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In a bizarre tale that captivated the sports world, a star linebacker at Notre Dame found himself entangled in an intricate web of deception and emotional manipulation. When Manti Te'o started talking to Lennay Kekua online, they quickly bonded over their Samoan culture, their faith, and their connection to football. Texts turned to phone calls, and Manti found himself falling for her. But then, in September of 2012, he got a call letting him know that Lennay had died of the leukemia she'd been ...

After an incredible investigation, private investigator Ken Brennan managed to discover how Inna Budnytska had left the hotel, and he had identified her attacker on camera. But he was still a long way away from discovering who the man was, and bringing him to justice. This podcast is sponsored by: BetterHelp Visit BetterHelp.com/CREEPERS today to get 10% off your first month. Hello Fresh Go to HelloFresh.com/creepers16 and use code creepers16 for 16 free meals, plus free shipping! Brilliant E...

Inna Budnytska was living temporarily in a Miami hotel when, on February 21, 2005, she was found dumped on the side of the road, viciously beaten, raped, and left for dead. The investigation into her attack quickly hit a dead end when no one could figure out how she left the hotel in the first place. She was seen on camera going up to her room, and then never seen on camera again. The case went cold, until Inna filed a lawsuit against the hotel, and the hotel hired private investigator Ken Brenn...

The Collin Street Bakery is a Corsicana, Texas institution. Running since 1896, they were world famous for their deluxe fruitcakes. But in 2014 it would become famous for a much different reason: fraud, when it was discovered that their accountant, Sandy Jenkins, had been embezzling from the bakery for almost a decade. Not only had he gotten away with it so long, but the amount of money he managed to steal from a bakery most well known for fruitcake would send shockwaves through the community. ...

It was July 27, 1981 and 6 year old Adam Walsh just wanted to play the Asteroids demo at Sears while his mother, Reve Walsh, shopped. But when Reve came back to collect Adam from the video game section of the store, he wasn't there. A massive search was launched, but it would be weeks before anyone would see any sign of Adam again. This podcast is sponsored by: BetterHelp Visit BetterHelp.com/CREEPERS today to get 10% off your first month. Hello Fresh Go to HelloFresh.com/creepers16 and use co...

It was a tragic day when John Darwin's red kayak, The Orca, was found battered to bits weeks after he had taken it out, never to be seen again. His wife and two adult sons mourned his death, and tried to move on without him in their lives. Until 5 years later, when John Darwin appeared at a police station claiming to have amnesia, and saying that he thought he was a missing person. This podcast is sponsored by: BetterHelp Visit BetterHelp.com/CREEPERS today to get 10% off your first month. Hel...

It's Kristin's birthday, so what better way to spend it than finally finishing her non-consecutive series on the Women of Clear Lake who snapped? This week, we are talking about the murder of David Harris. David was a successful dentist in the Clear Lake area of Houston. His marriage with his wife, Clara, had been deteriorating after he confessed to her that he'd been having an affair with his receptionist, Gail Bridges. He promised to break things off with Gail, but said he wanted to take her t...

What happens when a medical school needs cadavers to dissect, but they lack a supply of bodies? In the early 19th century in Edinburgh, Scotland, this was the issue plaguing doctors and anatomists who wanted to study the human body. Gravedigging became a popular and lucrative way to close the gap in the market, but it wasn't foolproof on account of having to wait for a person to die to sell their bodies. William Burke and William Hare decided the best way to get rich quick was to speed up the pr...

In 2015, Miche Solomon was just a typical 17 year old whose biggest concern was what she would wear to the upcoming end of year ball. That is until January of that year, when Miche started getting flooded by people telling her how much a new 8th grader at the school looked exactly like her. The new girl's name was Cassidy Nurse, and Miche had to see for herself. She was shocked when she met Cassidy - the resemblance was uncanny - but the girls just thought it was a funny coincidence and quickly ...

It was May of 2015 when a neighbor of Marty Duram's found his body on the floor of his bedroom, lying in a pool of blood. He had been shot 5 times in the chest, back, and arm. It looked like the house had been tossed, so police were thinking a possible robbery gone wrong, but they couldn’t seem to find anything that had been taken, and there were no signs of forced entry. It was a piece to a puzzle that would take months to solve, with the help of some very unusual witnesses. Learn more about y...

We're flipping tables AND roles over here for this one! That's right, Mogab's telling the story this time! For this episode, Mogab tells Kristin about the murder of Marion Miley in 1941. 27 year old Marion was an amateur golfer, busy winning championships and awards as a woman in a very male dominated sport (and time period) when she and her mother, Elsa, were brutally murdered at the country club they lived in in Lexington, Kentucky. This whodunnit had Kristin on the edge of her seat! Originall...

It was April of 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts when police were called to the Marriott at Copley Place after guests on the 20th floor had called to report a woman lying motionless in the doorway to her room. The woman was 25 year old Julisa Brisman, and she was pronounced dead soon after arriving at the hospital. Investigators find out that around the time of her murder, Julisa had made an appointment with a man over Craigslist for a massage. Then, over the course of that week, investigators disc...

