Dark City: Uncovering History Hiding in the Shadows

44. MURDER: Chasing Down the Zombie Hunter with Troy Hillman Pt 1

• Dark City Productions • Season 2 • Episode 44

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Phoenix, AZ | Two brutal attacks along the city’s canal bike paths left residents terrified, investigators overwhelmed, and a serial predator hiding in plain sight. This episode unravels the cases of Angela Brosso and Melanie Bernas, two young women assaulted while out on routine bike rides, and the decades-long effort to uncover who was responsible. With retired Cold Case Sergeant Troy Hillman guiding us through the investigation and the pivotal DNA breakthrough, we follow how a tangle of scattered files slowly transformed into a case that could no longer be ignored.

I highly recommend Troy Hillman’s book Chasing Down the Zombie Hunter if you want to go even deeper into this case. You can find it here:
https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Down-Zombie-Hunter-Small-Town/dp/1639369678/

To learn more about Troy Hillman’s work, check out his website at https://troyhillmancoldcase.com/ and follow him on social media at https://www.instagram.com/troyhillmancoldcase/ and  https://www.facebook.com/troy.hillman.2025/

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🔎 Additional Sources
True Crime Arizona. (2021–2023). Zombie Hunter series [Audio podcast episodes]. Arizona’s Family.
Unmasking the Zombie Hunter | Full Episode + Post Mortem
http://www.publishersweekly.com/9781639369676
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zombie-hunter-bryan-patrick-miller-phoenix-canal-killer-undercover-sting-chilis-capture/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bryan-patrick-miller-zombie-hunter-phoenix-canal-murders-timeline/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zombie-hunter-bryan-patrick-miller-convicted-killer-death-row-48-hours/

🎵 All music in this episode is sourced from Pixabay, with tracks including:
Gloomy Background for Documentaries by Universfield
Holding Breath (Tension Suspense) by AlexGrohl
Solitude – Dark Ambient by Clavier Clavier
Stalking My Next Victim – Cinematic True Crime & Detective Music by Joel Fazhari
Night Detective by Aleksey Voroni

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👏 Special thanks to our talented partners:
Paolo Sbrighi for Musical Composition (instagram.com/paulosbrighi/)
Mario Cintra for Logo Design (instagram.com/alacarala/)