Episode 29: The Freeway Phantom Part 1

<p>The summer of 1971 was a tumultuous time in Washington D.C. There was a battle raging for racial equality, there were massive protests against the Vietnam War, and a serial killer was on the loose targeting young black girls. In part one of their coverage, Cassie and Marc discuss the Freeway Phantom's earliest victims and the many blunders made by the Washington D.C. Metro Police.</p> <p>Source Notes:</p> <p>People Magazine Investigates, The Freeway Phantom - Season 4, Episode 4</p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeway_Phantom" target="_blank">Freeway Phantom, Wikipedia</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/six-black-girls-were-brutally-murdered-in-the-early-70s-why-was-this-case-never-solved/2018/05/21/c74d26ec-4e22-11e8-af46-b1d6dc0d9bfe_story.html" target="_blank">Six black girls were brutally murdered in the early ’70s. Why was this case never solved?, By Cheryl W. Thompson - Washington Post (05.22.18)</a></p> <p><a href="https://people.com/crime/freeway-phantom-unsolved-case-washington-dc-murders-haunts-families/" target="_blank">Unsolved Case of 'Freeway&nbsp;Phantom' Haunts Families Decades After Slain Girls Were Found in D.C. Area, By Jeff Truesdell - People Magazine (11.25.19)</a></p>