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  We’re Here for the Party: Yoshihiro Hattori's First American Halloween 18.09.2026 1ч 4мин

  On October 17th, 1992, 16-year-old Yoshihiro “Yoshi” Hattori was getting ready for his first real American Halloween party. Yoshi had recently arrived in Louisiana from Japan as an exchange student. He was outgoing, adventurous and determined to experience everything his year abroad had to offer. That night, dressed in a white tuxedo inspired by John Travolta, Yoshi headed to a party with his 17-year-old host brother and friend, Webb Haymaker. But they got lost. When the boys approached a house they believed might be hosting the party, they rang the doorbell. Nobody answered, so they started walking back toward their car. Then a door opened. What happened next would devastate two families, spark outrage across Japan and force uncomfortable conversations about fear, self-defence, gun culture and the assumptions people make in a matter of seconds. Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50063364 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/22/gun-control-japanese-mother-march-for-our-lives-campaign-parkland-students https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260312/p2a/00m/0na/024000chttps://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/20/yoshihiro-hattori-mistaken-address-shooting-japan/ https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/95-0144-app-1-888785175 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-09-16-mn-39293-story.html https://yoshi-c.com/Alyssa-and-Yoshi-message_jp.html https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/05/20/Lawyer-claims-exchange-student-shot-in-defense-of-home/5929737870400/ 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 Story Behind the Interrogation: What Happened to Ryan Waller & Heather Quan? 15.09.2026 50мин

  On Christmas night in 2006, Ryan Waller’s parents became worried when their 18-year-old son didn’t show up for dinner and stopped answering his phone. They drove to the Phoenix home he shared with his girlfriend, 21-year-old Heather Quan, but no one came to the door. When police entered the house, they found Heather dead from a gunshot wound and Ryan alive, badly injured and deeply confused. Ryan was taken to the police station, where detectives tried to figure out what had happened. He struggled to answer even the simplest questions. He couldn’t remember basic details about Heather. His story wandered into strange territory involving two men, “bow and arrows,” and a former roommate named Richie. To investigators, very little of it seemed to make sense. Until suddenly, it did. What followed was an investigation that would lead to two murder trials, a controversial interrogation, a years-long fight over Ryan’s medical treatment, and a change to Arizona law carrying Heather Quan’s name. Sources: https://unquestionablycriminal.medium.com/police-interrogate-a-dying-man-with-two-bullets-in-his-brain-accusing-him-of-murder-28644de1a899 https://law.justia.com/cases/arizona/court-of-appeals-division-one-unpublished/2013/1-ca-cr-08-0781.html https://www.maricopacountyattorney.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=185 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-azd-2_19-cv-03755/pdf/USCOURTS-azd-2_19-cv-03755-0.pdf  https://celebsuburb.com/what-happened-to-ryan-waller-the-untold-truth-about-his-death/#A_Few_Details_On_Ryan_Waller_Early_Life https://www.okaybliss.com/ryan-waller-story/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI8G0KOOtqk 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 Deleted Emails: The Sharon Lopatka Story 11.09.2026 59мин

  In October of 1996, 35-year-old Sharon Lopatka told her husband she was leaving their Maryland home for a short trip to visit friends in Georgia. But Sharon wasn't going to Georgia. She left her car near a Baltimore train station, boarded a train heading south, and left behind a disturbing goodbye letter for her husband. In it, Sharon seemed to acknowledge the possibility that she might never come home. When police began searching for her, the trail led somewhere that was still relatively unfamiliar territory for investigators in 1996: Sharon's computer. Behind the quiet life she shared with her husband was an extensive online world filled with different identities, private fantasies and increasingly disturbing conversations with strangers. One of those strangers called himself “Slowhand.” His real name was Robert Glass. For weeks, Sharon and Robert had exchanged messages about violence, torture and death. Then Sharon decided to leave the safety of the computer screen behind and meet him in person. What happened after she arrived in North Carolina would become the subject of a deeply unusual homicide case, one that raised questions about fantasy, consent, intent and whether someone can ever legally give another person permission to kill them. Sources: https://alchetron.com/Sharon-Lopatka-homicide  https://www.dailydot.com/society/internet-assisted-suicide-sharon-lopatka/  https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1996/10/30/slain-womans-e-mail-reveals-violent-intentions/d941faa0-4d6a-4aa5-9add-bfd1813e2f9b/  https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-sharon-lopatka/cat-mcauliffe  https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1997/03/12/hearing-in-sex-death/623b87a2-8d9c-4280-9fb4-1d301f2a6be2/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/01/28/murder-charge-dropped-in-96-internet-sex-case/0829f8da-802a-42be-a0e0-40c9c9b1b7c5 https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/11/03/to-pinpoint-a-suspect-md-police-put-together-pieces-of-an-electronic-puzzle/250e90b7-3610-42de-bb43-f1b2e62903bb/ 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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  What Happened on the 25th Floor?: The Tragic Stories of Josh and Amber Hilberling 08.09.2026 1ч 4мин

