Secrets from the Grave
6/8/202645 min
Before she died, she scribbled a note. Her killer stripped away everything that could identify her — but missed that scrap of paper in her pocket.
She was beautiful, well-dressed, seen at a glamorous Manhattan red carpet party hours before she died — then discarded on a remote stretch of highway, with a tan she couldn't have gotten in a New York winter. Forty-three years later, no mother, no sister, no daughter has ever come forward to claim her.
In this episode, we reveal the breakthroughs that have this cold case closer to cracking than ever — and the new bombshell: six more women, one secret life, and the road that connects them all.
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Credits:
Hosts
Andy Byrne
Mark Llewellyn
Audio Production
Sam Blacker - The Podcast Butler
Resources
The Pretty Girl Killer by Andrew Byrne - courtesy of Penguin Random House
Thanks to Rhiannon Browning, co-host of Voices of the Voiceless on WKBW-TV in Buffalo, New York.
Thanks to Pro Podcast Studios, Sydney
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Transcript preview
First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
[gentle music] I wanna take you to Chautauqua County now, where a woman found shot to death 42 years ago remains unidentified, and her murder unsolved. But some new details uncovered on the other side of the world might be a step in the right direction.
Speaker 20:15
New tips that span the globe in the four-decade-old Chautauqua County cold case of Ellery Jane Doe, all starting with an Australian podcast called Catching Evil about Christopher Wilder.
Tom Tarpley· Guest0:28
[gentle music] Catching Evil, episode 22: Secrets From the Grave.
Speaker 40:32
And a warning: this podcast contains adult content, and listener discretion is advised.
Speaker 10:38
The woman was found off I-86 in the town of Ellery back in December of 1983. True crime podcasters out of Australia have uncovered some new clues on a possible suspect.
Mark Llewellyn· Host0:51
Hi, I'm Mark.
Andy Byrne· Host0:53
And I'm Andy. Welcome to Catching Evil. Soon we're gonna introduce you to Rhiannon Browning, who will be our co-host today for this unique co-production.
Mark Llewellyn· Host1:03
A two-continent collaboration, a joint podcast partnership with the acclaimed Voices of the Voiceless podcast, due to the growing interest in- And breakthrough information on Ellery Jane Doe.
Rhiannon Browning· Guest1:17
[gentle music] So you may have heard of the serial killer Christopher Wilder, also known as the Beauty Queen Killer. But now he's a suspect in a cold case in Western New York. For our next episode, we're diving into the case of Ellery