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In this episode of Crimery, Tim Novotney tells the terrifying story of Edward Arthur Surratt, a little-known serial killer from Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, who terrorized Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio, and beyond in 1977 and 1978.

Known in newspapers as the Highway Killer and the Shotgun Killer, Surratt stalked couples in their homes, attacked families while children slept nearby, abducted women who were never found, and left behind a trail of murders across multiple states. Decades later, from a prison cell in Florida, he began confessing.

This episode dives into the murders of William and Nancy Adams, Guy and Laura Mills, Joel Krueger, John Shelkons, David and Linda Hamilton, John Feeny, Ranee Gregor, Joseph and Katherine Weinman, Richard and Donna Hyde, Frank Zeigler, and others tied to one of the most disturbing cold case murder sprees in Pennsylvania history.

You’ll hear how Surratt’s confessions unfolded, why so many of these murders were never prosecuted, how Trooper Max DeLuca reopened the story, and why families are still waiting for answers nearly 50 years later.

If you’re into true crime, serial killer cases, Pennsylvania cold cases, unsolved murders, and long-form investigative storytelling, this is a case you won’t forget.

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