True Crime Creepers

Part 2 of the Rafay Family Murders. Part 1 ended with Sebastian and Atif unknowingly under surveillance in Canada. The Canadian Royal Mounted Police realized they had one choice if they were going to get Sebastian and Atif for the murders of Sultana, Tariq, and Basma Rafay: a police tactic so controversial it's outlawed in both the UK and the US: the Mr. Big Technique. This episode is sponsored by: Better Help If you want to live a more empowered life, therapy can get you there. Visit BetterHelp.com/CREEPERS today to get 10% off your first month. Hello Fresh Go to HelloFresh.com/creepers60 and use code creepers60 for 60% off plus free shipping! Ritual Visit ritual.com/Creepers to start Ritual or add Essential for Women 18+ to your subscription today! Sources: Articles Rafay-Burns Appeal The Rafay-Burns Appeal | Statement By Innocence International The Seattle Times | Murder Of Bellevue Family Still A Mystery (Susan Byrnes) CBS News | Perfectly Executed The Herald Net | Bellevue Murder Trial begins After Long Delay (Peggy Andersen) The Seattle Times | Son And Friend Held In Triple Slaying -- They Had Been Prime Suspects In Bellevue Bludgeonings Last Year (Susan Byrnes, Richard Seven) Wikipedia | Rope (Play) The Seattle Times | A Liking For Nietzsche, A Dislike Of Convention -- Murder Suspects Wrote Of Feelings Of Superiority (Susan Byrnes) The Seattle Times | Family Says Convicted Killers Innocent Altervista | Rafay & Burns OLR Research Project | Interrogation Techniques (James Orlando) Shows Netflix | The Confession Tapes, season 1, episodes 1 and 2: True East parts 1 and 2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was July 13, 1993. Just after 2 AM, a call came into 911 from a residence in the Somerset area of Bellevue, Washington asking for an ambulance. The caller said there'd been some type of break in, and that he thought his friend's parents were dead. The caller was 19 year old Sebastian Burns, and the friend he mentioned was 18 year old Atif Rafay. They’d been best friends since high school, and he and Sebastian were visiting his parents in Bellevue during the summer break. They’d been there for 5 days when this happened. They came home that night to find Atif's entire family murdered. A triple murder is not something often seen in Bellevue, and tips started pouring in from law enforcement agencies suggesting the murder might have been committed by religious extremists. But investigators only had eyes for Sebastian and Atif. This episode is sponsored by: Better Help If you want to live a more empowered life, therapy can get you there. Visit BetterHelp.com/CREEPERS today to get 10% off your first month. Hello Fresh Go to HelloFresh.com/creepers60 and use code creepers60 for 60% off plus free shipping! Ritual Visit ritual.com/Creepers to start Ritual or add Essential for Women 18+ to your subscription today! Sources: Articles Rafay-Burns Appeal The Rafay-Burns Appeal | Statement By Innocence International The Seattle Times | Murder Of Bellevue Family Still A Mystery (Susan Byrnes) CBS News | Perfectly Executed The Herald Net | Bellevue Murder Trial begins After Long Delay (Peggy Andersen) The Seattle Times | Son And Friend Held In Triple Slaying -- They Had Been Prime Suspects In Bellevue Bludgeonings Last Year (Susan Byrnes, Richard Seven) Wikipedia | Rope (Play) The Seattle Times | A Liking For Nietzsche, A Dislike Of Convention -- Murder Suspects Wrote Of Feelings Of Superiority (Susan Byrnes) The Seattle Times | Family Says Convicted Killers Innocent Altervista | Rafay & Burns OLR Research Project | Interrogation Techniques (James Orlando) Shows Netflix | The Confession Tapes, season 1, episodes 1 and 2: True East parts 1 and 2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was two days before Christmas, 2015, when tragedy struck the Dabate house. Police were called to the scene to find 39 year old Rick Dabate lying on the floor in the kitchen, zip tied to a folding chair, surrounded by blood smears but alive. His wife Connie wasn't so lucky. Her body was found in the basement, killed by two gunshot wounds. Rick was able to tell police that this had all been the work of a masked intruder. He hadn't been able to get a good look at the intruder's face, and the only description police had to go on was that the intruder had a voice like Vin Diesel. This episode is sponsored by: Better Help If you want to live a more empowered life, therapy can get you there. Visit BetterHelp.com/CREEPERS today to get 10% off your first month. Hello Fresh Go to HelloFresh.com/creepers60 and use code creepers60 for 60% off plus free shipping! Sources: Articles Journal Inquirer | Jury Sees Video and Photographs of Scene at Dabate's Home (Matthew P. Knox) The New York Post | Connecticut Husband Sentenced to 65 Years in Fitbit Murder Case Justice for Victims | Basic Guidelines on Approaching Victims of Crime Yahoo Sports | DNA from Unknown Person Found on Gun That Killed Connie Dabate, Witness Testifies (Matthew Knox) Courant Hearld | A Marriage Marked By Secrets, A Murder Case Months In The Making (Dave Altimari) Shows Dateline | Season 31 Episode 13: The Secrets of Birch View Drive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

December 30, 1884 was the beginning of a nightmare in Austin, Texas when 25 year old Mollie Smith was murdered in the middle of the night, in her bed by an unknown intruder. Over the next 12 months, there would be 7 more murders almost exactly like it. All in the middle of the night, all shockingly violent. This was completely unprecedented, and quite possibly the first serial killer in the United States. This episode is sponsored by: Better Help If you want to live a more empowered life, therapy can get you there. Visit BetterHelp.com/CREEPERS today to get 10% off your first month. Hello Fresh Go to HelloFresh.com/creepers65 and use code creepers65 for 65% off plus free shipping! Sources: Articles Texas Monthly | Capital Murder www.servantgirlmurders.com AustinTX.Gov | Brief History of Austin Culture Map | The Horrifying History of Austin's Infamous Servant Girl Annihilator (Shelley Bueche) Legal History Miscellany | Death’s Gatekeepers: The Victorian Coroner’s Officer KVUE News | The Servant Girl Annihilator: Austin's Oldest Unsolved Murder Case Books The Servant Girl Murders: Austin, Texas 1885 (J. R. Galloway) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sandra Boss was figuratively and literally a Boss. She had an undergraduate degree from Stanford, an MBA from Harvard, and now worked as an executive in New York City making $2 million dollars a year. She was respected. She was brilliant. And she was in love. Lucky for her, that love just so happened to be with a Clark Rockefeller, yes of those Rockefellers: one of the most iconic names in American history. So what if he didn't have a penny to his name? So what if he didn't have any form of identification? One friend even jokingly asked Sandra "How do you know he's really Clark Rockefeller and not some ax murderer on the lam?" Sandra insisted she knew him best, but it would turn out that her friend wasn't so far off from the truth. This episode is sponsored by: Better Help If you want to live a more empowered life, therapy can get you there. Visit BetterHelp.com/CREEPERS today to get 10% off your first month. Hello Fresh Go to HelloFresh.com/creepers65 and use code creepers65 for 65% off plus free shipping! Sources: Articles All That's Interesting | The Twisted Life Of Clark Rockefeller, The Elite Con Man Who Got Away With Murder For Nearly 30 Years (Wyatt Reed) Vanity Fair | The Man in the Rockefeller Suit (Mark Seal) Wikipedia | Clark Rockefeller Daily Mail | Respected and Brilliant, Sandy Boss Regulates the UK's Banks. Here We Reveal How The Same Woman Fell for a Murdering Conman Who Posedas a Rockefeller The San Diego Tribune | Rockefeller’s Ex-wife Says She Made Poor Choices (Denise Lavoie) Washington Post | U.S. Says ‘All’ Deposits at Failed Silicon Valley Bank will be Available Monday (eff Stein, David J. Lynch, Tony Romm and TylerPager). