The Pittsburgh Phantom // 536

Going West: True Crime

Dark West Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

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🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In the late 1970s, suburban Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania lived in the fear as an apparent strangling serial killer hunted young women - walking to school, leaving work. With so many other murders occurring in the area at the time, police originally didn’t know if any of these cases were connected. But soon, DNA would pin at least two of them together, and a consistent MO would help pool a collection of these horrific murders under the same umbrella. This is the story of the Pittsburgh Phantom.

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0:00.0	What is going on true crime fans?
0:17.3	I'm your host, Teeth.
0:18.5	And I'm your host, Daphne.
0:20.1	And you're listening to Going West. Sorry, I was laughing because I made a face. You always make that damn face. And I don't know why, but it's so freaking funny. Which you guys could see it. Maybe you make a TikTok. Yeah, maybe I'll have to do that. Anyway, hello everybody. Wait, did I say me? Did I say who I am? Oh, yeah, you did say that you're Daphne.
0:39.7	All right. You guys know that. Thank you, everybody, for tuning in. Big shout out to Megan for recommending today's case. This one's actually often referred to as the Washington Strangler. But I find that name to be a little ambiguous.
0:58.3	And also when you Google that multiple things came up, also it didn't happen in Washington.
1:02.2	It happened in Washington County, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1:04.9	Yeah, so not Washington States.
1:06.7	It just felt like way too confusing. So we're calling this case the Pittsburgh Phantom, which is something that it is sometimes referred to as well.
1:13.6	And on top of that, we got to let you guys know that we have a couple bonus episodes for you guys to check out.
1:18.8	We've got the cases of Sydney Sutherland and Sophie Hook.
1:22.8	And that's over on our Patreon.
1:24.2	You can subscribe there on Patreon or you can just subscribe on Apple.
1:28.1	It's very, very easy. Yes, we're going to have some really interesting ones coming up.
1:32.3	This is my favorite time of year to do this show. Oh, yeah.
1:35.2	Because we're getting into all the moody, mysterious stories. If you guys have any
1:40.4	recommendations, please send them in. Going West Podcast at gmail.com. All right, guys,
1:46.7	without further ado, this is episode 536 of Going West, so let's get into it. The
2:03.6	The In the late 1970s, suburban Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania lived in fear as an apparent strangling serial killer hunted young women, walking to school, leaving work.
2:35.1	But with so many other murders occurring in the area at the time,
2:39.3	police originally didn't know if any of these cases were connected.
2:44.3	Soon, DNA would pin at least two of them together,
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