If you were a teenage girl in the 90s and early 2000s, chances are Lou Pearlman had a significant impact on your life. He was the mastermind behind the boy band craze of that time period, including the person who put together both NSYNC and The Backstreet Boys. But what you may not know was that Lou Pearlman spent his entire life conning every person he ever came into contact with, including the bands. This episode is sponsored by: Better Help If you want to live a more empowered life, therapy...

Part 2 of the Rafay Family Murders. Part 1 ended with Sebastian and Atif unknowingly under surveillance in Canada. The Canadian Royal Mounted Police realized they had one choice if they were going to get Sebastian and Atif for the murders of Sultana, Tariq, and Basma Rafay: a police tactic so controversial it's outlawed in both the UK and the US: the Mr. Big Technique. This episode is sponsored by: Better Help If you want to live a more empowered life, therapy can get you there. Visit BetterHe...

It was July 13, 1993. Just after 2 AM, a call came into 911 from a residence in the Somerset area of Bellevue, Washington asking for an ambulance. The caller said there'd been some type of break in, and that he thought his friend's parents were dead. The caller was 19 year old Sebastian Burns, and the friend he mentioned was 18 year old Atif Rafay. They’d been best friends since high school, and he and Sebastian were visiting his parents in Bellevue during the summer break. They’d been there for...

It was two days before Christmas, 2015, when tragedy struck the Dabate house. Police were called to the scene to find 39 year old Rick Dabate lying on the floor in the kitchen, zip tied to a folding chair, surrounded by blood smears but alive. His wife Connie wasn't so lucky. Her body was found in the basement, killed by two gunshot wounds. Rick was able to tell police that this had all been the work of a masked intruder. He hadn't been able to get a good look at the intruder's face, and the onl...

December 30, 1884 was the beginning of a nightmare in Austin, Texas when 25 year old Mollie Smith was murdered in the middle of the night, in her bed by an unknown intruder. Over the next 12 months, there would be 7 more murders almost exactly like it. All in the middle of the night, all shockingly violent. This was completely unprecedented, and quite possibly the first serial killer in the United States. This episode is sponsored by: Better Help If you want to live a more empowered life, ther...

Sandra Boss was figuratively and literally a Boss. She had an undergraduate degree from Stanford, an MBA from Harvard, and now worked as an executive in New York City making $2 million dollars a year. She was respected. She was brilliant. And she was in love. Lucky for her, that love just so happened to be with a Clark Rockefeller, yes of those Rockefellers: one of the most iconic names in American history. So what if he didn't have a penny to his name? So what if he didn't have any form of ide...

Halee Rathgeber was a 20 year old student studying to be a nurse at the University of Southern Indiana when she was found murdered in the parking lot of a soccer field. She'd been shot in the back of the head, seemingly by someone she knew. Two suspects emerged: one a convicted rapist who might have known that Halee had information that could put him in prison for a long time. The other suspect was one of her best friends who just didn't seem like the type of person capable of something like thi...

In 2016, Craig and Laura Rideout were in the midst of a nasty divorce. Their marriage had spanned 21 years and 7 children, 5 of which were either out of the house or had chosen to live with Laura. The problems escalated when Laura decided to move out of state with her boyfriend, and wanted to take the two youngest with them. Craig would not allow her to take the kids. And then, just days before this move was to take place, Craig Rideout was murdered. Sponsors: Better Help If you want to live a ...

The morning of September 1, 2015, Lt. Joe Gliniewicz was found dead in wooded area in Fox Lake, Illinois. Just minutes before his body was found, he'd called dispatch to let them know he was pursuing a small group of suspicious people into the woods. Police searched relentlessly for his suspected killers, but no one was prepared for what they would find. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The morning of September 1, 2015, Lt. Joe Gliniewicz was found dead in wooded area in Fox Lake, Illinois. Just minutes before his body was found, he'd called dispatch to let them know he was pursuing a small group of suspicious people into the woods. Police searched relentlessly for his suspected killers, but no one was prepared for what they would find. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2017, David Josiah Lawson was a student at Humbolt State University with big plans for his future. He was the first in his family to go to college, and was majoring in Criminal Justice with plans to become a lawyer and later enter politics. But before the end of his sophomore year at Humbolt, Josiah Lawson was murdered. He'd been at a party with his girlfriend and some friends, when a fight broke out. At the end of it, Josiah had been fatally stabbed. Everyone knew who he'd been fighting, and...

It was November 2, 2016 when 34 year old married mother of two, Sherri Papini, disappeared. Her husband Keith arrived home to find her missing, and the only trace of her was her cell phone lying in the ground about a mile away from their house with her headphones and several of her blond hairs lying on top. It appeared from the start that foul play must be involved with Sherri's disappearance, but it would soon come to light that nothing was as it seemed in this case. Sponsored by: BetterHelp! ...