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  The Mother Texas Almost Executed: Is Melissa Lucio Innocent? 27.07.2026 46min

  In February 2007, two-year-old Mariah Alvarez died after suffering a catastrophic head injury just days after her family moved into a new apartment in Harlingen, Texas. Within hours, investigators became convinced they were looking at one of the worst cases of child abuse they had ever seen. Mariah's mother, Melissa Lucio, endured a five-hour interrogation while pregnant with twins, eventually uttering the words, "I guess I did it. That confession helped send her to death row. But nearly two decades later, the case has become one of the most controversial in America. Medical experts have challenged the original forensic conclusions. Specialists in false confessions have questioned the reliability of Melissa's interrogation. Jurors who voted to sentence her to death have publicly changed their minds. And in a stunning turn of events, a Texas judge recommended overturning both her conviction and death sentence, even concluding she is actually innocent of intentionally murdering her daughter. As of 2026, however, Melissa Lucio remains on death row while the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals decides whether to uphold or overturn her conviction. Was this a horrific case of child abuse? Or a tragic accident followed by a false confession? Sources: https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/2011/21496.html https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/26/us/melissa-lucio-what-we-know/index.html#:~:text=Lucio%2C%20a%20mother%20of%2014,wrongfully%20convicted%20of%20capital%20murder.  https://dockets.justia.com/docket/mississippi/msndce/4%3A2026cv00040/52130 https://legalclarity.org/melissa-lucio-supreme-court-decision-and-legal-update/ https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/trial-judge-signs-agreed-findings-of-fact-and-conclusions-of-law-recommending-melissa-lucios-conviction-and-death-sentence-be-overturned https://innocenceproject.org/news/case-update-texas-trial-court-recommends-melissa-lucios-conviction-and-death-sentence-be-overturned/ https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/melissa-lucio-conviction-reversal-20335304.php https://www.npr.org/2022/04/22/1094156659/melissa-lucio-execution-texas Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Tinder Revenge Killing: Liam Smith's Murder 23.07.2026 43min

  On November 24, 2022, 38-year-old Liam Smith stepped outside his home in Shevington, Greater Manchester. He never made it back inside. For nearly ten hours, Michael Hillier had been waiting in a Mitsubishi Shogun parked outside Liam's home. When Liam approached the vehicle, Hillier shot him in the face at close range before pouring sulphuric acid over him as he lay fatally wounded. The shocking attack stunned the community, but what investigators uncovered next was even more disturbing. The motive traced back to a single Tinder date three years earlier. Hillier claimed his girlfriend, Rachel Fulstow, had told him Liam had raped her during their encounter in 2019. According to Hillier, the couple spent months planning a vigilante attack because they believed the justice system would never hold Liam accountable. Rachel told a very different story. She admitted she had told Michael about the encounter, but denied ever wanting Liam harmed, insisting she was living under Michael's coercive control and had become trapped in his obsession. As detectives pieced together CCTV footage, internet searches, cloned licence plates, burner phones, and months of meticulous planning, one question emerged: Was Rachel Fulstow an equal participant in Liam's murder, or another victim manipulated by the man who carried it out? Sources: https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/a71770037/killer-couple-love-on-trial-bbc/ https://www.thejusticegap.com/documentary-reveals-inside-story-of-womans-joint-enterprise-murder-conviction/ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-66600454 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-66615107  https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/i-love-you-much-always-27585163  https://www.iclr.co.uk/document/2025002869/transcriptXml_2025002869_2025050612425263/html  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H4-F-wRA1Y   https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/murderer-who-shot-dad-face-27582056  https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/michael-hillier-rachel-fulstow-court-b2393233.html Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Seven Days Then Silence: The Story of Frauke Liebs 18.07.2026 49min

