Philadelphia is a historic city — but right now, its story is being written in blood.

In this episode of Stuttering in Silence, Matt and Gavin take a hard look at the ongoing murder crisis in Philadelphia and ask the uncomfortable question: why isn’t it getting better? Despite promises, policy changes, and public outrage, the violence continues — leaving families broken, communities traumatized, and answers painfully scarce.

We break down the patterns behind the killings, the neighborhoods most affected, and the systemic failures that keep this cycle alive. From repeat offenders and under-policing to poverty, politics, and public trust, this isn’t just about crime stats — it’s about people being forgotten.

✔️ What the numbers really show ✔️ Why solutions keep falling short ✔️ Who pays the price when leadership fails ✔️ How fear becomes normal

This episode isn’t meant to shock — it’s meant to force a conversation. Because when murders become routine, something is deeply wrong.

In May of 1995, a woman checked into the Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel in Oslo under the name Jennifer Fairgate. She paid in cash, carried almost nothing with her, and erased every trace of her identity before stepping inside.

Three days later, a single gunshot was heard from a locked hotel room thirty-four floors above the city.

The woman was dead. Her name was false. And no one could explain why she had gone to such lengths to disappear.

Clothing labels were removed. Fingerprints altered. A firearm with its serial number professionally erased lay beside her body. A man claiming to be her husband appeared briefly — then vanished.

Was this a suicide? A murder staged as one? Or the quiet conclusion of something far more deliberate?

Decades later, the Oslo Plaza Woman remains unidentified.

This is the story of a life carefully erased — and a mystery that refuses to resolve.

It was Christmas Eve, 1992.

A city wrapped in lights. Families gathering. Doors unlocked.

And then… the killings began.

Over three days, a group of young people calling themselves the Downtown Posse went on a violent rampage through Dayton, Ohio — leaving six people dead and an entire community terrified during the most sacred days of the year.

Who were they? What drove the violence? And how did a holiday meant for peace become a nightmare?