About this episode
In January of 1970, two freshman students at West Virginia University disappeared while hitchhiking after seeing a movie. While police originally thought the girls may have run away, suspicious letters began to arrive that suggested otherwise. After their beheaded bodies were found, police began a relentless search to find their ruthless killer. But so far, all they’ve gotten is a false confession. These are the unsolved murders of Karen Ferrell and Mared Malarik. BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Yahoo: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/overlooked-confession-morgantown-man-thinks-040100151.html 2. The Charleston Daily Mail: https://www.newspapers.com/image/36755693/?terms=mared%20malarik&match=1 3. Karen's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81833523/karen-lynn-ferrell 4. Mared's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81832990/mared-ellen-malarik 5. Paterson News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/532822561/?terms=mared%20malarik%20bride&match=2 6. Yahoo: https://www.yahoo.com/now/wvu-coed-murders-one-set-040100027.html 7. Beckley Post-Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/15803095/?terms=karen%20ferrell&match=1 8. Rootsweb: https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/189102/I43892/karen-ferrell/individual 9. The Charleston Daily Mail: https://www.newspapers.com/image/36758916/?terms=mared%20malarik%20father&match=1 10. Beckley Post Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/47827353/?terms=mared%20malarik%20father&match=1 11. The Dominion News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/64786053/?terms=mared%20malarik&match=1 12. The Dominion News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/64786020/?terms=mared%20malarik%20%22purse%22&match=1 13. The Herald News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/527298105/?terms=mared%20malarik%20father&match=1 14. The Dominion News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/64786043/?fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjY0Nzg2MDQzLCJpYXQiOjE2NzQ2NzY1MjEsImV4cCI6MTY3NDc2MjkyMX0.VkKCsTBhUsuUkZtHvBoUh3kGd94XQ99bBWsHVtuvvCg 15. The Dominion News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/64786063/?terms=karen%20ferrell&match=1 16. Inside Detective: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c328c00710699b10e8cd382/t/6136676088910d70a355bb1f/1630955362715/Inside_Detective_1976.pdf 17. Courier-Post: https://www.newspapers.com/image/181360475/?terms=%22eugene%20paul%20clawson%22&match=1 18. The Morning Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/63758493/?terms=%22eugene%20paul%20clawson%22&match=1 19. The Charleston Daily Mail: https://www.newspapers.com/image/36808094/ 20. Justia: https://law.justia.com/cases/west-virginia/supreme-court/1980/14070-3.html 21. The Evening Standard: https://www.newspapers.com/image/28005536/?terms=%22eugene%20paul%20clawson%22&match=1 22. The Courier-News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/222978285/?terms=%22eugene%20paul%20clawson%22&match=1&clipping_id=11251752 23. Republican and Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/448662343/?terms=%22eugene%20paul%20clawson%22&match=1 24. The Danville News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/552968455/?terms=%22eugene%20paul%20clawson%22&match=1 25. Times WV: https://www.timeswv.com/news/exploring-new-possibilities-in-decades-old-murders/article_d0353258-4086-11e8-877c-8f3e726617c5.html 26. Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/urarg1/the_wvu_coed_murders_who_killed_mared_malarik_and/ 27. The Evening Sun: https://www.newspapers.com/image/371608702/?terms=%22william%20bernard%20hacker%22&match=1 28. Medium: https://truecrimedetective.co.uk/gone-in-the-night-the-infamous-west-virginia-coed-murders-30322337980d Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.