Solved Murders - True Crime Stories - Terrifying Road Trips True Stories of Stalkers, Pursuits, and Escaping Danger PART3 #56

Episode Date: October 24, 2025

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All right, let me spin this story out for you in a way that feels more like someone sitting across the table from you at a diner, sipping coffee, and telling it straight from memory. It's going to be long, like really long, because you asked for about 4,000 words, and to hit that, I'll stretch every beat of the tail with all the little details, thoughts, and random tangents that come up when someone recalls something scary that stuck with them for years. You know, some people seem to carry this kind of energy around them that makes everyone, just a little nervous, even though on paper there's nothing threatening about them. That's how my mom was when I was a kid. She's barely over five feet tall, maybe a hundred pounds when she was

soaking wet, but man, she had this presence. Like, I'd seen grown men take a step back when she glared at them. She wasn't mean, but she had this look, this force about her, like she could tell you what to do and you do it without a second thought. Anyway, one of the memories that that has stuck with me the most happened when I was about eight. We were on one of those road trips, the kind where you're crammed in the back seat with your siblings, surrounded by a mess of snack wrappers, coloring books, and random toys that somehow end up everywhere but where you want them. My sister was next to me, half asleep with her head against the window, and I was just kind of zoning out, watching the trees fly by.

We pulled into this gas station, nothing special, just one of those small town spots with a couple of pumps and a flickering fluorescent light that made everything look extra sketchy. Mom drove up to a pump and shifted into park, and then she did something I didn't even think much about until later, she adjusted the rearview mirror. Not just a little nudge, but the kind of adjustment you make when you really want to keep an eye on what's happening behind you. At the time, I figured she was just checking her makeup or something, but looking back, I know she was already on edge. She left the car running. which again, didn't feel strange then but absolutely should have.

She cracked the door open, and that's when another truck pulled in, a green and white pickup, kind of old and beat up, squealing a little as it came to a stop. It didn't pull up to the pump like a normal person would. Instead, it parked at this weird angle, off to the side, like the guy didn't really want gas at all but wanted to be there, near us. The driver got out, and I remember him being huge. But then again, everyone is huge when you're eight years old.

Still, he had this presence about him that made my stomach drop. He walked around to the front of his truck, popped the hood, and started poking around like he was looking for something. But here's the thing, his back was turned to us, and he wasn't really doing anything. Just, standing there, pretending. Even at eight, I could tell something was off. My mom slammed the door shut, harder than she needed to, and before I could even process what was happening, she floored it. Tires squealed, gravel kicked up, and suddenly we were tearing out of that

gas station like we were in some kind of car chase movie. My seatbelt dug into my chest, and I whipped my head around to see the man turning, startled, his face twisted in this weird look like he couldn't believe we were leaving. He slammed his hood shut, way too fast, considering he'd barely been looking under there at all, and then he just stared as we shot down the road. I knew something was really wrong because my mom never drove like that. She was careful, cautious, always lecturing us about safety. But that day, her knuckles were white on the steering wheel, and her eyes were darting to the mirrors every couple of seconds. The road up ahead curved hard to the left, but just before the bend there was this little side road that veered off to the right,

where a couple of old buildings stood. Without even hesitating, my mom slammed on the brakes, cranked the wheel, and slid us around the corner. I swear, it felt like we were in one of those over-the-top action movies where the hero barely makes the turn. She sped through the gravel parking lot of one of the buildings and pulled around back, tucking us behind it so we were completely hidden from anyone driving by.

From where we were, we could see the road, but anyone on the road couldn't see us. We sat there, dead silent, barely even breathing. And then, sure enough, a minute later that green and white truck came flying past, way too fast, like the guy was trying to catch up to us. He didn't even slow down, just zoomed around the bend and disappeared out of sight. I remember the three of us just sitting there, my mom breathing hard, my sister clinging to me, and me trying to act like I wasn't about to cry. After a while, Mom asked if we needed to use the restroom.

