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Nightwatch Files

Covering solved cases only, Nightwatch Files is a podcast that delves deep into some of the most intriguing, mysterious, and chilling true crime stories from around the world. With its meticulous research and straightforward storytelling with a single host, the show presents each case with precision and respect, avoiding unnecessary banter or speculation. Nightwatch Files allows the facts to take center stage, unraveling complex investigations, unsolved mysteries, and infamous crimes with clarity

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An Important Message You Don’t Want to Miss

Nightwatch Files ·

2026/09/13

Make sure you listen to this all the way through the end.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightwatch-files--6484889/support.📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nightwatchfiles/ⓕ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61573576827447&sk=about www.nightwatchfiles.comSUPPORT THE SHOW & LISTEN AD-FREEJoin our Patreon and unlock ad-free episodes directly in Apple Podcasts or Spotify after you connect your Patreon account. You can also join the

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#55: The Golden State Killer - How a Family Tree...

Nightwatch Files ·

2026/08/30

I’ll Be Gone In the Dark by Michelle McNamara (Audiobook) - https://amzn.to/46zMOteAcross 1970s California, families began awakening to flashlight beams, cut telephone lines and a masked intruder who appeared to know their routines before entering their homes. He bound couples, constructed alarms from stacked dishes and escaped through backyards, drainage canals and police perimeters without leaving an identity behind.In Northern California, authorities called him the East Area Rapist. Farther

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#54: A Small Newsletter and a Multimillion-Dollar...

Nightwatch Files ·

2026/08/23

For two decades, Ina and David Steiner reported on eBay, Amazon, and the changing world of online commerce through their independent publication, EcommerceBytes. Their work was often critical, but nothing prepared them for the anonymous message that appeared in August 2019 asking, “What’s your problem with eBay?”Within days, threatening messages were followed by unwanted subscriptions, disturbing deliveries, and strangers arriving at the couple’s home in Natick, Massachusetts. Whoever was

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#53: The Disappearance of Yingying Zhang

Nightwatch Files ·

2026/08/09

On June 9, 2017, 26-year-old Yingying Zhang was a visiting scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, building a new life thousands of miles from her home in China.That afternoon, Yingying left campus to meet with a landlord about an apartment. She never arrived.Surveillance footage captured her waiting beside a road. Moments later, a dark-colored Saturn Astra pulled up. Yingying approached the vehicle, spoke briefly with the driver, and got inside.It was the last confirmed sighting

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#52: Echoes in the Ice House - The Unlikely Lead That...

Nightwatch Files ·

2026/08/02

On the morning of April 6, 2005, Irene White was found murdered inside her home in Dundalk, Ireland.As investigators began examining Irene’s troubled marriage, a bitter dispute over a valuable property, and the threats she had reported in the months before her death, a far more disturbing picture began to emerge.What followed was a sprawling investigation that would stretch across more than a decade, uncovering allegations of manipulation, betrayal, and a carefully arranged murder that had remained

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#51: The Terry King Murder - How a Predator Turned a...

Nightwatch Files ·

2026/07/26

In 2001, 40-year-old Terry King was found brutally murdered inside his home in Cantonment, Florida. At first glance, investigators believed they were looking at a straightforward homicide. But as the investigation unfolded, it exposed a disturbing web of manipulation, child exploitation, and one of the most controversial prosecutions in modern Florida history.In this episode of Nightwatch Files, we examine the lives of Terry's sons, Alex and Derek King, and the influence of Ricky Chavis, a convicted

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#50: The Christine Jessop Case - How DNA Finally...

Nightwatch Files ·

2026/07/19

In October 1984, nine-year-old Christine Jessop vanished from her quiet Ontario neighborhood. Three months later, her body was discovered in a wooded area more than 50 kilometers away, launching one of the most controversial murder investigations in Canadian history.Decades later, a revolutionary breakthrough in forensic genetic genealogy would finally uncover the truth and force a nation to confront the cost of investigative tunnel vision.In this episode, we examine the murder of Christine Jessop,

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#49: The Rock Star Who Stole a Rembrandt From the...

Nightwatch Files ·

2026/06/21

In April 1975, a Rembrandt painting worth millions was stolen from Boston's Museum of Fine Arts in a daring daylight robbery.The man at the center of the theft was Myles Connor Jr.—a rock musician, master thief, prison escapee, and one of the most fascinating criminals in American history. Facing years behind bars, Connor hatched an unprecedented plan: steal a masterpiece and use it as a bargaining chip against the justice system itself.The result was one of the most remarkable art crimes ever

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#48: The Real Amityville Horror - The DeFeo Murders...

