This is exactly right.

This story contains adult content and language.

Listener discretion is advised. I think I will always want to solve Paula's case.

I will always follow a tip because I do want to know.

However, the book that I wrote is very much not about the solving of her case.

It is very much about all the reasons that I believe that she died.

I'm Kate Winkler Dawson, a non-fiction author and journalism professor in Austin,

Texas. I'm also the host of the Historical True Crime Podcast, Tenfold More Wicked on Exactly Right.

I've traveled around the world interviewing people for the show.

I've interviewed some people in person and some from my home studio over Zoom.

And they are all excellent writers.

They've had so many great true crime stories

and now we want to tell you those stories

with details that have never been published.

Wicked Words is about the choices that writers make, good and bad.

It's a deep dive into the stories behind the stories.

This episode is about a stories.

This episode is about a young life lost, like many of our episodes. 18-year-old Paula Overbrockling's story is not only a tragedy,

but it's also a mystery because her killer hasn't been

caught. Author Catherine Dykstra's book is titled What Happened to Paula, but

there's no question mark at the end even though it's an unsolved case.

It's a lot deeper than that.

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