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Halee Rathgeber was a 20 year old student studying to be a nurse at the University of Southern Indiana when she was found murdered in the parking lot of a soccer field. She'd been shot in the back of the head, seemingly by someone she knew. Two suspects emerged: one a convicted rapist who might have known that Halee had information that could put him in prison for a long time. The other suspect was one of her best friends who just didn't seem like the type of person capable of something like this. This episode is sponsored by: Better Help If you want to live a more empowered life, therapy can get you there. Visit BetterHelp.com/CREEPERS today to get 10% off your first month. Hello Fresh Go to HelloFresh.com/creepers65 and use code creepers65 for 65% off plus free shipping! Sources: Articles Courier Press | Newburgh Man Gets Maximum Sentence in Fatal Child Neglect Case (Mark Wilson) Courier Press | Fatal child Neglect Charge for Newburgh Man (Tori Fater) Courier Press | Remember Halee Rathgeber As a Person, Not a Victim (Jon Webb) Courier Press | Hagan Murder Trial Restarts After Mistrial in Warrick County Earlier This Month (Tori Fater) Courier Press | Isaiah Hagan Found Guilty of Murder, Felony Murder in Warrick County Murder (Tori Fater) 14 News | Evidence Being Presented in Hagan Trial 14 News | Day 12 of Hagan Murder Trial Wraps Up Justia Law | Albert Hagan v. State of Indiana Shows Dateline Season 27 Episode 1 On the Outskirts of Town Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2016, Craig and Laura Rideout were in the midst of a nasty divorce. Their marriage had spanned 21 years and 7 children, 5 of which were either out of the house or had chosen to live with Laura. The problems escalated when Laura decided to move out of state with her boyfriend, and wanted to take the two youngest with them. Craig would not allow her to take the kids. And then, just days before this move was to take place, Craig Rideout was murdered. Sponsors: Better Help If you want to live a more empowered life, therapy can get you there. Visit BetterHelp.com/CREEPERS today to get 10% off your first month. Hello Fresh Go to HelloFresh.com/creepers65 and use code creepers65 for 65% off plus free shipping! Sources: Articles Democrat and Chronicle | What NBC's Dateline Didn't Tell You About the Craig Rideout Murder Case (Sean Lahman) Medium | The Untidy Murder of Craig Rideout (Deborah Helbar) Town of Pittsford Democrat and Chronicle | The Rideout Trial: What the Jury Didn't See (Sean Lahman) Rochester First | Testimony Continues in Rideout Murder Trial Democrat and Chronicle | Rideout trial: Estranged Wife, Son Guilty of Murder (Sean Lahman, Victoria E. Freile) Democrat and Chronicle | Paul Tucci on Anniversary of Rideout Murder: 'We Still Don't Know Who Killed the Guy' (Sean Lahman) Democrat and Chronicle | Who Killed Craig Rideout: A Family's Mystery (Gary Craig) Democrat and Chronicle | Defendants in Craig Rideout Murder Point to Family Members as Likely Killers (Gary Craig) Democrat and Chronicle | Rideout Trial - What You Need to Know Shows Dateline | Season 25 episode 48 - Devil’s Bathtub Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The morning of September 1, 2015, Lt. Joe Gliniewicz was found dead in wooded area in Fox Lake, Illinois. Just minutes before his body was found, he'd called dispatch to let them know he was pursuing a small group of suspicious people into the woods. Police searched relentlessly for his suspected killers, but no one was prepared for what they would find. Sources: Articles WTVR News | Mystery Deepens in Death of ‘G.I. Joe’ Police Officer in Fox Lake WTTW News | Fox Lake Police Officer Staged Suicide to Cover Crimes, Officials Say (Paris Schutz) Wikipedia | Suicide of Joe Gliniewicz CNN | The secret life of ‘G.I. Joe’ (Michael Martinez) ABC 7 Chicago | Widow of Disgraced Fox Lake Police Lieutenant Faces 24 months Probation in Embezzlement Case (Jessica D'Onofrio and Michelle Gallardo) NBC Chicago | Fox Lake Authorities Investigating Stockpile of Military Items in Gliniewicz Explorer Post (Phil Rogers) CBS News | How Investigators Unraveled Illinois Cop's Suicide Plot (Dean Reynolds) ABC 7 Chicago | Grand Jury Indicts Fox Lake officer Widow Melodie Gliniewicz (Chuck Goudie and Leah Hope) NPR | Dragnet Expanded For 3 Suspects In Killing Of Illinois Police Officer (Laura Wagner) NPR | Investigation Finds Illinois Cop At Center Of Manhunt Shot Himself (Eyder Perlalta) Chicago Sun Times | Lt. Gliniewicz Laid to Rest: ‘Now the Nation Knows He’s a Hero’ Officer Gliniewicz Personal File WCBU | Illinois Village Shocked, Dismayed Over News About Officer The Seattle Times | Not Enough Evidence to Charge Son of Illinois Police Officer YouTube | CNN Special Report: The Secret Life of G.I. Joe (2016) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2017, David Josiah Lawson was a student at Humbolt State University with big plans for his future. He was the first in his family to go to college, and was majoring in Criminal Justice with plans to become a lawyer and later enter politics. But before the end of his sophomore year at Humbolt, Josiah Lawson was murdered. He'd been at a party with his girlfriend and some friends, when a fight broke out. At the end of it, Josiah had been fatally stabbed. Everyone knew who he'd been fighting, and it seemed it was very clear who had done this. But the justice system disagreed. Sources: Articles Mad River Union | A Closer Look at the Party Where David Josiah Lawson Died (Paul Mann) Times Standard | Brothers Detail Initial Confrontation in Arcata Fatal Stabbing (Manny Araujo) Redheaded Blackbelt | Five Years After Unsolved Homicide of David Josiah Lawson, A Family's Continued Fight For Justice Faces Election Of A New Humboldt County District Attorney (Ryan Huston) Times Standard | Jurors Agree Kyle Zoellner Was Maliciously Prosecuted, Awarded at least $700K (Sonia Waraich) NBC News | Mother of Slain Humboldt State University Student Josiah Lawson Continues Fight for Justice Four Years After He Was Stabbed to Death At A College Party (Freddy Brewster) Justice for Josiah Lawson Times Standard | ‘I’m Still Here’: David Josiah Lawson’s Mother Searches for Justice in Son’s Fatal Stabbing 5 Years Later North Coast Journal | 'Blood Money' Charmaine Lawson: Settlement Means Nothing, Focus is on Justice (Thadeus Greenson) Yahoo News | A Mother's Fight for Justice: Mother of Slain Humboldt State University Student Calls on Public to Come Forward (Freddy Brewster) Case Text | Lawson v. City of Arcata North Coast Journal | Protests Follow Grand Jury's Decision Not to Indict Suspect in Lawson Case (Iridian Casarez) ABC News | Juror in Lawson Case Speaks Out, Calls Grand Jury Process 'Gross Failure' (Nazy Javid) The North Coast Journal | Please, Come Forward (Charmaine Lawson) Behind the Redwood Curtain / Humboldt a Separate World of Misty Groves, Offbeat Towns and Protected Wildlife -- and One Wild Race (John Flinn) The Mercury News | Humboldt County Has State's 2nd Highest Homicide Rate. Why? (Robert Peach) ABC News | Judge Overturns $750k award in Kyle Zoellner Civil Case (Austin Castro) Videos YouTube | SoCal Connected | Season 10, Episode 2 - Who Killed Josiah Lawson? Transcripts and Documents From Josiah Lawson Murder Case Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was November 2, 2016 when 34 year old married mother of two, Sherri Papini, disappeared. Her husband Keith arrived home to find her missing, and the only trace of her was her cell phone lying in the ground about a mile away from their house with her headphones and several of her blond hairs lying on top. It appeared from the start that foul play must be involved with Sherri's disappearance, but it would soon come to light that nothing was as it seemed in this case. Sponsored by: BetterHelp! Visit www.BetterHelp.com/CREEPERS today to get 10% off your first month. Sources: Articles: KIRO News | Sherri Papini: Feds Detail How Missing Mom Branded, Starved Self 2016 Kidnapping Hoax (Crystal Bonvillian) Scribd | Sherri Papini Criminal Complaint & Affidavit Justice.Gov | Sherri Papini Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Lying to Federal Agents About Being Kidnapped and Defrauding the CaliforniaVictim Compensation Board Daily Mail | Sherri Papini's Husband Demands Sole Custody Two Young Children New York Post | Sherri Papini SobbedWhen Confronted with Evidence of Her Kidnapping Hoax (Patrick Reilly) Shows: 20/20| Season 45 episode 2: The Vanishing Act Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the night of Halloween, 2001, Kent Heitholt, was murdered. A witness was able to create a composite sketch with police and in late 2003, the Columbia Tribune ran an article on the murder and included the composite sketch. A young man named Charles Erickson saw that sketch and thought he recognized the person. He thought it looked a lot like himself. The problem was, Charles could not remember the night of Halloween 2001. He'd blacked out, and all he knew was that he'd been at a bar near the crime scene. Charles became obsessed with this case, convinced that he was involved in the murder. And if he was involved, then so was the guy that had given him a ride home that night: his friend, Ryan Ferguson. Sources: Articles: Columbia Tribune | 20 years ago, Kent Heitholt was Beaten and Strangled. Here's What We Know (Charles Dunlap) Columbia Tribune | 20 years After Kent Heitholt's Death, Closure Remains Elusive (Charles Dunlap) Crime Museum | Ryan Ferguson Columbia Missourian | Charles Erickson's Attorney Files Innocence Petition with Missouri Supreme Court (Kelsy Armstrong) CBS News | Confessed Murderer Charles Erickson to be Released on Parole (Dan Claxton) CNN | Wrongfully Imprisoned Man Gets Free Trip to Super Bowl Documentary: Dream/Killer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Sun Gym Gang had just taken Marc Schiller for nearly every penny he had, and it had been so easy. They’d made millions in just a month, and they’d completely gotten away with it. But by May of 1995, they’d already burned through all the money, and they were ready for their next score. And this time, they were going to make sure their next mark was really dead by the time they were finished with them. BetterHelp! Visit www.BetterHelp.com/CREEPERS today to get 10% off your first