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Serial Killers

The Murder of the Lyon Sisters

Serial Killers

Spotify Studios

True Crime, History, Education

4.630.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In 1975, two young girls, Kate and Sheila Lyon, disappeared from the Wheaton Plaza Mall in Montgomery County, Maryland. Investigators assumed the worst: that they were abducted by a stranger with sexual motivations. But the case went cold without answers — and all these years later, the truth is still complicated. Keep up with us on Instagram @serialkillerspodcast! Have a story to share? Email us at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Due to the nature of this case, listener discretion is advised.

0:05.0

This episode includes discussions of incest, murder, kidnapping, sexual abuse of minors, and

0:11.1

substance use.

0:12.1

Consider this when deciding how and when you'll listen.

0:17.0

Imagine you're driving to work in the morning.

0:23.0

You've got your coffee, the sun's shining, your favorite music's playing,

0:27.0

and there are barely any cars on the road.

0:29.0

Then you pull up to a red light.

0:32.0

There's a beige forward station wagon in front of you.

0:36.0

It looks a little worse for wear, but there's nothing out of the ordinary about it.

0:40.0

Until you notice movement in the backseat.

0:43.2

Before you can process what's happening,

0:45.6

you're staring at the faces of two young girls,

0:49.0

not yet teenagers, bound and gagged.

0:52.4

Their eyes are racked with fear. You fumble to find a piece of paper and

0:57.1

jot down the license plate, but the girls' muted screams draw the attention of the man in the

1:02.4

driver's seat. Your eyes meet. Did All you're left with is a pit in your stomach and a partial plate, DMT6.

1:17.0

You didn't even catch what state it was from.

1:19.0

You don't know it yet, but you just became one of the only witnesses to a crime that will take

1:26.1

more than four decades to solve.

1:30.1

This is the story of The Lion Sisters.

1:34.5

I'm Vanessa Richardson, and this is Serial Killers,

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