  Frauke Liebs: The Woman Who Kept Calling Home On June 20, 2006, 21-year-old nursing student Frauke Liebs left an Irish pub in Paderborn, Germany, after watching an England World Cup match with friends. She was expected home in just fifteen minutes. She never arrived. Then something unimaginable happened. Over the next week, Frauke made a series of brief phone calls to her roommate, her family, and the people searching for her. She insisted she would be home soon, but she never revealed where she was or who was with her. Each call gave her loved ones hope that she was still alive... while leaving investigators with more questions than answers. Months later, Frauke's remains were discovered in a wooded area outside Paderborn. Nearly twenty years later, her murder remains unsolved. If you have any information regarding the murder of Frauke Liebs, please contact the German police. Sources: https://www.nw.de/nachrichten/zwischen_weser_und_rhein/23986586_Ungeklaertes-Verbrechen-in-Paderborn-Erneute-Durchsuchungen-im-Fall-Frauke-Liebs.html  https://www.indonewyork.com/breaking/cold-case-frauke-liebs-murder-mother-shuts-down-information-page-after-h93383.html https://coolinterestingstuff.com/the-unsolved-murder-of-frauke-liebs https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/36ec5z/what_happened_to_frauke_liebs/  https://www.radiobielefeld.de/nachrichten/am-puls-der-stadt/mordfall-frauke-liebs-bielefelder-polizei-mit-durchsuchung.html  https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/12522/5083988 https://www.zeit.de/news/2022-11/24/akte-im-mordfall-frauke-liebs-bleibt-geoeffnet https://www.stern.de/panorama/verbrechen/frauke-liebs/mordfall-frauke-liebs--eine-mutter-spricht-zum-moerder-ihrer-tochter-33134070.html Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Behind the LilithIsTruth Emails: The Michelle Hadley Story 14.07.2026 57min

  When Angela Diaz reported that someone was terrorizing her with anonymous emails, Craigslist rape fantasies, and violent threats against her unborn twins, the case seemed straightforward. Her husband, Deputy U.S. Marshal Ian Diaz, told investigators he knew exactly who was responsible: his ex-fiancée, Michelle Hadley. Police believed him. Prosecutors believed him. The media believed him. Michelle was arrested and faced the possibility of spending the rest of her life in prison. But as the digital evidence slowly came to light, the story began to unravel in ways no one expected. What looked like a textbook case of an obsessed ex quickly became one of the most elaborate frame-ups in recent history, exposing fake identities, fabricated pregnancies, forged documents, and a conspiracy that reached far beyond what anyone imagined. Sources: https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/press-release/file/1394186/dl https://lawandcrime.com/crime/u-s-marshal-indicted-for-allegedly-luring-men-from-craigslist-to-rape-his-wife-in-plot-to-blame-his-ex-girlfriend/?utm_source=mostpopular https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-craigslist-plot-michelle-hadley-20170109-story.html  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michelle-hadley-da-says-rape-fantasy-attack-was-hoax-woman-arrested-was-framed/ https://www.thedailybeast.com/real-life-gone-girl-framed-love-rival-in-twisted-craigslist-rape-plot/ Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Last Walk Home: The Mysterious Disappearance of Steven Clark 10.07.2026 45min

  Steven Clark vanished on December 28, 1992, after walking into a public toilet on the seafront in Saltburn, England. More than thirty years later, his disappearance remains one of Britain's most baffling unsolved mysteries. On a cold winter afternoon, 23-year-old Steven Clark spent the day walking along the beach with his mother, Doris. Before heading home, the pair stopped at public toilets along the seafront. Steven entered the men's side. Doris went into the women's. When she came back outside, she assumed her son had already started the walk home. He never arrived. What followed was a mystery that has haunted investigators and devastated Steven's family for more than three decades. With no witnesses, no forensic evidence, and no confirmed sightings, the investigation eventually grew cold. Then, nearly 28 years later, everything changed. Police reopened the case, searched the Clark family home, excavated their garden, examined their drains, and arrested Steven's elderly parents on suspicion of murder. But after one of the most dramatic developments in the case, investigators were forced to admit there wasn't enough evidence to charge anyone. Did Steven voluntarily disappear? Did he suffer a tragic accident? Was he the victim of an opportunistic predator? Or does the answer lie somewhere investigators have yet to uncover? Sources: https://metro.co.uk/2020/11/12/mysterious-letter-names-killer-of-man-who-went-missing-28-years-ago-13582476/ https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/18918340.steven-clark-police-identify-author-letter-sent-detectives-1999/  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12324135/My-brother-vanished-without-trace-31-years-ago-going-public-loo-18-years-later-cops-arrested-elderly-parents-murder-Sister-missing-Steven-Clark-tells-three-decades-agony-fury-diabolical-police.html https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/inconsolable-mother-accused-murdering-son-23962183 https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/steven-clark-police-speak-detail-20457800 Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Uncle Who Never Existed: What Happened to Bianca Lebron? 07.07.2026 48min

