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Serial Napper | True Crime Stories for Naps

Serial Napper is the perfect true crime podcast for those who love a good nap and the most intriguing true crime stories. Hosted by Nikki Young, each episode offers a comprehensive and thoughtful deep dive into an unsolved mystery or lesser-known case, told succinctly and with all the key facts, just the way it happened. Let Nikki lead you through some of the most fascinating, chilling, and puzzling true crime stories you"ve never heard of, all while you drift off to sleep. Follow Nikki on social

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41:22

The St. Pius X High School Shooting: Robert Poulin's...

Serial Napper | True Crime Stories for Naps ·

2025/11/07

In October 1975, Ottawa was a picture of calm - polite, predictable, and almost boring in its safety. But that illusion shattered when 17-year-old Robert Poulin, a Catholic school student, carried out one of Canada’s first modern school shootings. Before walking into Saint Pius X High School with a sawed-off shotgun, he set fire to his own home, where firefighters would later discover the body of 17-year-old Kimberly Rabot, his friend and neighbour.In this episode, we dig into the hidden life of

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35:15

The Woods Remember: The Unsolved Murder of Holly...

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2025/11/03

In August of 1993, ten-year-old Holly Kristen Piirainen vanished while visiting her grandparents’ cottage in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. She’d walked just a few hundred yards down a dirt road to see a neighbour’s puppies...and never came back. Seventy-nine days later, hunters discovered her remains in the woods of nearby Brimfield. More than thirty years later, Holly’s killer has never been caught. In this episode, we retrace that summer day, the massive search that followed, and the decades of

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31:18

The Man Who Killed Halloween: The True Story of the...

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2025/10/31

It’s the urban legend every parent has whispered at least once: “Check your candy, you never know what could be inside.” But in 1974, that warning wasn’t just a myth. In Pasadena, Texas, eight-year-old Timothy O’Bryan was poisoned by a Pixy Stix laced with cyanide, handed to him by his own father.This is the horrifying true story of Ronald O’Bryan, the man the media dubbed The Candyman Killer. He wasn’t a stranger lurking in the shadows or a neighbour with bad intentions. He was a dad in financial

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65:42

[BONUS] Perplexing Halloween Stories ft. Perplexity A...

Serial Napper | True Crime Stories for Naps ·

2025/10/29

To ring in 150 EPISODES, Kaydra invites some friends to the show to read some of their favorite spooky stories from the internet. Happy Halloween! This episode was produced and edited by Kaydra Brannan, the host of Perplexity: A Mystery Podcast. https://www.perplexitymysterypodcast.com/ Show Notes: Perplexity: A Mystery Podcast https://www.perplexitymysterypodcast.com/ Story: https://www.reddit.com/r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix/comments/1dgll4w/my_wife_and_i_saw_our_5_year_old_daughter_but/ Believing

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41:15

The Gainesville Ripper: A Serial Nightmare in a...

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2025/10/24

In the summer of 1990, Gainesville, Florida, was a humid little college town buzzing with new school year jitters...until one week changed everything.Within days, five University of Florida students were brutally murdered in their homes. Doors were barricaded, classes cancelled, and the city descended into full-blown terror. The killer was methodical, staging his victims like something out of a horror film. And he was closer than anyone imagined. This is the story of Daniel Rolling, the man who

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28:55

Murder Under the Big Top: The Story of Lobster Boy

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2025/10/21

Tonight on Serial Napper, we’re stepping into the strange, tragic world of Grady Stiles Jr., better known as Lobster Boy, the carnival performer born with fused “claw-like” hands who turned his sideshow fame into a nightmare for everyone around him. From his childhood under the tent lights of the travelling freak show to his reign of terror at home, Grady’s story blurs the line between fascination and exploitation, between monster and victim. After years of abuse, drinking, and unchecked violence,

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37:17

The Napa Halloween Murders: Evil in Wine Country

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2025/10/17

Napa Valley, famous for its wine, rolling hills, and peaceful small-town charm, wasn’t the kind of place where doors stayed locked or nightmares felt real. But on Halloween night, 2004, that illusion shattered when two young women were brutally murdered in their own home.In this episode of Serial Napper, we’re diving into the chilling case of Adriane Insogna and Leslie Ann Mazzara, two roommates whose lives were cut short by someone hiding in plain sight. What began as a quiet evening handing out

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33:56

The Youngest Woman On Death Row: Christa Pike's...

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2025/10/14

This week on Serial Napper, we’re revisiting one of the most disturbing cases I’ve ever covered, the story of Christa Pike, the youngest woman ever sentenced to death in the United States.When I first released this episode a few years back, Christa was still sitting on death row with no date in sight. But now… that’s changed. In September 2025, the Tennessee Supreme Court officially scheduled her execution for September 30, 2026, marking what could be the first execution of a woman in the state in

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37:12

Don’t Look Behind the Mirror: Ruthie Mae McCoy’s Warning

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2025/10/10

In April 1987, 52-year-old Ruthie Mae McCoy called 911 from her Chicago apartment, panicked and out of breath. She told the dispatcher that someone was trying to break in...through her bathroom mirror.Police didn’t believe her. Two days later, she was found dead. This episode unpacks the real-life horror that inspired the Candyman legend, a murder born not of superstition, but of neglect, poverty, and systemic failure. Ruthie’s killers crawled through the hollow wall behind her medicine cabinet,

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29:24

Till Death Made Her Laugh: Giggling Grannie Nannie Doss

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2025/10/06

If you think your grandma’s weird, wait until you meet Nannie Doss. Known by a handful of delightfully horrifying nicknames...The Giggling Granny, The Lonely Hearts Killer, The Jolly Black Widow, Lady Blue Beard...Nannie Doss looked like the kind of grandmother who’d bake you cookies and tell you to eat seconds. Instead, she was slipping arsenic into sweet potato pie and serving it with a smile. Between 1920 and 1954, Nannie poisoned, smothered, and schemed her way through eleven victims,

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34:19

The Spirits Said Kill: The Ouija Board Murder of...

