Tricia Lynn Reitler

Criminology

Emash Digital

True Crime

4.7 • 7.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In 1993, 19-year-old college freshman Tricia Lynn Reitler, an Indiana Wesleyan University freshman, vanished while walking back to her dorm after a quick trip to a supermarket. More than three decades later, investigators believe they know who was responsible, but Tricia's body has never been found, and no one has been charged in her case.

Join Mike and Morf as they discuss the disappearance of Tricia Lynn Reitler. The case eventually became linked to suspected serial killer Larry DeWayne Hall, who repeatedly confessed to and then recanted involvement in numerous murders. Authorities found disturbing notes, maps, and items connected to several missing women, including Tricia.

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0:00.0	Criminology is a true crime podcast that may contain discussion about violent or disturbing topics.
0:05.8	Listener discretion is advised. Hello, everyone and welcome to episode 413 of the criminology podcast. I'm Mike Ferguson.
0:43.2	And this is Mike Morford. Mr. Morford. How you doing this week, buddy? I'm doing pretty good. How you
0:47.5	doing? I'm doing great, just busy, right? Getting ready for CrimeCon. We're taping a bunch ahead of time and because i got the wedding
0:56.8	that's backed up uh right after crime con so a lot lot going on yeah my schedule is a little hectic too
1:03.3	kids are out of school tomorrow and you know i'm running around a little bit so yeah it definitely is a
1:08.7	shock to the system yeah it always is the summer because,
1:12.6	you know, my wife's a teacher. Now my daughter is a teacher. So they're both off starting this
1:18.4	week. And it's kind of a shock to the system for me just because I'm used to being by myself during
1:24.9	the day. And then when they're here, it's harder to get stuff done because, you know, you want to hang out with them, their home and all that. But I still got to work. Yeah. Well, I'm sure they enjoy their downtime, though. So I don't think you're going to take that away from. Oh, no. No, this is my daughter's first year of teaching. So her first summer paid.
1:45.5	And she is so excited, dude, to not go to work and get paid.
1:50.8	She just keeps talking about it.
1:52.5	Well, sign me up for that.
1:53.6	Is it too late for me to become a teacher?
1:55.1	I think, no, I don't think it's ever too late.
1:57.5	I don't know you make a great one.
1:59.4	Let's go ahead and give our Patreon shoutouts. We had new support from Alicia Conia.
2:05.3	So great new support. We really appreciate it.
2:08.3	Yeah, that's awesome, Alicia. Thank you so much. And thank you to everyone else that helps support
2:12.2	the show. And if you're interested in getting started to help us, head over to patreon.com
2:17.4	slash criminology.
2:18.3	All right, buddy, it's time to jump into this week's case.
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