Ep.2: Killing Fields - Who Took Misty Copsey?

Who Took Misty Copsey?

Warner Bros. Discovery

True Crime

4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Sarah Cailean is on the ground in western Washington, determined to get to the bottom of whether the disappearance of Misty Copsey is the work of someone she knew – or that of a serial killer. Sarah quickly learns that Washington is rightfully-known as a serial killer capital of the world, and Misty disappeared at a time when serial killers and predators often went undetected or unapprehended. Speaking with a local investigator who solved two decades-long cold cases, Sarah looks for similarities between the work of known serial killers and the events surrounding Misty’s disappearance. Then – the rug gets pulled out from under her.

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to Who Took Misty Copsie.
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0:17.5	Previously, on Who Took Misty Copsie?
0:39.7	32 years. That's how long it's been since 14-year-old Misty Copsie disappeared while attending the Washington State Fair. You know, for years, my mom felt like people thought she was crazy. I mean, every time she would even talk to the Puyall Police Department, it was like, you guys think I'm crazy and I'm not crazy. I mean, the problem with this is she could be anywhere and you don't have anything.
0:43.8	You have a bunch of weirdos, but you know, there's bottom feeders all over that area.
0:47.7	She just looked totally distressed, you know, like she was in trouble.
0:49.2	She looked like she was crying.
0:57.0	From ID and ARC media, I'm Sarah Kalin, and this is Who Took Misty Copsie?
1:07.0	When I book my flight to Washington, I deliberately choose a window seat. I usually prefer the aisle, but I've never been to the Pacific Northwest, and I have a feeling
1:13.2	I'll want to see the view. As we approach the Seattle-Tacoma Airport, I slide open the window blind,
1:19.6	and honestly, I gasp out loud. Mount Rainier looms over everything as far as I can see, even from that high
1:27.3	up. It's January. The mountain is
1:30.1	completely white and against an unusually bright blue sky, the stark contrast is truly like
1:36.5	nothing I've ever seen. An hour later, as I head out to I-5, Mount Rainier's presence seems even
1:42.9	more intense. It's just there everywhere I look, raining over a sea of evergreens.
1:50.0	We're in the Pacific Northwest now, baby, that's for sure.
1:58.0	It strikes me that this is how it would have looked in 1992 when Misty Copsie went missing.
2:05.2	Misty's mom, Diana, searched through this landscape for nearly 30 years until she passed in 2020.
2:12.8	In some of these woods and in the shadow of Mount Rainier, a pair of jeans was found along Highway 410,
2:20.3	the only evidence ever recovered in this very cold case.
2:25.1	I spent my first afternoon exploring the area.
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