About this episode
In July of 2006, a 27-year-old woman and her mother set out for a four-mile hike around an idyllic Washington lake. Hours after they started their trek, their bodies were found by fellow hikers, and it was clear that they had been murdered. But how did they meet this tragic fate, and why? These are the stories of Mary Cooper and her daughter, Susanna Stodden, also known as the Pinnacle Lake Murders. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. King 5: https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/mary-cooper-susanna-stodden-unsolved-snohomish-county-murder/281-cf04d027-bb9e-4332-8572-f528fdff87b3 2. King 5: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/david-stodden-passes-3rd-polygraph-test-in-unsolved-murders-of-wife-and-daughter/281-603049836 3. The Olympian: https://www.newspapers.com/image/806023375/?terms=mary%20cooper%20susanna%20stodden&match=1 4. Mary's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14935751/mary-cooper 5. Susanna's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/169360955/susanna-stodden 6. Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/seattletimes/name/mary-stodden-obituary?id=29016901 7. The Spokesman-Review: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2007/mar/11/womens-deaths-remain-a-mystery/ 8. University of Washington Magazine: https://magazine.washington.edu/mary-cooper-1950-2006/ 9. Medium: https://medium.com/@jennbaxter_69070/the-bizarre-double-murder-of-mary-cooper-and-susanna-stodden-29cf63206e59 10. Herald Net: https://www.heraldnet.com/news/murder-case-is-cold-but-memory-still-burns/ 11. US News: https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/washington/decatur-elementary-school-241334 12. Herald Net: https://www.heraldnet.com/news/three-years-and-no-answers-in-slaying-of-hikers/ 13. Seattle Times: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/10-years-after-his-wife-daughter-were-killed-on-hike-lack-of-answers-haunts-north-seattle-man/ 14. Washington Trails Association: https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/pinnacle-lake 15. University of Washington Magazine: https://magazine.washington.edu/feature/murder-fascinates-but-experts-say-its-becoming-rarer/ 16. Herald Net: https://www.heraldnet.com/news/shock-gives-way-to-grief/ 17. Herald Net: https://www.heraldnet.com/news/murder-case-is-cold-but-memory-still-burns/ 18. Washington Trail Association: https://www.wta.org/news/magazine/magazine/1207.pdf Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.