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Going West: True Crime

Mary Schlais: Hitchhiker on Highway 94 // 584

Going West: True Crime

Dark West Productions

True Crime, News, Society & Culture

4.610.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In February of 1974, the body of a 25-year-old woman was found covered in snow in a roadside ditch after she headed out hitchhiking in Minnesota. Despite an eyewitness watching a man dispose of her body and drive off, decades passed without answers in the case. But eventually, DNA testing would bring closure - too late for some, but not for her remorseless killer. This is the murder of Mary Schlais.

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0:00.0

What is going on true crime fans? I'm your host, T. And I'm your host Daphne. And you're listening to Going West. Hello everybody.

0:22.4

Hope you're doing well today. Thank you so much for tuning in. Big shout out to Alexandra and

0:28.2

Chantelle for recommending today's case. Yes, thank you guys so much for recommending today's case.

0:34.3

And if you have a case that you want to recommend that you want us to

0:37.6

cover, please send us an email at going west podcast at gmail.com. That is where you can send in

0:44.5

your submissions. We have a very long list, but we are trying to get through all of them. It's weird.

0:50.2

Heath and I realized recently, like the wintertime, there is this strange emptiness to cases.

0:57.1

It's like, the majority of our case suggestions take place in the summer, which is really interesting.

1:03.4

Yeah, a lot of murderers happening in July and August, I guess.

1:07.2

Yeah, truly.

1:08.1

So thank you guys so much.

1:09.2

Today we have actually a case that was very recently solved.

1:13.5

And we're going to talk about a callous piece of shit today.

1:17.3

Yes, we are indeed.

1:19.6

All right, guys, without further ado, this is episode 584 of going west.

1:26.6

So let's get into it. The

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The In February of 1974, the body of a 25-year-old woman was found covered in snow in a roadside ditch after she headed out hitchhiking in Minnesota.

2:20.5

Despite an eyewitness watching a man dispose of her body and drive off, decades passed without

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