In 1993 27 year old musician and The Gits frontwoman, Mia Zapata, left her friend’s apartment around 2AM. An hour later, her body was found. She had been murdered. The drawstrings from her own band’s sweatshirt had been used to strangle her. It would take over a decade before Mia would receive justice. This is her story…

RESOURCES:

Link to The Gits Documentary (2005): https://dai.ly/x2fn41o

Unsolved Mysteries – Season 8, episode 9 (Aired 2/1/1996)

Forensic Files Season 12 Ep 7

Video of RatHouse https://www.youtube.com/user/KristinNirvana/about

Monty Python clip: https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/ce6d6081-6c0a-41eb-93db-2c34df9c55f0

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Music Used:
Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Deadly Roulette by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3625-deadly-roulette
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Chill Wave by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3498-chill-wave
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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