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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These three episodes will be the most important updates since the season finished airing in 2018.In this episode, we’re reintroduced to Danny Strakal, host of the YouTube series Spirit Walk Paranormal. Danny’s history with the spirit realm began in his childhood, but his full-scale investigations began after the release of our first podcast season.
A viewer of Danny’s channel connects him with Dave Campbell, another man who was there at the moment Mared and Karen’s bodies were discovered. After spending time together on several investigations, Dave claims to have received a vision of two men that he believes are the murderers. When Sarah shows him a lineup of our best suspects, he tells us that two of the men — members of the same family that lived in the hollow where the girls were killed — were known to pick up and rape hitchhikers.
This leads to the first of two damning testimonies from members of their family. Their niece struggles with the dark history of her childhood, and their sister finally reveals a story that had been sworn to secrecy.
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 first of a three part update on Appalachian Mysteria Season 1 — Mared & Karen: The WVU Coed Murders. Without a doubt, these two episodes will be the most important updates since the season finished airing in 2018.
In this episode, we’re reintroduced to Albert “Rod” Everly, a National Guardsman who was one of the first people on the scene when the bodies of Mared & Karen were found. As it turns out, Rod has been nursing a theory about the murders for more than 50 years.
After acquiring the “Triangle” letters from Geoff and Sarah, he fleshes the theory out further, leading the podcast crew to unexpectedly exhume a body. A few weeks later, the Dominion Post begins a series of articles about new excavations by State Police. The photos accompanying the articles clearly depict Rod Everly, and we set out to explain to the general public exactly what has been happening with the case.
Sarah & Geoff's book about the WVU Coed Murders
(available on Amazon)
Kendall's Appalachian Motorcycling Travel Channel
(@motoappalachiadiscovery on YouTube)
As the true-crime world revels in the decoding of a cipher written by the infamous Zodiac Killer, the team at Appalachian Mysteria have unearthed a discovery of their own.
With the help of Dr. Korshi Dosoo, Sarah has decoded the mystical copper plate first introduced to our story in episode two. We discover the real story behind the plate and learn more about the mystical Morgantown figure who created it.
Sarah & Geoff's book about the WVU Coed Murders
(available on Amazon)
Kendall's Appalachian Motorcycling Travel Channel
(@motoappalachiadiscovery on YouTube)
In this, the final episode, we talk to a forensic pathologist about the state of the bodies, several characters from Parade of Horribles come back into play, Geoff reveals the identity of his top suspect, and Sarah offers an alternative theory. And finally, we hear how the case may soon be solved.
Sarah & Geoff's book about the WVU Coed Murders
(available on Amazon)
Kendall's Appalachian Motorcycling Travel Channel
(@motoappalachiadiscovery on YouTube)
In Episode 7, we flash forward to 2006 when a new investigation begins. We discover that the case affected those involved so strongly, they could not let it go. And we update listeners on where the case stands now.
Sarah & Geoff's book about the WVU Coed Murders
(available on Amazon)
Kendall's Appalachian Motorcycling Travel Channel
(@motoappalachiadiscovery on YouTube)
The final chapter of Clawson's story. We take a close look at his trials, his multiple confessions, and his potential innocence. We also see how Mared and Karen live on, even almost 50 years later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sarah & Geoff's book about the WVU Coed Murders
(available on Amazon)
Kendall's Appalachian Motorcycling Travel Channel
(@motoappalachiadiscovery on YouTube)
In this episode, a hard-working state trooper is fired, the governor lashes out at the press, a lost form of media is revisited, and we finally meet the man convicted of killing Mared & Karen.
Sarah & Geoff's book about the WVU Coed Murders
(available on Amazon)
Kendall's Appalachian Motorcycling Travel Channel
(@motoappalachiadiscovery on YouTube)
In Episode 4, we examine just a few people on the long, deplorable list of suspects in the murders of Mared & Karen.
Sarah & Geoff's book about the WVU Coed Murders
(available on Amazon)
Kendall's Appalachian Motorcycling Travel Channel
(@motoappalachiadiscovery on YouTube)
In Episode 3, the unidentified man at Mared & Karen's makeshift grave is investigated, Triangle is finally revealed, and panic hits WVU.
Sarah & Geoff's book about the WVU Coed Murders
(available on Amazon)
Kendall's Appalachian Motorcycling Travel Channel
(@motoappalachiadiscovery on YouTube)
In Episode 2, the headless bodies of Mared & Karen are finally discovered, a crusading newspaper man is forced into retirement, and the murders take on a decidedly mystical tone.
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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