre podcast Wikipedia – 2022 University of Idaho killings Music: “Flowing Rivers” by Immersive Music Inst...

Send us Fan Mail Four college students are inexplicably murdered in their off-campus home in 2022, devastating their families and community. The world speculates about what happened while law enforcement runs down leads. Can a killer outwit investigators? Or has "the perfect murder" become impossible in the digital age? Sources When the Night Comes Falling: A Requiem for the Idaho Student Murders by Howard Blum The Idaho Massacre podcast Wikipedia – 2022 University of Idaho killings Musi...

Send us Fan Mail A young woman is found dead in her apartment days after a Halloween party at her housing complex. Sometimes having too many suspects is just as bad as having none. Sources Danelle Hallan on YouTube – “Woman attacked after Halloween Party, doused in bleach | Arrest, dismissal. now STILL unsolved?!” The Seattle Times – “After nearly 11 years and two trials, killing of Redmond woman who had been ‘living her dream’ remains unsolved” No byline, June 14, 2019 Music: “Flowing River...

Send us Fan Mail When five men go prospecting in the mountains of southwestern Washington State, they meet with the inexplicable. Sources Myths and Mysteries of Washington by LE Bragg Music: “Flowing Rivers” by Immersive Music Email us at nwonpod@gmail.com Visit our website: nwonpod.com Northwest of Normal | podcast@nwonpod