  On the morning of November 7, 2001, ten-year-old Bianca Lebron walked to Elias Howe Elementary School in Bridgeport, Connecticut, just as she always did. While waiting outside before classes began, she excitedly told classmates that her uncle was taking her shopping for the day. She even invited some of them to come along. Minutes later, multiple witnesses watched Bianca calmly climb into a brown-and-tan van. No one tried to stop her. No one thought anything was wrong. Everyone believed she was leaving with family. There was just one devastating problem. Bianca didn't have an uncle waiting outside that school. By the time anyone realized she had never made it to class, nearly twelve hours had passed. The most critical window in any child abduction investigation was already gone. Nearly twenty-five years later, Bianca has never been found. If you have any information about the disappearance of Bianca Lebron, please contact the Bridgeport Police Department at 203-576-7671 or the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678). Sources: https://www.missingkids.org/blog/2026/released-today-new-age-progression-of-bianca-lebron https://nhschiefadvocate.org/2024/04/connecticut-mystery-remains-unsolved-over-two-decades-later/ https://int-missing.fandom.com/wiki/Bianca_Lebron  https://charleyproject.org/case/bianca-elaine-lebron https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX99UaHDjZE  https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/bianca-lebron-missing-for-10-years-2255434.php https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Police-may-have-new-leads-on-missing-girl-11689656.php Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Judge, Jury, Executioner: The Bobby Kent "Bully" Case 03.07.2026 50min

  In July 1993, 20-year-old Bobby Kent believed he was meeting his ex-girlfriend for a second chance. Instead, he was driven to a secluded rock pit in western Broward County, Florida, where seven young people were waiting. Among them was Bobby's best friend of fourteen years, Marty Puccio. The murder of Bobby Kent would inspire books, documentaries, and the 2001 film Bully, but the real story is far more complicated than Hollywood could ever portray. Was Bobby truly the violent bully so many described after his death? Were some of the allegations against him impossible to verify? Was Marty Puccio a victim trapped in an abusive friendship, or did he become something far more dangerous? Sources: https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/where-bobby-kent-s-killers-now https://allthatsinteresting.com/bobby-kent-murder https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/5-chilling-details-bobby-kent-murder-case-1993 https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/supreme-court/1997/86242-0.html https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2013/05/10/bphotosb-kents-killers-then-now/ Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  You Can Fake Your Death... But Not Forever: The Nicholas Rossi Story 30.06.2026 48min

  How far would someone go to escape accountability? In 2020, child advocate Nicholas Rossi was declared dead after an alleged battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Politicians mourned him. Friends grieved. An obituary celebrated his life and his supposed contributions to foster care reform. There was just one problem. Nicholas Rossi wasn't dead. Nearly two years later, a critically ill COVID patient calling himself "Arthur Knight" was admitted to a hospital in Glasgow, Scotland. When hospital staff noticed his distinctive tattoos, an international investigation unravelled one of the most bizarre true crime stories in recent memory. Sources: https://everloved.com/life-of/nicholas-alahverdian/obituary/?flow=201 https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/01/12/ri-nick-alahverdian-suspected-faking-death-found-scotland/9188170002/ https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/9542954/fugitive-nicholas-rossi-hit-controlled-ex-wife/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYT7SeUWTuo Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Missing Hour: Who Was Mekayla Bali Waiting For? 23.06.2026 51min

  Sixteen-year-old Mekayla Bali spent the morning of April 12, 2016, moving across Yorkton, Saskatchewan. She went to school... for six minutes. She withdrew every dollar from her bank account. She tried to pawn a ring. She spent hours sitting in restaurants, checking her phone, waiting for someone. She told friends she was heading to Regina. Then, at approximately 1:45 p.m., she walked out of a bus depot restaurant and vanished. What happened next remains one of Canada's most baffling missing person cases. Was Mekayla planning to run away? Was she meeting someone she met online? Or did something go terribly wrong after a meeting she entered willingly? Ten years later, her family is still searching for answers. Sources: https://www.cjme.com/2016/07/06/a-familys-agonizing-search-for-missing-yorkton-girl-mekayla-bali  https://rcmp.ca/en/saskatchewan/news/2026/04/4352074 https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/i-need-help-mekayla-bali-missing/  https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/mekayla-bali-missing-decade-10-year-anniversary-9.7160487 https://www.sasktoday.ca/central/yorkton-this-week/nine-years-since-the-disappearance-of-mekayla-bali-10519670 Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Child Nobody Was Looking For: Where is Harmony Montgomery? 19.06.2026 1h 3min

