Episode 8: The Finish Line from Valley of Shadows
Lost Hills: Dark Canyon
Western Sound and Pushkin Industries
4.1 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
A reunion between two retired detectives brings new focus to the Aujay investigation, just as Hayley and Betsy find out about another tragedy in the Punchbowl area. When a woman and her father are shot dead in deputy Engels’ home, the fatalities should’ve prompted the sheriff’s department to take a harder look at the alleged dirty deputy. But, instead, the LASD tries to bury the matter and — just like in the Aujay case — the deaths are ruled suicides. Hayley and Betsy press the department for answers about these and other suspicious deaths that occurred in Engels’ jurisdiction.
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| 0:00.0 | This series includes content that may not be suitable for all listeners. |
| 0:16.0 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:19.2 | Previously on Valley of Shadows. |
| 0:23.1 | We would get the door open through our informants and then pass that information on the |
| 0:28.2 | Larry and then he'd try to put the homicide investigation together. |
| 0:31.8 | He said that he received information that Ingalls was a dirty cop and he assisted Tom |
| 0:37.0 | with his meth sales and his |
| 0:38.1 | meth labs. Certain major players were never touched by Deputy Ingalls, and that's how we came up |
| 0:45.8 | with the name Untouchables. The FBI has a tap on the phone. D.E.A. is watching the home to leave |
| 0:52.8 | a message at the tone, and I'll call you back |
| 0:55.0 | with a phone that's not my own. |
| 0:57.0 | They said, hey, Larry, we're ordered to go out here and get everything and got in the case. |
| 1:02.0 | When I got fired, Larry called me. He goes, I'll be right there, just hanging there. |
| 1:07.0 | Him and I went into the Buffalo business together, and he never did business with friends. |
| 1:11.9 | We didn't see eye to eye, and he just split, and that was the end of that. |
| 1:26.1 | The story is just kind of like wormed its way into my brain. |
| 1:31.6 | It's where as soon as I go to sleep, I start dreaming about it. |
| 1:35.1 | Oh, yeah. |
| 1:36.0 | I feel that, yeah. |
| 1:38.5 | One morning, after a year of reporting this story, Betsy calls me. |
| 1:43.1 | Not to game plan or figure out logistics. |
| 1:45.9 | Just to talk. |
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