The murder of Janet Chandler
Already Gone Podcast
Nina Innsted
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2020
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
On January 31, 1979, 23-year-old Janet Chandler, a senior at Hope College in Holland, Michigan was kidnapped from her job at the Blue Mill Inn. Her nude body was recovered from a snowbank off I-96. It would take more than 20 years and the work of an unlikely set of researchers to bring this case back to the public eye and lead to a resolution. **this case discusses a brutal act of sexual violence - listener discretion is advised** Writer - Brittney Martinez, Nina Innsted Audio Production - Gray Multimedia Promo - What was that like podcast. Available on you favorite podcatcher. #Michigan #Murder #assault #Holland #ColdCase #solved
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| 0:00.0 | What was that like? |
| 0:01.6 | Might just be the most intriguing podcast you'll ever hear. |
| 0:05.8 | Each episode is a conversation with a regular person who has been through an extremely unusual |
| 0:11.3 | situation, like Jamie who discovered a stranger in her bedroom, or Alyssa whose ex-boyfriend |
| 0:18.6 | came to her work and set himself on fire, or Ramone whose wife hired a hitman to kill |
| 0:25.4 | him, or Ross who at age 8 survived being shot in their head by his father. |
| 0:34.4 | Real people telling their story firsthand, listen and subscribe on any podcast app or at |
| 0:39.9 | WhatWasThatLike.com |
| 0:41.4 | This week's episode takes us back in time to the 1970s to a violent and brutal murder |
| 0:50.2 | that many thought would never be resolved. |
| 0:53.2 | Listeners, this episode has graphic detail of a violent sexual assault, so listener discretion |
| 0:59.6 | is advised. |
| 1:19.8 | I-96 in West Michigan was mostly deserted in those small hours of Thursday morning, but |
| 1:25.2 | there they were, fresh tire tracks in the snow of the shoulder. |
| 1:30.2 | The plow driver pulled off and followed those tracks. |
| 1:33.6 | He wasn't sure what he would find, but he didn't expect to see the nude body of a young |
| 1:38.3 | woman discarded like so much trash. |
| 1:41.6 | His heart was racing, his stomach turning. |
| 1:44.6 | He got back in his truck and went for help. |
| 1:48.1 | Come with me to the bitter cold of February 1st, 1979, when a sharp-eyed snow-plow driver |
| 1:55.2 | spotted something in the median and stopped to explore. |
| 1:59.0 | It was about one in the morning when he saw it, something that shouldn't be there in |
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