True Crime Review

True Crime Review


Ep. 4.5: 911 Audio – Woman Kidnapped By Alleged Ohio Serial Killer Shawn Grate

September 25, 2016

I’m going to occasionally add 911 calls to the feed when they’re especially compelling. These will always be “.5” episodes with titles starting with “911 Audio.”
This one is the audio from the 911 call made by an unnamed female kidnapping victim of Shawn Grate, who has since been tied to as many as five homicides. Cleveland’s NewsNet5 has a useful timeline of the disappearances and other events surrounding this case [here](http://www.newsnet5.com/news/local-news/oh-ashland/timeline-shawn-grate-case). The 23-count indictment is embedded below, and the next full episode will include further updates.

Grate Indictment 22 Sept 16 by True Crime Review on Scribd


I drastically reduced the volume of the ear-shattering “beeeeeeps” authorities inserted to censor personal information and compressed the audio to remove clipping.
Oh, and if you don’t like the .5 / “911isodes” idea, that’s cool, just let me know, and tell me why. There’s no such thing as podcasts without an audience, so what you think matters.
The transcript is included below. (more…)