EPISODE 25 Two Girls Named Mary: The Mall Murders Hiding in Plain Sight Mary Opitz She left a bag of pretzels on the roof of her mother's car. That was the last trace of her. It was January 1981, at the Edison Mall in Fort Myers, Florida. Seventeen-year-old Mary Opitz had spent the afternoon shopping with her mother, Nancy, and her older brother Chris, hunting for a birthday present for a family friend. Mary got tired. Mary took the shopping from her mother, said she'd wait a

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Episode 23 They Laughed at Him and Lived. She Believed Him and Died. Two young mothers were running a yard sale on a summer morning in 1983 when a black sports car pulled up. The man who stepped out had a camera around his neck and gold chains glinting at his collar. He was charming, well-dressed, smooth. He told them they could be models. They laughed at him. That laughter saved their lives. The man was Christopher Wilder — and in just nine months, his face would appear on t

Episode 20 The Day Beth Dodge's New Life Was Stolen — For a Car Beth Dodge on her wedding day Beth Dodge had a smile people still talk about forty years on. She was 33 years old, a devoted single Mom, a brilliant data analyst, and weeks away from the job of a lifetime. Mobil Chemicals were sending her to Saudi Arabia to set up a new plant — a fresh start for her and her four-year-old daughter Stephanie. A whole new country. A whole new chapter. A whole new life. She never got