Best Murder Cases 101 Podcasts (2026)

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The Murder of Timothy Coggins - Ep. 101 53:33

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In this devastating episode, Charity takes listeners back to 1983 Griffin, Georgia—where racism, silence, and unchecked hatred converged to steal the life of 23-year-old Timothy Coggins. A charismatic, funny, deeply loved young Black man, Timothy was brutally tortured and murdered in an act of racial violence so horrific that it stunned even season…

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Ep. 101 - SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY - "Most Wicked Speed" 59:39

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We’re back in Britain for a lovely visit with our favorite detective show inspired by a historic dysfunctional marriage, and their ridiculously tall and talented assistant … who maybe needs to work on his American accent? (Never fear, you’ll always be perfect to us, Sebastian.) This is also Jacob’s dream episode because it’s literally about two PI’…

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From Protection to Peril, the Sabrina Zunich Case- Ep. 100 47:40

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In this harrowing milestone episode, Charity unpacks one of the most shocking and heartbreaking cases to ever come through the foster care system—the murder of Lisa Knoefel, a dedicated social worker and loving mother, at the hands of the teen she brought into her home to protect. What began as an act of compassion—taking in 16-year-old Sabrina Zun…

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Desperate for Motherhood: Pregnancy Abductions Ep. 99 35:02

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In this chilling and emotionally heavy episode, Charity dives into the rare but deeply disturbing world of pregnancy abductions, fabricated pregnancies, and pregnancy denial. Sparked by a previous conversation with guest Vallen Webb, this episode examines how the intense psychological pull toward motherhood can lead to deception, violence, and—trag…

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One more helping, for good measure: Satan (Taylor’s Version) 42:23

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In this bonus episode, Sarah talks to Yvonne Eadon, a professor at the University of Kentucky who specializes in conspiracy theory and online misinformation, about GAYLOR — the online fan theory that claims Taylor Swift is a closeted queer woman.

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Yet another helping from Satan: The Devil’s storytellers 23:22

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In this bonus episode, Sarah talks to Professor Bill Ellis who specializes in folklore and urban legends, and they chat about the innate human behaviours that lead us to create panics in the first place.

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A second helping from Satan: Elizabeth Knapp’s Possession 37:33

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We travel back in time to 1670s Massachusetts to review the famous case of the so-called Satanic possession of 16-year-old Elizabeth Knapp — which took place twenty years before the Salem Witch Trials. In this bonus episode, Sarah and producer Carolyn Kendrick talk to professor Elisabeth Ceppi to find out more about possession in Puritan America.…

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Protection or Illusion_ The Deadly Gaps in Protection Orders Ep. 98 32:44

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In this episode of The Escape Pod, we confront a sobering truth: the legal shield meant to protect victims of domestic violence can sometimes be little more than paper. Protection orders—also called restraining orders—are often hailed as a first line of defense, but as we’ll hear in today’s stories, their promises of safety are not always enough. T…

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Episode 8: Where Are We Now? 58:28

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Now that we know where we’ve been, where are we going? As the Satanic Panic receded from view, we almost forgot it had happened at all – until it came back. How do today’s moral panics compare to the one we just learned about? And what can we learn from the tragedy at Jonestown?

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#37 How Trump's Venezuela War Benefits Israel 24:55

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How Trump’s escalating campaign against Venezuela aligns not with American security interests, but with the geopolitical priorities of Israel and the wealthy Zionist power brokers who shape United States policy. By tracing Venezuela’s forced alignment with Iran and Russia, the foreign intelligence networks operating inside Caracas, and Trump’s sele…

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#36 The Truth About Trump's Attacks on Venezuela 21:41

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The United States is quietly positioning itself for a major military confrontation with Venezuela, using a manufactured “narco-terror” narrative to justify airstrikes and regime change aimed at securing control over the country’s vast oil reserves. The fragmented, armed landscape inside Venezuela guarantees that what follows will be chaos and viole…

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A second helping from Satan: Satanic Injustice 36:45

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How did the U.S. legal system allow the Satanic Panic to proliferate as rapidly as it did? In this bonus episode, Sarah chats with journalist Josie Duffy Rice (Justice In America, The Appeal) who has written extensively about prisons, prosecutors and criminal justice.