  On June 7th, 2011, a maintenance worker was repairing a broken window inside a 25th-floor apartment in Tulsa, Oklahoma, when he heard a couple arguing in the next room. Then came another crash. Within moments, 23-year-old Josh Hilberling was lying on the roof of a parking garage seventeen stories below. His heavily pregnant wife, 19-year-old Amber Hilberling, admitted almost immediately that she had pushed him. But she insisted she never meant for him to go through the window. What followed was a case involving allegations of domestic violence on both sides, a marriage that appeared to be coming to an end, Amber's changing account of the moments before Josh fell, and a startling discovery about the glass separating their apartment from a 25-story drop. Was Josh's death the result of an intentional act of violence? Self-defence with an unimaginable consequence? Or could more than one thing be true at the same time? Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGW6Yw-ylMo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj7VpYZLtlE https://ninde.com/tribute/details/2111/Amber-Hilberling/obituary.html https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/how-pregnant-killer-who-pushed-22157523 https://www.killerqueenspodcast.com/amber-hilberling/ https://okcfox.com/medical-examiner-releases-autopsy-report-for-amber-hilberling#:~:text=TULSA%2C%20Okla.,according%20to%20her%20autopsy%20report.  https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-regional/2013-03-09/tulsa-woman-rejects-plea-deal-in-husbands-high-rise-death https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/southcentral/2012/09/21/214026.htm https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/amber-hilberlings-estate-drops-lawsuit-against-oklahoma-department-of-corrections https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amber-hilberling-okla-woman-who-pushed-husband-out-of-high-rise-window-in-2011-found-guilty-of-second-degree-murder/ https://ninde.com/tribute/details/2111/Amber-Hilberling/obituary.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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  The Lie That Became a Death Sentence: The Murder of Darren Kelly 04.09.2026 49мин

  On the evening of October 20th, 2015, 42-year-old father and lorry driver Darren Kelly travelled to Pitsea, Essex, believing he was meeting a woman he'd been talking to online. But when Darren arrived, he wasn't met by one person. A group was already waiting nearby, some of them hiding out of sight. They believed Darren was guilty of something terrible, and they had decided to confront him themselves. Within minutes, Darren was running for his life. He was chased through the streets, beaten and stabbed six times before managing to reach a nearby block of flats and desperately buzz strangers for help. Darren died later that night. But when police began investigating the accusation that had made Darren a target, they discovered something deeply disturbing: the evidence didn't support it. What followed was a murder investigation involving an online vigilante campaign, a teenage girl determined to catch suspected predators, four defendants and a trial that left Darren's family questioning how only one person could ultimately be convicted. Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/apr/12/teenage-vigilantes-killed-darren-kelly-mistaken-paedophile-court https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3595928/Family-man-stabbed-death-vigilantes-wrongly-thought-paedophile-blast-cruel-needless-murder.html https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/teenage-vigilantes-murdered-man-they-wrongly-thought-was-a-paedophile-a3223726.html  https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-36321082 https://www.halsteadgazette.co.uk/news/south_essex_news/14500196.murderer-chris-carroll-20-is-handed-life-prison-sentence-and-will-serve-a-minimum-of-21-years-for-killing-darren-kelly-in-pitsea/ https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/14435379.eye-witness-describes-moment-darren-kelly-was-chased-down-and-stabbed-to-death-in-pitsea-street/ https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/daughter-innocent-dad-killed-paedophile-8281536  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 Trail of Tragedy: Stacey Castor and The Deaths Around Her 02.09.2026 1ч 17мин

