Finding the Zombie Hunter: A Conversation with Troy Hillman on Cold Cases and Catching a Serial Killer

Retired cold case detective Troy Hillman led the team that cracked one of Phoenix's most notorious serial killer cases. He wrote a book on that investigation: Chasing Down the Zombie Hunter: The True Story of a Small-Town Accountant, an Elite Group of Detectives, and Arizona's Most Terrifying Cold Case. We got to interview him about his experience working to solve this horrific cold case.

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The Murder Sheet is a weekly true crime podcast hosted by journalist Áine Cain and attorney Kevin Greenlee.

We take a journalistic approach to covering true crime. We have broken national news on major stories. We have covered cases like the Delphi murders, the Burger Chef murders, the Austin yogurt shop murders, the donut shop murders, Bryan Kohberger and the University of Idaho murders, Rex Heuermann and the Long Island Serial Killer case, the murder of Scott Macklem by Temujin Kensu, the I-70 Killer, the disappearance of Asha Degree, the Tylenol murders, the Zodiac murders, and more.

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