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Crime Adjacent

Thirty years ago, someone began snatching men from a small Bay Area town and dumping their bodies in a quiet lovers’ lane just off Interstate 80.But just as quickly as the killings began, they suddenly stopped. The killer simply vanished. No suspects. No arrests. No headlines. These men and their murderer were forgotten, overshadowed by other notorious serial killers prowling the same Bay Area roads.In this season of Crime Adjacent, host and serial killer survivor Chase Patrick returns home

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00:21:17

The Ridgewood City Council murders

Crime Adjacent ·

2025/10/29

In the winter of 2023, three city councilmembers from the city of Ridgewood were abducted. One, Gary Pugh, was murdered, his body dumped in a valley on the outskirts of town -- the exact same location used by the Rest Stop Killer. The two others, Margie Miller and Bea Macy, were brutally assaulted but, somehow, survived. To figure out what happened and to better understand how the Rest Stop Killer played a role in these cases, the city council commissioned an independent report. What

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00:13:46

A Show You'll Love: Harlem Queen

Crime Adjacent ·

2025/10/24

Episode title: Stephanie's Great EscapeThis episode tells of Madame Stephanie St. Clair's great escape from prison and flight to France, aided by her secretary, Ruby and her top underling, Manos. This episode features: Gabrielle Adkins as Stephanie St. Clair Mare-Francoise Theodore as Josephine Baker Journey Brown-Saintel as Ruby Luke Slattery as Manos Additional voices by Tom Smith, Emilio Smith and Yhane Washington Smith See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California

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00:19:49

Bea Macy

Crime Adjacent ·

2025/10/22

Bea Macy was born in a small town in Wisconsin but, just like Len Macy, she made her way to Ridgewood in a roundabout fashion following the Summer of Love. She remained in town until the very end. In the 1960s, she escaped the doomed cult in the valley outside of town, grabbing on to a secretarial job at City Hall. There, she learned the ins and outs of Ridgewood. In the 1980s, she ran for school board, and then for City Council. The annual Christmas parade and Santa greeting was her idea. She

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00:18:36

Parking lots

Crime Adjacent ·

2025/10/15

There’s something undeniably eerie about a parking lot. The rows of silent cars, or worse, the vast swaths of empty space. The distant echo of footsteps. The half-burnt yellow lights casting shadows across the gritty pavement. Parking lots are liminal spaces — they’re designed for movement, for transitioning from the safety of cars to the safety of places.But for many - especially women - parking lots aren’t just transitional spaces. They’ve become cultural touchstones of heightened fear

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00:24:51

End game

Crime Adjacent ·

2025/10/08

Over the span of a week in December 2023, two Ridgewood city council members were abducted and assaulted. One, Gary Pugh, had been murdered. The other, Margie Miller, managed to survive somehow, but the prognosis did not look good.She was abducted on Friday night, Dec. 15, 2023, and by the following morning, Saturday, she would be in the hospital, fighting for her life. No one knew it at the time, of course, but by that Saturday morning, the killer already had their eye on the next and

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00:22:06

Tokens

Crime Adjacent ·

2025/10/01

True crime is littered with cases of killers who tied to throw investigators off their tracks. These cases are also littered with the tiny, dumb mistakes these killers made that ultimately led to their demise.The out of place pizza box. The tiny trace of DNA. The wild story of a late-night trip through a blizzard that was most definitely not an impromptu alibi attempt. Which is all to say, true crime has grown accustomed to bizarre cases like these and the strange, unbelievable stories

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00:27:07

Fraud

Crime Adjacent ·

2025/09/24

On Dec. 13, 2023, Ridgewood resident Mollie Miller came to one of the Crime Adjacent live shows in San Francisco. She had a message for us: The Rest Stop Killer had returned to Ridgewood. But more than that, she knew exactly who the killer was. So why, then, when I returned to Ridgewood to investigate, did I find her in her main suspect's home? I needed answers. Fast. Because during that cold winter week in 2023, Ridgewood was coming undone. Crime Adjacent is the never-ending true

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00:26:04

Rehearsal fantasy

Crime Adjacent ·

2025/09/17

True Crime stories are riddled with serial killers and their crimes. But how do they get started? From BTK to The Nightstalker to the Rest Stop Killer, many serial killers begin with what forensic psychologists call rehearsal fantasy. That's the term for the young teen or young man outside, in the bushes, watching. Eventually, for some, these voyeuristic, Peeping Tom fantasies evolve into something far, far worse -- like break ins and eventually physical violence. I couldn't help

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00:25:04

Margie Miller

Crime Adjacent ·

2025/09/10

Margie Miller spent her life trying to escape Ridgewood. But a series of unfortunate events always pulled her back home, and right back into the heart of this case.At 18, she was accepted into the University of Chicago, but her family just couldn't afford it, and so she stayed home. At 22, she was offered a job in San Francisco, but her father suddenly died and she remained home to help her mother. After a few years, she was offered another job, a dream job in the history department of the

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00:33:24

The Lake

Crime Adjacent ·

2025/09/03

On Sept. 27, 1969, the Zodiac killer donned a black hood and approached a young couple on the shores of Lake Berryessa — just a few miles north of Ridgewood. Once he tied up the couple, he stabbed them mercilessly. I told you the Zodiac kept appearing in strange ways in the case of the Rest Stop Killer, and it happened again here, at Lake Berryessa. Because this exact spot where the Zodiac struck back in 1969 -- it was the exact same location where the body of Michelle Diaz was

