David Alan Westerfield
True Crime All The Time
Emash Digital / Wondery
4.7 • 13.6K Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2018
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
David Alan Westerfield is unlike many killers that we profile on True Crime All The Time. There doesn't seem to be anything in his childhood that would point to the fact that he would become a killer. He didn't have a record. He was successful and many people in his life and around his neighborhood liked him. But, in 2002, he made the decision to murder his 7-year-old neighbor Danielle Van Dam.
Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss this tragic case. What makes a man who seemingly led a decent life turn to murder not long before his 50th birthday? And why would he target a young girl that lived just two doors down from him. But we know that behind closed doors are not always what they appear. And things would come out about Westerfield after his arrest that would suggest he was not the wholesome middle-aged man he portrayed to those around him.
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| 0:00.0 | Well done. You've sorted through the embarrassment of riches that is the modern podcast landscape |
| 0:09.8 | and found me Rob Briden on my podcast. In this series of Briden and I talk to among |
| 0:17.2 | others Harry Hill, Ben Elton, Charlotte Church, Steve Cougan and Dame Harriet Walter. |
| 0:23.9 | And that's just a few. We tend to chat for about 45 minutes to an hour never longer. |
| 0:29.8 | It's terrific conversation, reminiscent where appropriate and exchange of anecdotes. |
| 0:36.0 | So do join me Rob Briden wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:39.6 | New episodes of Briden and are available early and ad free on Amazon Music or by subscribing |
| 0:45.1 | to Wondery Plus in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery app. |
| 1:29.8 | Hello everyone and welcome to episode 102 of the True Crime All the Time podcast. I'm Mike Ferguson. |
| 1:36.7 | And with me as always is my partner in True Crime. My Gibson Gibby what is going on? |
| 1:42.8 | What's happening man? |
| 1:44.0 | Not much. Not much. I got a I didn't do it, but I got this. I thought was a pretty good |
| 1:50.4 | suggestion from one of our listeners that said instead of saying how are you I should say |
| 1:55.9 | how are boo how are boo for like a Halloween. Oh, you know how are you coming out a little |
| 2:01.8 | bit before Halloween. But I thought it was clever how are you I chose not to do it. |
| 2:05.4 | But then I talked about it anyway. You did sense where we're all you just did it anyway. |
| 2:10.2 | And I said it back. So we have the two part Ed Kemper behind us. Yeah. That was a lot |
| 2:16.0 | of work man. A lot of research. You know, went into that two part episode. I hope everybody |
| 2:22.1 | liked it. I was very happy with the way they turned out. But now we have to move on. |
| 2:27.6 | We do need to move on right to other subjects. But before we do that, let's give our Patreon |
| 2:33.1 | shout outs. We had Kevin Anderson, Aaron Edgecomb. How are you guys doing? Kelly Stewart. |
| 2:40.0 | Hey Kelly Nicole Makeley. Hey Nicole. Mariam Johannes. Oh, Johannes. Katie Wallace. Thank you, |
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