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533 // Hunting Fugitive William Leslie Arnold

Missing

Crawlspace Media

True Crime, News, Society & Culture

3.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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In this episode, Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with Geoff Britton about his hunt for missing fugitive William Leslie Arnold. William Leslie Arnold murdered his parents in 1958, pled guilty and was sentenced in 1959. Then he escaped prison in 1967 and disappeared. Our guest Geoff Britton began searching for him and it led him down an incredible path of discovery while tracking this fugitive around the world. This episode was originally published on Missing on June 8th, 2023. Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code MISSING for a great deal: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://happymammoth.com⁠⁠⁠⁠. Check out Mood and use my code MISSING for a great deal: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mood.com⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Missing: IG:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/MissingCSM/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. TT:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@missingcsm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. FB:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/MissingCSM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. X:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/MissingCSM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Spotify:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/0yRXkJrZC85otfT7oXMcri⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Youtube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/missingcsm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Apple:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/missing/id1006974447⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Crawlspace: IG:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. TT:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. FB:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. X:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Spotify:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/7iSnqnCf27NODdz0pJ1GvJ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Youtube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/crawlspace⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Apple:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crawlspace-true-crime-mysteries/id1187326340⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Check out our entire network at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://crawlspace-media.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The

0:07.0

The Welcome back to missing. I am Tim here today with Lance. Lance, how are you today?

0:39.3

I'm doing so well today, Tim. This episode, this conversation that is coming up features a story that while on the surface

0:45.8

feels like it's going to be this hard-boiled true crime story about a prison break, but turns into

0:51.6

the story about two individuals who never met each other,

0:54.9

getting to know, weirdly enough, getting to know each other and discovering things about

0:59.2

certain aspects of themselves that they didn't know existed.

1:04.2

I find it incredibly fascinating and can't wait to hear what the listeners think about it,

1:09.3

Tim, but I personally can't wait to hear how you are today.

1:12.5

I am doing great. Thanks a lot for asking. And this is an episode that was originally released on missing on June 8th, 2023. I am very excited to introduce this conversation that we had with Chief Jeff Britton. And he tells us all about the story of William Leslie Arnold,

1:31.1

who killed his parents when he was 16 years old in 1958 and was sent to prison,

1:39.8

escaped prison in 1967.

1:43.3

And then, well, I guess you're going to have to listen to, uh, to hear

1:46.1

some more of the specifics, but he traveled the world, didn't he, Lance? He sure did. And

1:52.2

Chief Britain followed him for a number of years, becoming a bit obsessed with this escapee. And again,

1:58.5

learning a lot about this person. And it became a story about not only the prison

2:03.8

break but jeff's journey as well well i think this conversation is kind of timely lance because

2:08.7

we recently spoke with laura ristie about william bradford bishop who killed his family and went

2:16.0

on the run.

2:21.2

And during that conversation, we also spoke about John List, who did the same thing.

2:26.8

And you kind of hear about how some of these fugitives sort of evade capture.

2:33.4

And this story's really much more unique, I would say, because of what he did with his life.

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