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Who Killed...?

Sarah Pryor: 1985

Who Killed...?

Bill Huffman

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

3.8595 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Who Killed Sarah Pryor? I want to thank a listener for suggesting this story. I have done episodes on the case of Molly Bish and Holly Pirrainen, and the listener suggested I look into the case of Sarah Pryor. Another case connected loosely to the Pryor case is that of 16-year-old Cathy Malcolmson. Cathy was working at the IGA supermarket when she was abducted on her way home from work. The listener, who is from the Massachusetts area where these abductions took place, said there had been some talk that Sarah’s case may also be connected to Molly and Holly’s cases. I decided to look into the Pryor mystery and was surprised by what I found. One of the similarities I began to see was the area's geography and how close these incidents took place to one another. Sarah was taken an hour from where Holly went missing, but all three of these cases occurred just off the Massachusetts Turnpike. It may be a stretch to think these cases could be connected, but it doesn’t mean the idea should be discounted. Some books and documentaries talk about how the construction of the interstate enabled a new type of killer. Sources: Bella English Boston Globe Southcoasttoday.com Eileen Prose- YouTube Metro West Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Slow Burn Media, Evergreen Podcast, presents Who Killed, a podcast that provides a voice for the voiceless.

0:16.0

The way I describe it is on a sunny, snowy day, Sarah would be up at six years of age, seven

0:22.8

years of age, eight years of age, and she'd be out doing runs on the hill, on the sled.

0:29.1

And I used to, mother, you're wet, you're going to school wet, wait till three o'clock in the

0:34.1

afternoon, you can wait till three o'clock.

0:36.6

She'd say, Mom, what if the sun comes

0:38.6

out and there's no snow? I gotta do it now. And she lived her life that way, her short little

0:43.6

life of nine years, in utter joy, completely loving life. And I guess that's the hardest part.

0:51.1

She loved life so much. And Barbara, you certainly don't have closure because you don't know where Sarah is.

0:58.0

Well, every investigator who's worked on the case feels without question that she was kidnapped

1:05.0

and murdered shortly after she was taken and her body disposed of so that we will never find it. So that that piece is reality to me.

1:20.0

But I think what we all share is that we would do anything. I speak for all of you that no parent or family or friends have to go through what we've

1:32.3

gone through.

1:33.3

That the justice system doesn't serve the victim and the victim's family.

1:39.3

This is a residential area in Wayland.

1:42.3

You've lived here six weeks.

1:43.3

Sarah has a bowl of jello.

1:44.4

Says, I'll see you later, Dad.

1:45.4

For the first time I'm going to walk without my dog because she was shy and she was getting brave. And on a very busy street. Did they have to work very hard to get her into that car? They figure about an hour. Hello and welcome to this week's episode of Who Killed? I'm your host Bill Huffman, and this is a Slow Burn Media, Evergreen Podcasts, and Killer Podcasts production.

2:06.7

And on this week's show, we'll be examining the case of the 1985 abduction of Sarah Pryor from Whalen, Massachusetts.

2:14.5

I would like to thank a listener for suggesting this story, as I've done episodes on the cases of Molly Bish and Holly Peranian, and the listener suggested I look into the case of Sarah Prior.

2:26.0

While doing so, I also found another case connected loosely to the prior case, and that is 16-year-old Kathy Malcamson. Kathy was on her way to work at the IGA supermarket when she was abducted,

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