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Serial Napper | True Crime for the Chronically Tired
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Serial Napper is true crime for the chronically tired. Hosted by Canadian podcaster Nikki Young, Serial Napper tells the stories of real crimes, disappearances and mysteries from around the world, with a focus on the people at the centre of them and the details that too often get lost along the way. Each episode digs into the full story: who these people were before they became names in headlines, what actually happened, how investigators pieced the case together, what unfolded inside the courtroom, and, when answers are still missing, the questions that remain. Nikki tells each story the way she'd tell it to you if you were sitting across the table from her: conversational, curious, occasionally sassy and with a little dark humour when the moment allows for it. The victims are always treated with respect. The absurd behaviour surrounding some of these cases? Considerably less so. Some episodes cover cases you've probably heard of, but go
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Cinderella: Sophie Lionnet | The Nanny Trapped Inside a Deadly Delusion
When 20-year-old Sophie Lionnet left France for London, she hoped working as an au pair would give her a little independence, help her improve her English, and allow her to build a future working with children. Instead, she found herself inside a home increasingly consumed by suspicion. Sophie's...
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Snow White: Alexandra Pesic | And Her Wicked Mother-in-Law
Alexandra Pesic knew something was wrong. The former beauty queen and young mother had begun noticing a white car appearing around her. Then a disturbing package arrived in the mail: a true-crime book about a woman who had reported years of stalking and terror before her mysterious death. Certain...
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Beauty and the Beast: The Girl in the Box | Colleen Stan
In May of 1977, 20-year-old Colleen Stan was hitchhiking through California when a young couple stopped to offer her a ride. With a woman and a baby inside the vehicle, Colleen believed she had found a safe way to finish her journey. She was wrong. For the next seven years, Colleen would live…
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Goldilocks: The Boy Behind the Wall | Daniel LaPlante
This October, Serial Napper is opening the storybook for another season of Serial Nightmare. This year, we're taking familiar fairy tales and looking at the very real cases that echo their darkest themes. We begin with Goldilocks. In 1986, the Bowen family began noticing strange things inside…
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Inside the Disturbing World of the “Vampire King of Fresno”
On March 12, 2004, two women arrived at a converted commercial building in Fresno, California, with one goal: they wanted their children back. Inside was their extended family, led by 57-year-old Marcus Wesson. What began as a tense family dispute soon turned into something much darker. Because...
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He Woke Up to His Mother on Fire: The Michael Politte Case
Fourteen-year-old Michael Politte woke to smoke filling his bedroom. His friend Josh was asleep on the floor nearby, and an orange glow was coming from underneath his mother's bedroom door. When Michael opened that door, he found his mother, 40-year-old Rita Politte, lying on the floor with her...
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He Told Police He’d Been Stabbed. Then They Handcuffed Him: Henry Nowak Was Dying
Eighteen-year-old Henry Nowak had only recently started his first semester at the University of Southampton. He was studying accounting and finance, playing football, making new friends and building a life away from home for the first time. On the night of December 3rd, 2025, Henry went out with...
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We’re Here for the Party: Yoshihiro Hattori's First American Halloween
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....
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The Story Behind the Interrogation: What Happened to Ryan Waller & Heather Quan?
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…
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The Deleted Emails: The Sharon Lopatka Story
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…
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What Happened on the 25th Floor?: The Tragic Stories of Josh and Amber Hilberling
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...
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The Lie That Became a Death Sentence: The Murder of Darren Kelly
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...
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A Trail of Tragedy: Stacey Castor and The Deaths Around Her
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...
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The Bathtub Sisters: The Murder of Linda Andersen
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...
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The Cheerleader’s Secret: Laken Snelling's Story
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...
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The Child Star Who Vanished: What Happened to Joe Pichler?
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...
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The Murder of Dan Markel, Part Two: The Conspiracy Unravels
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...
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The Murder of Dan Markel, Part One: The Hit
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...
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[BONUS] What Happened to Liam Tomen? - Chat w/ True Crimecast
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,...
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Nothing Ever Happens Here: Jennifer Teague's Last Walk Home
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...
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The OnlyFans Murder Case: Courtney Clenney's Self-Defence Claim
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…
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Four Women at the Bottom of the Locks: The Shafia Family Murders
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...
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The Mother Texas Almost Executed: Is Melissa Lucio Innocent?
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....
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The Tinder Revenge Killing: Liam Smith's Murder
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…
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Seven Days Then Silence: The Story of Frauke Liebs
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...
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Behind the LilithIsTruth Emails: The Michelle Hadley Story
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...
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The Last Walk Home: The Mysterious Disappearance of Steven Clark
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…
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The Uncle Who Never Existed: What Happened to Bianca Lebron?
