One autumn night in 1997, 18-year-old Anastasia WitbolsFeugen is found brutally murdered, her body discovered in a place meant for eternal rest. But nothing about this case would prove peaceful or simple. Investigative journalist Leah Rothman peels back the layers of a haunting case that defies everything you thought you knew about murder investigations. Does it all come down to one recorded phone call or an eyewitness who may not have seen a thing? Who killed this promising young woman and why? Who is telling the truth and who has a motive to lie? This season's hit podcast promises a heart-stopping journey through a teen tragedy so complex, so twisted, that each episode will leave you questioning: who is The Real Killer?
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Episode Transcript
It was big news.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
I mean, white girl gets murdered, found in a cemetery,
big big news.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
Why would anybody kill her?
Speaker 3 (00:09):
When a young woman is murdered, a desperate search for
answers takes investigators to some unexpected places. He believed it
could be part of a satanic cult.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
When she got mad, she got mad at everybody.
Speaker 4 (00:22):
It felt like a very dark force, Like I just
felt a very dark energy in the home.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
I think there were many individual I don't know who
pulled the trigger.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
A long investigation stalls until someone changes their story.
Speaker 5 (00:36):
I like saw hothing that happened.
Speaker 6 (00:38):
I saw get the gun out, and it just all
happened in a matter of a second.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
An arrest, trial and conviction soon follow.
Speaker 5 (00:46):
He just saw his body just kind of collapsing, and
when they took him out of the room, you know,
it's horrible.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Two decades later, a new team of lawyers says their
client is innocent.
Speaker 6 (01:00):
He did not kill her. There's no way. It's not plausible,
it's not probable.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Is the real killer rightly behind bars or still walking free?
Are you capable of murder?
Speaker 1 (01:12):
I definitely am not.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Did you kill her? Listen to the Real Killer Season three,
starting on January ninth, on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,
or wherever you get your podcasts.
Host
Leah Rothman
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