Going West: True Crime Dark West Productions

In January of 1970, two freshman students at West Virginia University disappeared while hitchhiking after seeing a movie. While police originally thought the girls may have run away, suspicious letters began to arrive that suggested otherwise. After their beheaded bodies were found, police began a relentless search to find their ruthless killer. But so far, all they’ve gotten is a false confession. These are the unsolved murders of Karen Ferrell and Mared Malarik.

BONUS EPISODES
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CASE SOURCES
1. Yahoo: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/overlooked-confession-morgantown-man-thinks-040100151.html
2. The Charleston Daily Mail: https://www.newspapers.com/image/36755693/?terms=mared%20malarik&match=1
3. Karen's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81833523/karen-lynn-ferrell
4. Mared's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81832990/mared-ellen-malarik
5. Paterson News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/532822561/?terms=mared%20malarik%20bride&match=2
6. Yahoo: https://www.yahoo.com/now/wvu-coed-murders-one-set-040100027.html
7. Beckley Post-Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/15803095/?terms=karen%20ferrell&match=1
8. Rootsweb: https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/189102/I43892/karen-ferrell/individual
9. The Charleston Daily Mail: https://www.newspapers.com/image/36758916/?terms=mared%20malarik%20father&match=1
10. Beckley Post Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/47827353/?terms=mared%20malarik%20father&match=1
11. The Dominion News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/64786053/?terms=mared%20malarik&match=1
12. The Dominion News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/64786020/?terms=mared%20malarik%20%22purse%22&match=1
13. The Herald News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/527298105/?terms=mared%20malarik%20father&match=1
14. The Dominion News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/64786043/?fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjY0Nzg2MDQzLCJpYXQiOjE2NzQ2NzY1MjEsImV4cCI6MTY3NDc2MjkyMX0.VkKCsTBhUsuUkZtHvBoUh3kGd94XQ99bBWsHVtuvvCg
15. The Dominion News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/64786063/?terms=karen%20ferrell&match=1
16. Inside Detective: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c328c00710699b10e8cd382/t/6136676088910d70a355bb1f/1630955362715/Inside_Detective_1976.pdf
17. Courier-Post: https://www.newspapers.com/image/181360475/?terms=%22eugene%20paul%20clawson%22&match=1
18. The Morning Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/63758493/?terms=%22eugene%20paul%20clawson%22&match=1
19. The Charleston Daily Mail: https://www.newspapers.com/image/36808094/
20. Justia: https://law.justia.com/cases/west-virginia/supreme-court/1980/14070-3.html
21. The Evening Standard: https://www.newspapers.com/image/28005536/?terms=%22eugene%20paul%20clawson%22&match=1
22. The Courier-News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/222978285/?terms=%22eugene%20paul%20clawson%22&match=1&clipping_id=11251752
23. Republican and Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/448662343/?terms=%22eugene%20paul%20clawson%22&match=1
24. The Danville News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/552968455/?terms=%22eugene%20paul%20clawson%22&match=1
25. Times WV: https://www.timeswv.com/news/exploring-new-possibilities-in-decades-old-murders/article_d0353258-4086-11e8-877c-8f3e726617c5.html
26. Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/urarg1/the_wvu_coed_murders_who_killed_mared_malarik_and/
27. The Evening Sun: https://www.newspapers.com/image/371608702/?terms=%22william%20bernard%20hacker%22&match=1
28. Medium: https://truecrimedetective.co.uk/gone-in-the-night-the-infamous-west-virginia-coed-murders-30322337980d
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In January of 2016, a 19-year-old woman vanished from the parking lot of her North Carolina apartment complex. When her grandfather received word that she was believed to have been abducted, he took the investigation into his own hands. This is the disappearance of Tyarra Williams.