  When 7-year-old Harmony Montgomery was finally reported missing in December 2021, investigators made a horrifying discovery: nobody had seen her in nearly two years. There were no school records, doctor's appointments or welfare checks. No confirmed sightings. A little girl had seemingly vanished from the face of the earth while the very systems designed to protect her failed to notice she was gone. In this episode of Serial Napper, we take a deep dive into the heartbreaking case of Harmony Montgomery. From her difficult childhood and the controversial custody decision that placed her with her father, Adam Montgomery, to the warning signs that were repeatedly ignored, we'll examine how a vulnerable little girl slipped through the cracks. We'll also explore the shocking revelations that transformed Harmony's case from a missing child investigation into a homicide prosecution, including the testimony of Adam's estranged wife, Kayla Montgomery, the years-long search for Harmony's remains, and the 2024 murder trial that resulted in Adam's conviction. But the story doesn't end there. In 2025, Harmony's mother secured a multimillion-dollar settlement against the State of New Hampshire over allegations that child welfare agencies failed to protect her daughter. Then, in June 2026, the New Hampshire Supreme Court overturned Adam Montgomery's murder conviction, setting the stage for a possible retrial. More than six years after Harmony disappeared, one heartbreaking fact remains unchanged: Harmony has never been found. Sources: https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/investigators-released-updated-timeline-when-harmony-montgomery-disappeared/3GJZCZVRIZE5ZLJ7BO5ITOBRTI/ https://www.crimeonline.com/2022/01/14/spiteful-dad-of-missing-harmony-montgomery-has-history-of-violently-attacking-women-children-reports/ https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/harmony-montgomery-timeline-everything-known-about-girls-disappearance https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2022/01/07/timeline-harmony-montgomery-missing-case/ https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/01/10/metro/heres-what-know-about-harmony-montgomery-investigation/ https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/timeline-missing-nh-girl-harmony-montgomery/MZQL2N2AMNERNMTLHKQOYRUILA/ https://manchesterinklink.com/when-worlds-collide-d-c-couple-who-adopted-harmony-montgomerys-sibling-choose-to-walk-in-the-light-on-this-dark-road/ https://www.the-sun.com/news/4394373/harmony-montgomery-brother-jamison/#:~:text=Harmony%20Montgomery%20used%20to%20take,biological%20father%20in%20February%202019.&text=Jamison%20was%20taken%20in%20by,Jonathon%20Miller%20in%20November%202019 https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/harmony-montgomery-missing-child-case-blame-1284963/ . https://apnews.com/article/harmony-montgomery-new-hampshire-missing-607b8988b51e7f955627acfacdc98870 https://apnews.com/article/harmony-montgomery-mother-lawsuit-425fd680d5eedffe9e4ed8b1e266cca8  Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Rogue Transmission 4: DungeonPunk | Part 2 16.06.2026 1h 5min

  Rogue Transmissions--the edgy, semi-annual anthology of indie podcasts--is invading your podcast feed with DUNGEONPUNK PART 2 ... a symphony of 80s nostalgia, dystopian cyberpunk, and savage swords drawn against both super sorcery & super science. Featuring an adventuring party of your indie podcast favourites! FIRST UP, Octoberpod presents "Byzantium Slab: The Shell Remember" a wraparound tale of adventure on the savage streets of the dystopian Witch Kingdom (featuring the voice talents of Ari Shey, MJ McAddams, and Family Plot podcast's Arthur Williams). THEN: The Final Trace investigates the satanic panic epidemic of the 1980s & the case of Bink Pulling. LATER: Ghost Bites presents to dire warning about mysterious arcade games in "Insert Coin to Die." FINALLY: Horrifying History plumbs the depths of 1980s paranormal activity with the Smurl Family Haunting. Rogue Transmission 4: DungeonPunk. Total Power. Total Mystery. Total Savagery ... Totally AWESOME! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Missing Boy Who Didn't Want to Be Found: Alex Batty's Kidnapping 14.06.2026 56min