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Ep. 100 - Cluedunnit Interviews Timothy Balme of BROKENWOOD MYSTERIES 40:16

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Step away from the corpse, pop open some champagne, and get ready to celebrate 100 episodes of Cluedunnit! In this very special episode, we headed all the way to New Zealand to visit the set of THE BROKENWOOD MYSTERIES and interview the creator and show runner, Timothy Balme! He shares the genesis of the series — including why it was dead for years…

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Digital Desire, Deadly Outcomes: The Case of Grant Amato Ep. 97 47:11

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In today’s episode, we dive into the disturbing intersection of digital obsession, parasocial relationships, online sex work, addiction, and the psychological phenomenon known as hybristophilia—the attraction to criminals. Few cases capture this toxic blend more clearly than the story of Grant Amato, a Florida man who murdered his entire family in …

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#35 Trump: Brokering War for Profit 12:48

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This article documents how Donald Trump, despite campaign promises of non-intervention, has overseen a sweeping expansion of U.S. military action across multiple countries, resulting in thousands of civilian deaths. Backed by hard data, it shows that Trump has become the most prolific foreign arms broker in American history, fueling global conflict…

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Replay - Fearless: Jyoti Singh 40:50

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Originally published January 31, 2023. It started as a simple night out; 2 friends going to see a movie. Afterward, the pair boarded a bus headed for home. What they encountered on that ride would be described in the following days as “barbaric”, “shocking”, and “horrific”. This is the story of 23-year-old Jyoti Singh. She had completed her finals …

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Episode 7: Four Lesbians and a Baby 52:11

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Though it sounded like a wholesome sitcom premise — four lesbian housemates raise a baby in San Antonio — reality proved anything but. Instead, Liz, Anna, Cassie, and Kristy found themselves caught in a nightmare of a crime drama after being accused of Satanic abuse. They face all the twists and turns of court proceedings, junk science, Satanic all…

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Introducing... Gangster Presents... Sex, Drugs & Cell Block Parties 4:28

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The story of the biggest prison smuggling plot ever busted in the UK - and the love story at the heart of it. Journalist Amber Haque untangles what happens when mental health nurse Amy Hatfield meets convicted criminal Joe Whittingham. Her investigation leads into a world of blackmail and manipulation, where you never quite know who to trust or who…

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A second helping from Satan: SATANISM 101 33:03

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Dr. Justin Sledge (who you heard from in Episode 6) is a professor of philosophy and religion. in this bonus episode, we learn how his own experience as a teenager implicated in an alleged satanic plot led to an academic career studying esoterica and the occult.

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In the Dead of Night — The Idaho College Murders, Part 2 Ep. 98 28:42

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Episode Summary In Part 2 of our deep dive into the Idaho College Student Murders, we turn the focus to the man behind the crime: Bryan Kohberger. This episode explores his past—childhood, adolescence, addiction, mental health struggles, academic obsessions, interpersonal dynamics, and online behaviors—in an attempt to understand what could have dr…

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Episode 6: I’m Just a Teenage Cultist, Baby 46:35

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How does a victim of a school shooting become accused of masterminding the whole thing in the name of Satan? When Justin Sledge was 17, a friend of his opened fire at their high school, killing two people and wounding seven others. It was one of the first modern-day school shootings, even before Columbine. Over the next few weeks, their once tight-…

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In the Dead of Night — The Idaho College Murders, Part 1 Ep. 95 42:45

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Episode Summary: In November 2022, the quiet college town of Moscow, Idaho was shaken by the brutal murders of four University of Idaho students. In Part 1 of this two-part series, we break down the timeline of the night, the discovery of the crime, and the investigative work that led authorities to their prime suspect: Bryan Kohberger. From chilli…

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Episode 5: The Devil in Delaney 53:19

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As women increasingly spoke out about the abuse they suffered under the patriarchy, many still struggled to be heard. And the new field of recovered memory therapy became a vehicle for both legitimizing women's trauma and exploiting it. Delaney is a housewife and mother of three, living in Manitoba in the 1980s. A survivor of childhood sexual abuse…

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A second helping from Satan: Arab Spring, Satanic Summer 36:33

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In this bonus episode, we look at some impacts of satanic hysteria outside of North America. We hear from Cherine Amr, the founder of the Egyptian metal band Massive Scar Era, who was accused of being possessed by the devil himself in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. Producer Mary Steffenhagen speaks with academic Pasqualina Eckerström for a deepe…

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Ep. 99 - ELSBETH - "Tiny Town" 58:21

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A pair of lovers mysteriously dies in ELSBETH’s Valentine’s Day episode, but it’s the lack of delegation that really concerns us. We veer dangerously close to becoming a corporate motivational influencer podcast as we give marketing advice for strippers, offer suggestions for greater efficiency in the C-suite, and debate the merits of a very specia…

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Beyond the Bottle — Seth Malott on Sobriety and Hope Ep. 94 1:03:58

