164. The Shadow of the Bridge: The Delphi Murders with Kevin Greenlee and Áine Cain, Part 1 of 2

The Silver Linings Handbook

On an unseasonably warm February day in 2017 in Delphi, Indiana, two friends, 13-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby German, decided on a whim to head out to the trails near their homes. An abandoned railroad bridge that once carried trains gave way over time to the feet of residents. Many would venture out onto the bridge only to find themselves crawling back on their hands and feet, but Libby was brave and she was taking Abby across as she had with others before. At the end of the bridge, as Libby was recording, a man appears over Abby’s shoulder and says, “Guys, down the Hill.” Down the hill and across the creek, prosecutors would later say, the man stabbed the girls to death.

In 2022, the man was identified by law enforcement as Richard Allen, who was convicted of the girls’ murders in 2024. Since 2020, Kevin Greenlee and Áine Cain have covered the murders that occurred beneath the bridge and have just completed writing their book, Shadow of the Bridge: The Delphi Murders and the Dark Side of the American Heartland. Kevin and Áine joined me today to discuss their coverage of the case, their continued investigation and their forthcoming book, Shadow of the Bridge: The Delphi Murders and the Dark Side of the American Heartland.

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