Case 137
Arlis Perry
Case 137
Arlis Perry
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On the evening of Saturday, October 12 1974, Arlis Perry busied herself around the apartment while Bruce Perry studied. At around 11:30pm, Bruce agreed to accompany Arlis to post some letters addressed to her family and friends in Bismarck, as it would afford the couple some time together and he didn’t want her going out alone at night. As Arlis and Bruce walked across campus, they got into a minor argument over their car tyre, which had been losing pressure lately, and disagreed over who was responsible for pumping it up.
By the time they had posted the letters, it was approximately 11:50pm. Still upset by their argument, Arlis told Bruce she wanted to visit the Memorial Church alone to pray. This was not unusual, as they both visited the church when they needed to reflect and ask for guidance. The building was open until midnight and located only half a mile from the Perrys’ apartment…
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Our episodes deal with serious and often distressing incidents. If you feel at anytime you need support, please contact your local crisis centre. Some suggestions for confidential support for men, women and children:
AUSTRALIA:
Lifeline Crisis Support: 13 11 14
Beyond Blue: Depression and anxiety support: 1300 22 46 36
Rape & Domestic Violence Services: 1800 737 732
Men's Line: 1300 78 99 78
Headspace: Youth Mental Health Foundation: see headspace.org.au for your local centre
USA:
Distress & Lifeline: 1800 273 8255
Crisis Text Line: text HOME to 741 741
Domestic Violence Helpline: 1800 799 7233
Victim Connect: support for victims of crime: 855 484 2846
MTC program: maketheconnection.net/resources/spread-the-word
UK:
Mind: mental health support: 0300 123 3393
SANE: mental health support: 0300 304 7000
Samaritans support network: 116 123
National Stalking Helpline: 0808 802 0300
CANADA:
For a list of Canadian crisis centres: https://thelifelinecanada.ca/help/call/
NEW ZEALAND:
Lifeline: 0800 543354
Depression Helpline: 0800 111 757 (Text 4202)
CREDITS
NARRATION:
Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host
EPISODE:
Written by Elsha McGill
Researched by Jessica Forsayeth
Additional writing & editing by Milly Raso
Creative director: Milly Raso
MUSIC:
‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro www.dl-sounds.com
All other music and audio clean up performed by Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn
OTHER:
Logo design by Paulina Szymanska
RESOURCES
BOOKS:
The Ultimate Evil, an Investigation Into America’s Most Dangerous Satanic Cult – Maury Terry
Who killed Arlis Perry? – Darla Foster
Bloody Ivy: 13 Unsolved Campus Murders – Chris & Harry Bobonich
THE STANFORD DAILY ARCHIVES:
Police Discover Suicide Victim – Issue 12, Feb 16 1973
Deputies Investigate On-Campus Strangling – Issue 13, Feb 20 1973
Police say Perlov Not Sexually Assaulted – Issue 15, Feb 22 1973
Law Officials Continue Taylor Murder Probe – Issue 28, April 1 1974
Slim Lead In Taylor Case – Issue 29, April 2 1974
Student’s Slaying Baffles Campus, County Officers – Issue 1, Sept 24 1973
NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES:
Sheriff pleads for clues to coed hitchhiker killer – Independant
Seek Sexual Psychopath for Slaying – The Times
Investigators seek link between two slayings – Santa Cruz Sentinel
Coed found stabbed: Stanford Chapel Murder – Tulare- Advance Register
They Came to Pray for Arlis Perry – The San Francisco Examiner
Woman is Slain in Church – The Billings Gazette
Officials Doubt Slaying Link to Ritualism – The Bismarck Tribune
God Was Very Real to Young Couple – The Bismarck Tribune
Arlis Perry Rites Scheduled Friday – The Bismarck Tribune
Mourners Comforted by Arlis’s Words – The Bismarck Tribune
Mrs Perry Eulogized as Probe Continues – The Bismarck Tribune
Marvin Dykema Obituary – The Bismarck Tribune
Engagement of Arlis Dykema – The Bismarck Tribune
Child Abuse on the Brain – The Chicago Reader