month. Framebridge! Visit www.Framebridge.com and use promo code CREEPERS to save an additional 15% off your first order! Ritual! Start a vitamin Ritual you can trust. To get started, visit ritual.com/CREEPERS today and get 10% off your first 3 orders. That’s ritual.com/CREEPERS to start your new Ritual today. Cheese Lover Shop! Go to cheeselovershop.com and use code CREEPERS to get a FREE mystery cheese at checkout. That’s cheese-lover-shop dot com and use code CREEPERS to get a FREE mystery cheese with your order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marc Schiller thought he had normal people problems. The pump on his swimming pool was broken. His Schlotzky’s franchise was failing and he was trying to sell it. He was worried he wouldn’t get through his work as a CPA in time to take his wife and kids to Columbia to celebrate Hanukkah. A tropical storm had been threatening to come into Miami, where he lived. What Marc did not know, was that he had been the victim of at least 8 kidnapping attempts. Sponsored by: BetterHelp! Visit www.BetterHelp.com/CREEPERS today to get 10% off your first month. Framebridge! Visit www.Framebridge.com and use promo code CREEPERS to save an additional 15% off your first order! Ritual! Start a vitamin Ritual you can trust. To get started, visit ritual.com/CREEPERS today and get 10% off your first 3 orders. That’s ritual.com/CREEPERS to start your new Ritual today. Cheese Lover Shop! Go to cheeselovershop.com and use code CREEPERS to get a FREE mystery cheese at checkout. That’s cheese-lover-shop dot com and use code CREEPERS to get a FREE mystery cheese with your order! Sources: Pain & Gain: The Untold True Story by Marc Schiller The New York Post | Real-life Victim Sues Over Wahlberg’s ‘Pain & Gain’ (Jamie Trueblood) CBS News | Pain and Gain (Troy Roberts) My Florida Legal | Lugo Vs. State Find A Grave | Frank Griga History Vs. Hollywood | Pain and Gain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's our 100th episode!!!! For this very special episode, we are re-doing episode 1 - the Questionable Case of Richard Glossip. Kristin tells Mogab the story of Richard Glossip, who is on death row in Oklahoma for hiring Justin Sneed to kill his boss, Barry Van Treese. His conviction Is based almost solely on Sneed's word, with no good evidence connecting him to this crime. How did the word of an accomplice carry enough weight to secure a death penalty conviction? So much has happened with this case, so much new information has been uncovered, so we are so excited to be re-doing this episode (Mogab double checked that she was not recording through her air pods this time!) Sponsored by: BetterHelp! Visit www.BetterHelp.com/CREEPERS today to get 10% off your first month. Framebridge! Visit www.Framebridge.com and use promo code CREEPERS to save an additional 15% off your first order! Ritual! Start a vitamin Ritual you can trust. To get started, visit ritual.com/CREEPERS today and get 10% off your first 3 orders. That’s ritual.com/CREEPERS to start your new Ritual today. Cheese Lover Shop! Go to cheeselovershop.com and use code CREEPERS to get a FREE mystery cheese at checkout. That’s cheese-lover-shop dot com and use code CREEPERS to get a FREE mystery cheese with your order! Sources: The documentary "Killing Richard Glossip" by Investigation Discovery Richard Glossip entry on Wikipedia "Two truths and a lie: What records, interviews reveal about Richard Glossip’s murder conviction" by Cary Aspinwall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was April 26, 2006. 16 year old Ashley Reeves had plans to go to a job interview that afternoon and then to play basketball at a park afterwards. Before she left, she promised her mom she'd be home before her 10 PM curfew, but her curfew came and went, and Ashley never returned home. Panicked, her mother started searching for her. She called the police, she called Ashley's friends, she drove around the town. But Ashley was nowhere to be found. Police started hearing from friends that Ashley was in a secret, romantic relationship with an older man, and that's when their investigation lead them to a high school teacher named Sam Shelton. Sponsored by: BetterHelp! Visit www.BetterHelp.com/CREEPERS today to get 10% off your first month. Framebridge! Visit www.Framebridge.com and use promo code CREEPERS to save an additional 15% off your first order! FACELESS Start binging new true crime podcast FACELESS now and look for new episodes dropping every Tuesday, wherever you get your podcasts. Nobody Should Believe Me Your new true crime binge! Listen to Nobody Should Believe Me and explore the fascinating phenomenon of Munchausen by Proxy. New episodes drop every Thursday, wherever you get your podcasts! Sources: Crime Watch Daily | Ashley Reeves Case: Illinois Teen Survives Attack, Returns to Where She Was Left For Dead On the Case with Paula Zahn | “Deadly Lessons” Vizaca | A Miraculously Story of Ashley Reeves Who Survived After 30 Horrific Hours in Between of Life and Death True Crime Daily | Exclusive: Illinois Teen Survives Older Lover's Murderous Attack, Returns to Scene Where She Was Left for Dead Bella Online | Sam Shelton Confession Tape Released By Judge CBS News | Did Teacher Strangle Teen, Go Dancing? CBS News | Former Teacher Gets 20 Years Bustle | Left For Dead Revisits The True Story Of A Teacher-Student Relationship Turned Violent Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's SPOOOOKY season, y'all! I've been saving this one up for our Halloween episode, and Mogab was thoroughly creeped out so job well done! It was June of 2014, and Derek and Maria Broaddus were living the American dream: they had just closed on their dream home at 657 Boulevard in Westfield, New Jersey for $1.4 million. They loved everything about this house, and couldn’t wait to move in with their 3 young kids. But their dream became their nightmare when anonymous, threatening letters started showing up at the house, signed by someone calling themselves "The Watcher." The Watcher said it was their job - nay, their OBSESSION - to watch 657 Boulevard, just as their father did before them, and their grandfather before that. The Watcher referred to their kids as "young blood" and asked if they'd discovered what was hidden in the walls. And there was nothing the Broadduses could do to stop the letters from coming. Sponsored by: BetterHelp! Visit www.BetterHelp.com/CREEPERS today to get 10% off your first month. Framebridge! Visit www.Framebridge.com and use promo code CREEPERS to save an additional 15% off your first order! FACELESS Start binging new true crime podcast FACELESS now and look for new episodes dropping every Tuesday, wherever you get your podcasts. Nobody Should Believe Me Your new true crime binge! Listen to Nobody Should Believe Me and explore the fascinating phenomenon of Munchausen by Proxy. New episodes drop every Thursday, wherever you get your podcasts! Sources: Articles The Cut | The Watcher: A Family Bought Their Dream House. But According to the Creepy Letters They Started to Get, They Weren't the Only Ones Interested in it. (Reeves Wiedeman) The Cut | Taking Another Look at The Watcher: What We Know About The Case Four Years Later Living Places | Boulevard Historic District New York Post | The Watcher Home Finally Sells After Five Years of Creepy Letters (Jackie Salo) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In June of 2011, 27 year old Lauren Giddings was senselessly murdered. She had just graduated form law school, and was a month away from taking the BAR and becoming a full fledged attorney. When her friends and family discovered she'd been murdered, everyone was shocked. They couldn't figure out who would do something like this. Police had several suspects in mind, but they narrowed it down quickly when her neighbor, Stephen McDaniel, gave an odd interview to a local reporter. Sponsored by: BetterHelp! Visit www.BetterHelp.com/CREEPERS today to get 10% off your first month. Framebridge! Visit www.Framebridge.com and use promo code CREEPERS to save an additional 15% off your first order! FACELESS Start binging new true crime podcast FACELESS now and look for new episodes dropping every Tuesday, wherever you get your podcasts. Nobody Should Believe Me Your new true crime binge! Listen to Nobody Should Believe Me and explore the fascinating phenomenon of Munchausen by Proxy. New episodes drop every Thursday, wherever you get your podcasts! Sources: Articles Talk Murder With Me | The Murder of Lauren Giddings. WGXA News | The Girl Next Door: Lauren Giddings' Family Remembers Her 10 Years After Brutal Murder Above The Law | The Plot Thickens: Say Hello to "Hacksaw McDaniel" (David Lat) Above The Law | A Creepy New Claim About Stephen McDaniel in the Lauren Giddings Murder Case (David Lat) Above The Law | Stephen McDaniel's Ex- Roommate Speaks: Say Hello to Thad Money (David Lat) 13WMAZ | UPDATE: Stephen McDaniel’s Former Attorney Believed He Was Innocent Until His Confession Shows Dateline | Season 26, episode 37 “The Watcher” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're living in frustration city for this one! This week, Kristin tells Mogab about the disappearance of Jason Landry - a fellow