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Serial Napper

411 episodes - English - Latest episode: 22 days ago - ★★★★★ - 128 ratings

Serial Napper is the true crime podcast for naps, hosted by Nikki Young. Each episode of Serial Napper features a different true crime story, told succinctly the way it happened. Just the facts, ma‘am. Let Nikki guide you through some of the craziest true crime stories you‘ve never heard of, as you lull to sleep.

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Anika Smit: The Killer Took Her Hands

September 08, 2023 22:00 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MB

Anika Smit was 17 years old on March 10, 2010, when she stayed home from school with a nasty throat infection. Her father would return home from work later that day to find the front gate unlocked, guard dogs corralled in the side yard, and two cups of undrunk coffee on the kitchen table. The house looked chaotic as if there had been a struggle, and when he walked into his teenage daughter’s bedroom, he would find out why. Anika had been stabbed to death and then had her hands cut off. It was...

Daisy De Melker: South Africa's First Female Serial Killer

September 03, 2023 22:45 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MB

Daisy De Melker, a young woman from Grahamstown, South Africa, came from dirt and decided she wanted more out of life. She was willing to do whatever it took to ensure she lived a pampered, cushy life far from the poverty-stricken home she grew up in - this meant crushing anything and anyone who stood in her way. Daisy was a mother and a wife - and she would become one of South Africa’s most prolific female serial killers. Sources: https://murderpedia.org/female.D/d/de-melker-daisy.htm http...

Ellis Brothers: Eliminating the Threat

August 29, 2023 20:05 - 19 minutes - 18 MB

Neil Tulley was a 54-year-old stepfather to two older children, 23-year-old Joshua Ellis and his little brother, 14-year-old Jerome Ellis, who he didn’t get along with. Both had a dysfunctional childhood, which would only get worse when they moved into their mother’s home, where she lived with Neil. Neil was known to be a violent drunk with a criminal history filled with abuse. One night, as he slept on the living room sofa, the two boys decided they had enough, and attacked him with two kitc...

Colleen Ritzer: Slain by Her Own Student

August 22, 2023 23:00 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MB

Colleen Ritzer was a 24-year-old math teacher at Danvers High School, in Danvers MA. After spending the afternoon of October 22nd, 2013, helping several students requiring assistance with their algebra, she would be seen on school surveillance video being followed to the bathroom by 14-year-old, Philip Chism. He had his hood up in an attempt to hide his identity, gloves on his hands and a box cutter in his pocket. What he would do to Colleen in the girl’s bathroom of that high school has been...

Lauren Agee: 'We’re Going Into a Death Trap'

August 17, 2023 02:00 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MB

When 21-year-old Lauren Agee told her mother she had plans with her best friend to go to a three-day event called Wakefest, she immediately had a bad feeling about it. Call it mother’s intuition, but she was incredibly anxious about her beautiful and very trusting daughter going to this alcohol-fueled festival. And unfortunately, that gut feeling was right - because just a few days after Lauren left for Wakefest, she would get that dreaded phone call that her daughter was found dead. She had ...

1 Million Downloads Special: Meet the Host, Nikki Young

August 05, 2023 18:00 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MB

On tonight’s episode, I’m pausing the true crime stories to bring you a special 1 million downloads celebration episode! Meet Serial Napper host, Nikki Young, and hear about the most memorable cases covered and more. Support the show Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Twitter - https://twitter.com/serial_napper ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@ser...

Carly Ryan: Australia's First Teen Killed by an Online Predator

August 01, 2023 01:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MB

In 2007, 15-year-old Australian Carly Ryan was lovesick over her Texas-born musician boyfriend, Brandon. Carly was a scene kid who enjoyed MySpace, so it wasn’t surprising for her to fall in love with this 18-year-old young man who listened to the same bands as she did. She had no idea that the hours upon hours of chatting online and on the phone weren’t with Brandon, but with a 50-year-old balding predator who had his eyes set on her. This monster was bold, travelling to her hometown to atte...

Mindy Tran: Did a Child Killer Get Away with Murder?

July 27, 2023 00:00 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MB

Mindy Tran was a little girl from Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, who went missing on August 17th, 1994, while riding her pink bicycle to her friend’s house to play. Her body would be discovered six weeks later in a shallow grave only a few blocks away from her house, hidden amongst the brush. Witnesses reported seeing a man in the area carrying a large, heavy suitcase. The belief was this man had killed Mindy and transported her body to the woods in this suitcase. A suspect was identified...

