Why So Cold? Is a true crime podcast on a mission to keep these stories alive. In Why So Cold? We don’t investigate or speculate, only the story is told. This podcast is a platform for the voices of the missing and murdered.  For all future updates on the Route 29 Stalker …listen to Why So Cold?.. and visit the new website with renewed approached to keeping these cases alive at whysocold.com www.whysocoldpodcast.com

Route 29 Stalker

NEW SHOW: Why So Cold?

Alexis Murphy was a 17-year-old female from Nelson County, Virginia who went missing on August 3, 2013. She was last seen at a gas station in Lovingston, Virginia. Evidence was recovered from a vehicle and camper belonging to 48-year-old Randy Taylor...

The Murder of Alexis Murphy

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New Podcast - SOMETHING TOLD ME

We talk with a person that worked down the road from where Alicia's body was found and provided even more information regarding that day and the day after. 

The Call

A quick update regarding Season 2 of Route 29 Stalker. 

Quick Update...

We still have so many questions...we try to answer some of those and with those answers we might be headed in a whole new direction. 

So Far...

A local community member takes us to the place where Alicia's body was found.  During the ride we find out new information that raises even more questions.  

What Remains

A suspect emerges in Julianne and Lollies case, as well as being the prime candidate to be the Route 29 Stalker...but not everything is as it seems.

Suspect

We talk to Kim Dinan author of A Murder In The Woods: The Mystery Behind Shenandoah National Park's Last Homicide...(Blueridge Outdoors Magazine) about information she has gathered regarding the Route 29 Stalker cases. 

In The Woods

As we move the timeline forward in Culpeper of 1996, we find that there were many more murders that are still unsolved from the area.  Only a month after Alicia's body was found, 2 more were discovered nearby...

Heartbreaking

All descriptions point to a man driving a dark small pickup.  This truck had 30day tags and was a recurring piece of the puzzle.  

Road Block

Two sisters describe in vivid detail their encounters with the Route 29 Stalker along with new information never heard before. 

My Sister's Keeper

Before we interview anymore people or visit anymore locations, I talk with a former CSI to be better educated on the investigation process and the expectations after.  

Everything is Relevant

A phone call to the past Commonwealth Attorney Megan Fredrick leads to some answers and more unanswered questions.  

Lignum

Local Culpeper residents are willing to help and talk, more names, cases and information are revealed.  

On Edge

Between the years of 1996-2014, an unusually high number of women have fallen victim to disappearances and murders along the Route 29 corridor in Virginia calling the suspect the... Route 29 Stalker.

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Route 29 Stalker

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