Samantha Josephson // 485

Going West: True Crime

Dark West Productions

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🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In March of 2019, a 21-year-old student at the University of South Carolina went out to a local bar with friends. Leaving the rest of her group behind around 2am, she headed outside to hop in her Uber, and was never seen alive again. A day later, in a rural area of South Carolina, her remains would be found with over a hundred stab wounds. And as the investigation would uncover, it wasn’t a rideshare car she got into that evening, but a random, vicious strangers… This is the story of Samantha Josephson.

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0:00.0	What is going on true crime fans? I'm your host Heath and I'm your host Daphne.
0:18.7	And you're listening to Going West. Hello everybody.
0:22.2	Hope you're doing well today. Today's case is so important to share because this horrific
0:28.2	crime is something that anybody could fall victim to or avoid falling victim to with one small
0:35.1	change. And her family has done so much since her murder to ensure that other
0:40.0	young women are safe from this experience. So it's a very important cautionary tale for any
0:45.7	young woman or person really to hear about. Absolutely. So big shout out to Tara, Ashley,
0:52.7	Christy, Taylor, and Lydia.
0:55.3	Oh, sorry.
0:55.9	And also, Kelly, for sending this one in.
0:58.2	A lot of you guys recommended this case.
1:00.2	So thank you guys again.
1:01.3	And please make sure that you share this episode.
1:03.6	Yeah, it's kind of been a long time coming.
1:05.4	This happened in 2019, but we have been getting so many requests for it.
1:09.4	So thank you guys so much.
1:11.5	And without further ado, let's dive into this one.
1:14.2	All right, guys.
1:15.1	This is episode 485 of going west.
1:19.3	So let's get into it. The University of South Carolina student and New Jersey native was abducted and killed after getting into a car she thought was her Uber.
1:52.0	In South Carolina, a college student was killed after police say she got into a car that she thought was her Uber.
1:58.1	Samantha Josephson was a 21-year-old senior.
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