It’s double trouble as Fifty States of Murder takes on Black History Month with the 2002 Beltway Sniper duo of John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo. Not quite father and son, the two drove cross country in 2002 and ended the lives of seventeen victims, culminating in a national panic in October as the D.C. metro area witnessed one random attack after another. Even Eli has a story to tell, sharing the heartwarming memory of how the 24-hour news cycle reached into his childhood home and left an unforgettable impression. The cops and the FBI finally managed to track down the Chevy Caprice with the suspicious modifications and put an end to the terror that had gripped the public for three agonizing weeks in… Virginia!
Music Credit: “Game Boy Horror” by The Zombie Dandies
Originally aired March 23, 2026