Violence and the American Interstate (Discovering America)
by Ginger Strand
appears in True Crime, American History, and Mystery & Crime.
Starting in the 1950s, Americans eagerly built the planet's largest public work: the 42,795mile National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. Before the concrete was dry on the new roads, however, a specter began haunting themthe highway killer. He went by many names: the "Hitcher," the "Freeway Killer," the "Killer on the Road," the "I5 ...
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