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<![CDATA[Going West - BLOG]]>Sun, 24 Aug 2025 08:21:52 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[Andrew Cunanan // 25]]>Fri, 24 May 2019 15:37:05 GMThttp://www.goingwestpod.com/blog/andrew-cunanan-25

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Andrew in high school

The Victims

Chasing the good life is something most of us strive for. But when that hunger turns into a cut throat obsession, lives are broken and lost. In the 1990's, one young mans pursuit of success takes him from a spree killer to becoming the assassinator of Gianni Versace. This is the case of Andrew Cunanan.

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]]><![CDATA[Jody LeCornu // 24]]>Fri, 24 May 2019 15:32:06 GMThttp://www.goingwestpod.com/blog/jody-lecornu-24

Jody LeCornu

Jody's car on the night of her death

Inside Jody's car. Bullet hole

Jody's twin sister Jenny in front of her billboard

One snowy night in 1996, a 23-year-old women was enjoying drinks at a bar with friends after a long day at work and a fight with her boyfriend. At 3:40am, she sat in her car in a deserted parking lot since her boyfriend had told her not to come home that night. Suddenly, she was approached by a male in a white BMW and witnesses saw him shoot her before he reached into her car and taking something. The case went cold and the victim's twin sister Jenny did everything she could do to keep the light on in her siblings case- she even put up billboards across Baltimore to gain attention from the public. But what happened that fateful night in Maryland? This is the case of Jody LeCornu.

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]]><![CDATA[Michael Gargiulo // 23]]>Fri, 24 May 2019 15:28:54 GMThttp://www.goingwestpod.com/blog/michael-gargiulo-23

Michael after 2008 arrest

The Victims

In 1993, an 18-year-old girl is murdered outside her home in Glenview, Illinois. When the police start considering her neighbor as a potential suspect, he flees to Los Angeles where he continues to stalk, watch, and murder other young women. The trial for him just began on May 2, 2019 and has made national headlines as they try to put this monster away for good. This is the case of Michael Gargiulo.

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]]><![CDATA[Nicholas Barclay // 22]]>Fri, 24 May 2019 15:24:17 GMThttp://www.goingwestpod.com/blog/nicholas-barclay-22

Nicholas Barclay, Age 13

'Nicholas' upon return 3 years later, 'age 16'

Documentary on the case

In 1994, a troubled 13-year-old goes missing while walking home from a basketball game. The police chalk it up to a runaway case, but he doesn't return home. 3 years later, he's found in Spain claiming that he was kidnapped in Texas and had just escaped a sex ring run by military officials. When he's reunited with his family, red flags begin to raise and police wonder what really happened to the boy who disappeared years prior. When the truth is uncovered, no one can believe it. This is the case of Nicholas Barclay.

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]]><![CDATA[Rodney Alcala // 21]]>Fri, 24 May 2019 15:19:21 GMThttp://www.goingwestpod.com/blog/rodney-alcala-21

In the late 1960's, a Los Angeles-native with multiple mental health diagnoses is caught in the midst of murdering a young girl. When he vanishes without a trace, the FBI adds him to their 10 Most Wanted List. After a few years of actively searching, he is finally caught. But due to some unforeseen challenges, he is once again a free man. Young girls and women continue to die and he goes on a well-known dating show, but no one is quite able to pin any new crimes on him... for years. This is the case of The Dating Game Killer,
Rodney Alcala.

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]]><![CDATA[Jessica Ridgeway // 20]]>Fri, 24 May 2019 15:14:05 GMThttp://www.goingwestpod.com/blog/jessica-ridgeway-20

Jessica Ridgeway, School Photo

Suspect Austin Sigg in court

In October 2012, a 10-year-old girl disappears on her way to school in Westminster, Colorado. Investigators are starting to lose hope until a mother makes a phone call and the gruesome details come to light. This is the case of Jessica Ridgeway.

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]]><![CDATA[Amy Bishop // 19]]>Fri, 24 May 2019 15:10:57 GMThttp://www.goingwestpod.com/blog/amy-bishop-19

In 2010, a professor opened fire in a biology faculty meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and, when police catch the woman behind it all, they realize that she has a dark past. In 1986, she had "accidentally" shot her brother in their family's Massachusetts kitchen, but was hardly questioned on the incident at all. When police re-open her brothers case and dive even deeper into her history, they also realize that she has been a suspect in multiple bombings. This is the case of Amy Bishop.

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]]><![CDATA[Steven Koecher // 18]]>Thu, 09 May 2019 20:29:24 GMThttp://www.goingwestpod.com/blog/steven-koecher-18

When a 30-year-old Utah native vanishes just outside of Las Vegas in a quiet, suburban neighborhood, investigators and family search tirelessly for answers. They quickly find some peculiar surveillance footage and discover he went on some puzzling road trips leading up to his disappearance that no one can quite unravel. This is the unsolved case of Steven Koecher.

]]><![CDATA[The Stayner Brothers // 17]]>Thu, 09 May 2019 20:24:36 GMThttp://www.goingwestpod.com/blog/the-stayner-brothers

Steven Stayner returning home after his abduction.

Cary Stayner (Steven's brother) hugging his mom about Steven is found.

Cary Stayner after arrest.

In 1972, a 7-year-old boy was abducted while walking home from school in Northern California. 7 years later, he finally broke free of his captor and reunited with his family- but his new life was far from normal. In 1999, 4 women were murdered in Yosemite National Park- and the abducted boy's older brother is the main suspect. This is the case of Steven and Cary Stayner.

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]]><![CDATA[Mackenzie Cowell // 16]]>Thu, 09 May 2019 20:18:09 GMThttp://www.goingwestpod.com/blog/mackenzie-cowell-16

When a 17-year-old girl goes missing in 2010, her small town in Washington is flipped upside down. Surveillance footage of her leaving her beauty school is quickly discovered and it leads police to an interesting suspect. But when they put him behind bars, people start to doubt his involvement in the crime. This is the case of Mackenzie Cowell.

Chris Wilson, the man convicted of Mackenzie's murder.

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