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Secrets from the Grave

June 8, 2026 · 45 min

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Before she died, she scribbled a note. Her killer stripped away everything that could identify her — but missed that scrap of paper in her pocket.


She was beautiful, well-dressed, seen at a glamorous Manhattan red carpet party hours before she died — then discarded on a remote stretch of highway, with a tan she couldn't have gotten in a New York winter. Forty-three years later, no mother, no sister, no daughter has ever come forward to claim her.


In this episode, we reveal the breakthroughs that have this cold case closer to cracking than ever — and the new bombshell: six more women, one secret life, and the road that connects them all.


Contact us if you have had an encounter with Christopher Wilder or have information about him or any of his crimes: [email protected]


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Credits:


Hosts

Andy Byrne 

Mark Llewellyn


Audio Production

Sam Blacker - The Podcast Butler


Resources

The Pretty Girl Killer by Andrew Byrne - courtesy of Penguin Random House

Thanks to Rhiannon Browning, co-host of Voices of the Voiceless on WKBW-TV in Buffalo, New York.


Thanks to Pro Podcast Studios, Sydney


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Get in Touch

If you knew Wilder or one of his victims, contact us in confidence: [email protected]


Record a voice message: https://www.speakpipe.com/catchingevil


Join us and support these not-for-profits:

US 

Survivors of Homicide Inc - https://www.survivorsofhomicide.com/

Yesterday Today Tomorrow Women Inc - https://www.yttwomen.org/

Aus

Mary’s House 1800 002 111 https://www.maryshouse.org.au/about/


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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