BONUS EPISODES
patreon.com/goingwestpodcast

CASE SOURCES
1. ABC: https://abc45.com/news/local/birthday-this-weekend-for-greensboro-woman-missing-for-six-years-investigation-police-active-search-tyarra-mother-stoneybrook-crimestoppers
2. The Crime Wire: https://thecrimewire.com/true-crime/Missing-Tyarra-Cacigue-Williams
3. Disappeared: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07BVBZ6PV/ref=atv_dp_season_select_s9
4. The Cinemaholic: https://thecinemaholic.com/tyarra-williams-found-or-missing/
5. Washington Times: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/feb/21/police-man-charged-in-fatal-greensboro-apartment-s/
6. Charley Project: https://charleyproject.org/case/tyarra-cacique-williams
7. Tyarra's Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100044238919224
8. Deliver Fund: https://deliverfund.org/
9. News & Record: https://greensboro.com/news/greensboro-police-identify-shooting-victim-charge-suspect-with-murder-update/article_bca1745d-888b-5291-a3ac-f93fea0813ea.html
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In January of 2003, a 20-year-old college student in Colorado didn’t return home after a night out with friends. One week later, her body was found in a canyon outside of the city, clearly having been abducted and murdered. As police investigated the case, they uncovered that her killer had posed as a police officer, and pulled her over for a routine traffic stop before she disappeared, and that Lacy’s phony traffic stop wasn’t the first time it had occurred. This is the murder of Lacy Miller.
BONUS EPISODES
patreon.com/goingwestpodcast
CASE SOURCES
1. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46149832/lacy-jo-miller
2. My Plainview: https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Police-Investigate-Colo-Murder-8836806.php
3. True Crime Recaps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWH0GNdTYw0
4. Fort Collins Coloradoan: https://www.newspapers.com/image/227093695/?terms=james%20clausen
5. Windsor Beacon: https://www.newspapers.com/image/671225441/?terms=james%20clausen&match=1
6. Fort Collins Coloradoan: https://www.newspapers.com/image/227046460/?terms=james%20clausen&match=1
7. Coloradoan: https://www.coloradoan.com/story/announcements/2014/07/22/fort-collins-infamous-moments/12980659/
8. 9 News: https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/teaching-in-memory-of-a-daughter/73-343263301
9. True Crime Recaps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWH0GNdTYw0
10. Explorer Training: https://crgov.com/1780/Explorer-Post
11. Coloradoan: http://content-static.coloradoan.com/news/coloradoanpublishing/Miller/020403_suspiciousstop.html
12. Greeley Tribune: https://www.greeleytribune.com/2003/01/23/family-friends-grieve-for-woman-who-gave-so-much-to-others/
13. Fort Collins Coloradoan: https://www.newspapers.com/image/227046464/?terms=%22lacy%20jo%20miller%22&match=1
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On December 30th, 2017, 17-year-old Breezy Otteson and 18-year-old Riley Powell went missing in Utah after meeting up with a friend. When their bodies were found brutally murdered and tossed down an abandoned Utah mine shaft, police uncovered details so shocking that the state sought the death penalty. This is the story of the Mineshaft Murders.
BONUS EPISODES
patreon.com/goingwestpodcast
CASE SOURCES
1. Brelynne's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188523501/brelynne-marie-otteson
2. Riley's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188523575/riley-lee-powell
3. The Salt Lake Tribune: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/07/31/death-penalty-sought-utah/
4. True Crime Daily: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qeZMJqljZQ
5. The Daily Spectrum: https://www.newspapers.com/image/415003758/?terms=breezy%20otteson&match=1
6. The Daily Spectrum: https://www.newspapers.com/image/500625138/?terms=riley%20powell&match=1
7. KSL: https://www.ksl.com/article/21253403/2-killed-in-head-on-collision-identified
8. Nannette's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188523711/nannette-jena-hamby
9. KSL: https://www.ksl.com/article/46293004
10. KSL: https://www.ksl.com/article/46295730/teens-remembered-for-their-carefree-spirit-helpful-nature
11. East Idaho News: https://www.eastidahonews.com/2018/03/man-murdered-couple-dumped-their-bodies-in-a-mine-police-say/
12. UEN.org: https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/e/EUREKA.shtml
13. Breezy's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breezyotteson2000
14. Riley's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/powell.riley
15. Memorial Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/SearchingForBreezyandRiley
16. The Salt Lake Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/612861988/?terms=jerrod%20baum&match=1
17. The Salt Lake Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/613775374/?terms=jerrod%20baum&match=1
18. Lakeside Review: https://www.newspapers.com/image/602777584/?terms=jerrod%20baum&match=1
19. Fox 13: https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/jerrod-baum-sentenced-to-four-life-sentences-for-murder-of-two-utah-teens
20. KSL: https://ksltv.com/472282/utah-county-attorney-announces-he-will-no-longer-seek-the-death-penalty/
21. Salt Lake Tribune: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/06/10/jerrod-baum-says-im-not/
22. KSL: https://www.ksl.com/article/50420393/narcissistic-brutal-act-of-cowardice-judge-throws-book-at-convicted-killer-jerrod-baum
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In January of 2011, a 27-year-old elementary school teacher was discovered dead on her kitchen floor with over 20 stab wounds. Despite the fact that ten of the stab wounds were made from behind her, police ruled her death a suicide. But as of August 2022, the DA has reopened her case. This is the mysterious death of Ellen Greenberg.
PETITION
https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-ellen-rae-greenberg-justiceforellen?signed=true
BONUS EPISODES
patreon.com/goingwestpodcast
CASE SOURCES
1. NBC: https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/cold-case-spotlight/parents-ellen-greenberg-believe-new-evidence-submitted-philadelphia-attorney-general-n1286606?fbclid=IwAR3ywjj2yzvTWk2mr9LSRsCKIl6G5gDT2NrYDBpKmZsBrk0YrszuDHBs0NU
2. The News Pocket: https://thenewspocket.com/where-is-samuel-goldberg-now/
3. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64780765/ellen-rae-greenberg
4. Change.org Petition: https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-ellen-rae-greenberg-justiceforellen?signed=true
5. Nancy Grace: https://nation.foxnews.com/watch/31691c3728887edfc62176a63cafc30a/
6. Justice for Ellen: https://www.facebook.com/JusticeForEllen2019
7. Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11173629/Friend-woman-suicide-reinvestigated-missed-call-died.html
8. Autopsy: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5759528-Autopsy-RPT
9. Whyy: https://whyy.org/articles/neighbor-greenbergs-voice-stood-out-in-a-crowd/
10. Sam's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-goldberg-724534b/
11. Police report: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5759550-Me-Inv-RPT.html
12. True Crime Society: https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/10/11/ellen-rae-greenberg-murder-or-suicide/
13. Crime Scoop: https://www.crimescoop.org/news/ten-years-ago-ellen-greenberg-was-fatally-stabbed-20-times-10-times-in-the-back-of-the-neck-why-is-her-horrific-death-still-being-called-a-suicide
14. Investigation Discovery: https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/news/da-reopens-case-of-teacher-found-with-20-stab-wounds-whose-death-was-ruled-a-suicide
15. CBS 21: https://local21news.com/news/local/new-evidence-brought-forward-in-controversial-suicide-case
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On New Years Day, 2023, a 39-year-old mother of 3 went missing from her Massachusetts home. When her husband was arrested days later for misleading police, a slew of suspicious information was uncovered, including frightening Google searches, strange store purchases, and blood evidence in their basement. This is the story of Ana Walshe.
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