DESCRIPTION:
On this episode of They Walk Among America… On October 27, 1983, State Troopers in Anchorage, Alaska, brought a man in for questioning relating to a kidnapping and sexual assault, committed earlier that year. As he was being interviewed, the police were executing a search warrant at his home. The warrant had been granted after FBI profilers, including John Douglas, had signed an affidavit detailing what they thought would be found inside the property. Robert Hansen had been a suspect in multiple investigations, and once the troopers uncovered a collection of incriminating items, they knew they had their man…
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‘They Walk Among America’ is a Law & Crime podcast network production.
This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.
Editing by Brad Maybe.
Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton.
Narration, narration editing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.
MUSIC:
Shadow Passage by Cody Martin
Belly Crawler by Hill
St. Mary by Chelsea McGough & Stephen Keech
Colony by Wicked Cinema
Strangers by Craig Allen Fravel
The Evil Within by Dresden, The Flamingo
With Grace by Shimmer
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REFERENCES:
NEWSBANK
Anchorage Daily News (AK), December 4, 1985
Associated Press State Wire: Alaska (AK), August 22, 2014
Alaska Dispatch News (Anchorage, AK), September 4, 2014
Anchorage Daily News (AK), February 20, 2003
Alaska Dispatch (Anchorage, AK), May 22, 2014
Anchorage Daily News (AK), April 11, 1993
Alaska Dispatch News (Anchorage, AK), August 21, 2014
Anchorage Daily News (AK), November 24, 1991
Anchorage Daily News (AK), March 8, 1990
Anchorage Daily News (AK), October 6, 1989
Anchorage Daily News (AK), June 12, 1988
Anchorage Daily News (AK), May 18, 1988
NEWSPAPER ARCHIVE
Daily Sitka Sentinel - Sept 27, 1982
Daily Sitka Sentinel - Sept 7, 1983
Daily Sitka Sentinel - Sept 20, 1983
Daily Sitka Sentinel - Dec 30, 1983
Daily Sitka Sentinel - Mar 2, 1984
Daily Sitka Sentinel - Apr 13, 1984
Daily Sitka Sentinel - Apr 26, 1984
Daily Sitka Sentinel - May 10, 1984
Daily Sitka Sentinel - Jun 7, 1984
Daily Sitka Sentinel - Dec 31, 1984
Daily Sitka Sentinel - Aug 26, 1985
Daily Sitka Sentinel - Aug 2, 1988
The Des Moines Register - Jan 15, 1984
The Des Moines Register - Jan 15, 1984
The Des Moines Register - Feb 28, 1984
The Des Moines Register - Feb 29, 1984
The Des Moines Register - Mar 4, 1984
The Des Moines Register - Apr 3, 1984
The Des Moines Register - Apr 26, 1984
The Des Moines Register - Apr 27, 1984
The Des Moines Register - May 12, 1984
The Des Moines Register - May 22, 1984
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Dec 30, 1971
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Dec 28, 1971
Sioux City Journal - Jan 16, 1984
Sioux City Journal - Apr 26, 1984
Sioux City Journal - Apr 28, 1984
Sioux City Journal - Jun 8, 1984
The Free Lance-Star, Jun 13, 1997
COURT DOCUMENTS
https://law.justia.com/cases/alaska/supreme-court/1978/3412-1.html
https://dps.alaska.gov/AST/PIO/PressReleases/Victim-of-Serial-Killer-Robert-Hansen-Identified-3
https://law.justia.com/cases/alaska/supreme-court/1978/3412-1.html
Hawks v. State (12/29/95), 908 P 2d 1013 - http://www.touchngo.com/sp/html/sp-4303.htm
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/270051629.pdf
DIGITAL ARTICLES / FURTHER READING
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/01/12/No-delay-allowed-in-rape-kidnap-trial/8479442731600/
https://www.ksl.com/article/31418549/body-of-alaska-serial-killers-victim-exhumed
https://charleyproject.org/case/megan-siobhan-emerick
https://charleyproject.org/case/mary-kathleen-thill
https://charleyproject.org/case/roxane-easland
https://charleyproject.org/case/andrea-mona-altiery
https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/29/us/slayer-in-alaska-was-jailed-in-other-cases-judge-notes.html
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316619540_A_Psychobiography_of_Robert_Hansen_The_'Butcher_Baker'
https://www.alaskapublic.org/2021/10/22/alaska-troopers-id-serial-killers-victim-40-years-after-murder/
https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/11/us/memories-of-springtime-murders-chill-small-alaskan-town.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-09-03-8502270523-story.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/27/science/q-a-bodies-in-water.html#:~:text=A.,gases%20to%20make%20them%20buoyant.
https://phantomsalmoncharters.com/2019/01/fun-fact-towns-in-alaska-that-see-the-least-sun-in-winter/
https://dps.alaska.gov/AST/PIO/PressReleases/Victim-of-Serial-Killer-Robert-Hansen-Identified-3
https://robinbarefield76.medium.com/the-hunter-alaskas-most-notorious-serial-killer-13b869e3042
https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/29/us/slayer-in-alaska-was-jailed-in-other-cases-judge-notes.html
https://dps.alaska.gov/getmedia/53309a01-63d5-4f30-9a50-59066c40597d/Eklutna-Annie-2020