Stay ConnectedA crime journalism podcast series focused on unusual horrors in the hills and hollers of Appalachia. Created and hosted by Kendall Perkinson and Sarah James McLaughlin.
Season 1 – Mared & Karen: The WVU Coed Murders
Season 2 – Big Savage: The Death Of Alexander Stevens
Season 3 – Outlandish
Season 4 – Listener Suggestions
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A lot has happened since the season finale of Big Savage, including Megan Shaffer’s appeals, the unfortunate death of Alexander’s father, and a scandal involving the judge who presided over Megan's trial.
Sarah & Geoff's book about the WVU Coed Murders
(available on Amazon)
Kendall's Appalachian Motorcycling Travel Channel
(@motoappalachiadiscovery on YouTube)
A stranger approaches Teresa as the jury deliberates. The verdict is finally delivered, and we speak with two jurors about the discussion and debate that went on behind closed doors.
Sarah & Geoff's book about the WVU Coed Murders
(available on Amazon)
Kendall's Appalachian Motorcycling Travel Channel
(@motoappalachiadiscovery on YouTube)
Two medical examiners take the stand. Megan finally takes the stand to testify about the entire ordeal, closing out the trial.
Sarah & Geoff's book about the WVU Coed Murders
(available on Amazon)
Kendall's Appalachian Motorcycling Travel Channel
(@motoappalachiadiscovery on YouTube)
Kromatic Media sets legal precedent in Maryland by obtaining Megan's 911 call from the morning Alex was found dead. Jay and Tristan – Alex's father and sister – take the stand.
Sarah & Geoff's book about the WVU Coed Murders
(available on Amazon)
Kendall's Appalachian Motorcycling Travel Channel
(@motoappalachiadiscovery on YouTube)
Sarah and Kendall get personal, Alex's therapist takes the stand, and a stranger testifies about finding Alex on her doorstep one week before High Rock.
Sarah & Geoff's book about the WVU Coed Murders
(available on Amazon)
Kendall's Appalachian Motorcycling Travel Channel
(@motoappalachiadiscovery on YouTube)
Three defense witnesses all make a claim that could swing the jury's opinion. But is there any evidence? One of those witnesses helps to arrange a third police interview with Megan, only 48 hours after Alex is found dead. Megan's story has one more important change.
Sarah & Geoff's book about the WVU Coed Murders
(available on Amazon)
Kendall's Appalachian Motorcycling Travel Channel
(@motoappalachiadiscovery on YouTube)
The trial of Megan Shaffer begins with testimony from Steven Moon. We examine Megan's slightly shifting story of what happened that night. Sarah, Kendall and Teresa each make a visit to High Rock -- bringing a realization to all that only confuses the story more.
Sarah & Geoff's book about the WVU Coed Murders
(available on Amazon)
Kendall's Appalachian Motorcycling Travel Channel
(@motoappalachiadiscovery on YouTube)
In this episode, we try to find out who Alex & Megan really were. The second case file discovered by reporters makes the whole situation even more confusing. Pretrial hearings set the stage for an unusual prosecution.
Sarah & Geoff's book about the WVU Coed Murders
(available on Amazon)
Kendall's Appalachian Motorcycling Travel Channel
(@motoappalachiadiscovery on YouTube)
Two “extremely close friends” perform a ritual on a clifftop in Savage River Forest. By morning, only one is still alive. Big Savage: The Death of Alexander Stevensis an 8-part investigation into the baffling trial of a young woman charged with murder and assisted suicide for the same death.
In this opening episode, we follow the early investigation of reporters Teresa McMinn and Michael Sawyers as the bizarre details of the case begin to trickle out. Nine months pass until charges are filed, but the charges are conflicting, and no up front bail is required. What can we expect from the trial?
Sarah & Geoff's book about the WVU Coed Murders
(available on Amazon)
Kendall's Appalachian Motorcycling Travel Channel
(@motoappalachiadiscovery on YouTube)
This episode is the last of a three-part update on Appalachian Mysteria Season 1 — Mared & Karen: The WVU Coed Murders. Without a doubt, these three episodes will be the most important updates since the season finished airing in 2018.In this episode, Devona Coffey — formerly Devona Daft — finds out about the existence of Geoff and Sarah’s book, and one paragraph in particular makes her blood boil.
The passage leads to an emotional confrontation in the holler, and eventually to Devona contacting the Mysteria crew to share a long-buried family secret.The terminally ill aunt who took care of Devona after her father’s death confides in her about the night Mared & Karen went missing, and a growing chorus of voices in the family echo the story.
But is it all true, or a story contrived to create a dangerous mystique around career criminals?
Sarah & Geoff's book about the WVU Coed Murders
(available on Amazon)
Kendall's Appalachian Motorcycling Travel Channel
(@motoappalachiadiscovery on YouTube)
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