12 episodes
Three Wavland
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- True Crime
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4.7 • 128 Ratings
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After midnight on July 6th, 2012, three teenage girls walked into the thick Appalachian woods somewhere along the Mason-Dixon line. Hours later, under the glow of a nearly full moon, only two walked out.
The very last time Dave and Mary Neese saw their only child Skylar was in a grainy black-and-white video. In it, she's sneaking out of her ground-floor bedroom in the middle of the night, her purse over her shoulder, her brown hair swinging as she hurries across the small parking lot to a waiting car.
What happened to Skylar Neese has become gothic American lore: the odd girl out in a vicious teenage triangle. But in the ten years since that fateful night beneath the West Virginia stars, a fuller portrait of what happened has emerged. From award-winning journalists Justine Harman and Holly Millea comes a gripping 10-part series featuring Skylar's family, closest friends, and law enforcement who lived the case—and are still living it.
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Skylar Is Missing | Chapter 1
Star City, West Virginia. Sixteen-year-old Skylar Neese disappears into the night, just after the July 4th holiday, 2012.
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The Day After | Chapter 2
July 6, 2012, the first day without Skylar, was complicated. After a strange summer, Shelia and Rachel return to University High School for their junior year.
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Dear Diary | Chapter 3
As law enforcement circle Shelia and Rachel, a group of digital vigilantes begin to kick up dust. Officers learn more about the girls from their private journals.
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Hunger Games | Chapter 4
It's a bleak Christmas for the Neeses, who go to extreme lengths to find their daughter. An examination of the past reveals warning signs.
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"They Know" | Chapter 5
A last ditch effort to extract information from Shelia goes awry; Rachel returns to the scene of the crime.
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Silent Snow, Secret Snow | Chapter 6
As prosecutors build their case from Rachel's shocking confession, Shelia keeps up with her social calendar. Dave and Mary finally get some answers.
Customer Reviews
RIP Skylar, such an informative podcast
I have binge these episodes so fast. They are so such easy listening and so interesting. There is so much more information in these than what was put out on TV and in the media.
Thank you for giving us a proper understanding of this case. Thinking of the Neese family 🩷
Very satisfying to listen to
I really enjoyed the format of this podcast series. I normally gravitate towards hours long (the longer the better) episodes. But I tried this one and found myself hooked immediately by the Dads perspective and the candid feel.
I enjoyed the candid audio of the actual family members and police that were heavily involved in the actual case especially the swearing! It made it feel so real and raw! It didn’t seem dramatised and recreated at all.
I really liked the whole series and the way the episodes were played out, each question I had was pretty much answered throughout the episodes.
The narrative was well written and the speaking tempo and tones were all very comforting and not stressful (Neurospicey perspective).
Very poor reporting in the descriptions of women
The part where the hosts describe the judge and the prosecuting attorney - one as “attractive”, and the other one simply using their features, was really poor reporting of women and very ageist. It also demeans their professional credentials (would you describe a professional man as attractive before anything else?)
There was also mention of someone who had “gained weight” as having a “doughy” face. That is also a really inappropriate thing to say no matter who it is. It’s never appropriate to comment on someone’s weight loss or gain.
None of these things are acceptable in this day and age, and if these people are actual reporters they have a lot to learn.