  In 2017, 11-year-old Alex Batty left the UK for what was supposed to be a short holiday in Spain with his mother and grandfather. But when the trip ended, Alex never came home. His grandmother, Susan Caruana, who was his legal guardian, received a chilling video message instead. In it, Alex appeared to read from a script, asking her not to look for him. Then he vanished. For the next six years, Alex lived under fake names, moved through communes and remote communities across Spain and France, and was raised in a world shaped by conspiracy theories, anti-government beliefs, and an off-grid lifestyle. He rarely attended school, never put down roots, and slowly disappeared from the world that had once known him. Then, in December 2023, a delivery driver spotted a teenager walking alone on a dark mountain road in the French Pyrenees. Carrying a backpack, a skateboard, and years of untold stories, Alex finally made a choice that would change everything. Sources: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/tv/7-bombshells-alex-batty-bbc-33931952 https://www.mailplus.co.uk/tv-guide/tv/456193/kidnapped-by-my-mum https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/documentaries/alex-batty-disappearance-true-story-explained/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cevp0zneyk4o https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/alex-batty-bbc-spain-france-french-b2975546.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/24/alex-batty-kidnap-interview/ https://www.theoldhamtimes.co.uk/news/24000968.alex-batty-timeline-events-disappearance-now/ Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Wake Up, Mummy: Rachel Nickell and the Killer Police Missed 09.06.2026 1h 7min

  In 1992, Rachel Nickell was murdered on Wimbledon Common while her two-year-old son watched helplessly. As Britain demanded answers, police became convinced they had found their killer. They hadn't. While investigators targeted Colin Stagg, the real murderer, Robert Napper, remained free. On a summer morning in South West London, 23-year-old Rachel Nickell set out for a walk with her son Alex and their dog Molly. What should have been an ordinary day ended in one of Britain's most shocking and high-profile murders. As the nation grieved, immense pressure mounted on the police to solve the case. Detectives became fixated on local dog walker Colin Stagg, launching a controversial undercover "honey trap" operation that would later be condemned by a judge as "deceptive conduct of the grossest kind." But while police focused on the wrong man, a violent serial offender was hiding in plain sight. Sources: https://time.com/article/2026/06/01/rachel-nickell-true-story-the-witness-netflix/ https://people.com/why-it-took-16-years-to-convict-man-who-raped-and-killed-model-in-broad-daylight-11991640 https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/articles/colin-stagg-falsely-accused-rachel-nickell-murder https://resource.download.wjec.co.uk/vtc/2021-22/el21-22_14-3d/pdf/eng/14-3d_criminology-ko-the-case-of-colin-stagg_eng.pdf https://www.law.ac.uk/about/press-releases/inside-the-case-william-clegg/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10216328 https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jan/24/ukcrime.haroonsiddique1 https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/articles/robert-napper-rachel-nickell-killer https://www.biography.com/crime/a71432959/robert-napper-now-rachel-nickell-murder-netflix Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Due Date: Taylor Parker and the Baby That Never Was 05.06.2026 53min

  In October 2020, a frantic woman called 911 from an Oklahoma highway, claiming she had just given birth on the side of the road. Covered in blood and clutching a newborn baby, she begged first responders to help save her child. But there was one devastating problem. She had never been pregnant. In this episode of Serial Napper, we examine the shocking case of Taylor Parker, a woman who spent months convincing friends, family, and even her boyfriend that she was expecting a baby girl. She posted ultrasound photos, pregnancy updates, hospital visits, and nursery plans. She documented a future that didn't exist. As her fake due date approached, reality began closing in. What happened next would leave 21-year-old Reagan Hancock and her unborn daughter, Braxlynn, dead and send shockwaves across the country. Sources: https://abc7.com/post/reagan-simmons-hancock-murdered-taylor-parker-death-sentence-capital-murder-conviction-texas-row/12438449/  https://www.ktalnews.com/news/crime/day-7-jury-hears-frantic-911-calls-in-taylor-parker-trial/  https://people.com/crime/woman-sentenced-death-stabbing-pregnant-woman-100-times-stealing-baby/ https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2026/may/29/supreme-court-will-not-review-taylor-parkers/ https://texasscorecard.com/state/texas-criminal-court-upholds-taylor-rene-parkers-death-sentence/  https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/2025/ap-77-110.html https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taylor-parker-death-sentence-murder-reagan-simmons-hancock-steal-unborn-baby-texas/ Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Rogue Transmission 4: DungeonPunk | Part 1 02.06.2026 1h 39min

