100. West Memphis Three – Part 1
The Consult: Real FBI Profilers
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🗓️ 3 September 2025
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Summary
In this first episode of our three-part analysis of the West Memphis Three case, we look at the events of May 5, 1993. That afternoon, three 8-year-old boys, Michael Moore, Steve Branch, and Christopher Byers, went missing in West Memphis, Arkansas. The next day, they were found in a drainage ditch in an area known as Robin Hood Hills. They had been murdered.
We cover the timeline of their disappearance, the search efforts, and the discovery of their bodies. We also discuss our initial impressions of the crime scene and what it may reveal about the offender.
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| 0:00.0 | Your first great love story is free when you sign up for a free 30-day trial at audible.co. |
| 0:05.5 | U.K.-slash-wondery. That's audible.com.uk-slash-wondery. |
| 0:11.5 | In the consult, we discuss cases involving violence, sexual violence, abduction, and murder. |
| 0:19.4 | Sometimes the cases we discuss involve children. |
| 0:23.4 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:27.7 | Music Welcome to the consult. I'm Julia Cowley, retired FBI agent and profiler, and I'm joined by my colleagues. |
| 0:53.3 | Angela Cursar. Susan Costler, Drew, and I'm joined by my colleagues. Angela Cursar. |
| 0:54.7 | Susan Costler, Drew. |
| 0:56.4 | And Bob Drew. |
| 0:57.5 | Angela, Susan, and Bob are also retired FBI agents, and we work together in the FBI's |
| 1:03.4 | behavioral analysis unit. |
| 1:05.7 | Today, we begin our analysis of the case known as the West Memphis 3, a case made famous by the Paradise |
| 1:13.1 | Lost documentaries, the HBO trilogy that followed the arrests, trials, and eventual release of three |
| 1:20.9 | teenagers convicted of murdering three young boys in 1993. The films raised questions about the investigation, the role of the media, |
| 1:31.0 | and the justice system itself, ultimately galvanizing public support for the defendants and |
| 1:36.3 | fueling ongoing debate about whether justice was served. On May 5, 1993, three-eight-year-old |
| 1:43.5 | boys, Stevie Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers disappeared in West Memphis, Arkansas. |
| 1:50.0 | Their bodies were discovered the next day in a drainage ditch in a wooded area known as Robin Hood Hills, |
| 1:56.4 | just behind their neighborhood and accessible by a pipe bridge across the 10 mile bayou. |
| 2:01.6 | Two of the boys had been on bicycles and their bicycles were recovered from the bayou. |
| 2:07.6 | Witnesses had seen the boys riding their bikes late that afternoon, |
| 2:11.6 | the last time around 5.45 to 6.30 p.m. heading toward the woods. When found the next afternoon, the boys were naked, |
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