Texas State University student who was driving home to the Houston area for Christmas break of 2020 and disappeared in the small town of Luling, Texas. His car was found crashed and abandoned on a gravel road miles from the interstate. The clothes he was wearing were found strewn about the road. And Jason was nowhere to be found. Support the Show by Supporting Our Sponsors: Sponsored by: BetterHelp! Visit www.BetterHelp.com/CREEPERS today to get 10% off your first month. Hello Fresh! Visit www.Hellofresh.com/CREEPERS65 and use code CREEPERS65 for 65% off AND free shipping! Framebridge! Visit www.Framebridge.com and use promo code CREEPERS to save an additional 15% off your first order! FACELESS Start binging new true crime podcast FACELESS now and look for new episodes dropping every Tuesday, wherever you get your podcasts. Sources: Articles Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute | Wild Pig and Human Interactions Austin American-Statesman |Timeline: What We Know About Missing Texas State Student Jason Landry (Luz Moreno-Lozano) Facebook| Find Jason Landry Shows Disappeared | Season 10 Episode 4 The Long Drive Home Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rita Crundwell was living the high life. In 2011, she was a big deal on the quarter horse circuit; she had 52 world championships under her belt, and ran one of the best known quarter horse breeding operations in the country. She was incredibly successful, and it showed. She owned multiple homes, multiple cars. She had a $2 million dollar motor coach she used to take her to her horse competitions, and a $250,000 horse trailer to tow the horses. She was living a life of luxury, with her furs and her jewels. She also just so happened to be the treasurer for the small city of Dixon, Illinois. And the city's finances were in much worse shape than hers. Sponsored by: BetterHelp Visit www.BetterHelp.com/CREEPERS today to get 10% off your first month. Hello Fresh Visit www.Hellofresh.com/CREEPERS65 and use code CREEPERS65 for 65% off AND free shipping! Framebridge Visit www.Framebridge.com and use promo code CREEPERS to save an additional 15% off your first order! Faceless Start binging new true crime podcast FACELESS now and look for new episodes dropping every Tuesday, wherever you get your podcasts. Sources: Chicago Magazine | Remember Rita? Documentary Digs Into Illinois' Most Interesting Embezzlement (Bryan Smith) Fraud Magazine | Dixon's Quiet Hero (Dick Carozza) Wikipedia | Rita Crundwell Documentaries All The Queen’s Horses Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was in the early morning hours of Saturday, December 3, 2016 when 19 year old Sarah Stern's car was found abandoned on a bridge in New Jersey. The car was reported by a few passers-by, and when police responded they could see the car wasn't damaged in any way, it had just been left abandoned, keys still inside. It appeared to be a suicide, but as police spoke with Sarah's friends, the possibility that she'd run off to Canada seemed to be likely. It wasn't until a big break in the case that police realized things were much more sinister than that. Sources: NJ.COM | Family searching for Sarah Stern found her Suspected Killer’s phone. Turns Out He Dropped it at the Crime Scene App. | Sarah Stern Murder: The 5 Most Disturbing Quotes from Confession Video (Kala Kachmar) App. | Sarah Stern Murder: A Shooting Star Text to her Dad, and Then Forever Silence (Kathleen Hopkins) Heavy | Anthony Curry: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know NJ Courts | State of New Jersey VS. Preston O. Taylor App. | Sarah Stern Murder Trial: Small Details Led to Liam McAtasney's Conviction (Kathleen Hopkins) App. | Sarah Stern Murder Trial : What Happened Each Day (Kathleen Hopkins) Sponsored by: BetterHelp Visit www.BetterHelp.com/CREEPERS today to get 10% off your first month. Hello Fresh Visit www.Hellofresh.com/CREEPERS65 and use code CREEPERS65 for 65% off AND free shipping! Framebridge Visit www.Framebridge.com and use promo code CREEPERS to save an additional 15% off your first order! Faceless Start binging new true crime podcast FACELESS now and look for new episodes dropping every Tuesday, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ashley Ellerin was loving her life in Hollywood, California. She was a student at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, and she loved taking advantage of the Hollywood nightlife. She had a large social circle that included celebrities, and was pursuing a modeling job herself. But on February 21, 2001, as she got ready for a date, Ashley was viciously murdered inside her own home. Robbery was ruled out as a possible motive, as was sexual assault. Police couldn't figure out why someone would have wanted to hurt her. And then investigators got a call from detectives in Chicago, who were investigating a murder a lot like Ashley's. And as they investigated further, more victims were uncovered. Sources: Radar Online | Ashton Kutcher's Murdered Ex Dated Actor & 4 Other Men Before Death, Roommate Claims USA Today | AshtonKutcher Testifies He Knocked on Slain Woman's Door: 'I Was Freaking Out' Crimestory | The Challenges of Defending the Alleged “Hollywood Ripper” (Chris Tarricone) Oxygen | Who Was Tricia Pacaccio, The ‘Hollywood Ripper’ Michael Gargiulo's First Alleged Victim? (Gina Tron) CBS News | Ashton Kutcher is "Star Witness" for Accused Serial Killer, Defense Lawyer Says ]CBS News | The Hollywood Ripper: How "48 Hours" Helped Crack the Case of Convicted Serial Killer Michael Gargiulo (Maureen Maher) CBS News | Michael Gargiulo: The serial killer next door? (Josh Gelman and Doug Longhini) E! News | The Chilling Details of the Murder of Ashley Ellerin and the "Hollywood Ripper" Trial (Natalie Finn) Crimestory | Fishing for Clickbait (Chris Tarricone) Sponsored by: BetterHelp! Visit www.BetterHelp.com/CREEPERS today to get 10% off your first month. Hello Fresh! Visit www.Hellofresh.com/CREEPERS65 and use code CREEPERS65 for 65% off AND free shipping! Visit www.Framebridge.com and use promo code CREEPERS to save an additional 15% off your first order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just before Thanksgiving of 2003, Dru Sjodin was living her best life at the University of North Dakota. She'd just finished a shift at her job at Victoria's Secret and then did a little Christmas shopping at the mall. She was on the phone with her boyfriend as she walked to her car in the parking lot, when suddenly the call was disconnected. Her boyfriend figured the call had dropped, but when she still hadn't shown up at her second job several hours later, her friends and family began to worry. When she still hadn't returned that night, it was all hands on deck to find her. Sponsored by: BetterHelp! Visit www.BetterHelp.com/CREEPERS today to get 10% off your first month. Hello Fresh! Visit www.Hellofresh.com/CREEPERS65 and use code CREEPERS65 for 65% off AND free shipping! Sources: Articles CNN | Rodriguez Victim Tipped Police in Sjodin Case Wikipedia | Murder of Dru Sjodin Travel Weekly | Remembering Dru Sjodin (Alan Fredericks) Legacy Obituaries | Dru Sjodin Inforum | Dru Sjodin Obituary Grand Forks Herald | Farewell, Dru (Steve Lee) The Dickson Press | 15 Years Later, Memory of Dru Sjodin Lives On UND Blog | The North Dakota Clothesline Project and Take Back the Night Rally return to UND’s Memorial Union this Week Perham Focus | Dru is Not Forgotten: Linda Walker, Sjodin's Mother, Urges Students to Help End Violence Inforum | Alfonso Rodriguez's Intellectual Disability Did Not Play a Role in Overturning Death Sentence (April Baumgarten) Shows On the Case with Paula Zahn: Season 8, episode 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Whitaker family was in celebration mode - their oldest son, Thomas "Bart" Whitaker, had just finished his final exam at Sam Houston State University, he'd soon be walking the stage, and his parents, Tricia and Kent, and brother, Kevin, were so excited for him. They all went to dinner at Pappadeaux's restaurant near Sugar Land, Texas to celebrate, but when they got back home from dinner, their night turned into a horror show. As the family started filing into their home, a masked intruder inside began shooting them one by one. This podcast is sponsored by BETTER HELP! Visit BetterHelp.com/CREEPERS today to get 10% off your first month. Sources: Articles Texas District & County Attorney's Association | A Most Unusual Suspect (Jeff Strange) CBS News | Texas Man Targeted by a Hitman Fights for the Life of the Person Who Ordered the Murder – His Son (Peter Van Sant) ABC News | Murder in the Family: 'I Wanted Them Dead' (Harry Phillips & Elissa Stohler) Forensic Files Now | Bart Whitaker: Relative Tragedy ABC News | 'Murder by Family': Read Shocking Excerpt The Houston Chronicle | Whitaker Lawyer Attacks Credibility of Witness (Eric Hansen) ABC News | 'Sugar Land' Culprit Made New Life in Mexico (Denise Martinez-Ramundo & Harry Phillips) Wikipedia | Thomas Bartlett Whitaker Medium | The Whitaker Family Murders of Sugar Land, Texas Video YouTube | 911: The Sugar Land Conspiracy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Valerie McDaniel met Leon Jacob, it was not