Bundy may be linked to Stanford murder – The Stanford Daily
Bismarck’s Shocking Best Seller – The Bismarck Tribune
Stanford Student’s wife found slain in church – The Stanford Daily
Update (Leslie Perlov) – The San Francisco Examiner
Blond Man Sought in Strangling – The Times
ARTICLES:
Murder at Memorial Church remains unsolved forty years later – The Stanford Daily
NYC musician linked to unsolved church murder, and ‘Son of Sam’ killer is involved – The New York Post
Cops Cracked 3 Standford Cold Case Murders. Will DNA Help Them Solve a 4th Campus Killing? – The Mercury News
Suspect in 1974 Stanford Killing was Guard who Found Body – The Mercury News
Stanford church slaying suspect was likely considering suicide for two years – The Mercury News
Sheriff: suicide note, serial killer jacket at murder suspect’s home – Palo Alto Online
Sheriff investigating whether Stanford watchman linked to other campus murders – Palo Alto Online
‘She fought desperately’: Arrest in 1973 killing of Stanford grad after DNA genealogy probe – The Mercury News
Sheriff: Grisly 1974 Stanford murder solved – Palo Alto Online
Victim’s sister confronts alleged killer – Palo Alto Online
Murderer of former athletic director’s daughter identified after 45 years – The Stanford Daily
He was a married hospital technician and a Boy Scouts leader. Was former Palo Alto resident John Getreu also a serial killer? – Palo Alto Online
Suspected serial killer charged in 2nd Stanford cold case homicide from the ’70s – The Los Angeles Times
Victim’s green pants to be key piece of evidence in serial-killer case – Palo Alto Online
I still miss my sister: family of slain Stanford grad ‘grateful’ for arrest in 1973 killing – The Mercury News
Alleged serial killer pleads not guilty in 1973 murder case – Palo Alto Online
VIDEOS:
Behind the Headlines – Stanford Memorial Church Murder
Sheriff discusses cracking a 1974 cold case murder
Sheriff offers new details on death of infamous cold case suspect
Oprah reports on childhood trauma’s long-term effect
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On the evening of Saturday, October 12 1974, Arlis Perry busied herself around the apartment while Bruce Perry studied. At around 11:30pm, Bruce agreed to accompany Arlis to post some letters addressed to her family and friends in Bismarck, as it would afford the couple some time together and he didn’t want her going out alone at night. As Arlis and Bruce walked across campus, they got into a minor argument over their car tyre, which had been losing pressure lately, and disagreed over who was responsible for pumping it up.
By the time they had posted the letters, it was approximately 11:50pm. Still upset by their argument, Arlis told Bruce she wanted to visit the Memorial Church alone to pray. This was not unusual, as they both visited the church when they needed to reflect and ask for guidance. The building was open until midnight and located only half a mile from the Perrys’ apartment…
______
Our episodes deal with serious and often distressing incidents. If you feel at anytime you need support, please contact your local crisis centre. Some suggestions for confidential support for men, women and children:
AUSTRALIA:
Lifeline Crisis Support: 13 11 14
Beyond Blue: Depression and anxiety support: 1300 22 46 36
Rape & Domestic Violence Services: 1800 737 732
Men's Line: 1300 78 99 78
Headspace: Youth Mental Health Foundation: see headspace.org.au for your local centre
USA:
Distress & Lifeline: 1800 273 8255
Crisis Text Line: text HOME to 741 741
Domestic Violence Helpline: 1800 799 7233
Victim Connect: support for victims of crime: 855 484 2846
UK:
Mind: mental health support: 0300 123 3393
SANE: mental health support: 0300 304 7000
Samaritans support network: 116 123
National Stalking Helpline: 0808 802 0300
CANADA:
For a list of Canadian crisis centres: https://thelifelinecanada.ca/help/call
NEW ZEALAND:
Lifeline: 0800 543354
Depression Helpline: 0800 111 757 (Text 4202)
