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48 Hours

Live to Tell: The Railroad Killer

48 Hours

CBS News

True Crime, News, Tv & Film, Cbs

3.97K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Holly Dunn tells her account of the August 29, 1997 attack on the railroad tracks by the University of Kentucky. Chris Maier was killed and Holly Dunn, who was stabbed, beaten and raped, miraculously survived her injuries. Fourteen months after Holly’s attack, Dr. Claudia Benton was murdered inside her Houston, TX area home, located near railroad tracks. Lexington Detective Craig Sorrell received a call from ViCAP, a national crime registry database, linking the crimes. Through fingerprint analysis, they identified a suspect. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 8/3/2013. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+.

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The Hargan women seem to have it all.

0:31.8

We were blessed.

0:32.9

My mom was amazing.

0:34.1

But detectives would soon discover.

0:36.4

Inside the house, there were the bodies of two women.

0:39.0

A story of betrayal you would struggle to believe

0:42.2

if it wasn't true.

0:43.4

I'm just praying a guy, this is a sick joke.

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wherever you get your podcasts. The I began writing as a process of healing. The writing I found really helped me deal with what had happened.

1:27.0

Since it's far back as I can remember I've had the same dream, I'm running. I was constantly running

1:41.0

I was constantly running away from someone. We lived on 13 acres so I could never get someone to hear my screams or run fast enough.

1:47.8

I would run down the hill of the front to our house across the fields. There were many mornings that I would wake up after a night of

1:54.6

running all night in my dreams but then run down the stairs to play with my younger

1:58.2

sister. We had a great time growing up together. We had that special bond that you hear people talk about. We were so close. I didn't get to hear the answer machine until I got home that night.

2:19.0

I remember there being an oddly high number of calls, but three of the messages were from my dad.

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