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...
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Judge, Jury, Executioner: The Bobby Kent "Bully" Case
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…
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You Can Fake Your Death... But Not Forever: The Nicholas Rossi Story
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...
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Come Get Me... They Won't Let Me Leave: The Disappearance of Lisa Marie Young
On the morning of June 30, 2002, 21-year-old Lisa Marie Young vanished without a trace after accepting a ride from a man she'd only met hours earlier. She was supposed to be heading to Subway for something to eat after a night out celebrating a friend's birthday. Instead, she ended up at another...
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The Missing Hour: Who Was Mekayla Bali Waiting For?
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…
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The Child Nobody Was Looking For: Where is Harmony Montgomery?
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...
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Rogue Transmission 4: DungeonPunk | Part 2
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...
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The Missing Boy Who Didn't Want to Be Found: Alex Batty's Kidnapping
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...
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Wake Up, Mummy: Rachel Nickell and the Killer Police Missed
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...
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The Due Date: Taylor Parker and the Baby That Never Was
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.…
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Rogue Transmission 4: DungeonPunk | Part 1
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...
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The Mr. Big Confession: What Happened to Jennifer Hillier-Penney?
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...
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A Voice in the Dark: The Murder of Amber Tuccaro
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...
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The Stockdale Family Murders: What Happened After Wife Swap
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...
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The Baby in the Crib: The Eastburn Murders
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...
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The Wife, The Mistress, and the Murders: Betty Broderick Case
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...
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The Psychic Who Found Melanie Uribe: Etta Smith's Vision
Melanie Uribe was just trying to get to work. On December 15th, 1980, the 31-year-old nurse and single mother vanished on her way to a night shift in California. Hours later, her burned truck was discovered abandoned on a dead-end road. Witnesses reported hearing screams and seeing men force…
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The Men at the Door: The Disappearance of Elnaz Hajtamiri
37-year-old Elnaz Hajtamiri knew she was in danger. Weeks before she vanished, she survived a violent attack in the underground parking garage of her Richmond Hill condo after two masked men allegedly tried to kidnap her. She was beaten with a frying pan so severely that she required roughly 40...
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What Came Up Through the Pipes: The Killings of Rori Hache & Kandis Fitzpatrick
An apartment building in Oshawa had a clogged drain. By the end of the day, police would uncover one of Canada’s most horrifying murder investigations. When plumbers pulled a strange pink, flesh-like substance from the pipes of a basement apartment in December 2017, they immediately called…
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The Girl in the Bed: Searching for Paulette Gebara Farah
On March 22, 2010, four-year-old Paulette Gebara Farah was reported missing from her family’s luxury apartment in Mexico City. There were no signs of forced entry. No ransom demands. No witnesses. And this wasn’t a child who could easily wander off. What followed was a massive media frenzy. Her...
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Six Minutes on the Bay Bridge: The Unsolved Disappearance of Toni Clark
Just before midnight in March 1990, Toni Clark was driving home across the Bay Bridge when her car stalled. Minutes later, another vehicle crashed into it. Police arrived within six minutes. Toni was gone. No one saw her go over the bridge. No evidence proved she entered the water. And a week...
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He Was Given a Second Chance…Then Killed His Family Again: The Gregory Green Case
In 1991, Gregory Green brutally murdered his pregnant wife, stabbing her to death inside their home while her children hid nearby. Despite the severity of the crime, he was sentenced to 15–25 years and was eventually released on parole after serving 16 years. He appeared to rebuild his life. He...
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The Last Six Minutes: The Mackenzie Shirilla Case
Three teenagers left a house in the early morning hours of July 31, 2022. Six minutes later, two were dead and one would be convicted of murder. In Strongsville, Ohio, a car driven by 17-year-old Mackenzie Shirilla slammed into a brick building at nearly 100 miles per hour, killing her boyfriend...
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Serial Napper is true crime for the chronically tired.
Hosted by Canadian podcaster Nikki Young, Serial Napper tells the stories of real crimes, disappearances and mysteries from around the world, with a focus on the people at the centre of them and the details that too often get lost along the way.
Each episode digs into the full story: who these people were before they became names in headlines, what actually happened, how investigators pieced the case together, what unfolded inside the courtroom, and, when answers are still missing, the questions that remain.
Nikki tells each story the way she'd tell it to you if you were sitting across the table from her: conversational, curious, occasionally sassy and with a little dark humour when the moment allows for it. The victims are always treated with respect. The absurd behaviour surrounding some of these cases? Considerably less so.
Some episodes cover cases you've probably heard of, but go
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