Dana Laskowski: ‘Kill Someone + Get Away With It’

July 20, 2023 22:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MB

Dana Laskowski was a 36-year-old single mother of 9-year-old triplets. Despite having a massive amount of responsibility on her plate, she was the kind of person who always had her door open if you needed a bite to eat, a place to crash or just someone to talk to. This is why it was shocking to everyone who knew her, when she was discovered on her couch, twisted and contorted in a strange position, strangled to death. When you open your heart to everyone, you risk allowing some bad seeds i...

Andrew Gosden: A One Way Ticket to London

July 15, 2023 20:00 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MB

It has been 16 years since 14-year-old Andrew Gosden skipped school, withdrew all of his savings from his bank account and purchased a one-way train ticket to London - never to be heard from again. The quiet, introverted young man typically enjoyed staying at home playing on his Xbox, so this sudden trip to the city was completely out of character. Over the years there have been multiple reported sightings of Andrew, though none have been confirmed. And just last year, two unnamed men were ...

Michael Politte: Teen Killer or Wrongly Accused?

July 12, 2023 00:00 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MB

In December of 1998, 14-year-old Michael Politte was enjoying a sleepover at his home with one of his best friends. He was awoken in the middle of the night to a haze in his room and the smell of smoke. He woke his friend up so that they could go investigate what was happening. As they walked from his bedroom toward his mother’s room, they saw a glow emanating from underneath her door. When they opened it, they were horrified to find 40-year-old Rita, Michael’s mother, on fire from the waist ...

Jesse McFadden: The Sleepover From Hell

July 06, 2023 16:00 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MB

Teenage girls, 14-year-old Ivy Webster and 16-year-old Brittany Brewer had plans to go to a sleepover at the home of their best friend, 13-year-old Tiffany Guess. The two girls had gone to her home many times in the past and nothing seemed out of the ordinary on this occasion. However, when the girls did not return home the following morning and were unreachable by phone, a police search of the home they were staying at would reveal one of the most horrific crime scenes local officers had ev...

Blair Adams: A Bizarre Murder Far From Home

July 02, 2023 20:00 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MB

Blair Adams was a 31-year-old man from Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, who fully believed that someone was after him, following him, trying to kill him. His friends and family thought that the historically cheerful Blair must be suffering from some sort of mental illness, so they didn’t take what he was saying seriously. Until, July 5, 1996, when Blair decided to quit his job, empty his bank account and flee across the American border. While there, several witnesses reported seeing him ac...

The Bluebelle Murders: The Duperrault Family Tragedy

June 26, 2023 20:00 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MB

Back in 1961, an 11-year-old little girl by the name of Tere Jo Duperrault would be found floating in the middle of the ocean near the Bahamas on a small life raft. According to the story, she had been on a vacation aboard a sailboat, called the Bluebelle, with her mom, dad, siblings - and another family, when everything went wrong. With the boat quickly filling up with water and beginning to sink, Tere Jo barely managed to jump into a life raft at the last minute. She had been left to sur...

Nathan Carman: Murder by Sea

June 23, 2023 00:00 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MB

Money makes people do crazy things. But how many people could possibly be so money-hungry that they would kill their own grandfather and mother over a span of several years, in order to keep their bank account stocked? That is exactly what it is alleged Nathan Carman did. Nathan came from a very wealthy family and inherited half a million dollars after his grandfather was murdered, and shot to death in his own mansion. There was a suspicion that Nathan would be involved, though no one has eve...

Brandon Hole: Red Flags Ignored

June 17, 2023 15:00 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MB

Brandon Hole was a very troubled teenager from Indianapolis. His mother, Sheila, had spent basically her son’s whole life trying to get him help, while also trying to keep herself safe from his violent abuse. I’m talking about a ton of therapy that seemed to go nowhere, police intervention and even an investigation by the FBI. There were so many warning signs over the years that he was just one bad day away from completely exploding, and possibly inflicting mass violence on others. But in A...

Mekayla Bali: A Bizarre Disappearance Caught on Camera

June 12, 2023 03:00 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MB

It has been seven years since 16-year-old Mekayla Bali was last seen withdrawing all of the funds in her bank account and attempting to pawn off a ring, before completely disappearing from the Yorkton, Saskatchewan area. Mekayla was caught on CCTV footage doing several really bizarre things on the day she disappeared. April 12, 2016. She skipped school and told friends she was leaving for a vacation to Regina, the capital of Saskatchewan. Though it has never been proven, it is believed that...

