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True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers

UNDER THE TRESTLE-Ron Peterson Jr.

True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers

Dan Zupansky

True Crime, News Commentary, Documentary, News, Society & Culture

42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2019

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

“Under The Trestle” is the true story of the most compelling murder case in Virginia history. In 1980, beautiful Gina Renee Hall, a Radford University freshman, went to a Virginia Tech nightclub on a Saturday night. She was never seen again. Her abandoned car was found parked beneath a railroad trestle bridging the New River, with blood in the trunk. The investigation led police to a secluded cabin on Claytor Lake, where there was evidence of a violent attack. Former Virginia Tech football player Stephen Epperly was charged with murder, despite the fact that Gina’s body was never found. In Virginia’s “trial of the century,” prosecutor Everett Shockley presented an entirely circumstantial case. Key witnesses against Epperly included his best friend, his mother and a tracking dog handler later believed by many to be a fraud. Three former Virginia Tech football players testified, including a Hokies quarterback once featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Would Epperly become the first person in Virginia history convicted of murder without the victim’s body, an eyewitness or a confession? And would authorities ever find the body of Gina Renee Hall? UNDER THE TRESTLE: The 1980 Disappearance of Gina Renee Hall & Virginia's First 'No Body" Murder Trial-Ron Peterson Jr.

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0:00.0

Locked Tothed Baby-O.

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You are now listening to True Murder, the most shocking killers in True Crime History

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and the authors that have written about them.

0:18.6

Gacy, Bundy, Domer, The Night Stalker, BTK, every week, another fascinating author talking

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about the most shocking and infamous killers in True Crime History.

0:31.0

True Murder, with your host, journalist and author, Dan Zufansky.

0:45.8

Good evening.

0:47.3

Under the Trussell is the true story of the most compelling murder case in Virginia

0:51.7

history.

0:53.2

In 1980, beautiful Gina Renee Hall, a Radford University freshman, went to a Virginia

0:59.0

Tech nightclub on a Saturday night.

1:01.7

She was never seen again.

1:03.9

Her abandoned car was found parked beneath a railroad trussel bridging the new river with

1:08.3

blood in the trunk.

1:11.2

Investigations led police to a secluded cabin on Clayter Lake, where there was evidence

1:15.8

of a violent attack.

1:18.8

Former Virginia Tech football player, Stephen Epperyly, was charged with murder, despite

1:23.7

the fact that Gina's body was never found.

1:26.5

In Virginia's trial of the century, prosecutor Everett Shockley presented an entirely circumstantial

1:33.3

case.

1:34.7

Key witnesses against Epperyly included his best friend, his mother, and a tracking dog,

1:40.4

handler, later believed by many to be a fraud.

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