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Oct 2023
1h 9m

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
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