  When Stacey Castor called the police to her New York home in August 2005, she told them she was worried about her husband, David. He had locked himself inside their bedroom after an argument and hadn't shown up for work. When officers forced their way inside, they found David dead beside a glass containing a bright green liquid and an open container of antifreeze. At first, everything pointed toward suicide, but one detective wasn't convinced. As investigators began looking more closely at David's death, they discovered that Stacey had already lost one husband under unusual circumstances. Michael Wallace had died suddenly five years earlier at just 38 years old, after suffering from a mysterious illness that had never been fully explained. So investigators decided to take another look. What followed was an extraordinary investigation involving an exhumation, toxicology, a discarded turkey baster, a suspicious will, computer forensics and a typed letter that threatened to change everything police thought they knew about this family completely. And eventually, investigators began to wonder whether Stacey Castor was an extraordinarily unlucky woman who had experienced more tragedy than most...or whether tragedy wasn't following Stacey at all. It was being created around her. Sources: https://allthatsinteresting.com/stacey-castor https://forensicfiles.fandom.com/wiki/Stacey_Castor https://abcnews.go.com/US/timeline-black-widow-stacey-castors-shocking-crimes/story?id=60860538 https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2020/01/stacey-castor-on-lifetime-5-chilling-details-from-syracuses-2009-antifreeze-murder-trial.html https://cnycentral.com/news/local/did-stacey-castor-murder-her-own-father https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2016/05/stacey_castors_shrine_of_evil_murdered_husbands_son_wants_remains_moved.html https://law.justia.com/cases/new-york/appellate-division-fourth-department/2012/860-ka-09-00469.html https://www.nycourts.gov/reporter/3dseries/2014/2014_03386.htm SUICIDE NOTE: http://a.abcnews.go.com/images/2020/Suicide_Letter_scan0001_090422.pdf 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 Bathtub Sisters: The Murder of Linda Andersen 29.08.2026 1ч 2мин

  In January 2003, two teenage sisters returned home from an evening out with friends and made a frantic call to 911. Their 43-year-old mother, Linda Andersen, was lying face-down in the bathtub. Linda struggled with alcoholism. She had been drinking heavily that night, and toxicology would reveal alcohol and medication in her system. To investigators, everything seemed to point toward a tragic accidental drowning. And for nearly a year, that's exactly what everyone believed. But Sandra and Beth, just 16 and 15 years old, hadn't discovered their mother dead that night. Linda was already dead when they left for dinner. Because her daughters had killed her. In this episode of Serial Napper, we examine the case that became known as the Bathtub Sisters: the deeply dysfunctional home Sandra and Beth described growing up in, Linda's struggle with addiction and domestic violence, the disturbing digital trail that ultimately exposed the murder, the controversial youth sentences that followed, and the complicated question of rehabilitation. Sources: https://toronto.citynews.ca/2014/04/09/from-murder-to-law-school-story-of-ontario-sisters-who-drowned-mom-now-a-movie/ https://globalnews.ca/news/7458803/bathtub-girl-exclusive-interview/  https://www.ranker.com/list/linda-andersen-facts/trilby-beresford https://web.archive.org/web/20150120034422/http://nicholasguindon.com/f/C_K_Ruling.PDF https://www.mississauga.com/news-story/3123956-man-who-aided-bathtub-girls-asks-for-more-time/  https://www.inquisitr.com/3407112/perfect-sisters-lifetime-to-air-true-story-of-deadly-sisters-who-drowned-drunk-mother-linda-andersen-in-bathtub/  https://ca.news.yahoo.com/mandel-bathtub-girl-killer-now-215249646.html https://www.citynews1130.com/2014/04/09/from-murder-to-law-school-story-of-ontario-sisters-who-drowned-mom-now-a-movie https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/portrait-of-a-drowning-in-real-time-on-msn/article740149/ https://www.scc-csc.ca/pdf/case-documents/34284/FM020_Respondent_Her-Majesty-the-Queen_Redacted.pdf 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 Cheerleader’s Secret: Laken Snelling's Story 25.08.2026 41мин

