The Chess Clock That Betrayed a Fugitive After Four Years

Hunting the Killer · Aug 17, 2026 · 22m

The Chess Clock That Betrayed a Fugitive After Four Years

A discarded chess clock sitting beside a septic tank lid in seventeen-degree cold, both flags still upright and one side stopped at 4:12, is what led authorities to a man who had been missing for four years. How did a replacement chess clock bought for eight dollars at an estate sale become the single habit that unraveled four years of silence?

In this episode, you will hear the timeline and details of Eric Christensen's disappearance and the hunt that followed, from his last known moments in Harlow to the pattern of Thursday…