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Guest: Seth Malott, Host of Sober City Theme: Sobriety, Recovery, and the Power of Honest Conversations Show Summary: In this powerful episode of The Escape Pod, hosts Charity and KB sit down with Seth Malott, the voice behind the Sober City podcast, to unpack what it really means to live beyond addiction. Seth shares his own story of recovery, the…

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Episode 4: Bad Times, Good TV 47:43

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How did the Satanic Panic take hold? Whitney Phillips, a professor of journalism at the University of Oregon, guides us through the labyrinth of media and motifs that laid the groundwork for the Satanic Panic in politics and pop culture… and laid down the roots of our current day political landscape.…

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Am I the A-hole? Ep. 93 48:42

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Theme: Ethical Dilemmas, Digital Boundaries, and Everyday Chaos Show Summary: In this episode of The Escape Pod, Charity and KB dive into one of the internet’s most brutally honest corners—Reddit’s Am I the A-hole? From overbearing parents and Life360 tracking to messy family drama and relationship double standards, we’re unpacking the moral gray a…

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Episode 3: Moral (Panic) Entrepreneurship 44:53

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Mary de Young had always been interested in deviants and deviance. As a social-psychologist, she studied “behavior that broke the rules,” and whether the worst parts of a person’s behavior were innate, nurtured, or misunderstood. So when news broke in 1983 about a “new” form of child abuse that she had never heard of before, she was — as a research…

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A second helping from Satan: A closer look at Michelle Remembers 46:32

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Canadian director Sean Horlor’s film, Satan Wants You (2023), is a deep dive into the book "Michelle Remembers.” In this bonus episode, he talks to Sarah about the process of making that film and what it was like growing up in Victoria at its so-called satanic heyday.

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Escape Pod After Dark: Ghost Stories Ep. 92 41:33

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Escape Pod After Dark: Ghost Stories (Haunted Tech, Time-Travel Ghosts & Shadows at the Door) Ep. 92 Drop Date: 10/29/2025 Summary of Episode It’s Halloween 2025, and the Escape Pod goes After Dark. From haunted laptops and glitchy Canva screens to OneHeart staff members setting off EMF detectors under their desks (yes, seriously), this year’s spec…

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103. Agony: The Murder of Tina Arriaga 38:30

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In March 1994, 28-year-old Tina Marie Arriaga dropped off her two young daughters at their grandmother’s house in Long Branch, New Jersey. She told her mother she was running to the pharmacy. She never came back. Weeks later, Tina’s body was discovered behind an auto shop, strangled and beaten. No one has ever been charged. For more than 30 years, …

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Episode 2: Marylyn Remembers 44:16

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Michelle Remembers is the 1980 “biographical” book that brought the idea of Satanic cults into the mainstream. In it, Michelle Smith documents years of alleged Satanic ritual abuse and the man who helped her remember it, psychiatrist Lawrence Pazder. We talk to those who thought they knew Michelle and Larry best: their families. They tell us what i…

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Navigating Loss and Embracing Hope — Ep. 91 50:25

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Navigating Loss and Embracing Hope — A Conversation with Vallen Webb on Pregnancy, Grief, and Motherhood - Ep. 91 In this powerful and tender episode of The Escape Pod, Charity and KB sit down with Vallen Webb — a mother, creative, and deeply reflective soul — to share her story of losing her daughter, Evelyn, at birth, and what it means to live wi…

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Episode 1: Did Swayze Start the Fire? 38:50

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In 1988, a young arts educator drove into a small town in Kentucky with a camera and a directive to teach photography to school kids. But she never got a chance. Instead, a full blown hysteria connecting her presence with other dark rumours swirling around about widespread ritual child sacrifice prompted a mad dash escape for her life. The truth be…

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Scroll, Tap, Distract: Are Smartphones Sabotaging Success- Ep. 90 53:05

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Cellphones. We all have them—and most of us can’t live without them. But could these pocket-sized lifelines actually be quietly sabotaging the next generation’s ability to focus, learn, and succeed? In this eye-opening episode of EscapePod, hosts Charity and KB dig into the growing crisis of smartphone distraction in schools with returning guest Li…

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Episode 107 - Who Killed Sigrid Stevenson 1:38:15

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In Episode 107 of Murder and Such, Chloe continues her coverage of unsolved cases, starting with a murdered Trenton College co-ed who's now become a campus ghost story, followed by an additional "surprise" that you won't want to miss. This is the case of -not only- Sigrid Stevenson. The Murder and Such merch store is finally open for business! Get …

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Double Delusion: Escaping Folie à Deux - Ep. 89 41:05

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What happens when two minds fracture in perfect sync? In this chilling episode of EscapePod, Charity and Karabeth unravel the haunting true story of Ursula and Sabina Eriksson—identical twins whose shared descent into psychosis became one of psychology’s most baffling mysteries. From their ordinary beginnings in Sweden to their shocking rampage on …

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Introducing The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall 2:40

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In this new 8-part series, host Sarah Marshall (You’re Wrong About) takes a closer look at the people who experienced the Satanic Panic in real-time—the believers, the skeptics, the bystanders, and the wrongfully-convicted.