  When I first covered the case of Laken Snelling, it was a Patreon-exclusive, and one of the biggest questions surrounding the case remained unanswered: what really happened to her newborn baby in the hours after she secretly gave birth? Now, we finally have an answer. In August 2025, 21-year-old University of Kentucky student and STUNT athlete Laken Snelling gave birth alone inside her off-campus bedroom while her roommates were just feet away. They later told investigators they had heard loud crashing and thudding noises coming from her room in the early morning hours. By the next morning, Laken had left the house. Her suspicious roommates entered her bedroom and discovered evidence of childbirth. Inside her closet, they found her newborn son wrapped in a towel and concealed inside a trash bag. Laken initially gave investigators an explanation for what happened after the birth. But an autopsy would later determine that the baby had been born alive and died from asphyxia by undetermined means. Laken was eventually indicted for first-degree manslaughter, along with abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence and concealing the birth of an infant. For months, the question remained: was her baby's death the result of a catastrophic accident, or had something else happened inside that bedroom? Then, on August 21, 2026, Laken walked into court and changed her plea. Sources: https://www.wkyt.com/2026/03/13/laken-snelling-case-file-reveals-snapchat-warrant-roommate-accounts/ https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article312308957.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/laken-snelling-5-things-know-210515476.html  https://www.lex18.com/news/covering-kentucky/court-records-reveal-laken-snellings-roommates-were-suspicious-about-her-pregnancy https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article315012906.html  https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article315014043.html  https://www.the-messenger.com/news/article_483939ec-f175-5fc9-8f16-8f7af6862ed3.html  https://www.wwnytv.com/2026/08/24/former-university-kentucky-student-admits-ending-her-newborns-life-pleads-guilty/\ 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 Star Who Vanished: What Happened to Joe Pichler? 21.08.2026 1ч

  In January 2006, 18-year-old Joe Pichler seemingly vanished from Bremerton, Washington. Joe had grown up in front of the camera, appearing in movies and television shows including The Fan, Varsity Blues, Beethoven’s 3rd and Beethoven’s 4th. After stepping away from Hollywood as a teenager, he returned home, graduated high school and began building an ordinary life while planning his eventual return to acting. Then, during the early morning hours of January 5th, Joe made his final known phone call. Days later, his silver Toyota Corolla was found abandoned near the Port Washington Narrows. Inside were two pages of emotional writing that police initially interpreted as pointing toward suicide. But the writings never explicitly said Joe intended to end his life. His family disputed the suicide theory from the beginning, raising concerns about how Joe’s car and apartment were initially handled and questioning whether potentially important evidence had been missed. Police themselves would soon become less convinced that suicide explained his disappearance and continued investigating other possibilities. More than twenty years later, there has been no confirmed sighting of Joe, no financial or government activity known to establish that he started a new life, and his remains have never been found. So what happened after Joe’s final phone call? Anyone with information regarding Joe’s disappearance is asked to contact the Bremerton Police Department at 360-473-5228 or the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678). Sources: https://allthatsinteresting.com/joe-pichler https://www.ladbible.com/news/child-actor-from-beethoven-missing-since-2006-20220601 http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?s=5bb93ec13cd41535139045de83024223&t=61494 https://archive.kitsapsun.com/news/local/nation-watching-pichler-search-ep-424313295-359562221.html https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20060717/missing17m/former-child-actor-missing-for-6-months  https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/former-child-actor-missing-1192897.php https://charleyproject.org/case/joseph-david-wolfgang-pichler 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 Murder of Dan Markel, Part Two: The Conspiracy Unravels 18.08.2026 1ч 14мин

  When we left off in Part One, Florida State University law professor Dan Markel had been murdered in what investigators believed was a carefully planned hit. Nearly two years later, police had traced a rented green Prius from Tallahassee back to South Florida, identified suspected gunmen Sigfredo Garcia and Luis Rivera, uncovered connections to Katherine Magbanua and Charlie Adelson, and staged an elaborate FBI operation known as “the bump.” Now, investigators are finally ready to make their first arrest. But the arrest of a suspected hitman is only the beginning. In Part Two, someone on the inside finally starts talking, giving investigators an account of the murder-for-hire plot from someone who was actually there. What follows is a years-long effort to work their way up the alleged chain: from Rivera and Garcia, to Katherine, to Charlie... and eventually to Donna Adelson. We'll get into multiple murder trials, Katherine's changing story, Charlie's extraordinary claim that he wasn't responsible for Dan's murder but was actually being extorted by the people who killed him, and the recorded jail calls that preceded Donna and Harvey Adelson purchasing one-way tickets to Vietnam. Donna would make it all the way to the jet bridge at Miami International Airport. She would not make it onto the plane. We'll also look at Donna's eventual conviction, the questions that continue to surround Wendi Adelson, where every major figure in the case stands as of August 2026, and what happened to the two little boys who were at the centre of the custody battle prosecutors said ultimately led to their father's murder. Dan Markel was killed in 2014. More than twelve years later, five people have been convicted in connection with his death. But behind the wiretaps, undercover operations, trials and appeals is something much simpler: Two little boys went to preschool one morning expecting their father to pick them up later. He never got the chance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Murder of Dan Markel, Part One: The Hit 14.08.2026 1ч