Nightwatch Files ·

2026/06/14

The Amityville Horror is one of the most famous paranormal stories ever told. Books, movies, television specials, and decades of media coverage have transformed a suburban house on Long Island into a global symbol of supernatural terror.But before the haunting claims, there was a real crime.In the early hours of November 13, 1974, six members of the DeFeo family were murdered inside their home at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York. The shocking killings made headlines across the country and

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99:40

#47: The Delphi Murders

Nightwatch Files ·

2026/05/24

On February 13, 2017, an unusually warm winter day provided a perfect backdrop for an impromptu hike, particularly since Delphi Community Middle School in Indiana had canceled classes that Monday to balance out unused snow days. The morning began leisurely for fourteen-year-old Liberty "Libby" German and her best friend, thirteen-year-old Abigail "Abby" Williams, who were recovering from a Sunday night sleepover at Libby's home. The evening prior, the girls had stayed up late eating pizza and garlic

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#46: The Want-Ad Killer

Nightwatch Files ·

2026/05/17

Kathy Miller was 15 years old and looking through the classified ads — not for herself, but for her boyfriend. She found a listing, made a phone call, and told her mother not to worry about it. Her mother had a bad feeling she couldn't shake. Kathy went anyway.What investigators uncovered in the weeks that followed would connect a want ad in a Seattle newspaper to a pattern stretching across multiple states — and to a man whose name they had actually encountered before. More than once. In very

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94:40

#45: How a Podcast Solved a 40-year Cold Case

Nightwatch Files ·

2026/04/26

In January 1982, a Sydney mother of two vanished without a trace. Lynette Dawson was thirty-three years old. She had two daughters under the age of five, a home in Bayview on Sydney's northern beaches, and by all accounts, a life she was deeply devoted to.Then one Saturday morning, she was gone.Her husband Chris — a former rugby league player turned schoolteacher — told family she had called from an unknown location to say she needed time away. Those who knew Lyn found the explanation impossible to

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#44: Behind the Vault Door - The Snowtown Barrel Murders

Nightwatch Files ·

2026/04/19

>> Content warning: this episode contains detailed descriptions of homicide, torture, hate crimes and the abuse of vulnerable individuals. Listener discretion is advised. <<In May 1999, police in a quiet South Australian town followed a routine missing persons lead to a disused bank building on the main street. What they found inside its vault would become the most disturbing crime scene in Australian history — and force investigators to confront a network of killings that had gone

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#43: Murder at Villa Madeira - The Scandalous Case of...

Nightwatch Files ·

2026/04/12

Passion, jealousy, betrayal, and a confession that only deepened the mystery.In the spring of 1935, a quiet seaside home in Bournemouth, England became the center of one of the most sensational murder cases of the twentieth century. Francis Rattenbury — the celebrated architect behind British Columbia's Parliament Buildings and Victoria's iconic Empress Hotel — was found slumped in his armchair, his skull shattered by a wooden mallet. He died four days later.His wife Alma didn't run. She didn't

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#42: The Doomsday Murders (Part 2/2)

Nightwatch Files ·

2026/03/30

On the morning of June 9, 2020, nearly 100 law enforcement officers descended on a quiet property in Salem, Idaho. Five cadaver dogs swept the yard. The FBI set up a mobile command center the size of a bus. And a man named Chad Daybell sat in his SUV in the driveway — and watched.What investigators found that day would bring a years-long nightmare into devastating focus and behind it all, a story of religious extremism, doomsday prophecy, and a marriage built on obsession and deceit.Become a

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#41: The Doomsday Murders (Part 1/2)

Nightwatch Files ·

2026/03/22

In the summer of 2019, a devoted father in Gilbert, Arizona begins to notice that something is deeply, disturbingly wrong with his wife. What starts as a slow drift toward fringe religious beliefs has quietly escalated into something far more alarming — and the people closest to her are only beginning to understand the extent of it.As her husband desperately searches for someone, anyone, who can help, a shadowy figure in Idaho is whispering in her ear, reshaping her reality, and making plans of his

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#40: 1122 King Road - The True Story Of The Idaho...

Nightwatch Files ·

2026/03/08

On the night of November 12th, 2022, four University of Idaho seniors went out into the small college town they called home — and never came back. By the following afternoon, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin had been stabbed to death in their beds, in a rental house just off campus, while two of their roommates slept undisturbed on the floor below.The killer left no weapon. No fingerprints. No witnesses. He was inside the house for approximately fifteen minutes, and

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93:21

#39: Silicon Valley’s Dark Mirror - The Death of a...

Nightwatch Files ·

2026/02/15

In the early hours of April 4, 2023, the visionary behind the modern mobile economy staggered down a desolate San Francisco street, clutching his chest and pleading with a 911 operator for his life. Bob Lee, the man known to the tech world as "Crazy Bob," had survived the cutthroat boardrooms of Google and Square, but he would not survive the 400 block of Main Street.This episode traces the ascent of a generational talent—from his roots in St. Louis and his legendary "Code Red" worm fix to the

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#38: The Privilege of Pain: From Mormon Mommy Vlogger...

Nightwatch Files ·

2026/02/08

A high-definition window into a life of absolute order was broadcast to millions, presenting a vision of modern parenting that many sought to emulate. This digital storefront sold a brand of intentional living where every movement was tracked and every child followed a clockwork routine. While the daily uploads showcased a picture of stability, the internal dynamics of the household were undergoing a cold transformation.The 6:30 a.m. rehearsals and rigid preparation cycles provided the foundation

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#37: City Under Siege - The Search for The Phoenix...

Nightwatch Files ·

2026/01/31

Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of violence against humans and animals.Between May 2005 and August 2006, Phoenix, Arizona lived in fear as two men in a silver Toyota Camry hunted victims at random. They killed eight people and countless animals in what they called "Random Recreational Violence"—shooting pedestrians, bicyclists, homeless men, dogs, and horses across the metropolitan area.The breakthrough came from an unlikely source: Detective Cliff Jewell, known as the "pet

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