Wyoming: Matthew Shepard and The Murderess of Slaughterhouse Gulch
United States of Murder
Ashley and Lacey
4.6 • 564 Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2026
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
This week, we’re in Wyoming discussing the hate crime that changed America. Then we’ll talk about the deadly damsel of the South Pass. Buckle up and join us on this dark and twisted ride through the Cowboy State.
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Sources: Matthew Shepard Foundation, Matthew Shepard, Smithsonian Institute, Polly Bartlett, Cowboy State Daily, Buckrail
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| 0:08.4 | We can't leave it to those voices. |
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| 0:18.0 | Be yourself. |
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| 0:30.3 | This podcast may contain adult language and situations, graphic, gory details and other not-so-nice things. |
| 0:37.5 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:49.3 | I'm Lacey and I'm Ashley, and this is United States of Murder. |
| 0:56.3 | This week, we're in Wyoming, |
| 1:04.1 | discussing the hate crime that changed America. Then we'll talk about the deadly damsel of the South Pass. So buckle up and join us on this dark and twisted ride through the Cowboy State. |
| 1:10.6 | Matthew Shepard was born in 1976 in Casper, Wyoming. |
| 1:16.2 | He was the first of two sons born to Judy and Dennis Shepard. |
| 1:21.6 | His younger brother, Logan, was born in 1981, and the two were very, very close. |
| 1:28.7 | Matthew was raised Episcopalian and had once served as an altar boy in the church. |
| 1:35.0 | He was very, quote, friendly with all of his classmates, but he was picked on for being |
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