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The West Mesa Murders

DEVIANT

Cold Open Media

True Crime

4.8610 Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In 2009, the buried bodies of 11 women are found in the desert outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico. The discovery kicks off a massive investigation, and an enduring mystery. Who committed these crimes? Is there a serial killer at work? DEVIANT host Dan Szematowicz searches for the truth about what happened out on the West Mesa. JOIN OUR PATREON: http://www.deviantpodcast.com Visit DEVIANT's socials: http://www.instagram.com/deviant.podcast http://www.tiktok.com/@deviant.podcast Copyright 2025 Cold Open Media LLC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.0

that can be scary and disturbing. Listener discretion is advised. Only part of the video has been released to the public.

1:13.6

The last part.

1:15.2

When you hit play on it, you see a wall in a poorly lit room.

1:20.2

The camera appears to be sitting on a table.

1:23.7

You immediately hear the sound happening off camera.

1:35.3

Okay. You immediately hear the sound happening off camera. It's the sound being pulled off a roll.

1:40.3

Then, after a short while, you hear what sounds like a garbage bag being opened.

1:49.8

That's what it sounds like to me, at least. And that's what it sounds like to the police, too.

1:55.5

They also say it's the sound of a crime, of a murder. Perhaps one of many, perhaps all connected. In the first

2:04.9

decade of this century, women begin disappearing from Albuquerque, New Mexico. It's a familiar

2:10.3

story. Not all of the women who go missing are sex workers, but many are. As the clinical

2:16.7

saying goes, they live high risk. And because these

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