Freeway Phantom
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Between 1971 and 1972, six black girls went missing in the Washington D.C. area. Their bodies were discarded alongside DC freeways. And their killer was never found. The media dubbed him “The Freeway Phantom.” From iHeartRadio and Tenderfoot TV, a new podcast reinvestigates the 50 year old unsolved murders of these young girls. Journalist and Public Radio veteran Celeste Headlee (NPR, PBS, TEDx) examines old case files and interviews the investigators and family members who are still haunted by these killings. Headlee will ask the questions: Why didn’t these murders make the news headlines? Did law enforcement do enough to solve these crimes? And how do racial disparities impact these types of investigations, past and present? Plus, we’ll explore new evidence which may crack the cold case wide open again. If you have any information relating to these unsolved crimes, contact the Metropolitan Police Department at (202) 727-9099. If you have a tip and would like to reach out directly to Tenderfoot TV, email us at tips@tenderfoot.tv.
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Outstanding! True Crime, Interviews+ Details
6 days ago
Celeste Headley does outstanding work here. Jam packed with footage from family of 5+ murders from 70’s. Solid facts, shocking details but very well delivered. I enjoyed this podcast so much. My heart breaks for these families. The details are raw, emotional and make you think. But it not disturbing or gory. I would give it 10 stars if possible! Excellent work. This collaboration absolutely did their homework on this podcast. Bravo! 👏 This kind of devotion to fact, detail and analysis are why I listen to true crime. I certainly hope there will be more like this to come from Celeste Headley,Payne Lindsey, & Black Barmitzvah. (Forgive me if I left anyone out) Thank you. Birmingham AL
Courtney’s House
Jan 12
Tina is a God send! It would be amazing if she could do this country wide, a house in every state. This is needed.
Profile
Aug 9
OK, I’m on episode eight. They’re talking about the new profile before I go any further in listening I’m wondering if he could be some type of coach PE teacher
A Bit Woke and Biased 3.9 ⭐️
Jan 30
I think the investigation in this podcast was excellent and the insight of the guests were great. However, it’s a bit woke, wanting to spin the race card in places they prob don’t belong - I’m not saying racism and prejudice did not exist in the 1970s because it very much did but this podcast doesn’t focus on the evidence that the highway phantom was likely a BLACK man. One of the cold case detectives on this even thought so herself, and she was a black female detective. You gotta laugh at the audacity to put aside somethings that make minorities look back and blame it all on the white folks. At another point a guest is asked “why isn't there more coverage on news media when a black or brown child goes missing?” And the guest did everything BUT respond to the question and somehow it circled back to racist law enforcement. What isn’t spoken about is culture - it’s all put on race. Not much on how people in these neighborhoods probably saw something and did not speak up to police yet are angry at police for not solving the crime 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ It’s not ALL about race. And as long as we keep playing that constant race card in this day and age it will continue to exist. Now what they should have been talking about was how a person from within the black community who was black was likely the one victimizing their own people - how do you figure that??! We should touch on that because these baby girls deserve every avenue to be explored. Otherwise, a good podcast. You can chew the meat and spit out the bones when it comes to the woke stuff. And I am Hispanic, female, grew up in the hood and work in my community FYI.
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- Episodes14
- Seasons1
- RatingClean
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