INTRODUCING: Someone’s Hunting Us

INTRODUCING: Someone’s Hunting Us

In 2016, a serial killer was preying on Black women and girls he thought no one would miss — and getting away with it. Police in New Jersey never suspected that Khalil Wheeler-Weaver, a nerdy-looking, polite young man from a law enforcement family, was the one stalking the streets and dating apps for his next target. The journalists behind “Father Wants Us Dead” — called one of the best true crime podcasts of all time by Entertainment Weekly — bring you a deeply-reported true crime story of a serial killer hiding in plain sight and the women who took him down.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Ch. 8: Wilderness of the Human Spirit

Eric Rudolph was finally in shackles. But what would become of him? As prosecutors in Georgia and Alabama jockeyed to be first to take him to trial, a new worry emerged. It was dynamite. About 200 pounds of it. Host, Writer: Becca Andrews Host, Writer: John Archibald Executive Producer, Co-Creator: John Hammontree Audio Engineer: Daniel Potter Field Producer: Sarah Whites-Koditscheck Social Producers: Caroline Vincent, Mila Olivera Logo Design: DJB Design Theme Music: “Birmingham” by Beth Thornley and Rob Cairns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Ch. 7: "Jerry Wilson"

Rookie cop Jeff Postell’s life would change forever when he found a man digging through a dumpster in Murphy, North Carolina. The man said his name was “Jerry Wilson,” but he had an awfully familiar face. Host, Writer: Becca Andrews Host, Writer: John Archibald Executive Producer, Co-Creator: John Hammontree Audio Engineer: Daniel Potter Field Producer: Sarah Whites-Koditscheck Social Producers: Caroline Vincent, Mila Olivera Logo Design: DJB Design Theme Music: “Birmingham” by Beth Thornley and Rob Cairns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Ch. 6: 'Justifiable Homicide'

Why did Eric Rudolph target abortion clinics? Friends said they didn’t know Rudolph cared about that issue. But the battle over abortion rights had been long and bloody. Meet the women who were soldiers in that movement. And its casualties. Host, Writer: Becca Andrews Host, Writer: John Archibald Executive Producer, Co-Creator: John Hammontree Audio Engineer: Daniel Potter Field Producer: Sarah Whites-Koditscheck Social Producers: Caroline Vincent, Mila Olivera Logo Design: DJB Design Theme Music: “Birmingham” by Beth Thornley and Rob Cairns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Ch. 5: Scar Tissue

Memrie Cresswell stood up to tuck in her shirt as a bomb exploded at the Otherside lounge. It saved her life. Time after time luck was the thing that kept Rudolph’s body count from soaring. As he desperately tries to kill more, his bombs evolve. Host, Writer: Becca Andrews Host, Writer: John Archibald Executive Producer, Co-Creator: John Hammontree Audio Engineer: Daniel Potter Field Producer: Sarah Whites-Koditscheck Social Producers: Caroline Vincent, Mila Olivera Logo Design: DJB Design Theme Music: “Birmingham” by Beth Thornley and Rob Cairns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]