love at first sight. She found him arrogant, but was drawn to him somehow. She'd gone through a recent divorce, ending a 17 year marriage from her husband Mack McDaniel, and Leon had also recently ended a relationship. Valerie felt like they were just what the other needed. What she didn't know was that Leon had unresolved stalking charges on his ex-girlfriend, Meghan Verikas, and he was willing to do whatever he had to to make sure those charges went away. Sponsored by Betterhelp: When you want to be a better problem solver, therapy can get you there. Visit www.BetterHelp.com/CREEPERS today to get 10% off your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beverly Carter was one of the top real estate agents in Little Rock, Arkansas. She loved her job, but over the past several years crime against real estate agents had been rising, and she was taking her safety seriously. She never went to a showing without letting her husband, Carl, know where she'd be, and she even had a secret code with the other agents in the office so they could let each other know if they were in trouble. But even with the precautions she took, one night, Beverly never came home from a showing. When Carl went to the property to look for her, he found her car with her purse still in the front seat, but no sign of Beverly anywhere. This podcast is sponsored by BETTER HELP! Visit BetterHelp.com/CREEPERS today to get 10% off your first month. Sources: Articles Court Listener | Lewis v. State, 2017 Ark. 211 Arkansas Online | Realtor Murder The Beverly Carter Foundation KATV | Arron Lewis Found Guilty in Beverly Carter Murder Trial (Sarah Chaffin) Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette | Convicted Killer Arron Lewis Loses Case Over Prison Guard's Alleged Punch (Dale Ellis) Heavy | Arron Lewis Arrested: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know (Paul Farrell) FOX 16 | Little Rock Police Summary on Arrest of Arron Lewis KATV | Evidence Collected at Arron Lewis' Home and Car Thrown Out in Realtor Slaying Case (Elicia Dover) Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette | Realtor Death Suspect to Act as Own Lawyer (John Lynch) Find A Grave | Christopher Brian Carter Videos YouTube | Lifetime: Criminal Sends TEXTS to Family While Mom Is Missing YouTube | The Beverly Carter Story Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lisa Marie Techel and her husband, Seth Techel, were high school sweethearts. They married young, both with aspirations of going into law enforcement. Lisa wanted to be like her father, Todd Caldwell, who worked for the sheriff's department in their small town in Iowa. But those dreams came crashing down one morning when Seth said he heard a gunshot go off while he was in the shower. He jumped out of the shower and raced to where Lisa was sleeping in their bedroom to see that she'd been shot in the side. She was dead, and Seth was certain he knew who had done this: their neighbor, Brian Tate. Sources Articles: Iowa Courts | Court of Appeals - State of Iowa v. Seth Andrew Techel KTVO Local News | Prosecution Shows Photos of Dead Wife Doc Player | State of Iowa v. Seth Andrew Techel Ottumwa Courier | Lisa Techel Obituary Shows: Dateline | Season 23, Episode 1 – “Before Dawn” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Hadleys lived in Port St. Lucie, Florida, a town that was not built with teenagers in mind. There was only one movie theater but seven funeral homes, and the mall was pretty far away. There wasn't much to do, but on Saturday, July 16, 2011, the teenagers of Port St. Lucie had big plans - Tyler Hadley was throwing a party. No one could believe that Tyler's parents would let him throw a party - he'd been in a lot of trouble recently, and they were strict. But Tyler insisted - the party was on. Support the show Support our sponsor! Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visitathleticgreens.com/EMERGING Sources Rolling Stone | Tyler Hadley's Killer Party (Nathaniel Rich) Jim Fisher True Crime Blog | Tyler Hadley Expert Institute | Judge Ignores Expert Witness Testimony in Sentencing Hearing (Michael Morgenstern) CNN | Florida Man Pleads No Contest in Hammer Slayings of Parents (Jason Hanna) Wikipedia | Murder of Blake and Mary-Jo Hadley Broward Palm Beach New Times | Police Release Brutal Details of Tyler Hadley Allegedly Murdering His Parents With Hammer (Matthew Hendley) All Things Interesting | The Disturbing Story Of Tyler Hadley, The Teenager Who Killed His Parents So He Could Throw A House Party (Genevieve Carlton) Miami Times | Tyler Hadley Killed His Parents Because Port St. Lucie Is So Boring, Rolling Stone Says (Allie Conti) Fox News | Prosecution rests in Tyler Hadley hearing (Rachel Leigh) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Like everyone else in March of 2020, Gretchen Anthony was trying to do her part for the pandemic by staying home, posting memes on Facebook, and watching Tiger King (probably). But after Thursday, March 19, there were no more posts from Gretchen on facebook. Her profile went dark, and she stopped communicating with loved ones. She even stopped sharing her location on her phone with her daughter, something she took very seriously. But then on Monday, March 23, 2020, Gretchen’s friends and family started getting some bizarre texts from her. It started with a message saying she had been diagnosed with the Caronavirus, but after a few days, her loved ones started to doubt that was true. They started to think that something terrible happened to Gretchen, and someone was using the pandemic to cover up what they'd done to her. Support the show Support our sponsor! Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visitathleticgreens.com/EMERGING Sources: Articles Daily Mail | Ex-girlfriend of Man Who Killed his Estranged Wife Gretchen Anthony After she Vanished During the Pandemic says he is a 'Master Manipulator': Sent Text From her Phone to Family Hours Before her Death Saying she Had Covid and was Going to Hospital (Andrea Cavallier) Miami New Times | In Texts, Gretchen Anthony Said She Had COVID. Then She Disappeared (Michael Majchrowicz) LinkedIn | Gretchen Anthony The Cut | Man Claims Self-Help Group He Joined Is Actually a Sex Cult (Lisa Ryan) Shows 48 Hours | Season 34, Episode 32: The COVID Cover-Up Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1998, women in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia were going missing. 14 year old Natasha Ryan was last seen being dropped off for school. Then Julie Turner, Beverly Leggo, and Sylvia Benedetti turned up missing. Police thought they'd traced these disappearances back to a serial rapist who had murdered 9 year old Keyra Steinhardt. But they would come to find out that nothing about this case was as it seemed. Support the show Support our sponsor! Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visitathleticgreens.com/EMERGING Sources: Articles Bugged Space | Natasha Ryan The Age | She had Everyone Fooled Anecdotez | Natasha Ryan: The Girl Who Hid in the Cupboard (Gur Tirosh) For Years, Natasha Ryan's Family Desperately Searched for her. She was Hiding in a Cupboard (Michelle Andrews) Book Return to the Badlands by Liam Houlihan Shows 60 Minutes Australia | “Missing” Schoolgirl Hid in Boyfriend’s Closet for 5 Years Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the 1960's, Ben and Bernice Novack were Miami Beach royalty. They were the owners of the Fountainbleu hotel, the hottest spot on Miami beach, known for it's old Hollywood glamour style. Everyone from JFK to the Rat Pack stayed there, and it was the place to be. The Novacks lived in the Penthouse Suite with their son, Ben Jr., until like all good things, the era came to an end in the 70's when the hotel went bankrupt. By 2009, Bernice was widowed and living a quiet life, while her son, Ben, found success in the hospitality industry. Then, in April of 2009, Bernice was found dead in her home at 86 years old. It appeared she had slipped getting out of her car and then stumbled into her house, where she died. Police and the medical examiner ruled her death accidental. It's unlikely that anyone would have ever looked twice at Bernice's death if not for what happened just three months later, when her now 53 year old son, Ben, was found dead in his hotel room. Support the show Support our sponsor! Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visitathleticgreens.com/EMERGING Sources: Articles Wikipedia | Fontainebleau Miami Beach CBS News | "48 Hours": How a Reporter Uncovered the Murder of Miami Matriarch Bernice Novack (Julie Knipe Brown) Wikipedia | Murders of Bernice and Ben Novack Jr.. Lohud | Ben and Narcy Novack Saga Heads to Lifetime as 'Beautiful & Twisted' (Jonathan Badler) Book The Prince of Paradise: The True Story of a Hotel Heir, His Seductive Wife, and a Ruthless Murder By: John Glatt Shows CBS News | Crazy Love Dateline | Season 21, Episode 3: Family Affair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're so excited to be back! This week, we're talking about the kidnapping of Denise Huskins. In the middle of the night on March 22, 2015, a group of broke into the home of Aaron Quinn and kidnapped his girlfriend, Denise Huskins. Aaron's story involved kidnappers wearing wet suits who played pre-recorded messages and wanted very little ransom for Denise's return. His story seemed so unbelievable to police, who were convinced early on that Aaron had done something to Denise. When that seemed unlikely, they formed a new theory: that Denise had never been kidnapped, and she was actually the real life Gone Girl. Support our sponsor! Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visitathleticgreens.com/EMERGING Sources: Articles NPR | Man Pleads Guilty To Elaborate Kidnapping Initially Deemed A Hoax By Calif. Police (Merrit Kennedy) Book Victim F: From Crime Victims to Suspects to Survivors by Denise Haskins and Aaron Quinn with Nicole Weisensee Egan Shows 20/20 | S43 E27 Taken Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Briana Denison was a 19 year old psychology student at Santa Barbara City College who was back home in Reno, Nevada over the winter break in January of 2008. The night of Saturday, January 19, Brianna stayed the night on a friend’s couch, but the next morning, she wasn’t there. Her cell phone, shoes, and her purse had all been left behind, as well as a few drops of blood on the pillow where she’d been sleeping. But there was no sign of Brianna anywhere. Support our sponsor!Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visitathleticgreens.com/EMERGINGSources:ArticlesNBC News | Reno Police Hunt for Serial Rapist (Josh Mankiewicz) Case Text | Biela V. State LinkedIn | SWAT Murderpedia | James Michael Biela YouTube | Police Interrogation Tape Between Girlfriend Carleen Harmon and Accused KillerYouTube | More Gripping and Explicit Video of Ex-Girlfriend and James Biela in Police Interrogation Room TapeTucson | Anti-Gay Church Pickets Funeral Service of Reno Rape Victim Reno Gazette Journal | Brianna's Law has matched more than 1,000 DNA samples to crimes (Siobhan McAndrew) Reno Gazette Journal | Being Brighton: Brianna Denison’s Brother Talks About His Sister's Murder (Siobhan McAndrew) CBS News | Brianna Denison's Killer, James Biela, Gets Death; Mom Says "He Messed With the Wrong Family" (Carlin Miller) ShowsUnusual Suspects | Season 6 Episode 1, Vanished in Reno Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom and Jackie Hawks were living their best lives. They'd scrimped and saved for years to allow themselves to retire early. They bought a yacht, aptly named the Well Deserved, and they moved in, living their lives cruising down the California coast. But then they got the best news - their son's wife was pregnant with their first grandchild. They knew they would need to change their lifestyle if they wanted to be close enough to the baby for frequent visits, so they put the Well Deserved up for sale. They were excited when a young couple showed interest in the boat. But after they took this couple out for a sea trial, Tom and Jackie Hawks were never seen again. Support our sponsor! Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visitathleticgreens.com/EMERGING Sources: Articles ABC News | A Receipt from Target, A Stolen Car in Mexico and a Third Unsolved Murder: Investigation Into Yacht Murder of California Couple (Allie Yang and Andrew Paparella) Wikipedia | Murder of Thomas and Jackie Hawks. Medium | Death at Sea — The Yacht Murder of Tom and Jackie Hawks (A.W. Naves) The Orange County Register | Defendant: Jennifer Deleon The Los Angeles Times | Testimony: Woman knew of Plot to Kill Local Couple (Amanda Pennington) Murderpedia | Skylar Deleon Book Dead Reckoning By: Caitlin Rother Shows 20/20 - Season 42, Episode 14 - Overboard Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 2 is here! When we left off, Larry McNabney hadn’t been seen around his law office in months. The new secretary, Ginger Miller, was becoming increasingly suspicious of Larry’s wife, Elisa McNabney, and the office assistant, Sarah Dutra. They’d been coming up with all kinds of stories to explain Larry’s disappearance, but Ginger finally decided to go to the police. The investigation into Larry’s disappearance would uncover a twisted web of lies. Support our sponsor! Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visitathleticgreens.com/EMERGINGSources:ArticlesTampa Bay Times | Suicide Letter Professes Love for Lawyer (Jamie Jones) Legacy Obituaries | Laurence Williams "Larry" McNabney Wikipedia | Ramtha's School of Enlightenment Book Cold Blooded: A true story of love, lies, greed, and murder (Carlton Smith) Shows20/20 - Season 44 Episode 20 - Hell in HeelsDeadly Wives - Marlboro Man Murder Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was late 2001, and ads for Larry McNabney’s personal injury law firm in Sacramento were running constantly, and he always ended the ads with the same sign off - I’m Larry McNabney. Call Me. Only, people had been trying to call him, and no one had been able to speak to him for months. They might be able to get a hold of his wife and office manager, Elisa McNabney, or the office assistants, Ginger Miller and Sarah Dutra, but they would just always say that Larry was in rehab for his alcoholism or on vacation at a spa. But after several months went by and Larry still hadn’t returned to his law office, his friends and family started to worry. They realized that the last time anyone had actually seen him was while he was in Southern California for a horse show. But no one that was there could remember the details of their last encounter with Larry because that horse show had been on September 11, 2001, the day the World Trade Center was attacked in New York. Everyone was so focused on the news, and it was such a chaotic and confusing time, that no one could remember the details of that day, which made investigating his disappearance really tough. Because the truth is, Larry McNabney wasn’t in rehab, and he wasn’t on vacation or at a spa. Larry was dead. This is the murder of Larry McNabney. Support our sponsors! Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visitathleticgreens.com/EMERGING Sources:ArticlesTampa Bay Times | Suicide Letter Professes Love for Lawyer (Jamie Jones) Legacy Obituaries | Laurence Williams "Larry" McNabney Wikipedia | Ramtha's School of Enlightenment Book Cold Blooded: A true story of love, lies, greed, and murder (Carlton Smith) Shows20/20 - Season 44 Episode 20 - Hell in HeelsDeadly Wives - Marlboro Man Murder Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Deana Wild fell to her death off a cliff in Big Sur, California, authorities assumed this was a tragic accident. She was driving through Big Sur with a couple she lived with, Billie Joe and Virginia McGinnis, who said that she stumbled due to the high heels she was wearing on the cliff's edge. It's not uncommon for people to fall, they see it about once a month. The investigation was wrapped up quickly and Deana's mother Bobbie struggled to move on. When the burial insurance company wouldn't pay out to help with Deana's funeral costs, she asked for the help of a lawyer she knew, Steve Keeney. Keeney asked around, and as he dug into Deana's death and the McGinnis's background, he uncovered a web of lies, betrayal, and murder that spanned decades. Sponsor:visit athleticgreens.com/EMERGING for one year of free vitamin D and 5 travel packs with your first order! Sources:BookDeath Benefit by David Heilbroner ShowsForensic Files episode: The Financial Downfall Accident, Suicide, or Murder Episode: Fallen WebsitesVirginia Rearden McGinnis (Jackson, Jackson, Johnson) Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Ruetten was absolutely in love with his new bride, Sherri Rasmussen. She was the total package: beautiful, fun to be with, and very smart. At 29, she was already the director of nursing at the hospital she worked at in Van Nuys, California, and she even lectured internationally on critical care nursing. But it all came to a sudden end when John arrived at their townhome just a few months after they'd gotten married to find her dead on the living room floor. He had no idea who could have done this, and told detectives neither of them had any enemies, anyone that would have wanted to hurt them. But Sherri's father, Nels, disagreed. Detectives were certain that this had been a burglary gone wrong, and as they explained that to Nels, he asked them: "Have you checked out John's ex-girlfriend? The lady cop?" John's ex was a police officer named Stephanie Lazarus, and according to Nels, she'd had plenty of run-ins with Sherri that made Nels uneasy. But no one was listening to him. Support our sponsor: http://www.analuisa.com/creepers Click to get buy one, get one 40% off! Sources:ArticlesVanity Fair | A Case So Cold it Was Blue (Mark Bowden) Wikipedia | Sherri Rasmussen New Retro Wave | Top 6 Fashion Trends That Were All The Rage in 1986 The Los Angeles Times | Victim’s Father Told Police of Young Officer’s Threats (Andrew Blankstein and Joel Rubin) The Atlantic | The Lazarus File (Matthew McGough) Mercury News | Murder Victim’s Husband Tearfully Describes Affair With Woman Accused of Killing Her The New York Times | Police Find Suspect in Cold Case: One of Their Own (Randal C. Archibold) LA Times Blog | LAPD Detective Accused of 1986 Slaying Seeks Dismissal of Case (Andrew