Kathleen Folbigg: Australia's Worst Female Serial Killer or Grieving Mother?

June 06, 2023 21:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

Kathleen Kolbigg is either a grieving mother who tragically and unusually lost four of her babies - or she’s Australia’s worst female serial killer. It really depends on who you ask. Kathleen - who goes by Kathy - would lose four of her young children tragically between the years 1989 and 1999. Babies Caleb, Patrick, Sarah and Laura were between the ages of 19 days old and 19 months old when they died. Initially, it was believed that sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) was the cause of death ...

Mo Wilson & Kaitlin Armstrong: When Two Worlds Collide

June 01, 2023 00:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MB

Kaitlin Armstrong is an example of a woman who committed an unlikely murder. She would murder professional cyclist, Anna Moriah Wilson, who went by Moriah or “Mo”, after discovering her boyfriend, pro cyclist Colin Strickland, was continuing to see her behind her back. Her jealousy had been building over the last several months, with Kaitlin attempting to block any communication between her boyfriend and Mor. On this evening, May 11, 2022, she would follow the pair around as they enjoyed a ...

Kimberly Proctor: A Deadly Game of Instant Messaging

May 26, 2023 17:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MB

Kimberly was a beautiful 18-year-old young woman from Langford, British Columbia, who was taken from this world in one of the cruellest ways by two very troubled teenage boys from school. The things that they did to her - are incomprehensible, and it’s difficult to imagine a human being capable of such a thing, let alone two boys who were so young. Kim believed them to be her friends, but after agreeing to meet up, they would sexually assault her, kill her and set her body on fire in a wood...

Introducing: Brew Crime, Murder of Medgar Evers, Crimes of Mississippi

May 22, 2023 12:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MB

***While Nikki recovers from the big C, enjoy an episode from one of her favourite true crime friends, Brew Crime!*** Brew Crime now moves to Crimes of Mississippi. Part One covers the murder of Medgar Evers a hero of the civil rights movement by a KKK member. Beer Pairing for this episode is Camp Beer Co's River Monster Hazy IPA. Sources: https://www.newspapers.com/image/182507715/?terms=Byron%20De%20La%20Beckwith&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/255012499/?terms=Byron%20De%20La%...

Joshua Maddux: The Boy in the Chimney

May 10, 2023 00:00 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MB

The story of Joshua Maddux’s death is nothing short of bizarre. He is often referred to as “the boy in the chimney” due to the circumstances of his passing. 18-year-old Josh would go missing from his home in 2008 after saying he was going for a walk. Seven years would pass and there would be no sightings of Joshua and no real indication of what may have happened to him. Then, a horrific discovery would be made when the owner of a nearby cabin smelled something foul coming from his chimney. ...

Ryan Waller: Suspected Killer Turned Victim

May 03, 2023 01:00 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MB

On December 23, 2006, 18-year-old Ryan Waller was at home with his girlfriend Heather enjoying the Christmas holidays when there was a violent break-in. Two men entered their home and shot both Ryan and Heather. Sadly, Heather would die from her injuries however Ryan would be found miraculously still alive - though clearly very badly bruised. Instead of being taken to the hospital to be treated for what would turn out to be very serious injuries, the police brought him to the police station...

Lisa Marie Young: Missing After a Chilling Text for Help

April 27, 2023 20:00 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MB

The story of the disappearance of 21-year-old Lisa Marie Young, from Nanaimo, British Columbia, is particularly terrifying because it’s one that I think a lot of us young women can imagine happening to us or someone we know. Lisa was a bright, beautiful, independent Indigenous woman, with a family who loves and misses her every single day since she went missing in 2002. That warm summer night, Lisa had gone out to a club to celebrate a friend’s birthday. She was with a group that she truste...

Darren Kelly: Killed by Teenage "Vigilantes"

April 21, 2023 23:00 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MB

This is the story of the senseless murder of Darren Kelly, a 42-year-old father from South Essex, England. He would be accosted by a group of vigilante teenagers who believed he was there to meet up with an underaged girl. In fact, Darren had been chatting online with a 15-year-girl, who set up this sting operation after becoming obsessed with the idea of catching a predator. She recruited a group of boys to hide in the bushes before the meeting, waiting to attack Darren when he showed up. ...

