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The Cline Falls Axe Attack Part 2: "The Hatchet Man"

Murder In The Rain

Murder In The Rain

True Crime

4.21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2022

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

Part 2: "The Hatchet Man" In last week’s episode “Leave Us Alone” we discussed the Cline Falls Axe Attack from 1977. College students Terri Jentz and Avra Goldman were in Oregon starting their summer cycling trip across the TransAmerica trail. A few days into their trip they were attacked while camping in Cline Falls State Park. The attacker drove his vehicle to the women’s tent, got out, and hacked at the girls with a hatchet. Miraculously, both women survived. After three years, the case was essentially closed and no one was arrested. Unfortunately, due to the statute of limitations, the Cline Falls Axe attacker would never pay for his crimes. Victim and advocate, Terri Jentz, decided that 15 years later, she wanted to solve her own case. In today’s episode, we explore the journey Terri took interviewing witnesses, gathering clues, and discovering who The Hatchet man was. 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 Hollund and Josh McCullough

0:13.0

tell true crime stories of the Pacific Northwest.

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Murder in the Rain contains graphic content, listener discretion is advised.

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In last week's episode, Leave Us Alone, we discussed the Klein Falls Axe Attack from 1977.

0:51.4

College students, Terry Jensen, and Avery Goldman were in Oregon starting their summer cycling

0:55.8

trip across the Trans-America Trail.

0:58.5

A few days into their trip, they were attacked while camping in Klein Falls State Park.

1:03.1

The attacker drove his vehicle over the women's tent, got out and hacked at them with a hatchet.

1:08.1

Miraculously, both women survived, albeit differently.

1:12.2

Avery Goldman, whose vision was impacted from the blows to her head on the night of the

1:16.1

attack, didn't remember a thing.

1:18.7

She resumed her life graduating from Yale and going on to get a medical degree from

1:23.1

Yashiva University in New York.

1:25.5

Terry Jensen's did remember, in fact not a day went by that she didn't see the history

1:30.1

of that night ridden all over her body.

1:33.0

As she described her story to the people she met, she would roll up her sleeve to show

1:36.7

them her, quote, perfect ax cut.

1:39.6

And while she told the story countless times, often combining words with laughter and brightness

1:44.5

as if telling an exciting story that didn't happen to her, it did.

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And she carried it every day.

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In the stiffness of her healed body, in the sleeping bag and bicycle from that night that

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she still kept, in her fear of speeding cars and everyday objects like certain types

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