Blankstein and Joel Rubin) KPCC | Defense Rests in Murder Trial for Ex-LAPD Detective Stephanie Lazarus (Abe Rosenberg) Los Angeles Daily News | Parents of Sherri Rasmussen Can’t Sue LAPD Over Her Murder in Van Nuys at Hands of Detective Stephanie Lazarus, Court Rules BookThe Lazarus Files: A Cold Case Investigation (Matthew McGough) Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mary Yoder was a very healthy 60 year old. She'd never even taken a sick day off from her work as a chiropractor. That was why it was so weird when she suddenly fell violently ill. Doctors couldn't understand it, her family couldn't understand it, and within 48 hours, Mary had died. The investigation into her death weaves a tale of toxic relationships, anonymous letters, lies, betrayal, and a surprising culprit. Sources: ArticlesFindLaw | What is ‘Exculpatory’ Evidence? New York State Senate | The Laws of New York, Chapter 40 Penal Code, Section 125.27 Murder in the First Degree. Diffen | First Degree Murder vs. Second Degree Murder. Syracuse.Com | Court Denies Kaitlyn Conley's Appeal that she Killed her Former Boyfriend's Mom (James McClendon) BookWe Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder (M. William Phelps) WebsiteLove is Respect Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Han Pan was awoken in the middle of the night by an armed intruder in his home, his only thoughts were of his family. His son, Felix, was away at university, but his 24 year daughter, Jennifer, and his wife, Bich Ha, were home. He was led downstairs to see Bich sitting in the living room, a second intruder holding a gun to his neck. Han and Bich exchanged words in Cantonese - both worried about Jennifer, both wondering how on Earth the intruders had gotten inside the house they always kept locked and alarmed. The answers to those questions would shock everyone. Sources:ArticlesWikipedia | Scarborough, Toronto Toronto Life | Jennifer Pan’s Revenge: The Inside Story of a Golden Child, The Killers She Hired, And The Parents She Wanted Dead (Karen K. Ho) Psychology Today | The Masks That We Wear (Susan Sparks) Book A Daughter's Deadly Deception: The Jennifer Pan Story (John Grimaldi) WebsiteThe Canadian Red Cross | Vietnamese Refugees Documents of Response Sick Kids Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emily Longley was just 16 years old when she decided to make the move from New Zealand to England to attend Brockenhurst College and complete her A Levels. She thought the move might help her calm down, and put her in an environment where she could focus on her studies. While out with friends one night, she met 19 year old Elliot Turner, someone so spoiled he'd put Affluenza Ethan Couch to shame. Elliot had everything he could ever want the moment he wanted it, and from the moment he saw her, he wanted Emily. It wasn't long into their relationship before Elliot's controlling side came out. He wanted to control everything - what Emily wore, what friends she hung out with, what she did in her free time. When she wouldn't listen, Elliot got angry. Organization: White Ribbon https://www.whiteribbon.ca/Sources: ArticlesNZ Herald | Family Violence: Emily's Story - 'The World Was A Better Place With Her in it' Press Reader | Ten Years on From Emily Longley's Murder NZ Herald | 'I admit saying I would kill her' (Ben Ellery) Daily Mail | Jealous Boyfriend Practiced Strangling Technique on Friend Days Before Model Girlfriend was Murdered' (Eddie Wrenn) Capital FM | Elliot Turner Guilty of Emily Longley Murder BBC | Emily Longley trial: Accused 'asked friend to kill' NZ Herald | Accused's Best Mate: I Had Sex With Emily Mirror | Should I Drown, Strangle or Set Fire to Emily? Trial Told of Boyfriend's 'Murder Chat With Friend (Euan Stretch) Mayo Clinic | Narcissistic Personality Disorder Dailey Echo | Murderer Elliot Turner Targeted By Prisoners (Jane Reader) Heart | Elliot Turner Gets Life For Emily Longley Murder That's Life | Evil boyfriend killed my girl over a PHOTO (Kathryn Lewsey) Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 2 is here! Make sure you've listened to part 1 before embarking on the second half of this wild ride. It's time for Robert Durst's murder trial for the murder of Morris Black, the neighbor he killed and then dismembered while hiding out in Galveston pretending to be little old mute lady, Dorothy Ciner. But what about Susan Berman, his best friend that had been murdered just days before a scheduled interview to speak with police about Robert? And what about his wife, Kathleen, who had disappeared without a trace all those years ago? Would there ever be justice for them? Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Galveston, 2001. A human torso washes up in the bay. Investigators identify the body as a man named Morris Black, and their investigation into the murder leads police to Robert Durst. They discover that not only does Durst belong to one of the wealthiest families in Manhattan, but that this murder may not have been his first. Back in 1982, his wife Kathleen disappeared, and no one has seen or heard from her since. Part 2 is available RIGHT NOW on our Patreon at any level! Sources:ArticlesABC News | Robert Durst: A Timeline of His Life and Alleged Crimes (Meghan Kneally)The Baez Law Firm | Is Handwriting Analysis AdmissibleEvidence? NBC News | Robert Durst Urinated on Candy in Texas CVS,Video Shows NBC News | Robert Durst: the Millionaire Drifter WhoCan't Run From His Past (Alex Johnson) Buzzfeed News | Witnesses Just Revealed Damning NewDetails In The Robert Durst Murder Case (Claudia Rosenbaum) The New York Times | Did Robert Durst Kill His Wife? AnInvestigator’s Letter May Shed Light (Charles Bagli)? NY Daily News | Robert Durst Will Testify at Murder\Trial, Say He ‘Found’ Susan Berman’s Body, ‘Panicked’ and Ran: Defense (NancyDillon) NBC News | Fate of Robert Durst in jury's hands afterlong murder trial (AP) The New York Times | 35 Years Later, Sister in Durst CaseIs Still Looking for Answers (Charles Bagli) The Guardian | Real estate heir Robert Durst found guiltyof murdering his friend Susan Berman The LA Times | Robert Durst sentenced to life in prisonfor murdering Susan Berman (James Queally). The Daily Mail | Robert Durst's Murdered Friend SusanBerman 'Was in LOVE With the real Estate Heir' and 'Posed as His Missing WifeKathie to Call in Sick to Her Job at Medical School - on the Day She Vanished,'Says Witness (AP) DocumentaryThe Jinx on HBOPodcastPresumed Guilty with Dick DeGuerin VideoFacebook | Prosecutor: Robert Durst Had a List to Get Ridof Missing Wife's Body PodcastPresumed Guilty with Dick DeGuerin Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Simon Leviev's Tinder profile would make almost anyone swipe right. He was the CEO of a large diamond business, he had pictures in private jets, in exotic locales, and seemed to live a very adventurous and exciting life. When Cecelie Fjellhoy, matched with Simon, she found he was also an incredibly sweet and attentive partner. Not only did she get to take a private jet to Bulgaria on the first date, but as their relationship progressed she also woke up to daily good morning texts, she was sent dozens of flowers, and Simon was constantly telling her how she was the love of his life, and how much he wanted to be with her. But Simon had enemies in the diamond trade, and these enemies would stop at nothing to get to him. Simon just needed a small favor from Cecelie to make sure he would be safe... I expect this man to pay back EVERY. DAMN. DIME. #YouHeardItHereFirst Sources: ArticlesVG | The Tinder SwindlerHaaretz | Israeli Conman Impersonated an Oligarch's Son,Defrauded Women – and Disappeared (Uri Blau)Esquire | The Tinder Swindler Simon Leviev Pretended to Be the King of Diamonds (Lauren Kranc) DocumentariesNetflix | The Tinder SwindlerSponsor: Go to shop.analuisa.com/creepers this sale is too good to be true, and won't last long! Enjoy 20% OFF the entire Ana Luisa's website today! