12 episodes
Three Wavland
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- True Crime
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4.7 • 3.7K 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
Interesting, In-Depth, Well Done
Awesome documentary! In short, best podcast and documentary I have ever listed to. Keep up the great work waveland! Thank you for giving Skylar an honor by talking about her personality, likes, dislikes, etc. thank you for focusing as much on Skylar and her family as you did the murderers. I appreciate that y’all kept her human and this felt like an honor to her.
We don’t need keyboard clicks!
It’s great storytelling but I have to say it - it’s 2024 we don’t need keyboard clicks and twitter whistles to understand that the voice is reading a text/tweet, especially when the narrator literally says it’s a tweet. It’s so distracting and annoying! It’s making it incredibly difficult to listen to the podcast. PSA for all podcasters: PLEASE don’t add that in. We don’t need it. We are smart enough to follow along without the sound effect.
RIP Sky 🫶🏻
Such a sad story . Heard of Skylar a couple years ago and it broke my heart . Don’t know why but it stayed with me . I think of her her and there and hope she’s resting in peace . Her parents are so sweet and I feel so much sadness for them . Thank you for the details in this series .