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Introducing "The Hand in the Window"

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ABC News

News, Daily News, Politics

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Today, we're sharing something a little different: it's the first episode of the newest true crime series from ABC Audio and 20/20, "The Hand in the Window." In this episode, a 911 call becomes the first step in an investigation that would reveal sinister and shocking crimes. To catch new episodes early, follow "The Hand in the Window" for free on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠, ⁠Spotify⁠, ⁠Amazon Music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey there. Hope it's going okay as I drop into the feed on a Saturday. So as you know, the team at ABC makes a lot of other podcasts. And if you like True Crime, the latest series from the team is a really juicy story that you're not going to want to miss. It's called The Hand in the Window. So this takes place in Ashland, Ohio, where a woman made a 911 call to report her own kidnapping using her

0:22.1

captor's phone. After she was rescued, investigators discovered she wasn't his first victim. In fact,

0:28.6

she had narrowly survived a serial killer. You can keep listening to hear the first episode

0:33.2

right here, and if you like it, you can follow the show on whatever podcast app you are using

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As a 911 dispatcher for more than two decades,

1:19.0

Sarah Miller has made a career out of staying calm under pressure.

1:24.8

I've worked three different locations.

1:26.7

Do you like it?

1:28.3

Yeah, I was made to be a dispatcher.

1:30.3

Sarah says she's good at multitasking, which she says is a requirement for the job.

1:36.3

We usually have six to eight screens depending on what center you're at.

1:40.3

When Sarah starts a shift, she logs into all those computers, and then she waits.

1:47.0

You never know when the call will come in or what kind of call it's going to be.

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