Northwest of Normal: A Pacific Northwest True Crime Podcast

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 Studen...

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...

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

Send us Fan Mail When a girl agrees to housesit for relatives, she doesn’t realize she'll be targeted for her isolation and vulnerability. Sources Wikipedia – Murder of Cassie Jo Stoddart Dateline episode The Secret in Black Rock Canyon Internet Archive – Brian Draper and Torey Adamcik: The Complete Tape [2006] Music: “Flowing Rivers” by Immersive Music Email us at nwonpod@gmail.com Visit our...

Send us Fan Mail When a pastor's wife dies in a house fire in western Washington State, it looks like a tragic accident. But when rumors of infidelity surface, a self-proclaimed prophet blows the whistle. “ Mortal Sin” by NBC News Dateline podcast Cinemaholic – “Nick Hacheney: Dawn Hacheney’s Husband is Still Behind Bars” by Viswa Vanapalli, updated December 6, 2023 Music: “Flowing Rivers” by...

Send us Fan Mail A woman files countless reports against a stalker for over six years. Then she goes missing. Is it all in her head? Or is she telling the truth? Sources All That’s Interesting – “The Chilling Case Of Cindy James, The Nurse Found Dead After Six Years Of Disturbing Harassment” by Marco Margaritoff, May 17, 2022 Wikipedia – Death of Cindy James Music: “Flowing Rivers” by Immersive Mu...

Send us Fan Mail A woman working in a remote area outside Spokane, Washington disappears in 1987. There’s no trace of her. And she’s not the only one. Sources Wikipedia – Disappearance of Julie Weflen Kiss Me , Kill Me and Other True Cases – Ann Rule’s Crime Files: Vol. 9 by Ann Rule Trace Evidence podcast episode 126 “The Disappearance of Julie Weflen,” August 2020 Unsolved Mysteries Wiki – Debor...

Send us Fan Mail 33 Serial Depravity Two undergraduate students disappear from Bellingham, Washington in early 1979. It doesn’t take long for detectives to find out who’s responsible and to link him to a series of unsolved murders in another state. Sources Wikipedia – Hillside Strangler Wikipedia – Kenneth Bianchi History Link - “After he murders two Bellingham women, police arrest serial killer K...

Send us Fan Mail Two men find the body of a woman floating in a mountain lake. Who is she? How did she get there? And how are her remains so perfectly preserved? Sources Myths and Mysteries of Washington by LE Bragg Wikipedia – Lake Crescent HistoryLink.org #8599 Find a Grave – Hallie Brooks Latham Illingworth Find a Grave – Montgomery J. “Monty” Illingworth Northwest of Normal | podcast @nwonpod

Send us Fan Mail A woman from a troubled background stops at nothing in her quest for financial security, using lies, manipulation, fraud, and even murder to get what she wants no matter who ends up as collateral damage. Sources True Crime Brewery podcast “Burning Down the House” Wikipedia - Robin Lee Row Music: “Flowing Rivers” by Immersive Music Email us at nwonpod@gmail.com Visit our website: n...

Send us Fan Mail The shocking murder of a beloved singer in Seattle in 1993 puts the city on edge. With few clues and too many suspects, will justice prevail? Sources Wikipedia – Mia Zapata Wikipedia – The Gits Wikipedia – Home Alive Casefile podcast – Case 77: Mia Zapata Rolling Stone - “Mia Zapata: Punk Musician Murdered in 1993, Changing Seattle Grunge Scene” by David Chiu Wikipedia – Stefanie...

Send us Fan Mail A depraved predator given every chance to turn his life around decides instead to give himself over to the darkness within. He stops at nothing to exert control and targets the most vulnerable among us – children. Sources People article, “She Survived a Monster” by Elaine Aradillas, June 6, 2022 Serial Killers podcast, “Jazzi Jet” Joseph Edward Duncan Pts. 1 & 2, March 14, 202...

Send us Fan Mail When a group of young people get together to have a good time, a lonely interloper comes onto the scene, leading to tragic consequences. Sources Seattle Met – “The 10 Crimes That Shook Seattle” by Bess Lovejoy, October 1, 2014 Wikipedia – Capitol Hill massacre Murderpedia – Kyle Aaron Huff Wikipedia – The Capitol Hill Arts Center Music: “Flowing Rivers” by Immersive Music Email us...

