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Now in its fourth season, When Killers Get Caught is a true crime podcast hosted by Brittany Ransom that focuses not just on what happened, but why.
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Until I Kill You: The True Story of Delia Balmer & Serial Killer John Sweeney (opens the original)
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Delia Balmer survived an axe attack by serial killer John Sweeney , the "Scalphunter", but her hardest fight was against a system that refused to listen. Before John Sweeney made headlines as the dismemberment killer responsible for the murders of Melissa Halstead and Paula Fields, Delia Balmer handed law enforcement his murder confession, his bloody sketchbooks, and a blueprint of his violence. Despite surviving a four-day hostage ordeal in her Camden flat, institutional failures left Sweeney f
Escaping Andrew Urdiales: The Story of Jennifer Asbenson (opens the original)
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In 1992, 19-year-old Jennifer Asbenson faced a night of unthinkable horror when she accepted a ride in Palm Springs, California, from a man who would turn out to be serial killer Andrew Urdiales. Ambushed, bound, and locked inside the trunk of a moving car, Jennifer knew her survival depended on taking action. Through extraordinary quick thinking and instinct, Jennifer managed to unlatch the trunk from the inside and leap to safety on the highway. Her miraculous escape didn't just save her life,
Surviving Cline Falls: Terri Jentz and the Unsolved 1977 Oregon Attack (opens the original)
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In 1977, college students Terri Jentz and Avra Goldman set out on a cross-country bicycle trip that ended in a nightmare at Cline Falls State Park, Oregon. While sleeping in their tent, an unidentified attacker ran over them with a pickup truck and brutalized them with an axe. Both women survived the horrific assault, but the local investigation quickly stalled, leaving the case cold and no suspect officially charged. Decades later, Terri returned to Central Oregon to investigate her own attempt
Alison Botha: Survival, Justice, and the Power of the Human Spirit (opens the original)
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In 1994, Alison Botha was abducted outside her home in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, by Frans du Toit and Theuns Kruger. After a horrific attack, Alison was left for dead in an isolated area. But somehow, she was still alive. Alone and catastrophically injured, Alison made a decision: if she was going to die, she would die trying to live. Using one hand to hold her body together and the other to support her severely injured neck, Alison began dragging herself toward the road. Before she left, sh
Holly Dunn: The Sole Survivor of the Railroad Killer Ángel Reséndiz (opens the original)
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Holly Dunn was the only known survivor of Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, the serial killer who became known as the Railroad Killer. In 1997, 20-year-old Holly and her boyfriend, Christopher Maier, were attacked near railroad tracks in Lexington, Kentucky. Christopher was murdered. Holly was beaten, sexually assaulted, and left for dead, but she survived. Her survival would become an important part of the case against Reséndiz, a transient serial killer connected to murders across multiple states and e
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