DESCRIPTION:
On this episode of They Walk Among America… Dawn was just beginning to break in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, at around 5:30AM on June 25th, 1979, when a phone call was made to the police. The 911 operator picked up the phone to be met by a man's voice. He ominously commented that police could find a woman’s body in a parked car at a local motel. The officers were dispatched to the parking lot of the Host Inn hotel, a large convention centre motel located around 3 miles from Pennsylvania Turnpike’s Harrisburg Interchange. They approached the red 1978 Plymouth Horizon hatchback and immediately observed that the trunk was partially open. As the officers got closer, they saw a pale arm hanging out of the vehicle. They slowly opened up the trunk to reveal the naked body of a woman…
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‘They Walk Among America’ is a Law & Crime podcast network production.
This episode was hosted by Nina Innsted.
Researched and written by Emily G. Thompson.
Editing and scoring by Kory Hilpmann.
Script editing, additional writing and production direction by Rosanna and Benjamin Fitton.
MUSIC:
Shadow Passage by Cody Martin
A Most Sinister Kind by Dresden, The Flamingo
Tension Rising by Third Age
Sussex by Stephen Keech
Down to the Wire by Rhythm Scott
At the Stroke of Midnight by Moments
Darkness Approaches by Louis Lion
Unworld by Lost Ghosts
Blackstone by Lincoln Davis
Jun by Kevin Graham
Spooked by Jshirts
Caffeinated Marimba by JCar
Into by Hill
Recognize by Grant Borland
Titan by Ghostbeatz
Mutual I'm Sure by Fleece Mob
Additional musical compositions by Kory Hilpmann.
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REFERENCES:
COURT DOCUMENTS
https://law.justia.com/cases/pennsylvania/supreme-court/1989/523-pa-577-1.html
https://law.justia.com/cases/pennsylvania/supreme-court/1992/532-pa-177-1.html
https://law.justia.com/cases/pennsylvania/supreme-court/1986/352-pa-super-466-1.html
https://law.justia.com/cases/pennsylvania/supreme-court/1987/367-pa-super-147-0.html
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp2/30/468/2417483/
NEWSPAPERS
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 27 June, 1979
The Morning Call, 27 June, 1979
Philadelphia Daily News, 28 June, 1979
Philadelphia Daily News, 29 June, 1979
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 1 July, 1979
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 1 July, 1979
Philadelphia Daily News, 18 July, 1979
The Morning Call, 21 July, 1979
Philadelphia Daily News, 26 July, 1979
Ellwood City Ledger, 9 August, 1979
Philadelphia Daily News, 31 August, 1979
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 2 September, 1979
The Sentinel, 27 August, 1979
Philadelphia Daily News, 7 September, 1979
Philadelphia Daily News, 11 September, 1979
Standard-Speaker, 14 September, 1979
The Philadelphia inquirer, 12 October, 1979
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 10 November, 1979
Philadelphia Daily News, 23 November, 1979
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 25 March, 1980
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 26 March, 1980
Philadelphia Daily News, 13 May, 1980
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 15 May, 1980
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 4 June, 1980
The Morning Call, 12 June, 1980
Republican and Herald, 10 July, 1980
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 22 February, 1981
Tyrone Daily Herald, 24 march, 1981
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 25 June, 1981
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 31 July, 1981
The Sentinel, 4 August, 1981
Philadelphia Daily News, 22 December, 1982
Philadelphia Daily News, 7 April, 1983
Standard-Speaker, 3 May, 1983
Philadelphia Daily News, 23 July, 1983
Philadelphia Daily News, 11 August, 1983
Philadelphia Daily News, 31 August, 1983
The Morning Call, 16 October, 1983
Philadelphia Daily News, 18 October, 1983
York Daily Record, 20 October, 1983
Philadelphia Daily News, 26 October, 1983
The Gettysburg Times, 25 October, 1983
Philadelphia Daily News, 26 October, 1983
Philadelphia Daily News, 1 November, 1983
The Morning Call, 9 November, 1983
The Morning Call, 9 November, 1983
York Daily Record, 7 December, 1983
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 26 June, 1985
Centre Daily Times, 3 July, 1985
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 4 July, 1985
The Sentinel, 9 April, 1986
The Sentinel, 11 April, 1986
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 17 April, 1986
The Daily News, 22 April, 1986
The Times-Tribune, 24 April, 1986
Philadelphia Daily News, 25 April, 1986
The Philadelphia Daily News, 26 April, 1986
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 3 May, 1986
Tyrone Daily Herald, 19 November, 1987
The Morning Call, 13 May, 1988
NEWSBANK
Philadelphia Daily News (PA), July 14, 1988
Patriot-News, The (Harrisburg, PA), February 17, 1989
Patriot-News, The (Harrisburg, PA), December 23, 1989
Philadelphia Daily News (PA), March 16, 1990
Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA), May 3, 1992
Deseret News, The (Salt Lake City, UT), September 19, 1992
Sunday News (Lancaster, PA), September 20, 1992
Lancaster New Era (PA), September 16, 1993
Delaware County Daily Times (Primos - Upper Darby, PA), January 17, 1998
Associated Press Archive, September 4, 1998
Mercury, The (Pottstown, PA), November 17, 2008