Fitting the Crime Part 1 - A Town On Edge

Appalachian Mysteria

Jam Street Media

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

As ice storms sweep over Huntington, WV, a masked rapist is stalking the mall. After two abductions, suspicion falls on a nearby grave-digger with a checkered past. As evidence begins piling up, a forensic science superstar helps set the stage for a court case that will echo through West Virginia history more than anyone can possibly know. (This episode does not contain graphic details of sexual assault, but the topic matter is mature. Listener discretion advised.) Thank you to our sponsor June's Journey. Download June’s Journey free today on the Apple App Store or Google Play! Thank you to our sponsor Hello Fresh. Visit Hellofresh.com/mysteria16 to get 16 free meals today! Download Switchcraft for free and unlock the magical mystery! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What you're about to hear is the first episode of a two-part special.
0:15.0	The story begins with the Huntingdon Mall rapes, which led West Virginia into this donning
0:20.9	era of DNA forensics.
0:23.6	But ended up uncovering a trail of crime that, as far as I know, was unprecedented in
0:29.0	U.S. history.
0:30.0	All legal and science eyes will be on a Cabal County court room this week.
0:34.3	It was hard to tell fact from rumor.
0:36.3	I mean, there were just the rumor mail was crazy.
0:40.3	The task force investigating the rapes has 20 officers working around the clock.
0:44.6	If anybody came here today looking for trouble, I guarantee that you're going to find it.
0:48.3	So you're on notice.
0:49.7	The judges calling this case the most expensive in Cabal County's history and it's far from
0:54.6	over.
0:55.6	The mental stress is tremendous and really cannot be gauged.
1:00.0	People wanted this to be over.
1:01.9	This is clearly the most significant thing that's ever happened to me as a lawyer.
1:06.5	We are dealing with a sick person and it will be a matter of time before we catch this
1:12.2	person.
1:13.3	We hope that the mall doesn't become an armed camp.
1:16.1	It's all legal history and the making for West Virginia and the nation.
1:20.6	From chromatic media and jam street media, this is fitting the crime and unscripted to part
1:26.3	special from Appalachian Mysteria.
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