You Killed Chris (Trailer): The Unsolved Murder of Christine Rothschild at UW-Madison

Dakota Spotlight: True Crime & Cold Case Investigations

James Wolner

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.8 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Season 10 of Dakota Spotlight, You Killed Chris: A Friend’s Fight for Justice, revisits one of Madison, Wisconsin’s most haunting cold cases: the unsolved 1968 murder of 18-year-old college freshman Christine Rothschild. Hosted by James Wolner, this season explores the turbulent 1960s counterculture, shifting societal norms, and the impact of violence on the University of Wisconsin–Madison community. Going beyond the headlines of the Manson murders, You Killed Chris highlights a lesser-known case, focusing on Christine’s friend Linda and her decades-long fight to keep the truth alive. Two Good Books about Christine Rothschild: Murder on the 56th Day: Linda Schulko. Get the Kindle version of Linda’s great book. Linda donates all proceeds to charity. Get Linda’s book on Amazon⁠ https://amzn.to/4cX0DEe⁠ Cold: The Unsolved Murders of Seven Young Women: Kevin Damask. Get Kevin’s book on Amazon⁠ https://amzn.to/43YFy8l ⁠ A very special thanks goes out this season to Mari Zoerb Hansen, a 4th generation UW alum, for all the amazing research, fact checking and just stellar assistance with this season. Mari’s dedication and hard work on this story is in the memory of her late father, David Zoerb, who was finishing his senior year at UW when Christine was murdered. Thank you Mari. Check out the full catalog and everything Dakota Spotlight: https://dakotaspotlight.com/ Get all episodes early, ad-free, and more. Subscribe to Spotlight PLUS: https://dakotaspotlight.com/spotlight-plus/ Sign up for the Dakota Spotlight newsletter: https://dakotaspotlight.com/newsletter/ Email: dakotaspotlight@gmail.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/groups/dakotaspotlight X/Twitter: @dakotaspotlight Instagram: @dakotaspotlight TikTok: @dakotaspotlight Bluesky: @dakotaspotlight.bsky.social YouTube: @dakotaspotlightpodcast4800 Proudly produced by Six Horse Media: info@sixhorsemedia.com Advertise your podcast or brand in Dakota Spotlight episodes: info@sixhorsemedia.com All content in this podcast, including audio, interviews, and soundscapes, is the property of Six Horse Media. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or rebroadcast of this material without the express written consent of Six Horse Media is strictly prohibited. For permissions or inquiries, please contact info@sixhorsemedia.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there, true crime fans. I'm James, host of Dakota Spotlight, here to announce season 10 titled, You Killed Chris, a Friends Fight for Justice.
0:17.3	In May of 1968, a bright freshman co-ed named Christine left her dorm room for an early morning walk on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
0:28.6	Later that same day, Christine's body was found in a thicket of bushes.
0:33.6	She'd been strangled and stabbed to death.
0:36.6	The police were unable to identify or bring her killer to justice.
0:41.6	They escaped her killer and trying to get into the building,
0:44.2	or maybe the killer had kind of moved her body and was placed it there.
0:47.7	The police questioned everybody at the dorm.
0:51.5	Our lab technicians process was saying, yes, for several hours.
0:56.8	I probably eight or nine hours, probably, I don't know.
1:00.3	Season 10 is the deeply personal story of an extraordinary woman named Linda who vowed
1:06.4	to uncover and track down her friend's killer, a quest she pursued for over five decades.
1:13.2	Her pursuit to find Christine's killer mirrors Cold War espionage with Linda adopting the
1:18.7	skills of double agents and spies. Her relentless and calculated intelligence gathering efforts
1:25.0	even led her to infiltrate a suspect's family to face the man
1:29.8	she believes was responsible. And this was all done by people innocently sharing what they knew
1:36.8	without having not even an inkling that a Chris Rathschild existed in the world. And I was making
1:43.4	reports as a medical missionary to the CIA.
1:46.6	He lied about his family.
1:48.2	He lied about his rule in the World War.
1:51.4	Set against the backdrop of the late 1960s, a time of civil rights upheavals and anti-war protests,
1:58.1	this season captures a pivotal era in American history, all unfolding just
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