  Florida State University law professor Dan Markel was 41 years old when he was shot in the garage of his Tallahassee home in July 2014. It quickly became clear that this wasn't a random act of violence. Someone had followed Dan through his morning routine, waited until he returned home, and then disappeared. But who would want a Canadian-born law professor and devoted father of two dead? The answer would lead investigators hundreds of miles south to Miami and into the bitter aftermath of Dan's divorce from Wendi Adelson. In Part One of this two-part deep dive, we look at Dan's life before the headlines, his contentious divorce and custody battle, Wendi's unsuccessful attempt to relocate their two young sons to South Florida, and the increasingly hostile involvement of her family. Then we follow investigators as they begin piecing together the murder itself: a rented Toyota Prius, surveillance footage, cellphone records, two mysterious trips from South Florida to Tallahassee, and two men who seemingly had absolutely no connection to Dan. Eventually, investigators uncover a link between suspected gunman Sigfredo Garcia, his former partner Katherine Magbanua, and Wendi's brother, Charlie Adelson. But having a theory and proving a murder-for-hire conspiracy are two very different things. Nearly two years after Dan's murder, investigators still hadn't made a single arrest. So the FBI decided to shake things up An undercover agent approached Wendi's mother, Donna Adelson, with a photograph of Dan, a phone number and a demand for money. The operation became known as the bump. And suddenly...the phones started ringing. Part Two continues with the first arrest, the insider who finally starts talking, multiple murder trials, Charlie Adelson's extraordinary extortion defence, Donna's attempted flight to Vietnam, and the question that has followed this case for more than a decade: how far did this conspiracy really go? Sources: https://www.reddit.com/r/dan_markel_murder ​​​​https://www.courttv.com/tag/dan-markel/  https://thecjn.ca/news/slain-law-professor-dan-markels-canadian-family-hopes-for-more-time-with-his-kids-after-new-guilty-verdict/  https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/daniel-markel-murder-hit-men-family-donna-adelson-katherine-magbanua-rcna239425 https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/florida-matriarch-convicted-daniel-markel-1.7625845 https://www.wctv.tv/2022/04/21/extended-timeline-key-dates-dan-markel-murder-case/ https://abcnews.com/US/police-tracked-caught-suspected-hit-men-murder-fsu/story?id=42064896 https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/first-district-court-of-appeal/2026/1d2024-0004.html https://people.com/wendi-adelson-today-what-to-know-12021519 https://abcnews.com/US/south-florida-grandmother-center-murder-hire-saga-spanning/story?id=128005003 https://www.wctv.tv/2025/09/03/contentious-or-typical-dan-markels-divorce-under-scrutiny-donna-adelson-trial-continues/ https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/cnc/date/2025-09-04/segment/02 https://www.wctv.tv/2025/08/29/state-rests-its-case-against-donna-adelson-without-calling-son-charlie-defense-call-witnesses-tuesday/ 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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  [BONUS] What Happened to Liam Tomen? - Chat w/ True Crimecast 11.08.2026 34мин

  In this episode, the True Crimecast team, John and Jamie, sit down with Nikki Young, host of the Serial Napper podcast, to take a deep dive into the disturbing and unsolved disappearance of 22-year-old Liam Tomen. On the weekend of January 31, 2025, Liam and two friends travelled from Whitby, Ontario, to the resort village of Mont Tremblant, Quebec, for a ski trip. After spending the evening at local village spots—ending at Le P'tit Caribou—Liam got separated from his friends. Surveillance footage captures him walking directly toward his hotel, L'Auberge du Voyageur, just minutes away. He never made it inside. Despite extensive search efforts using cadaver dogs, snowmobiles, helicopters, and pond drainage, no trace of Liam was found during the winter. Months later, as the snow melted, his wallet was recovered near a parking lot—intact with his ID and bank cards, but stripped of cash. With phone pings raising questions and a white vehicle spotted in the area, Liam’s family continues to fight for answers. Check out True Crimecast: https://www.stoveleg.com/true-crimecast https://www.facebook.com/truecrimecast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Nothing Ever Happens Here: Jennifer Teague's Last Walk Home 07.08.2026 53мин

