Welcome back to Nighty Night, Bedtime Stories to Keep You Awake.

I'm your host, Rabi Achaudhri.

And in these couple of weeks, because it's the holidays, we're all going to take a little bit of rest,

we are revisiting one of my favorite stories from season one,

and now it's not only because I wrote it but

it's also because it's based on true life events in which I was a woman living in a

region that seemed to have an active serial killer on the loose. This is Old Country Road by Rabiachadri.

Good evening and welcome to Nighty Night with Robbie Jadri, bedtime stories to keep you awake.

I'm D.J. Lou Bell, the show's producer.

Tonight's story shows us that when it comes to killers on the run,

you can't trust anyone.

Please enjoy Old Country Road. The inside of the old Ford Pinto was hot and sticky and once again the AC unit was blowing tepid air.

Damn thing was out of Freon.

Amanda rolled down her window reluctantly removing the only barrier between her and the muggy night

air.

The hair that had fallen out of her messy buns stuck to the back of her neck

and her shoulders and arms gleamed with a slick sheen of sweat. It was late, later than she had intended

to be out on this old country road in Backwoods, Georgia.

She'd left the trailer park an hour earlier after Kelly, her 10-year-old daughter, had finally

fallen asleep, creeping out quietly so as not to wake her.

After all, it was a school night and a work night, and Amanda herself had to be back in bed soon

if she was going to get a decent night's sleep.

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