logo
episode-header-image
Oct 2023
1h 8m

50: Romantic Hike Ended in Murder

Eleanor Neale
About this episode
Today's episode is on Rebecca Wight and Claudia Brenner who in 1988, set off on a romantic hike near the Appalachian trail. As long distance girlfriends, their weekends together were treasured - but neither of them expected this would be their last. When Stephen Roy Carr saw the couple making love in the woods, he was overcome with homophobia-fuelled rage - and launched a devastating attack on them.

Trigger warnings: Stalking, sexual assault, homophobia
Resources: https://linktr.ee/usualdisclaimer 

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Up next
Apr 19
How a Trusted Relationship Turned Deadly: The Catalina Gutiérrez Case
Argentina, 2024: A manhunt begun after Catalina Gutierrez, an architecture student & influencer, vanished into thin air. She was last seen driving to a bowling alley to meet friends, only she never arrived. Instead her phone location would show up outside one of her best friends' ... Show More
49m 12s
Apr 12
‘Adopted Son’ Turned Psychotic Killer: The Carol & Stephen Baxter Cas
Essex, 2023: On Easter weekend Carol Baxter and her husband Stephen Baxter were found dead in their armchairs, with no signs of violence or note to say goodbye. But when police began reading emails from a mystery doctor, they realised lies and manipulation were ingrained in every ... Show More
1h 13m
Apr 5
The 'Truth or Dare' Killer
Lancashire, England, 2019: Tiernan Darton is playing a game of truth or dare with the edgy kids at a party, and he is about to rat himself out for something he has spent the last year covering up...Resources:⁠https://linktr.ee/eleanornealeresources⁠A Moth Mgmt production @moth-mg ... Show More
27m 42s
Recommended Episodes
Aug 2020
The Husband
<p>Harold Henthorn loses his first wife in a tragic car accident on the side of a rural mountain road, then his second wife falls off of a cliff in Rocky Mountain National Park. Authorities in Colorado feel something is terribly wrong, and a closer look at Henthorn’s past reveals ... Show More
27m 17s
Aug 2019
SERIAL KILLER: The Hillside Strangler
<p>Between October of 1977 and February of 1978, a serial killer terrorized women in Southern California. Originally preying upon sex workers in Los Angeles, this offender began to target young women irregardless of race or background, before simply vanishing for good. It wasn't ... Show More
51m 1s
May 2022
Sex Lies & Murder: Witchcraft
Life isn’t always easy - Kevin and Heather Miller knew this all too well. Kevin lost his job at the same time Heather discovered an unplanned pregnancy. The escalating situation left Heather searching for solace - which she found in best friend Mindi Robbins. A lesbian affair, Wi ... Show More
46m 27s
Sep 2020
(BONUS) The Newlywed
<p>Wedding bells had barely stopped ringing by the time 21-year-old Jordan Graham pushed her husband of only eight days off of a cliff in Glacier National Park. The couple’s hike was meant to bring their budding marriage closer together, but ended horrifically for Cody Johnson. T ... Show More
37m 26s
Jun 2022
S4 Ep8: Gary Ridgway, The Green River Killer
1980s Washington. One of the most prolific serial killers of all time, Gary Ridgway, preyed on vulnerable young women, runaways and sex workers. With his un-assuming persona and habit of dumping bodies in the nearby Green River, Ridgway was able to commit mass murder for nearly t ... Show More
45m 15s
Jun 2024
Heavenly Creatures: The Parker-Hulme Murder
<p>On the afternoon of June 22, 1954, Agnes Ritchie was preparing ice cream for two customers in her shop when two teenage girls, Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme, burst through the front door, screaming for help and saying one of their mothers had been killed. Agnes and her husba ... Show More
1h 32m
Oct 2022
MURDERED: Yeardley Love
<p>When 22-year-old Yeardley Love is found murdered in her apartment just a few weeks before graduating college, her friends all point police to one man: George Huguely, her ex-boyfriend. It doesn’t take long for investigators to uncover a disturbing history of domestic abuse, bu ... Show More
29m 58s