Serial Killer Documentary Podcast · Deberah Barr

The Washington County Strangler - True Crime Documentary

·45 min·4 clips
DNA from a 1977 murder matched David Kennedy, who was late to work claiming a flat tire the day of the abduction.
This documentary episode investigates the unsolved murders attributed to the 'Washington County Strangler' in western Pennsylvania during the 1970s, detailing the abductions and killings of multiple young women and girls. It explores the community terror, failed investigations, and later DNA breakthroughs that convicted one man but left most cases unresolved, questioning whether one or multiple serial killers were active.

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A steady, procedural account of a still unresolved case, with partial DNA links and only limited answers.

The episode keeps its attention on the late 1970s murders in western Pennsylvania and follows the fear that spread after the first of five young women was found in Washington, Pennsylvania.

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Follow a western Pennsylvania case that still leaves the killer's identity unresolved.

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