The Cline Falls Axe Attack Part 1: "Leave Us Alone"

Murder In The Rain

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🗓️ 23 August 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Part 1: "Leave Us Alone" The 1970s was a decade where women lobbied and protested and people enjoyed the fashion and musical freedom the decade could offer. More than ever, women were going to college and breaking into careers that used to be solely for men, trying new things, and even going on new adventures. In 1977 two Yale University coeds embarked on the adventure of a lifetime when they decided to dedicate their summer to cycling the TransAmerica Trail. Terri Jentz and Avra Goldman had no idea that when they kicked off their trip in the beautifully scenic Oregon, that they would be stepping into a nightmare. Today, we’ll be discussing the infamous case of the Cline Falls Axe Attack. For photos and sources for this episode, please visit the Murder in the Rain episode blog. Episode Host: Emily Rowney Our Sponsors: * Check out Kensington Publishing: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	This is Murder in the Rain, where each week Emily Rowney, Alicia Holland and Josh
0:14.0	McCullough tell true crime stories of the Pacific Northwest.
0:19.0	Murder in the Rain contains graphic content, listener discretion is advised.
0:30.0	The 1970s was a decade where women lobbied and protested and people enjoyed the
0:51.0	fashion and musical freedom the decade could offer.
0:54.0	More than ever, women were going to college and breaking into careers
0:57.0	that used to be solely for men, trying new things and even going on new adventures.
1:02.0	In 1977, two Yale university co-eds embarked on the adventure of a lifetime when they decided
1:09.0	to dedicate their summer to cycling the trans-America trail.
1:13.0	Terry Gents and Avery Goldman had no idea that when they kicked off their trip in the beautifully scenic
1:19.0	Oregon that they would be stepping into a nightmare.
1:22.0	Today we'll be discussing the infamous case of the Klein Falls Axe Attack.
1:27.0	The creation of the trans-America bicycling trail got its start in 1973.
1:32.0	Some very serious cyclists were on a ride from Alaska to Argentina when they wondered,
1:37.0	hey, what if for America's 200th birthday we got a bunch of cyclists together to ride across the US?
1:43.0	So it took a few years, but by 1976 for the bicentennial of the country,
1:48.0	over 4,000 cyclists, many only in their 20s with little experience biking long distances,
1:54.0	joined forces to ride along the trail that would take them from coast to coast across the US.
1:59.0	It was dubbed the Bikesentennial.
2:02.0	About half of those riders made it the entire trip and thus began a very popular adventure for young cyclists.
2:09.0	Spanning 4,228 miles or 6,804.3 kilometers,
2:15.0	the trans-America trail stretches from Yorktown, Virginia to Astoria, Oregon.
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