Two college girls – Mared Malarik and Karen Ferrell – out for a casual night, off to see a movie, decided to hitchike a ride back to their college campus, never to be seen alive again. Eighty-eight days after their disappearance, the bodies of both girls were found, but the trail went cold. Years later, a man confessed to the crimes and was convicted of murder, but was he truly the responsible party? Or does Mared and Karen’s murderer still walk free?

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Sources for this episode: nbcnews.com coedmurders.com cbsnews.com wvmetronews.com timeswv.com dominionpost.com Appalachian Mysteria, Season One (Podcast)

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