Shay Groves: When a True Crime Obsession Goes Too Far

April 16, 2023 02:00 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MB

Tonight’s case begs the question - what happens when a true crime enthusiast becomes obsessed with the crimes and lives of some of the most disturbing, violent monsters in existence? Should we pay closer attention to what they’re doing - or is it totally innocent? What if their obsession led them to stray too far, becoming the very killer they admired from afar? This is the story of Shay Groves, a 23-year-old true crime-obsessed woman from the U.K., who viciously murdered her boyfriend while...

Edward Gingerich: The First Amish Man Convicted of Murder

April 11, 2023 22:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MB

Edward Gingerich was an Amish man from Rockdale Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, who was convicted of manslaughter in the 1993 death of his wife, Katie. There were very early warning signs that Edward was suffering from some kind of psychosis and could snap, however, his religion and life in the Amish community prevented him from getting any kind of real help. Instead, he was treated to different herbs and old wives tales that did nothing to prevent Edward from snapping, and killing h...

Rasheem Carter: A Death So Foul

April 07, 2023 01:00 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MB

Rasheem Carter was a young black man from Mississippi who went missing last year after reporting to the local police not once, but twice, that he was being targeted by white men in a pickup truck. His dismembered body would be found scattered across a wooded area on private property. Most shockingly, his skull had been severed cleanly in half. Right off the back, the assumption is that something evil and violent was done to Rasheem - but the police have continued to claim that no foul play ...

Christa Pike: The Youngest Woman on Death Row

April 02, 2023 02:00 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MB

Tonight we’re talking about Christa Pike, the youngest female to ever be sentenced to death in the U.S. A. when she was just 18 years old. The things that this young lady did are absolutely shocking and particularly heinous, which is why this was a death penalty case. Christa, who is now 46 years old, still sits on death row awaiting her execution date. However, along with her lawyer, she has continued to fight to have her death sentence commuted to life in prison. So far, she has been unsu...

Amy Allwine: A Dark Web Murder Plot

March 28, 2023 14:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MB

Amy Allwine was a loving mother, devoted wife and woman of faith. When she wasn’t spending time with her family or helping out at Church, she was running her dog training business. The idea that someone would want to kill Amy is almost unthinkable, but she would be put on high alert when the FBI would contact her to tell her that her name was mentioned as part of a hit. Someone - though they weren’t sure who - had tried to hire a professional hitman to take her life on the dark web. Just fi...

Marianne Bachmeier: A Mother's Revenge

March 23, 2023 19:00 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MB

A mother’s love is like no other. I cover a lot of different cases involving children, and while I have no idea what those mothers have gone through, I can imagine the absolute rage that they would have against the perpetrator. This is the story of Marianne Bachmeier, a mother who could no longer hold all of that anger. Her 7-year-old daughter Anna would be murdered by an absolute monster named Klaus Grabowski. When faced with the killer at trial, Marianne would open fire on him, striking h...

Nicholas Rossi: Lies, Sinister Crimes and a Fake Death

March 20, 2023 02:00 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MB

Nicholas Rossi aka Nicholas Alahverdian aka Arthur Knight and at least 13 different aliases, is an American man with a turbulent past. It seemed like he had two sides to him: one being an advocate for children who were victims of abuse and violence. The other is a liar, scammer and rapist. When his lies began to unfold, Nicholas decided to fake his own death. But when he would land in the hospital battling a severe case of Covid, everything would come to light - and Nicholas would be discov...

Trailer: Serial Napper, an International True Crime Podcast 2023

March 15, 2023 19:00 - 1 minute - 938 KB

Do you enjoy falling asleep listening to true crime podcasts? Then you‘ll love, Serial Napper! Serial Napper is an international true crime podcast hosted by Canadian Nikki Young. Each episode features a different true crime story, told succinctly the way it happened. Just the facts, ma‘am. My focus is on unsolved crimes that need more attention and supporting victims +their families. Let me guide you through some of the craziest true crime stories you‘ve never heard of. Support the show F...

