Listen Now: Stolen Voices of Dole Valley

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Lemonada Media

Society & Culture

4.6 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ ? minutes

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Summary

We’re excited to share a new podcast from Lemonada Media: Stolen Voices of Dole Valley, a nine-part series about survival, injustice, and the fight for answers. It’s the story of a predator you’ve likely never heard of — one who prowled the Pacific Northwest in the 1970s, when hitchhiking was a rite of passage for many young people. Some young women managed to escape him, but their warnings were ignored. One survivor’s account was dismissed by police, leaving the man free to kidnap and murder others.

Police believe this killer was responsible for far more than the two murders he was convicted of, and decades later, families and investigators are still determined to uncover the truth. With new DNA testing and relentless hope, loved ones are refusing to let their daughters and sisters be forgotten.

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0:00.0	Lemonada.
0:03.0	Have you ever come across a story that just won't let you go?
0:13.0	Hi, I'm Carolyn Masoria, and I'd like to tell you about my new podcast, Stolen Voices of Dole Valley.
0:22.4	I started investigating after I heard the incredible account of a woman who survived a kidnapping by a serial killer,
0:31.8	a predator I'd never heard of before diving into this case.
0:36.5	Her courage to share her experience left a deep mark
0:41.3	on me. When I learned the police didn't believe her story, I got angry. My anger turned to outrage when I
0:49.8	learned more young women were killed after her escape, because police not only dismissed her, but didn't investigate.
0:59.9	Years later, other missing and murdered young women would be attributed to this same killer.
1:07.2	Stolen Voices of Dole Valley is dedicated to telling their stories, shining a light on the injustice they faced, and following the ongoing fight to secure the justice they deserve.
1:22.2	I invite you to listen to this powerful clip from our very first episode.
1:31.3	Welcome to Stolen Voices of Dole Valley.
1:45.3	This series contains descriptions of sexual and physical violence throughout. Listener discretion is advised.
1:51.1	Rope.
1:54.2	To look at it, it's what?
2:00.0	Something so simple that we probably hardly ever think about it in our daily lives.
2:06.3	Strands of plant fiber braided together into a thicker, stronger string.
2:10.2	But really, it's so much more.
2:15.5	Now, you might be thinking, why, in a podcast series,
2:19.4	about a Washington State serial killer, am I discussing rope?
2:26.3	Because when that predator decided to bind 15-year-old Norma-Jean countryman, he failed to realize that one young girl's will to live was stronger than the individual fibers that made up his bindings.
2:41.2	It was July of 1974, and teenage Norma was faced with a situation few among us will ever have to contend with.
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