Encore: Down the Hill: the Delphi Murders

Killer Psyche

Wondery | Treefort Media

True Crime, Exhibit C

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🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong dives into the murders of 14 year-old Libby German and 13 year-old Abigail Williams. After five years, Richard Allen has been arrested for the "delphi murders." Candice also speaks with journalist Susan Hendrix, who covered the case and has written a new book about it entitled, "Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi."

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0:00.0	Hi listeners, intrigued by the psychology behind the crime,
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0:18.5	A listener note, this episode contains adult content and is not suitable for everyone.
0:25.0	Please be advised.
0:34.6	14-year-old Abigail Williams and 15-year-old Liberty German were the best of friends.
0:42.7	So it was not unusual that they would choose to spend their day off from middle school together, doing something fun.
0:50.7	That Monday, February 13, 2017, was unseasonably warm for a wintry day in the rural small town of Delphi, Indiana, where they lived.
1:04.0	So the teens decided to go hiking along a popular nature trail, where they often went to hang out.
1:13.3	The path leads to one of the main attractions along the trail, a looming abandoned railroad trestle known as Monon High Bridge.
1:22.3	There is no visible railing to keep anyone from falling more than 60 feet into the Rocky Creek bed below.
1:31.0	Libby's older sister, Kelsey, dropped the girls off around 135 that afternoon and drove away.
1:38.8	The two teens then walked along the bridge, taking photos and posting them on social media.
1:46.0	About a half an hour later, Libby posted a photo of Abby on Snapchat, walking head down along the bridge, surrounded by bare-leafed trees.
1:58.0	She was wearing jeans, sneakers, a t-shirt, and an open jacket, her hair tied on top of her head.
2:07.0	The girls were supposed to be picked up at 3.15 by Libby's father, but they failed to show up at the
2:13.7	pre-planned meeting spot. By approximately 5.30 p.m. that evening, police were called and the girls were reported missing.
2:24.7	At first, local law enforcement did not think the girls were in imminent danger, but the search
2:30.6	and rescue continued.
2:40.1	Around 12.15, the following day, a grisly discovery was made.
2:49.1	Their two bodies were found roughly half a mile upstream from the bridge on a small piece of private property.
2:56.2	On February 15, police released a grainy photo Libby had taken on her cell phone the day she went missing. The picture was of a man wearing jeans and a blue
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