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every Thursday, former State Trooper David Camm played in a couple pickup games of basketball at his church's rec center. One Thursday night in September, 2000, he came home, worried his wife, Kim, would be upset that the games had run long that night and he hadn't been home to help get their two small children to bed. But when he opened the garage as he arrived home, he discovered his entire family had been slaughtered there in the garage. As a former cop, he expected his old cop buddies to do whatever it took to find who killed his family. Instead, the police set their sights on David Camm...Sources:ArticleCBS News | Walking Free (Richard Schlesinger)CBS News | The Alibi: Reasonable Doubt (Mary-Jayne McKay) NBC News | 'We are Going Backward': How the Justice System Ignores Science in the Pursuit of Convictions (Jon Schuppe) Indiana Daily Student | Suspended Justice (Katie Mettler) Indianapolis Monthly | Trial and Errors: The David Camm Saga (Brandan Alford) Justia | David Camm v. State of Indiana Indy Star | David Camm Confessed to Murders While Getting Tattooed, Former Inmate Says (Grace Schneider) Find Law | CAMM v. STATE Wikipedia | David Camm WHAS 11 | Mala Singh Mattingly Travels from Trinidad to Testify Englert Forensics | Bio ABC News | Former Indiana Trooper David Camm Found Not Guilty After 3rd Trial in Family's Slaying (Linsey Davis) Wave 3 | Camm Trial 8/29: Kim Camm Bought More Insurance, Left Friend ‘Concerned' in Weeks Before Murder ShowsDateline | Season 22: Episode 21 – Mystery on Lockhart Road Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hi everyone! Mogab was sick this week, and so unfortunately we do not have a new episode for you all. We did not want to leave you hanging, though, so we decided it was a great time to re-release our episode on Anna Delvey! This week, Kristin tells Mogab the story of Anna Delvy - one of the greatest con artists of our generation, which is saying a lot since Millennials can claim both Billy McFarland from Fyre Fest and Elizabeth Holmes from Theranos. Everyone loves a good scam story. And this is definitely a good scam story. So good, in fact, that Shonda Rhimes is making a show with Netflix about Anna Delvy: the German heiress trying to open her Center for Kids Who Can't Read Good (or something like that...). She lives in New York's fanciest hotels, is at all the best parties, and loves to tip big and take lavish trips with her friends. But weird things keep happening: her credit cards keep getting declined, or she's having trouble tapping into her trust fund, so her friends start covering for her. Only, she's not a German heiress. And she doesn't actually have any money. So how did she manage to con all her friends Into funding this lifestyle she wanted so badly? I want to point people towards the National Center for Victims of Crime, who have a Financial Crime Resource Center. They wanted to provide a resource for victim-centered services in the area of financial fraud and so they produce a guide called Taking Action: An Advocate’s Guide to Assisting Victims of Financial Fraud This guide is designed to provide advocates with practical victim-centered resources to help navigate the various options available for reporting crimes, protecting other assets and preventing re-victimization. It also offers advice on how to assist with psychological and – where possible – financial recovery. Sources: “How Anna Delvy Tricked New York” by Jessica Pressler, printed in New York Magazine “My Misadventures with the Magician of Manhattan” by Rachel Deloache Williams, printed in Vanity Fair “Who Is Anna Sorokin, a.k.a. Anna Delvey, the Alleged Soho Grifter?” by EJ Dickson for Rolling Stone Magazine “Anna Sorokin Was Just Sentenced for Grand Larceny and Theft. Here’s What's Next for the ‘Soho Grifter' by Mahita Gajanan “‘Anna Delvey’ Might Not Profit From Netflix Series on Her Life as a Fake Heiress” by Sharon Otterman of the New York Times. “Anna Delvey Didn’t Look Rich—Which Is Exactly Why She Seemed Like She Was” by Rachel Tashjian printed in Garage Anna Sorokin entry on Wikipedia Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was December 16, 2000 in Tallahassee, Florida. 31 year old Jerry Williams, who was known by his middle name Michael or Mike, was up before dawn, gearing up for a ducking hunting trip on Lake Seminole, a large reservoir located on the Florida Georgia border, about 60 miles from Tallahassee. It was a usual routine for Mike to get up early on the weekends and go duck hunting, he was a very experienced hunter. But Mike never came home from this hunting trip. It was like he just completely vanished. Sources:ArticlesWikipedia | The Murder of Jerry Michael Williams Tallahassee Democrat | Man With Ties to Cold Case in Jail on Unrelated Charges (Jennifer Portman) BookEvil at Lake Seminole by Steven B. Epstein ShowsDisappeared - Mystery on Lake Seminole (Season 4 | Episode 10) Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On April 27, 2022, in less than 80 days from the release of this episode, Texas will execute a woman who is most likely innocent, for a crime that most likely never happened in the first place, unless a miracle happens. This is the story of Melissa Lucio, and the corrupt route the state of Texas took to make her the first Hispanic woman on death row. PLEASE contact the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles at 512-406-5852 and Governor Greg Abbott at 512-463-2000 and request clemency for Melissa Lucio. Take Action Now & Sign the Petition! Sources: ArticlesTexas Observer | A Texas Mother Could Be Executed in April (Lise Olsen) Court DocumentsUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit DocumentariesState of Texas vs. Melissa Lucio (Hulu) PodcastsPodcast - Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom Send us snail mail!! True Crime Creepers P.O. Box 43296Louisville, KY 40253 Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Sharon Cave got a call that her 21 year old daughter, Jennifer, had not shown up to work, she was worried. Jennifer lived about 3 hours away in Austin, Texas, and there wasn't much Sharon could do except call around to all of Jennifer's friends, hospitals, even morgues. She was able to find out that Jennifer had gone out with a friend of hers the night before named Colton Pitonyak, but when Sharon spoke to Colton he told her he didn't know where Jennifer was. When she still hadn't been found by the next day, Sharon and her boyfriend, Jim Sedwick, decided to make the drive to Austin. Jennifer's car had been found in the parking lot of Colton's apartment, and Sharon knew that behind his door lay the key to Jennifer's whereabouts. When Jim finally managed to get inside the apartment, he was not prepared with what he would find.Sources:ArticlesTexas District & County Attorneys Association | The Murder NextDoor Wikipedia | The Murder of Jennifer Cave Medium | The Preventable and Grisly Murder of Jennifer Cave (Brianna Bennett) Find Law | PITONYAK v. STATE PodcastsThe Orange Tree, Season 1 Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alice Sebold is best known for her best selling novel, The Lovely Bones, but that wasn't her first book. A few years before, Alice wrote a memoir titled Lucky that chronicled a brutal rape she experienced in 1981, when she was 18. She wrote about identifying the man that raped her, testifying against him in court, and dealing with the trauma of being raped. In 2019, the film rights to Lucky were purchased and the project was green lit. But as producer Tim Mucciante read through the script and the memoir, he started seeing discrepancies that didn't sit right with him, especially when it came to the conviction of the rapist, Anthony Broadwater.Sources: ArticlesThe New York Times | He Was Convicted of Raping Alice Sebold. Then the Case Unraveled. (Corina Knoll, Karen Zraick and Alexandra Alter) Daily Mail | How Dogged Movie Producer Proved the Wrong Man Went to Prison for Raping Lovely Bones Author (Jennifer Smith) Variety | Alice Sebold’s ‘Lucky’ to Be Adapted for Film by ‘13 Reasons Why’s’ Karen Moncrieff (Elsa Keslassy) Variety | You’ Star Victoria Pedretti Tapped to Play Alice Sebold in ‘Lucky,’ Based on the Author’s Memoir (Angelique Jackson) MEAWW | How a Netflix Producer Brought Justice to a Man Wrongly Convicted of 1981 Rape Case (Kunal Dey) Washington Post | FBI Admits Flaws in Hair Analysis Over Decades (Spencer Hsu) Contexts | Microscopic Hair Comparison and the Sociology of Science (Simon A. Cole and Troy Duster)Wikipedia | The Lovely BonesWikipedia | Alice Sebold BooksLucky by Alice Sebold OtherGo Fund Me | Anthony Broadwater Medium | Statement from Alice Sebold Cornell Law Review | Cross-Racial Identification Errors in Criminal (Sheri Johnson) Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2003, the survivors of the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001 were still attempting to recover from the trauma they endured that day. One of the only places to go for support was a Yahoo chat room for 9/11 survivors and family members that lost loved ones in the attacks. One of the survivors in the group, Tania Head, saw the need for survivors to have their own group, one where they could talk freely about the details of that horrific day without the fear of offending anyone. She created a group just for survivors, and it was then that she finally felt comfortable sharing her own story. Tania had been on the 96th floor of the South Tower the day the planes hit, and her journey to survival was so incredible, so harrowing, that it left the others in the group at a loss for words. They admired her so much for what she'd gone through, and the strength she showed. Eventually, Tania helped to form the World Trade Center Survivors Network, and was elected president. She gave guided tours of ground zero, where she would share her story with visitors. No one knew that Tania Head was hiding a secret. Sources:ArticlesNY Times | In a 9/11 Survival Tale, the Pieces Just Don’t Fit (David W. Dunlap, Serge F. Kovaleski)The World Trade Center Survivor's Network | Surviving 9/11 (Gary Bogacz)Wikipedia | Alicia Esteve Head DocumentariesThe Woman Who Wasn’t There PodcastSwindled | Episode 37: The Survivor Organizations to Support https://www.911memorial.org/donate https://www.tuesdayschildren.org/ https://scholarshipamerica.org/families-of-freedom/ Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices