Ep 256 - 10 Songs That Helped Define 80s College Radio and The Highway Killer

Send us Fan MailEpisode 256 of Nerdery & Murdery is live!On the Nerdery side, Zig turns back to the music and breaks down 10 songs that helped define 80s college radio. From alternative beginnings to underground sounds that would later shape the mainstream, this is a look at the tracks and artists that built a movement before it had a spotlight.On the Murdery side, our A–Z Across America series takes us to Illinois and the case of Larry Eyler, known as the Highway Killer.Throughout the early 1980s, young men were found murdered across Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. The cases were initially investigated separately until a pattern began to emerge across state lines. Eyler was eventually arrested and convicted, but the full extent of his crimes would not be revealed until years later.The sound of a generation on one side. A killer who used the road to hide in plain sight on the other.Just another week of the Nerd and the Murd.Support the show