Case 121: The Freeway Phantom
🕑 Added 2019-08-12 07:38:02 +0000 UTCIt was a balmy afternoon on Sunday April 25 1971 in the United States capitol of Washington D.C. Allenteen Spinks left her apartment on Wahler Place Southeast in Congress Heights, a neighbourhood in the states southwest, to visit an aunt who lived on the other side of town. Before she left, Allenteen warned her children they were not to leave while she was gone.
Team:
Anonymous Host - research, narration
Elsha McGill - writing
Mike Migas - production, scoring
Andrew D.B. Joslyn - additional scoring
Comments
Pip
Oh this was such a rough listen. Those poor girls.
Bryce Patzel
Best case in a while!
Cameron DelaCerna
I can't pinpoint what exactly made this episode different, but it haunts me knowing that such depravity can be committed for so long and without closure. We all hope that stories like this will end in a miracle finding like the Golden State Killer, but as the years go on, most of these killers die with their secret.
Amanda Taylor
Excellent episode! One of the best ones in a long while. Frustrating that it’s unsolved though.
Amber
Thanks! It looks like Patreon added the download option back. They must have heard a million complaints yesterday!
Jared McGuire
Amber, if you’re on a Computer, either right click the .mp3 link and select “download file as,” or right click on the link and select “copy,” then “paste” the link into your browser’s download manager.
Matt Riggle
There's a little downward facing arrow to the right that downloads the file. Just worked for me as far as I can tell.
Matt Riggle
I love how y'all gave the date right away. :)
Amber
Just received an email from another podcast I am a patron of and they said Patreon has removed the download option. This stinks for those of us that don't stream on our phones :(
Amber
There doesn't seem to be a way to download the episode like usual. Did Patreon change something?
Valerie Smith
I thought maybe you looked up the travel times during a particularly brutal rush hour 😉
Samantha
Thank you for a well done episode! I had heard of this case before but not all of the details.
Rich
Unsolved Casefile episodes are always my least favorite, but happy to be a supporter
Casefile True Crime
Thanks for pointing that out Valerie and Samantha. Geographic error we made there. We will rectify prior to the main release. Thank you
Samantha
Came here to say the same thing — DC is across the river from Virginia. I also am a former Washingtonian!
Amber Randall
Never heard of this case! Awesome work thank you
Valerie Smith
This is my favorite podcast. 😁 I also lived in the DC area for a period and have never heard of this case. However the description of the geography confused me or perhaps I heard wrong. I think it was stated that Virginia was a 3 hour drive from DC. But Virginia borders DC so parts of Virginia are reachable within minutes from DC.
Melanie G.
Great research, awesome work, this one is new to me
Nicole Price
Yes. Good coverage but a frustrating. :(
Megan Brennan
I'm not from that area, but this case was also new to me! Have you listened yet?
Nicole Price
Wow! I’ve lived in DC and adjoining counties my whole life and have never heard of this case!