  On a warm September night in 2005, 18-year-old Jennifer Teague finished her shift at a Wendy's restaurant in Barrhaven, Ontario. She stopped to chat with friends at the local Mac's Milk before beginning the short walk home, a route she'd taken countless times before. She never made it. Jennifer's disappearance shattered the sense of safety in one of Ottawa's fastest-growing suburbs. As police, volunteers, helicopters and search dogs scoured the community, her family refused to believe she had run away. Ten days later, the search ended in heartbreak when Jennifer's body was discovered in the Stony Swamp Conservation Area. For months, investigators chased leads that went nowhere. A composite sketch. A $100,000 reward. Dozens of new tips. Then, in one of the most unusual twists in Canadian true crime history, a Barrhaven man began telling complete strangers that he had killed Jennifer. In this episode of Serial Napper, we're revisiting Jennifer's case nearly twenty years later, exploring who she was before she became a headline, how one ordinary walk home changed an entire community, and why her story still resonates with so many people today. Sources: https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/from-the-archives-jennifer-teague-there-will-never-be-closure-until-the-truth-is-known-father-says https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/finding-hope-after-the-murder-of-their-daughter-jennifer-teague/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/jennifer-teague-s-killer-heads-to-prison-after-pleading-guilty-1.712530 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/neighbours-stunned-after-ottawa-man-charged-in-teen-s-slaying-1.586319 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 OnlyFans Murder Case: Courtney Clenney's Self-Defence Claim 05.08.2026 46мин

  On April 3, 2022, 27-year-old Christian "Toby" Obumseli was fatally stabbed inside the luxury Miami condominium he shared with his girlfriend, influencer and OnlyFans creator Courtney Clenney. Courtney never denied causing the fatal injury, but she insisted it was self-defence. Prosecutors insisted it was murder. For years, this case divided the internet. Security footage, police bodycam video, disturbing audio recordings, allegations of domestic abuse from both sides, and forensic evidence all fueled a debate that seemed destined to play out in front of a jury. But after years of delays, the trial never happened. In this updated episode of Serial Napper, we're revisiting this case, including the new evidence both sides planned to present, the shocking developments that changed the course of everything, and the plea agreement that brought the criminal proceedings to an unexpected end. Was Courtney Clenney a victim who fought back? Or was Christian Obumseli the victim all along? Sources: https://www.instagram.com/courtneytailor/reels/ https://lawandcrime.com/crime/it-definitely-could-have-been-stopped-former-neighbor-speaks-out-after-onlyfans-model-charged-with-murdering-boyfriend/ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/onlyfans-murder-not-guilty-courtney-clenney-christian-obumseli-1234584744/ https://www.newsweek.com/what-we-know-courtney-clenney-onlyfans-instagram-model-arrested-murder-1733236  https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/08/03/onlyfans-model-courtney-clenney-plea-deal-boyfriend-stabbing-death/  https://nypost.com/2026/07/09/us-news/onlyfans-killer-courtney-clenney-to-use-boyfriends-texts-about-beatings-to-fight-murder-case/ 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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  Four Women at the Bottom of the Locks: The Shafia Family Murders 01.08.2026 46мин

  In June 2009, four women from the same family were found dead inside a submerged car at the Kingston Mills Locks near Kingston, Ontario. At first, it appeared to be a tragic accident. Their family claimed the women had taken the car for a late-night drive and somehow ended up in the water. But investigators quickly uncovered a much darker truth. As evidence mounted, police began to suspect that the deaths of Zainab Shafia, Sahar Shafia, Geeti Shafia and Rona Amir Mohammad were not an accident at all, but a carefully planned act of so-called "honour"-based violence carried out by the very people who were supposed to protect them. 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 Mother Texas Almost Executed: Is Melissa Lucio Innocent? 27.07.2026 46мин

  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 43мин

  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 49мин

  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 57мин

  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 45мин

  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