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Feb 2024
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The Victims of the Hitch-Hike Murderer (...

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On a chilly December night in 1972 just outside of Boston, Massachusetts, what might have been just a routine traffic stop took an unexpected turn when two police officers trailed a mysterious man in a dark Cadillac and their pursuit spiraled into a high-speed chase and a shoot out. 

When officers finally caught up to the vehicle and apprehended the driver, the past four months of fear and torment through the greater Boston area would finally come to an end. 

These are the stories of Kathleen Randall, Deborah Rae Stevens, Ellen Reich, Sandra Ehramjian, Damaris “Synge” Gillispie and Ruth Hamilton. 

View source material and photos for this episode at darkdowneast.com/hitchhikemurderer

 

Dark Downeast is an audiochuck and Kylie Media production hosted by Kylie Low.

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