Going West: True Crime

Dark West Productions
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  • TRUE CRIME
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Going West: True Crime
REAL CRIME BY GOING WEST

2 bonus episodes/month, 100+ episode back catalog

$9.99/mo or $99.99/yr after trial

Daphne Woolsoncroft and Heath Merryman discuss haunting details of different disappearance and murder cases week by week. New episodes released every Tuesday and Friday.

  1. The Belanglo Forest Murders (BONUS)

    1D AGO • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    The Belanglo Forest Murders (BONUS)

    Between 1989 and 1992, five women and two men were abducted, assaulted, and murdered by an unknown assailant while backpacking through New South Wales. All the murders took place within the Belanglo State Forest, with the perp seemingly under the guise of providing transportation to the hikers. Police searched far and wide to find the monster plucking travelers off the wooded roads, and eventually, a terrifying tip came into police that cracked the case wide open- providing them with their suspect… This is the story of the Belanglo Forest Murders.

    51 min

  2. 3D AGO

    Ashley Pegram // 489

    In April of 2015, a 28-year-old mother of three went missing in South Carolina after meeting up with a man from a dating app. Initially, the only suspect in her disappearance was cooperative and helpful. Until her body was found buried in a swamp. This is the murder of Ashley Pegram.

    46 min

  3. 6D AGO

    Anjelica Hadsell // 488

    In March of 2015, an 18-year-old college freshman in Virginia went missing after returning home for spring break. Weeks later, her body was found on an abandoned property, proving that her death was a murder. When suspicions turned on her grieving loved ones, and toward the erratic behavior of one person in particular, a shocking suspect revealed themselves. This is the story of Anjelica, or “AJ,” Hadsell.

    47 min

  4. MAR 21

    Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm? // 487

    In April of 1943, a group of teenagers walking through the woods near Birmingham, England made a chilling discovery: a human skull hidden inside the hollow trunk of a wych elm tree. As whispers of witchcraft, espionage, and murder circled the town, investigators uncovered shocking theories that only deepened the mystery… As the woman’s body continued to go unidentified, it sparked speculation and fear, especially after cryptic graffiti began appearing, starting with the haunting question, “Who put Bella down the wych elm?”

    46 min

  5. MAR 18

    Angela Craig // 486

    When a 43-year-old mother in Colorado slipped into a coma in March of 2023, her grief-stricken loved ones struggled to make sense of it. Otherwise active and healthy, she had been hospitalized multiple times with a mysterious ailment, dying within days. It wasn’t until a shocking source revealed the contents of a suspicious package that a murder plot was uncovered - before she even succumbed to her death. This is the story of Angela Craig.

    50 min

  6. MAR 14

    Samantha Josephson // 485

    In March of 2019, a 21-year-old student at the University of South Carolina went out to a local bar with friends. Leaving the rest of her group behind around 2am, she headed outside to hop in her Uber, and was never seen alive again. A day later, in a rural area of South Carolina, her remains would be found with over a hundred stab wounds. And as the investigation would uncover, it wasn’t a rideshare car she got into that evening, but a random, vicious strangers… This is the story of Samantha Josephson.

    47 min

  7. MAR 11

    Melissa Jenkins // 484

    In March of 2012, a beloved 33-year-old high school science teacher went missing from Vermont after heading out to help someone with apparent car troubles. When her abandoned vehicle was discovered with her two-year-old son still inside, a frantic search began. And when detectives began looking into a local man who used to work for her, a sinister plot unraveled. This is the story of Melissa Jenkins.

    47 min

  8. MAR 7

    Hailey Owens // 483

    In February of 2014, a Missouri girl was abducted off the street in her own neighborhood by a strange man in a truck. Three witnesses watched it happen and acted immediately, writing down the license plate number of the perpetrator, and even knocking on doors attempting to find the girl’s family. And because of their actions, police would soon be knocking on the door of the man responsible - where they would find horrific evidence linking him to the crime. This is the story of Hailey Owens.

    44 min
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Daphne Woolsoncroft and Heath Merryman discuss haunting details of different disappearance and murder cases week by week. New episodes released every Tuesday and Friday.

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  • Creator
    Dark West Productions
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2025
  • Episodes
    530
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Dark West Productions
  • Show Website
    Going West: True Crime
  • Provider
    Dark West Productions

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