{"podcast":{"title":"Murder Unscripted","slug":"murder-unscripted-6928259","podcast_index_feed_id":6928259,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/murderunscripted/feed.xml","website_url":"https://murderunscriptedpod.com","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/murderunscripted/20250919_080907_e33036addc090bb001b18c6913f1f3fc.png","author":"Murder Unscripted Pod","episode_count":139,"summary":"Veteran true-crime producer, Ed (Forensic Files, Cold Case Files, City Confidential) and his crime encyclopedia gal pal, Melissa, bring you the most immersive podcast in the genre - breaking down the barrier between fan and creator. Expect deep dives into obscure stories, interviews with with victim's families, investigators, and other insiders, and behind-the-scenes insight on your favorite crime shows from a seasoned industry professional...all with a touch of humor to lighten even the darkest tales. 👉 New episodes every Tuesday. 🌐 For more information about us and the show, visit our website at: www.MurderUnscriptedPod.com E-mail: murderunscriptedpod@gmail.com Follow us on socials 👇 FB - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557418124048 Insta - https://www.instagram.com/murderunscripted/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@murderunscripted ⚠️ Graphic details; listener discretion advised.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-23T18:18:03.729818+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/murder-unscripted-6928259"},"episode":{"title":"Ep:104 | The DC Sniper | 10 People Killed at Random in Bizarre Murder Plot | Murder Unscripted","slug":"ep-104-the-dc-sniper-10-people-killed-at-random-in-bizarre-murder-plot-murder-unscripted","published_at":"2026-05-19T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/murder-unscripted-6928259/ep-104-the-dc-sniper-10-people-killed-at-random-in-bizarre-murder-plot-murder-unscripted","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/murder-unscripted-6928259","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/murderunscripted/2832702","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/content.rss.com/episodes/273043/2832702/murderunscripted/2026_05_17_11_31_12_eef87157-1fde-41ea-902b-fb94d7e2b521.mp3","summary":"In October 2002, the Washington DC area woke up to something it had never felt before. People were being shot at gas stations, in parking lots, at bus stops, at a school...apparently at random, by someone nobody could see, in a car nobody could find. Police were sprinting between active scenes. Schools canceled outdoor activities. People crouched at gas pumps trying to make themselves smaller targets. Senators got police escorts to the Capitol. Ten people would be killed in three weeks. Three more wounded. And almost none of it was random. In today's spine-chilling episode, Ed walks through the case of the DC Sniper, including: the months of seemingly disconnected shootings across six states before the DC attacks began, the investigation that kept missing the blue Caprice that was hiding in plain sight, the tarot card left at a middle school, and the motive reveal that reframes everything. Ed also shares something personal: in October 2002, he was a first-day intern at Forensic Files... and the DC Sniper case was his very first assignment. He watched it unfold, frame by frame, on two hours of raw news tape. It's what drew him into the true crime industry.","meta_description":"In October 2002, the Washington DC area woke up to something it had never felt before. People were being shot at gas stations, in parking lots, at bus sto…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4524,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/murder-unscripted-6928259/episodes/ep-104-the-dc-sniper-10-people-killed-at-random-in-bizarre-murder-plot-murder-unscripted/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/murder-unscripted-6928259/ep-104-the-dc-sniper-10-people-killed-at-random-in-bizarre-murder-plot-murder-unscripted.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}