I said yes, mostly because I really did and partly because I just wanted to break the silence. She sighed and said, me too. But we're going to wait a bit. That's when she... Hi, I'm Darren Marler, host of the Weird Darkness podcast. I want to talk about the most important tool in my podcast belt. Sfreaker is the all-in-one platform that makes it easy to record, host, and distribute your show everywhere from Apple Podcast. podcasts to Spotify. But the real game changer for me was Spreeker's monetization. Spreaker offers dynamic ad insert ad insert ads into your episodes. No editing required. And with Spreaker's programmatic ads, they'll bring the ads to you, and you get paid for every download. This turned my podcasting hobby into a full-time career. Sprinker also has a premium subscription model where your

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and said, I'd rather piss my pants in this car than be murdered on the side this road. That was so out of character for her that it made the whole situation even scarier. My mom was tough, sure, but she didn't usually talk like that, especially not in front of us. It drove home the fact that whatever just happened, it wasn't a joke, and it wasn't just her being paranoid. She truly believed we just dodged something really bad. We eventually made our way to another gas station farther down the road, used the rest of

got some snacks to calm ourselves down, and then kept going on our trip. We never saw that green and white truck again, but the image of that guy slamming his hood shut and staring at us has never left me. That wasn't the only weird, terrifying road trip moment I've lived through, though. Fast forward years later, Christmas of 2015, and now I've got a family of my own. We had this routine, every couple of months we'd pack up the car and drive from New Orleans. to San Antonio, and sometimes up to Tulsa to see grandparents. Usually, the drives weren't bad. Long, sure, but pretty straightforward, you pass through plenty of towns, stop for food,

keep the kids entertained, and it's all manageable. That Christmas, though, things went sideways. We got the bad news that my wife's parents' house had been flooded. They told us not to come, even though we wanted to help. They insisted we go to my parents' house first and then come to theirs later. So, against our better judgment, we agreed. That meant taking an unfamiliar 10-hour route from New Orleans to Tulsa, which already had me feeling uneasy. We made our first mistake by leaving at around 7 at night.

Pro tip, if you can avoid starting a long drive that late, do it. Especially on roads you don't know. About four hours in, we were on TX77, heading toward Atlanta, Texas. And let me tell you, that road at night is a nightmare. It wins and twists so much that you can't just zone out, you've got to stay laser-focused. On top of that, it's isolated as hell. We hadn't seen another car in what felt like forever. That alone was unnerving.

There's something about being completely alone on a dark road that makes every little sound and shadow seemed sinister. But the real terror didn't hit until we were about 40 minutes from Atlanta. That's when we spotted a police car way behind us. At first, we were actually relieved. Like, hey, another human being. But the longer it followed us, the weirder it felt. Why was a cop out here in the middle of nowhere, tailing us at that hour?

Eventually, the sirens flashed, and we pulled over, figuring maybe we'd missed a speed limit sign or something. The guy got out and came to my window. At first, it seemed routine. He said, your license plate fell off. Okay, weird, but plausible. Then he leaned in a little and asked, are these your kids? Your daughter is beautiful. Is she for sale?

I froze. I thought. I thought I'd misheard him. I said, excuse me, and he repeated it. Is she for sale? I'll take good care of her. Every alarm bell in my head went off at once. I tried to keep calm and asked, can I see your badge? He smiled, pulled out a gun instead, and said, give me your girl. Time slowed down. My heart was pounding so loud I could barely hear. I forced myself to nod, like I was going to comply, and reached toward my daughter in the back seat. But the second he glanced away, I slammed the car into gear and floored it.

We shot down that narrow state road as fast as the car would go, my wife clutching the kids, both of them screaming. I didn't look back, didn't care if we hit a hundred, just kept going until my hands were shaking so bad I thought I might lose control. Finally, we saw the glowing sign of a pizza hut up ahead. I swerved into the lot, parked crooked, and we all piled inside. The staff must have thought we were insane, the way we stumbled in pale and breathless, telling them what happened. They didn't know who it could have been.

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We ended up staying at a motel that night, doors double-locked, every sound outside making me jump. Thankfully, he never followed us. But to this day, I can't think about that night without imagining what could have happened if I'd hesitated, even for a second. And that's the thing about these stories. You don't really understand how fragile safety is until it's ripped away, even for a few minutes on some lonely stretch of road. The end