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In June of 1980, a car jolted to a stop in a parking lot on the outskirts of a small Utah suburb.

The car door opened and a man stepped out into the darkness and he stumbled across the parking lot towards the large building where he worked. He'd been drinking, and he was definitely

feeling it. So he stood outside the building for a minute and tried to collect himself.

He knew this might be the last moment of peace he or anyone in his community would have in a long

time, because he knew something that nobody else inside that

building would even imagine. He knew for a fact that someone had just committed the first

murder ever recorded in the safe, quiet Utah town. But before we get into that story,

if you're a fan of the Strange, Dark, and Mysterious delivered in story format, then you've come

to the right podcast because that's all we do and we upload twice a week, once on Monday and

once on Thursday. So, if that's of interest to you, please set a fake crack screen wallpaper

on the follow button's new phone and watch them panic. Okay, let's get into today's story.

Music them panic. Okay, let's get into today's story. On the night of Thursday, June 5th, 1980, 25-year-old Karen Strom pulled her yellow Camaro into the front driveway of her two-story house in Woodscross, Utah, a small suburb of Salt Lake City.

Karen and her husband Steve stepped out and approached the house, which was yellow like the car.

And that was not a coincidence.

Karen just really loved yellow. And Steve had been more than happy to go along with her when they like the car. And that was not a coincidence. Karen just really loved yellow,

and Steve had been more than happy to go along with her when they bought the place.

The two of them had just come from dinner, and when they were all dressed up for a night out,

some people found it hard to believe that Karen and Steve were just this average couple who lived in a small Utah suburb. Instead, they thought the pair looked more like a

Hollywood couple. Karen had long blonde hair and light eyes, and she always looked right at home

behind the wheel of her sleek sports car. Steve was tall with red hair and a red beard,

and whenever they had their photo taken together, it was like they knew exactly how to pose.

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