Freeway Phantom
- Year
- 1971
- Where
- District of Columbia
- Source
- Wikipedia
- Evidence
- 1
The Freeway Phantom is the pseudonym of an unidentified serial killer who murdered six girls and a woman in Washington, D.C., between April 1971 and September 1972.
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Podcast episodes
- SERIAL KILLER: The Freeway PhantomCrime Junkie · 2022
- The Freeway Phantom Murders PT 1Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes · 2026
- Freeway Phantom - Official TrailerMonster: Freeway Phantom · 2023
- True Crime Time For July 8, 2026 | The Freeway Phantom, Missing Madison & A 30-Year Fugitive Finally CaughtReal Life Real Crime · 2026
- The Freeway PhantomUnresolved: A True Crime & Mystery Podcast · 2018
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