Send us Fan Mail A girl agrees to babysit for a family new to town.  When a man picks her up, she rides off with him and disappears. Sources: Crime Beat podcast – “The Back-up Babysitter” Pts. 1 & 2 Ucfiles.com Music: “Flowing Rivers” by Immersive Music Email us at nwonpod@gmail.com Visit our website: nwonpod.com Northwest of Normal | podcast @nwonpod

Send us Fan Mail A girl walks away from her friend’s house in anger. Several witnesses see her throughout town before she vanishes. Did a stranger take her or did someone close to her do the unimaginable? Book your stay at Inn at 500 Capitol in Boise, Idaho here . Sources ABC News 20/20 “Last Seen Walking”  Leah Nicole Freeman - Find a Grave  Wikipedia - MacGuffin Music: “Flowing Rivers” by Immers...

Send us Fan Mail A man with a troubled childhood and a disturbing adolescent record of deviant behavior escalates to an unimaginable degree, leaving four women dead and questions that can never be answered. Sources Wikipedia - Jerry Brudos Jerry Brudos and the Grisly Murders of 'The Shoe Fetish Slayer' (allthatsinteresting.com) Music: “Flowing Rivers” by Immersive Music Email us at nwonp...

Send us Fan Mail A man with a troubled childhood and a disturbing adolescent record of deviant behavior escalates to an unimaginable degree, leaving four women dead and questions that can never be answered. Sources Wikipedia - Jerry Brudos Jerry Brudos And the Grisly Murders of 'The Shoe Fetish Slayer' (allthatsinteresting.com) Music: “Flowing Rivers” by Immersive Music Email us at nwonp...

Send us Fan Mail Women have disappeared from the backroads of the western United States for decades. Today, we visit two of these cases. One eventually gets solved. The other has grown as cold as a Wyoming winter. Book your stay at Inn at 500 Capitol in Boise, Idaho here . Sources Wikipedia – Lil’ Miss Murder “ The True Story Behind the Lil’ Miss Murder” by Rachel Souerbry for Ranker Wikpedia – Di...

Send us Fan Mail After a man fails to appear in court on a weapons charge, the US government takes matters into their own hands. The escalation leaves three people dead and raises fundamental questions about the meaning of protection, freedom, and individualism. Sources Ruby Ridge – Wikipedia Randy Weaver – Wikipedia “ Ruby Ridge Federal Siege” on Forgotten History by Colin Heaton “ In the Crossha...

Send us Fan Mail When a young girl goes missing in an Oregon town in 2002, the community and police have no clue how deep the depravity runs, and that the perpetrator walks among them. Book your stay at Inn at 500 Capitol in Boise, Idaho here . Sources Wikipedia – Ward Weaver III Wikipedia – Oregon City, Oregon All That’s Interesting – “The Disturbing Story Of Ward Weaver III, The Oregon Dad Who B...

Send us Fan Mail A young woman seeking adventure and self-discovery heads to the remote northern wilderness of Washington State. Did she disappear of her own volition, or did someone take her? Sources Leah Roberts – Wikipedia “ The Unsolved 2000 Disappearance of Leah Roberts Explained” by Becky Stephenson for Grunge – October 2, 2022 Music: “Flowing Rivers” by Immersive Music Email us at nwonpod@g...

Send us Fan Mail From 1996 to 1998, the city of Spokane, Washington was under siege as people discovered the remains of women's bodies in vacant lots and rural roads on the outskirts of town. As police followed leads, the body count climbed. And when they finally discovered the source of destruction, they learned that his crimes had spanned decades. Resources Washington Recovery Help Line: 86...

Send us Fan Mail From 1996 to 1998, the city of Spokane, Washington was under siege as people discovered the remains of women's bodies in vacant lots and rural roads on the outskirts of town. As police followed leads, the body count climbed. And when they finally discovered the source of destruction, they learned that his crimes had spanned decades. Resources Washington Recovery Help Line: 86...

Send us Fan Mail An unknown assailant brutally kills a young woman in Idaho. Local police have promising forensic evidence. The only problem? It doesn’t match the man who confesses to being involved in the crime. Sources Dateline NBC   “ The Confession” Wikipedi a – Murder of Angie Dodge Find a Grave – Angie Raye Dodge Chris Tapp’s obituary Music: “Flowing Rivers” by Immersive Music Email us at nw...

Send us Fan Mail A man finds a young woman’s body floating in an urban and heavily populated lake on a summer afternoon. What investigators find while working the case will perplex them and keep her family looking for answers for years to come. Sources Seattle Police Department’s homicide unit tip line: 206-233-5000 Email reporters with information on Autumn Stone: greenlaketips@seattletimes.com G...