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102. Rumors: The Murder of Joan Feeman 28:13

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Algorithmic Hijacking - Ep.88 49:28

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What if your attention wasn’t really your own? In this episode of EscapePod, Charity and Karabeth uncover how algorithms quietly hijack our focus, emotions, and even beliefs. From endless scrolling to the rise of deep fakes, we dive into how AI-driven platforms shape what we see, how we feel, and what we believe—often without us realizing it. But h…

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Carbon Nation: The Cult of Eligio Bishop - Ep. 87 44:27

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Eligio Bishop’s journey from Harlem street kid to self-proclaimed messiah is a story of charisma, control, and destruction. Preaching a return to nature and freedom from systemic oppression, he built Carbon Nation—a cult that promised community but delivered manipulation, violence, and abuse. From livestreams that drew thousands of followers to bru…

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Ep 106: SOLVED: Sheena Bora Murder Case 47:34

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On the night of August 21, 2015, the quiet at Khar PoliceStation in Mumbai was shattered by an urgent tip-off. A caller reported that a man was roaming nearby with illegal weapons. Acting quickly, a police team rushed to the location and spotted the man. The moment he saw them, it seemedlike he might run, but the officers closed in before he could …

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Diet Weed or Dangerous Gamble? The Truth About Delta-8 - Ep. 86 38:53

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Summary of Episode Delta-8 THC is being marketed as a legal, “safer” alternative to marijuana—but what’s really inside those gummies, vapes, and oils? In this episode of The Escape Pod, we pull back the curtain on Delta-8’s rise, the regulatory loopholes fueling its $10 billion market, and the human cost of untested, mislabeled products. We share h…

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Replay - Discarded: Surjit Athwal 1:01:08

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Surjit Athwal was 16 years old when she was forced to marry a man 10 years her senior. It was outside of London, England but life for the young wife was isolating, tense and abusive. As Surjit tried to gain her independence and flee her strict Sikh household, the control over her became worse and worse; until a deadly plan was established followed …

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Ep. 98 - LOVEJOY - "Raise the Hispanic" 59:47

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Combine the rakish-ness of Magnum PI with Mel Gibson’s hair, fold in a supernatural knowledge of antiques, add a healthy dollop of Agatha Christie’s English-ness, shake it all up into an hour-long show, and voila! You’ve got LOVEJOY! This ‘90s mystery brings out Jacob’s true attitude towards antiques, gives Jessica hair PTSD, and has a logic cop mo…

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Snowfall & Suspicion: The Karen Read Case – Part Two - Ep. 85 44:41

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As we move into Part 2 of our exploration of the Karen Read case, the story shifts from the public comfort of a bustling bar to the shadows of an afterparty where crucial events unfold. Here, the narrative tightens as relationships, phone records, and missing evidence become central to unraveling what happened on that fateful night. In today’s epis…

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Episode 106 - Bloomington, Indiana 1:36:09

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In Episode 106 of Murder and Such, Hunter jumps back into the driver's seat and takes us on a drive not too terribly far from where it was recorded. Learn how a off the cuff conversation about pizza pizza party turned into an episode featuring of some of the most tragic cases to haunt this small college town. This is Bloomington, Indiana. The Murde…

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Snowfall and Suspicion: The Karen Read Case – Part One - Ep. 84 37:43

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In the chilling kickoff to Season 2, we unravel the tangled mystery surrounding the death of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe. After a night of drinking, he’s found lifeless in the snow outside a fellow officer’s home—and his girlfriend, Karen Read, is accused of hitting him with her SUV and leaving him to die in a blizzard. But the defense paint…

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Ep 105: SOLVED: Body Buried Beneath Floor Tiles | Murder Inspired by Drishyam 17:37

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What looked like a normal home in Palghar hid a chilling secret beneath its floor tiles. When Vijay Chavan went missing, his brothers grew suspicious—and what they discovered will leave you stunned. A mismatched tile, a foul smell, and a buried body led to a murder mystery straight out of a Bollywood thriller. Was it a crime of passion, or a carefu…