Show Notes
Whether you call them The Mineral Murders or The Tube Sock Killings, the deaths of 8 people consumed every person living in Washington. Between 1985 and 1987 four separate couples were hunted and killed by two or more murderers. Over the next 3 decades, investigators followed hundreds of clues–leading them to half of the answer.
The question is, has the other half already been answered?
Let’s Mourn…
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East, M. (2024, February 10). Bodies kept piling up in the Pacific Northwest. was it the work of a killer or coincidence? (FPD Case Vault). Front Page Detectives. https://www.frontpagedetectives.com/p/washington-murder-cold-case-tube-sock-killings
Killer eludes police for 31 years; one woman found him in 2 hours. Sandhills Express. (n.d.). https://sandhillsexpress.com/cbs_national/killer-eludes-police-for-31-years-one-woman-found-him-in-2-hours-cbsid8086703e/
Quinn, L. (2024, August 31). Parents of N.C. girl who vanished in 2022 waited weeks to report her missing. Peoplemag. https://people.com/parents-north-carolina-girl-vanished-2022-waited-weeks-to-report-her-missing-8703515
Wikimedia Foundation. (2024, March 5). Mineral, Washington murders. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral,_Washington_murders
Yasmin Scherrer. (2023, February 1). List: The tube sock killings: Curated by Yasmin Scherrer: Medium. https://medium.com/@yasminscherrer/list/the-tube-sock-killings-fded197b68cb
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