  Rogue Transmissions--the edgy, semi-annual anthology of indie podcasts--is invading your podcast feed with DUNGEONPUNK PART 1 ... a symphony of 80s nostalgia, dystopian cyberpunk, and savage swords drawn against both super sorcery & super science. Featuring an adventuring party of your indie podcast favourites! FIRST UP, Octoberpod presents "Byzantium Slab: Life Without A Soul" a wraparound tale of savagery & adventure in the dystopian Kingdom of the Witch King (featuring the voice talents of Ari Shey, MJ McAddams, and Family Plot podcast's Arthur Williams). THEN: Our True Crime Podcast presents "The Acid King of the 80s" a true crime case of drugs, delusion, DnD, and murder. LATER: The Morbid Forest Takes "A Roll of the Dice" on a journey into a role playing game that is much more than it appears. FINALLY: The Serial Napper herself, Nikki Young, lulls you to sleep (or into the arms of a nightmare) with the true tale of "Monsters Made of Dice" Rogue Transmission 4: DungeonPunk. Total Power. Total Mystery. Total Savagery ... Totally AWESOME! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Mr. Big Confession: What Happened to Jennifer Hillier-Penney? 29.05.2026 48min

  On the morning of December 1, 2016, a teenage girl woke up to the sound of her mother's cellphone alarm ringing endlessly from the kitchen table. Jennifer Hillier-Penney's purse was still there. Her coat was still there. Her boots, passport, vehicle, and personal belongings had all been left behind. Jennifer was nowhere to be found. What followed was one of Newfoundland and Labrador's most haunting missing persons cases. For years, Jennifer's family searched for answers while rumours spread through the small town of St. Anthony. Many believed they knew what had happened, but the police made no arrest, and Jennifer's body was never found. Then, behind the scenes, the RCMP launched one of the largest undercover Mr. Big operations in the province's history. Over four years, undercover officers built an elaborate fake criminal organization designed to gain the trust of one man: Jennifer's estranged husband, Dean Penney. Seven years after Jennifer disappeared, a confession on a boat in Vancouver Harbour would change everything. Sources: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/dean-penney-charged-in-mr-big-sting-found-guilty-of-first-degree-murder/ https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-telegram-st-johns/20260403/281573772242968 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/marina-jennifer-hillier-penney-life-insurance-1.5398038 https://www.saltwire.com/newfoundland-labrador/jennifer-hillier-penney-murderer https://pleasebringmehome.com/canada/jennifer-hillier-penney/  https://halifax.citynews.ca/2026/05/25/mr-big-sting-for-n-l-man-guilty-of-killing-estranged-wife-involved-100-officers/  https://www.saltwire.com/newfoundland-labrador/derick-hilliers-parents-defend-innocence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zEUjBvluWY Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  A Voice in the Dark: The Murder of Amber Tuccaro 27.05.2026 43min

  In August 2010, 20-year-old Amber Tuccaro flew from Fort McMurray to Edmonton with her young son, Jacob, hoping for a short getaway and a break from the stress of everyday life. Within hours, Amber vanished. What followed became one of the most haunting unsolved cases in Canadian history. Years later, the RCMP released a chilling audio recording captured during a 17-minute phone call Amber made while riding with an unidentified man down dark rural Alberta roads. In the recording, you can hear Amber slowly realizing something is terribly wrong as the driver calmly takes her in the opposite direction of where she wanted to go. And somehow, despite the world hearing the possible killer’s voice… nobody has ever been charged. If you have any information about Amber Tuccaro’s murder, please contact Alberta RCMP or Crime Stoppers anonymously. Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7dL1Qro46g https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/amber-tuccaro-phone-call-1.1200955 https://www.crcc-ccetp.gc.ca/en/interim-report-public-complaint-investigation-into-amber-tuccaro-missing-person-investigation https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/amber-tuccaro-rcmp-apology-1.5305103 https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/rcmp-apologize-to-family-of-amber-tuccaro-for-errors-in-missing-person-investigation https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/remains-found-near-leduc-confirmed-as-missing-woman-amber-tuccaro-1.1165203 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/women-identify-voice-on-amber-tuccaro-recording-1.1206490 https://albertapressleader.ca/man-claims-audio-recording-of-man-with-murder-victim-amber-tuccaro-is-his-father-alberta-press/ Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Stockdale Family Murders: What Happened After Wife Swap 22.05.2026 40min

