Introducing: The Pink Moon Murders

The Pink Moon Murders is investigative, true crime podcast that delves into the slaughter of eight members of the Rhoden family in rural, Appalachian Ohio in 2016. It was a night that shocked the country with its brutality—and its mystery. Who would commit such horrible crimes? And why?

Ohio native David Raterman, a longtime journalist and former author for National Geographic, spent 18 months researching this, interviewing Rhoden survivors and friends as well as hundreds of others in the small community. He even spoke with prosecutors and police officers who were officially gagged by the judge, visited the crime scenes countless times, and pored through records at courthouses throughout the region.

Two and a half years after the Rhoden murders, investigators suddenly arrested six members of another family. Raterman attended more than 20 of their hearings at the small, one-room courthouse in Pike County and interviewed their neighbors and friends. What he discovered about that family, who owns the most land in the county as well as an elite horse farm, will leave listeners in utter disbelief.

And what he reports overall will surprise investigators—as well as true crime listeners who think they’ve heard it all.

Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, everybody. If your fans of true crime podcasts, Cavalry
Audio just dropped the quintessential true crime podcast. It's called
The Pink Moon Murders and chronicles a true story from Appalachian, Ohio.
In the spring of twenty sixteen, one fateful night, nearly
an entire family was wiped out in a series of

(00:20):
brutal execution style murders. We had a reporter embedded in
the small town for nearly two years, and his reporting
is incredible. You're about to hear the trailer for The
Pink Moon Murders. While you're listening. You can follow The
Pink Moon Murders on the I Heart Radio app, on
Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Enjoy The

(00:41):
Pink Moon Murders from Cavalry Audio, the studio that brought
you The Devil Within and The Shadow Grows, comes a
new true crime podcast, The Pink Moon Murders. The local
sheriff believes there may be more than one killery. It's
been full were days since those bodies were found, and

(01:02):
there's no arrest as it this morning. They were afraid
it's face it out in that area. What if they
come back or whatever. It scared me to death. Like
it scared me, I was very, very intimidating to live here.
Crazy to think you go to sleep one night, maybe
snuggling with your loved one, and never wake up, or
maybe you wake up in a struggle for your life,
which you lose. Joint host David Radoman as he explores

(01:22):
one fateful night when evil descended upon small town, Ohio
killed eight members of an Ohio family in a pre
planned execution. There's a night of horror that chocked the
country with its brutality and its mystery. Who could commit
such horrible crimes and why the family was targeted? Most
of them targeted while they were sleepy. Whoever died? No

(01:43):
family cool, They were two dogs. They would beat you up.
Did they have secrets that could lead someone to want
them dead? Were the innocent victims or something in between. Ultimately,
this is a story about family and loss and hope
for redemption. On Under the Pink Mill, The Pink Moon
Murders is available on February twenty second, and you can

(02:05):
follow The Pink Moon Murders on the I Heart Radio app,
Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.