Episode 04: The Murder of Molly Larue and Geoff Hood

**TRIGGER WARNING** This episode briefly mentions sexual assault. If you would like to skip this part, you can skip from timestamp 11:40-11:50.

 

The Appalachian trail is the longest hiking only footpath in the world spanning from Maine to Georgia. It is estimated that three million people visit the trail each year. Back in 1990, Molly Larue and Geoff Hood began their hike on the Appalachian trail. Molly, an outward-bound instructor and Geoff, an experienced rock climber were fully prepared for the 2100-mile journey. The young couple was about halfway through their hike when they stopped at one of the back country shelters along the trail to rest. They and their families confident in their progress and that they’d see it through to the end. And if it wasn’t for a grave encounter with evil, they likely would have.

 

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Hike the A.T. | Appalachian Trail Conservancy

Outward Bound - Wikipedia

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Pa. jury convicts man of killing hikers on trail – Baltimore Sun

Appalachian Trail killer who targeted couple in Perry County dies in prison - pennlive.com

Appalachian Trail double murder convict dies in prison (abc27.com)

Troubled Loner Faces 3 Charges of Murder : Violence: The arrest of Paul David Crews in a double slaying on the Appalachian Trail followed a life of bitterness, depression, drug abuse. - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

After a new killing on the Appalachian Trail, the 1990 death of hikers in Pa. haunts their friend anew | WITF

Murder on the Appalachian Trail (outsideonline.com)

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Appalachian National Scenic Trail (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)