Abby Choi: The Killing and Dismembering of a Hong Kong Socialite

March 14, 2023 19:00 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MB

Abby Choi was a stunning fashion model and beauty influencer from Hong Kong, boasting nearly 100,000 Instagram followers. Looking at the perfectly curated arrangement of photos featuring the fashion trendsetter at Paris Fashion Week and on the cover of Elle magazine, you’d think her life was happy and exciting. And while it typically was both of those things, it would all come crashing down in February of 2023, when parts of Abby would be found cooking on the stove of a three-storey apartme...

Colleen Stan: The Girl in the Box

March 09, 2023 03:00 - 25 minutes - 22.9 MB

Have you ever hitchhiked? I think it’s a lot less common nowadays now that stranger danger is a more well-known concept. Still - if it’s something you like to do to move around, you may re-think that after hearing the story of Colleen Stan. Also known as the Girl in the Box, Colleen’s traumatic abduction, which happened back in the 70s, is one of the most well-known missing person cases. Sources: https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-the-girl-n-the-box/cat-mcauliffe https://allthatsinteres...

Todd Kendhammer: Freak Accident or Murder?

March 03, 2023 21:00 - 25 minutes - 22.9 MB

Do you remember that infamous scene from the movie Final Destination with the logs in the back of the truck that become loose, fall off the truck bed, and kill the person in the car driving behind it? It’s horrific — the stuff that nightmares are made of. The story of Todd Kendhammer begins with a total freak accident that is far too similar. At first, the accident that killed his wife Barbara Kendhammer appeared to be a total fluke, however, when investigators took a closer look, not every...

Warriena Wright: A tragic tinder date and a controversial fall

February 27, 2023 01:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MB

26-year-old Warriena Wright decided to meet up with a Tinder date while she was staying on the Gold Coast in Australia for a wedding. Warriena’s date would turn out to be 28-year-old Gable Tostee, and by the end of the evening, one of them would stand accused of causing the other to fall off a 14-floor apartment balcony. The events that unfolded in the early hours of August 8th, 2014, almost sound too insane to be true, however, the audio of the entire thing was captured on a cell phone reco...

Warriena Wright: A Tragic Tinder Date and a Controversial Fall

February 27, 2023 01:00 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MB

26-year-old Warriena Wright decided to meet up with a Tinder date while she was staying on the Gold Coast in Australia for a wedding. Warriena’s date would turn out to be 28-year-old Gable Tostee, and by the end of the evening, one of them would stand accused of causing the other to fall off a 14-floor apartment balcony. The events that unfolded in the early hours of August 8th, 2014, almost sound too insane to be true, however, the audio of the entire thing was captured on a cell phone recor...

Opal Jennings: The Unsolved Abduction and Murder of a Texas Darling

February 22, 2023 00:00 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MB

This is the story of the abduction and murder of 6-year-old Opal Jennings, and since we are dealing with a child victim in our story please be aware that some of the information provided here will be very unsettling and disturbing. Opal’s story reminded me very much of the Amber Hagerman case that I covered a while back, although Amber’s killer has still to this day never been found. The victimology and the crime itself are very similar. Sources: https://libribook.com/ebook/18572/and-never-...

Andrea Knabel: She Used to Help Find Missing People…Until She Went Missing.

February 14, 2023 23:00 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MB

*This is a Patreon-exclusive from January 2022. Andrea Knable is still missing and her family continues to look for her* Andrea Knabel is a single mother of two, who worked as a private investigator as a member of Missing in America, a volunteer organization that devoted its time to finding missing adults and children. In a cruel twist of fate, Andrea herself would become a missing person. It has been two years since she seemingly vanished without a trace — are we any closer to finding the t...

Amber Hilberling: What Happened to the Woman Who Pushed Her Husband Out of a Window?

February 10, 2023 04:00 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MB

The case of Amber Hilberling is much different than any other I’ve covered on the show. It’s one that is both incredibly tragic and complicated. It will make you question the way that women are perceived by the media, treated in the court of the public and failed behind the walls of female prisons. The name Amber Hilberling first hit headlines when she was accused and convicted of murdering her air-force veteran husband, Josh Hilberling, by pushing him out of a high-rise window. Amber, who wa...

Holly Piirainen: New Evidence Released in 30 Year Old Unsolved Murder

February 04, 2023 04:01 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MB

This is the unsolved murder of 10-year-old Holly Piirainen, who would be abducted and murdered during a week-long summer vacation at her grandparent's home in Sturbridge, MA. In August of 1993, she was taken from the small rural community while she was waiting near a neighbour’s home to see the puppies she was promised. Only one of Holly's shoes would be found by the side of a road - but no sign of Holly. There would be a massive search launched to try and find the little girl - and 79 days ...

Daniel LaPlante: The Boy in the Walls Who Liked to Kill

January 28, 2023 04:26 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MB

This is another one of those true crime cases where if it played out on the big screen, you would think the storyline was far too wild to ever be true. Unfortunately, what 17-year-old Daniel LaPlante did to the pregnant mother of two, Priscilla Gustafson, was very real. It’s unimaginable that a young man at his age could do something so sickening, but Daniel wasn’t new to causing people terrible pain. He had worked his way up to a triple homicide by stalking a young woman, even going as far a...

Elnaz Hajtamiri: Abducted From Her Home by Fake Police Officers

January 20, 2023 04:32 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MB

It has been one year since 37-year-old Elnaz Hajtamiri was taken from a home in Wasaga Beach by three armed masked men who were dressed in police gear. She has not been seen or heard from since January 12, 2022, and the police are now offering a $100,000 reward for any information leading to finding Elnaz. Her abduction is made even more by the fact that less than a month prior to this incident, two men had attempted to pull Elnaz into their vehicle. She fought like hell and managed to escape...

Rogue Transmissions: Friday the 13th

January 13, 2023 15:30 - 1 hour - 49.2 MB

Samantha (MJ McAdams from Humble Hauntings and Octoberpod) and Calvin (J.T. from Brew Crime Podcast) are moving into their new, very haunted, home. All the items they find in the house still work without batteries or being plugged in. Throughout this journey, presented by Octoberpod, Calvin and Samantha will discover the terrifying secret of the 13th Hour. The revelations will shock you! It's Friday the 13th, the day when anything is possible.You are listening to Rogue Transmissions. Paige, o...

Nicole van den Hurk: A Heroic False Confession

January 13, 2023 12:07 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MB

We’ve been talking a lot lately about DNA evidence and how genealogy is breaking cold cases wide open these days. Tonight’s case is a great example of how it might be used to rule a specific suspect out. The story of the murder of Nicole van den Hurk is one that is both tragic and heroic. She was only 15 years old when she was murdered in 1995 in the Netherlands. Initially, the spotlight was put on her brother and her stepfather, who had been raising her since her mother had taken her own lif...

The Halifax Valentine’s Day Massacre Plot

January 10, 2023 03:35 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MB

Now that Christmas and New Year’s are out of the way, Valentine's Day is next on the list. Sometimes Valentine's Day means chocolate, teddy bears and roses - and sometimes it means a plot to massacre hundreds of innocent people at a Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, shopping mall. Lindsay Souvannarath would cross the border into Canada to meet up with her online boyfriend on Valentine's Day in 2015. Not for a romantic date, but to enact a plan they had been working on for the last few weeks to ki...

Marina Boelter: A Twisted New Year’s Eve Disappearance

January 03, 2023 02:36 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MB

For 18-year-old Marina Boelter, New Year's Eve of 2014 would be the last day she was seen. After clocking out at her shift at a local grocery store, she headed home to get ready for a new year's party. She was last seen getting into the vehicle of an unidentified man who was waiting for her at a gas station across from the store she worked at. While this is an unsolved case and Marina has never been seen again since this day, it is assumed by law enforcement that she is no longer with us. The...

Tommy Zeigler: A Christmas Eve Quadruple Murder. But Did He do it?

December 24, 2022 18:25 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MB

There would be a quadruple homicide on Christmas Eve in Winter Garden, Florida. A young woman, her parents and another individual would be found murdered in a local furniture store. The young woman’s husband, Tommy Zeigler, would be arrested and charged with all four murders and sentenced to death. However, as Tommy still sits behind bars today awaiting his execution date, many people believe he is an innocent man and this may be his very last chance at freedom and life. We’re going to dig in...

Coming Soon: F13 Rogue Transmissions (Trailer)

December 23, 2022 16:57 - 2 minutes - 1.43 MB

Friday the 13th is coming... and so is a new podcast you don't want to miss.  F13 Rogue Transmissions. Coming to the Serial Napper feed on January, 13th, 2023.  Support the show Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Twitter - https://twitter.com/serial_napper ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik Join the Serial Society true crime Faceb...

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