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00:23:50

Michelle Diaz

Crime Adjacent ·

2025/08/27

The disappearance of Michelle Diaz happened at the worst possible time in a small town with limited resources and in a media environment desperate for information about a different case altogether. So although her death would eventually lead to uncovering the true volume of horror committed by the Rest Stop Killer, she would, sadly, become a footnote in the larger story. Michelle Diaz was anything but a footnote to her family and those who loved her most. This is her story. Crime

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00:25:23

Going Home

Crime Adjacent ·

2025/08/20

It was Mollie Miller who alerted me to the death of Gary Pugh. It was Mollie Miller who said the Rest Stop Killer was back, who said the Palmer family was involved somehow, and that the police were covering for them. And yet, she now refused to talk. Something was happening in Ridgewood, and on Thursday Dec. 14, 2023, I went home for the first time in nearly 30 years to figure it out. Crime Adjacent is the never-ending true crime thriller told weekly. New episodes every

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00:19:03

A Show You'll Love: Kingscreek

Crime Adjacent ·

2025/08/15

Curiosity is a dangerous thing. Kingscreek is a weekly horror semi-anthology podcast, with weekly episodes. Follow Damien Bachman as he reads through his late uncle's old research, centered around the strange and paranormal occurrences in Kingscreek, Washington.Case A-95: Serial Roadside Phenomena (Fall 1997) Recording Date: 09/16/08 Content Warnings: - Animal Death - Animal Body Horror Starring Thomas S Dennis as Damien Bachman Written, Edited, and Directed by Thomas S

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00:31:29

Gary Pugh

Crime Adjacent ·

2025/08/13

The killer disappeared for nearly 30 years. Police thought he moved or was caught or just decided to call it quits, which happens occasionally with serial killers. Then Gary Pugh was abducted from a quiet street in Ridgewood on December 11, 2023, and discovered dead in the valley just hours later. The Rest Stop Killer had never left. Crime Adjacent is the never-ending true crime story told weekly. New episodes every Wednesday. Weekly BTS info and profiling group at Patreon

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00:34:30

Len Macy

Crime Adjacent ·

2025/08/06

When Len Macy arrived in San Francisco in 1967 for the Summer of Love, he was immediately tempted by the cults and charismatic narcissists who preyed on young people at the time. Charles Manson. Jim Jones. Synanon. They were everywhere. But it was Mitch "Moon" McDaniel that would lure Len to Ridgewood, where he would soon find himself alone and forgotten. Until a killer started dumping bodies just yards from his front door. This is the story of suspect #2: Len Macy. Crime Adjacent

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00:37:00

Daniel Palmer Jr.

Crime Adjacent ·

2025/07/30

Three Ridgewood men have been abducted and murdered, their bodies found in a valley on the outskirts of town. And the same man found two of them. This is Daniel Palmer Jr., a millionaire housing developer who owns the valley land.On the nights of each murder, Palmer said he was home, hosting fund-raisers for local politicians. People saw him each night, vouched for him. But are his alibis as airtight as he claims? Is it possible to slip away from a large party, murder men, and then simply slip

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00:25:07

Gone Cold

Crime Adjacent ·

2025/07/23

One man built a flamethrower and patrolled the town’s sewer system, positive the killer lurked underground. A posse of women formed an armed vigilante group and roamed the streets at night. Neighbors reported other neighbors to police. Kids called the tip line on their teachers. As Ridgewood waited for the killer to strike again, mass hysteria settled over the entire town. But then, just as suddenly as they began, the murders stopped. The case went cold. Crime Adjacent is the never-ending

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00:29:39

Panic

Crime Adjacent ·

2025/07/16

After the abduction and murder of Bobby Briggs on Jan. 20, 1996, Ridgewood exploded. There was a killer among them, taking men. Off busy streets. Stomping them to death.Just as it has done all over the country for ages, panic set in. And Ridgewood would never be the same. Crime Adjacent is the never-ending true crime story told weekly. New episodes every Wednesday. Find behind the scenes details or join our true crime and criminal profiling reading group at our Patreon page --

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00:27:30

A new Zodiac victim?

Crime Adjacent ·

2025/07/09

The similarities between the abduction of Bobby Briggs and one Zodiac survivor were so striking that Detective Jones had to check it out. Briggs was kidnapped in the middle of Ridgewood, on a busy thoroughfare. And yet, there were no witnesses or signs of a struggle. It was as if he simply vanished. When Detective Jones inspected his truck, she knew what happened. She had seen this before. With the Zodiac killer. Crime Adjacent is the never-ending true crime story told weekly. New

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00:40:37

Bobby #2

Crime Adjacent ·

2025/07/02

With the discovery of a third body in the valley just off Interstate 80 in Ridgewood, police realized the killer emerged every other Saturday night. Only this time, instead of abducting a man at Hunter Hill rest stop, he was in Ridgewood. Anyone, it seemed, was fair game now. Crime Adjacent is the never-ending true crime story told weekly. New episodes every Wednesday. Find behind the scenes details or join our true crime and criminal profiling reading group at our Patreon page --

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