  In 2008, millions of Americans watched the Stockdale family on Wife Swap and saw a deeply religious, old-fashioned family trying to shield their children from the modern world. They lived on a rural Ohio farm, homeschooled their sons, banned television and dating, and spent their lives performing together as a bluegrass gospel band. To some viewers, they seemed wholesome and disciplined. To others, deeply unsettling. Nearly a decade later, the Stockdales would make headlines again for something far darker. On June 15th, 2017, deputies responded to a 911 hang-up call at the family farmhouse and discovered a horrifying scene: 54-year-old Kathy Stockdale and her youngest son James had been shot to death. Nearby was 25-year-old Jacob Stockdale, alive after a failed suicide attempt. As investigators searched for answers, people began revisiting the old Wife Swap episode looking for clues. Had the family’s extreme isolation played a role? Did years of emotional repression contribute to what happened? Or was this ultimately the result of severe mental illness hidden beneath the surface of a seemingly disciplined family life? Sources: https://www.dispatch.com/news/20170617/disbelief-sadness-set-in-after-stockdale-family-shootings https://people.com/wife-swap-reality-show-murders-revisited-11757223 https://allthatsinteresting.com/jacob-stockdale-wife-swap-murders https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/2021/04/28/jacob-stockdale-enters-plea-mother-brothers-slaying/7389350002/?gca-cat=p&gnt-cfr=1 Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Baby in the Crib: The Eastburn Murders 20.05.2026 52min

  The Eastburn family looked like the picture of a happy military family in 1985. Gary Eastburn was away at training. His wife Kathryn was home in North Carolina with their three little girls, preparing for the family’s upcoming move to England. Then, on Mother’s Day weekend, a neighbour noticed newspapers piling up in the driveway. Inside the house, police would find a scene so brutal it would haunt investigators for decades. Kathryn Eastburn and her daughters, Kara and Erin, had been murdered. Only 22-month-old Jana survived, found alone in her crib after spending days trapped inside the home. Almost immediately, suspicion fell on a fellow serviceman named Timothy Hennis, a husband and father who had visited the Eastburn home just days earlier after answering an ad about the family dog. What followed became one of the most shocking legal sagas in true crime history:a conviction, a death sentence, an acquittal, and then a DNA bombshell twenty years later that changed everything all over again. Sources: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/02/07/three-trials-for-murder? https://www.wral.com/news/local/topic/timothy_hennis/ https://www.fayobserver.com/search/?q=Timothy+Hennis https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/timothy-hennis-found-guilty-eastburn-family-murders/story?id=10290831 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/timothy-hennis-convicted-again https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/hennis-timothy.htm Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Wife, The Mistress, and the Murders: Betty Broderick Case 15.05.2026 54min

  Betty Broderick became one of America’s most infamous killers. She also became something much stranger: a woman thousands of people thought they understood. In 1989, Betty walked into the San Diego home of her ex-husband, high-powered attorney Dan Broderick, and his new wife, Linda Kolkena, and shot them while they slept. The murders shocked the country. But what shocked people even more was how divided the reaction became afterward. Because this was a murder story about a marriage that rotted slowly and publicly over years. About betrayal, obsession, humiliation, aging, power, and the terrifying feeling of being replaced in your own life. Before the headlines, Betty was the loyal Catholic wife who worked and sacrificed while Dan built his fortune. Together they climbed from struggling young parents living on food stamps to wealthy La Jolla socialites with luxury cars, private schools, and country club memberships. Then Dan left her for a younger woman. And Betty unraveled in ways that became impossible to ignore. Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/us/betty-broderick-dead.html https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com  https://people.com/crime/betty-broderick-children-where-are-they-now/  https://people.com/crime/betty-broderick-case-timeline https://apnews.com/article/4f5f9d7d1a4e4e7fa6a6df95f4d0cbe5 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-11-23-mn-4830-story.html Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices