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Angie Housman & The Deification of the Devil – E024

Cold Case Murder Mysteries

Cold Case Murder Mysteries

True Crime

3.8 β€’ 1.6K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 17 December 2017

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

On November 18, 1993, 9-year-old Angie Housman vanished after getting off a school bus less than a block from her home. In the following days, terror gripped the residents of St. Ann, MO as police searched desperately for a missing little girl and her abductor. Their worst fears were confirmed when Angie's frozen body was discovered tied to a tree in a remote wilderness nearby. 25 years later, her killer's identity remains unknown. Join host Ryan Kraus as he paints a psychological portrait of evil from the scarce palette of clues left on this canvas.

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0:00.0

Hey everybody welcome back to cold case murder mysteries. I'm your host Ryan Kraus dragging you back into the clutches of

0:12.8

madness once again this week as we explore the 1993 disappearance and

0:16.6

murder of Angie Houseman, a nine-year-old girl from St. Anne Missouri who was

0:20.8

abducted while walking home from the bus stop one day.

0:24.0

It's a crime that has gained notoriety over the years, due in part to the unrelenting cruelty

0:28.8

display by her captor, who of course ultimately became her murderer.

0:33.0

Angie was tortured, raped, starved, and dehydrated to the point the medical examiner

0:39.0

speculated she received no food or water at all during nine days of captivity, a situation that almost

0:45.1

defies logic when most estimates suggest a human can only go about three days without

0:49.5

water. So if Angie did manage to survive in the absence of these things, it was nothing less than a miracle.

0:57.0

Regardless, what happened next was an act so abominable, so evil, that the mere mention brings me chills every time I hear it.

1:05.0

Angie was tied to a tree in the remote wilderness with tape over her eyes and mouth

1:10.0

in freezing temperatures and left to die.

1:14.0

She slowly succumbed to the elements,

1:16.2

later discovered by two hunters who found ice chips formed

1:19.4

over her body.

1:21.1

According to the medical examiner, she'd been dead for only a few hours.

1:25.0

It's an absolutely heartbreaking tale,

1:28.0

the quintessential representation of the physical manifestation of fear

1:32.0

that parents have about releasing their young children. of the We are all that wildlife video where the baby sea turtles get snatched up by the birds and other predators as they make their way into the ocean,

1:48.0

scrambling for safety.

1:50.0

But the one thing we can say about humanity is that we spend more time raising and protecting our young than any other species on Earth.

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