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EP296: Highway of Silence

Crimes and Consequences by Crimes and Consequences

Apr 28, 202633:07Society & Culture

On the highways that cut through the American Midwest, where headlights stretch into darkness and exits blur past without memory, a predator moved unnoticed for years. Larry Eyler didn’t look like a killer; he blended in...

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EP296: Highway of Silence is an episode from Crimes and Consequences by Crimes and Consequences. On the highways that cut through the American Midwest, where headlights stretch into darkness and exits blur past without memory, a predator mo...

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Published Apr 28, 2026, 33:07 long, audio available.

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On the highways that cut through the American Midwest, where headlights stretch into darkness and exits blur past without memory, a predator moved unnoticed for years. Larry Eyler didn’t look like a killer; he blended in, a quiet man drifting between Indiana and Illinois, offering rides to young men who would never be seen again. Their bodies would later be found miles apart, scattered across counties and backroads, each discovery raising questions no one yet knew how to connect. It wasn’t until the pattern emerged—too late for many—that investigators realized they were chasing not separate crimes, but a single, methodical force moving along the highways themselves. And even after his arrest, the full truth of what Eyler had done would remain buried, waiting until the very end to surface in a confession that revealed a scale of violence far greater than anyone had imagined. SOURCES: 1) Crime Library: Larry Eyler, the Highway Murderer 2) The Roanoke Times: Killer Confesses to Killing 21 Men 3) Crime Online: "Highway Killer" Larry Eyler's Victim Identified after 40 Years 4) UPI: Lawyer: Eyler was serial killer 5) The Washington Post: Killer Confessed to 21 More Deaths 6) The Midwest Crime Files Podcast: The Highway Killer: The Victims of Larry Eyler 7) Larry Eyler's Wikipedia Page

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Published Apr 28, 2026 and 33:07 long