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The Friday the Thirteenth Reckoning

June 1, 2026 · 38 min

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Serial killer Christopher Wilder was ten minutes from the Canadian border. If the passenger door of his stolen car had been unlocked, he would have made it.

This is the inside story of Friday the 13th, 1984 — the day the biggest manhunt in American history ended on the forecourt of a small-town gas station, and the two off-duty troopers who did what the FBI couldn't.

We walk the road he drove. We stand on the spot where he died. We talk to the photographer who captured it all.

The day Christopher Wilder died, the families of the women he took thought they would finally get their answers.

They didn't.


The chase ended that afternoon. The story didn't. And what we have uncovered since is about to change everything.


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 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]


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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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