Episode 253 - A Ghost in Marsh Loop - The Murders of Stephen & Wendy Reid
The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories
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🗓️ 17 February 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
You'll hear how a missed tennis match became the catalyst for a missing person's manhunt…and how a mysterious drifter turned a peaceful hiking trail into a hunting ground — then disappeared like a ghost without a trace….Well, almost without a trace
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Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger
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Sources:
Logan Clegg sentenced to up to life in prison for murder of Concord, NH couple on hiking trail
Timeline: Concord couple killed
Family of Concord couple in double homicide case thanks officials, describes how couple met
Investigation continues into Concord double homicide
Concord couple died of multiple gunshots; deaths ruled homicides, investigators say
Valley News Tue, Apr 26, 2022 ·Page A2
Stephen & Djeswende Reid Obituary
Affidavit of Probable Cause
https://www.wmur.com/article/new-hampshire-logan-clegg-trial-victim-sister/45461980
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| 0:33.3 | The You know, In 1979, criminologist Lawrence Cohen and Marcus Felsen proposed a theory about violent crime. |
| 1:13.6 | They argued for violence to occur, three elements must converge. |
| 1:18.9 | A motivated offender, a suitable target, and the absence of capable guardians. |
| 1:25.9 | Like planets falling into a perfect orbit, these elements must align |
| 1:30.8 | in both time and space. When we think of a motivated offender, most of us imagine someone driven |
| 1:38.7 | by rage, greed, or vendetta, criminality with a clear motive. But there's another terrifying motivation |
| 1:47.5 | often overlooked, sheer randomness. Good people in the wrong place at precisely the wrong time. |
| 1:57.2 | Consider a simple hiking trail. To most of us, it represents peaceful recreation and an escape into nature. |
| 2:05.6 | But through the lens of criminology, it can represent something darker. |
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