Listen Now: Stolen Voices of Dole Valley

Cold

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True Crime, Ksl, Homicide, Cold, Susanpowell, Society & Culture, Westvalleycity, Joyce Yost, Utah, Found, Westvalley, Missing Persons, Murder, Police, Stevepowell, Disappearance, Investigation, Kidnapping, Coldcase, Joshpowell, Documentary

4.8 • 40.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ ? minutes

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Summary

We’re excited to share a new podcast from KSL Podcasts & 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	Hey, it's Dave, host of the cold podcast. One of the themes that runs through all the seasons of this show is how women who are subjected to abuse and violence often fear speaking up about it, because they know their accounts will likely be ignored or at the very least questioned. Simply put, they won't be believed or protected.
0:20.9	So it caught my attention when I recently heard a similar story in a new podcast called
0:24.8	Stolen Voices of Dole Valley.
0:27.0	There's a woman at the center of this podcast who escapes a serial killer, literally chewing
0:31.5	through her rope bindings, then tells police about it and is not believed.
0:36.8	And because investigators dismissed her report,
0:39.7	the man remained free to abduct and murder other young women. Stolen voices of Dole Valley
0:45.4	is about that injustice and about the voiceless victims of a predator you have probably never heard of.
0:52.1	He prowled the Pacific Northwest during the 1970s, targeting hitchhikers.
0:56.9	Today, investigators suspect he's responsible for at least seven disappearances or deaths.
1:02.9	In the podcast, you'll hear about new efforts to solve these cases, about advances in DNA testing,
1:08.6	and about the families who refuse to stop pushing for answers
1:12.3	50 years later.
1:14.9	I'm going to share a clip with you
1:16.5	from the first episode
1:17.7	of Stolen Voices of Dole Valley.
1:19.8	The host,
1:20.5	a Seattle-based journalist
1:21.6	named Carolyn Osorio,
1:23.2	will take it from here.
1:29.0	This series contains descriptions of sexual and physical violence throughout.
1:35.6	Listener discretion is advised.
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