274. Awash in Forgiveness: The Murder of Liz Reiser

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🗓️ 21 August 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

It is May 24, 2000, and we are going to Tuscarawas County in Ohio to New Philadelphia. It is exactly what you think of when you say small-town America, with lots of farmland and friendly people. Elizabeth Reiser who goes by Liz is a 17-year-old high school student who is looking forward to graduating and finding out all that life has to hold for her. Her good friend 18 year old Brandi Hicks asked Liz to come over and stay the night with her. On this day Brandi who was in the school choir was going to the choir banquet and wanted Liz to go with her. Even though it was a school night, her mother relented and said yes. That evening, the two friends visited a video store in New Philadelphia after the choir banquet to rent some videos for a movie night. When they left the store and started to get into the car, a man approached them. The man claimed he had no means of getting home and asked the girls for a ride, telling them he lived nearby. The girls hesitated and told them they really needed to get home. The man then offered them $20 as an incentive. The girls did not want to give this stranger a ride, but he urged them to, and they relented. They were young, naive, and always looked for the best in people. After all, he only needed to go across town and then they could go back and watch the movie they had rented. Neither Brandi nor Liz would ever get to watch that movie.

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Sources:
https://www.amazon.com/Through-My-Tears-Awash-Forgiveness/dp/1493691384

https://beckireiser.blogspot.com/2008/05/frustration-with-justice.html

https://www.morningjournal.com/2000/05/26/man-confesses-to-killing-teen/

https://casetext.com/case/state-v-vaca

https://www.timesreporter.com/story/entertainment/books/2014/03/21/book-reiser-family-s-story/987546007/

https://veritycreates.medium.com/the-murder-of-elizabeth-reiser-and-how-her-best-friend-battled-to-survive-f455b23d9590

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/07/23/death-penalty-44/

https://veritycreates.medium.com/who-killed-corona-girl-three-decades-on-police-want-to-know-d6cbe32139dc

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7554908/

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/teen-played-dead-being-thrown-25062826
https://thecinemaholic.com/elizabeth-reiser-murder-where-is-matthew-vaca-now/

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0:30.1	Hello, I'm Edward October.
0:32.6	Over the years I've narrated more ghost stories, horror shows, and creepy pastas that I can count.
0:38.0	And yet, the crimes discussed on our true crime podcast managed to scare the shit out of me.
0:44.7	This program is not suitable for children or the faint of heart.
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0:54.0	Are you still with us?
0:57.0	Well, we've warned you. So, Hi, Jen, Jen.
1:18.0	Hey Kim, how you doing?
1:20.3	I'm pretty darned okay.
1:21.6	How about yourself? Doing yeah doing well it's you know
1:25.9	schools in session we're a couple weeks out of going to Scotland to see our executive producer Nico get married to his beloved Jesse.
1:37.7	So it's going to be fun.
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1:41.3	So we are recording this early so if we make references to anything just know that that's the end of July and not necessarily the end of August. So just pretend like we do. Just pretend. Yeah.
1:52.0	That's best that way. I have a case for us oh good I'd be surprised if you didn't
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