CREDITS
NARRATION:
Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host
EPISODE:
Written by Elsha McGill
Researched by Jessica Forsayeth
Additional writing & editing by Milly Raso
Creative director: Milly Raso
MUSIC:
‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro www.dl-sounds.com
All other music and audio clean up performed by Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn
OTHER:
Logo design by Paulina Szymanska
RESOURCES
BOOKS:
The Ultimate Evil, an Investigation Into America’s Most Dangerous Satanic Cult – Maury Terry
Who killed Arlis Perry? – Darla Foster
Bloody Ivy: 13 Unsolved Campus Murders – Chris & Harry Bobonich
THE STANFORD DAILY ARCHIVES:
Police Discover Suicide Victim – Issue 12, Feb 16 1973
Deputies Investigate On-Campus Strangling – Issue 13, Feb 20 1973
Police say Perlov Not Sexually Assaulted – Issue 15, Feb 22 1973
Law Officials Continue Taylor Murder Probe – Issue 28, April 1 1974
Slim Lead In Taylor Case – Issue 29, April 2 1974
Student’s Slaying Baffles Campus, County Officers – Issue 1, Sept 24 1973
NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES:
Sheriff pleads for clues to coed hitchhiker killer – Independant
Seek Sexual Psychopath for Slaying – The Times
Investigators seek link between two slayings – Santa Cruz Sentinel
Coed found stabbed: Stanford Chapel Murder – Tulare- Advance Register
They Came to Pray for Arlis Perry – The San Francisco Examiner
Woman is Slain in Church – The Billings Gazette
Officials Doubt Slaying Link to Ritualism – The Bismarck Tribune
God Was Very Real to Young Couple – The Bismarck Tribune
Arlis Perry Rites Scheduled Friday – The Bismarck Tribune
Mourners Comforted by Arlis’s Words – The Bismarck Tribune
Mrs Perry Eulogized as Probe Continues – The Bismarck Tribune
Marvin Dykema Obituary – The Bismarck Tribune
Engagement of Arlis Dykema – The Bismarck Tribune
Child Abuse on the Brain – The Chicago Reader
Bundy may be linked to Stanford murder – The Stanford Daily
Bismarck’s Shocking Best Seller – The Bismarck Tribune
Stanford Student’s wife found slain in church – The Stanford Daily
Update (Leslie Perlov) – The San Francisco Examiner
Blond Man Sought in Strangling – The Times
ARTICLES:
Murder at Memorial Church remains unsolved forty years later – The Stanford Daily
NYC musician linked to unsolved church murder, and ‘Son of Sam’ killer is involved – The New York Post
Cops Cracked 3 Standford Cold Case Murders. Will DNA Help Them Solve a 4th Campus Killing? – The Mercury News
Suspect in 1974 Stanford Killing was Guard who Found Body – The Mercury News
Stanford church slaying suspect was likely considering suicide for two years – The Mercury News
Sheriff: suicide note, serial killer jacket at murder suspect’s home – Palo Alto Online
Sheriff investigating whether Stanford watchman linked to other campus murders – Palo Alto Online
‘She fought desperately’: Arrest in 1973 killing of Stanford grad after DNA genealogy probe – The Mercury News
Sheriff: Grisly 1974 Stanford murder solved – Palo Alto Online
Victim’s sister confronts alleged killer – Palo Alto Online
Murderer of former athletic director’s daughter identified after 45 years – The Stanford Daily
He was a married hospital technician and a Boy Scouts leader. Was former Palo Alto resident John Getreu also a serial killer? – Palo Alto Online
Suspected serial killer charged in 2nd Stanford cold case homicide from the ’70s – The Los Angeles Times
Victim’s green pants to be key piece of evidence in serial-killer case – Palo Alto Online
I still miss my sister: family of slain Stanford grad ‘grateful’ for arrest in 1973 killing – The Mercury News
Alleged serial killer pleads not guilty in 1973 murder case – Palo Alto Online
VIDEOS:
Behind the Headlines – Stanford Memorial Church Murder
Sheriff discusses cracking a 1974 cold case murder
Sheriff offers new details on death of infamous cold case suspect
Oprah reports on childhood trauma’s long-term effect
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