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2025/10/03

In 1930s Buffalo, New York, a grieving widow sat hunched over a Ouija board, desperate to hear from her dead husband. The planchette moved, spelling out a chilling message: “They killed me.” The spirit named a culprit, Clotilde Marchand, a petite Frenchwoman, mother of four, and the wife of a well-known sculptor.Days later, Clotilde opened her front door to an accusation of witchcraft…and never lived to close it again. Dubbed the “Ouija Board Murder,” this case shocked Buffalo’s art world, fueled

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39:07

Dead Men Tell No Tales: Chelsea Perkins Fatal Revenge

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2025/09/26

In tonight’s episode of Serial Napper, we’re diving into the twisted case of Chelsea Perkins—better known online as OnlyFans model Sabrina Savage. Chelsea claimed she was tired of being a victim, and in 2021, she tracked down the man she said raped her, 31-year-old musician and father of two, Matthew Dunmire. She lured him out under the guise of reconnecting, drove him into Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and shot him in the back of the head.But Chelsea wasn’t the only one fueled by revenge. As

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37:52

His Sister’s Secret: The Story of Charlie Brandt

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2025/09/19

On the surface, Charlie Brandt looked like a quiet, ordinary man who loved fishing, drinking, and his wife, Teri. But in 2004, when he murdered Teri and brutally killed his niece Michelle Jones before hanging himself, investigators uncovered a nightmare decades in the making.This episode dives into Charlie’s violent past, beginning at age 13 when he killed his mother—the secrets his family buried, and the trail of victims he likely left behind. From the confirmed murder of Sherry Perisho to cold

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31:29

The Devil in Bellaire: Nathan Brooks and the Murder...

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2025/09/15

In 1995, 17-year-old Nathan Brooks promised his classmates he’d be “famous by Saturday.” What no one realized was just how horrifyingly true that would become. On September 30th, in Bellaire, Ohio, Nathan murdered his parents in what he believed was a satanic ritual — shooting and decapitating his father, stabbing and bludgeoning his mother, and leaving behind a chilling hit list of names that included his own brother. The brutality of the crime shook the entire town, cancelling Halloween and

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31:34

She Lived Fiercely. He Took It Away: The Murder of...

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2025/09/12

Hope “Onyx” Cornish was just 18 years old when her life was stolen inside her Caldwell, Idaho home. Bold, stylish, and unapologetically herself, Onyx was queer, trans, and known for her kindness, empathy, and fierce individuality. She was thriving—sober for over a year, in a new relationship, working shifts at Wendy’s—when her adoptive father, Delbert Cornish, carried out a plan he admitted he had been thinking about for more than a year.On August 18, 2025, Delbert shot his daughter in the head,

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37:03

Angel-Faced Killer or Victim? The Case of Sarah Grace...

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2025/09/05

When 16-year-old Sarah Grace Patrick picked up the phone to call 911, she said she had just found her mother and stepfather brutally murdered in their Carroll County, Georgia home. Her 5-year-old sister made the gruesome discovery first, walking into their bedroom to see the unimaginable. But months later, investigators say Sarah wasn’t just a witness—she was the killer. Charged with two counts of murder and two counts of aggravated assault, Sarah now faces the rest of her life in prison. In this

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37:59

Murder in a Military Tent: The Case of LaVena Johnson

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2025/08/29

In July 2005, 19-year-old Army Private First Class LaVena Johnson was found dead on a U.S. base in Balad, Iraq. The Army ruled it a suicide. Her family has spent nearly two decades saying otherwise.From the very beginning, the official story didn’t add up. The gunshot wound was inconsistent with her M16 rifle. Her body showed burns, bruises, and evidence of sexual assault. Acid had been poured on her, gloves glued to her hands, and her body was discovered inside a burning contractor’s tent —

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35:43

The Disappearance of Bethany Markowski: Did She Ever...

Serial Napper | True Crime Stories for Naps ·

2025/08/22

On March 4, 2001, 11-year-old Bethany Markowski vanished during what was supposed to be a routine weekend visit with her father, Larry. He says she went into the Old Hickory Mall in Jackson, Tennessee, while he napped in the van. But there’s one big problem—security footage shows no sign she was ever there.In this episode, we’ll dig into Bethany’s life before she disappeared, the volatile custody battle between her parents, and the messy, conflicting timeline that day. We’ll talk about phone pings

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31:25

Gone in 150 Feet: The Mysterious Case of Garrett...

Serial Napper | True Crime Stories for Naps ·

2025/08/15

In August 2004, 12-year-old Boy Scout Garrett Bardsley vanished in Utah’s High Uintas Wilderness — just 150 feet from his campsite. He had been fishing with his father at Cuberant Lake when he stepped into cold water, soaking his shoes and socks. Garrett told his dad he was heading back to camp to change… but he never arrived.What followed was one of the largest search efforts in the state’s history — hundreds of searchers, helicopters, dogs, and thermal imaging — but no sign of Garrett was ever

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37:30

A System That Let a Predator Walk Free: The Murder of...

Serial Napper | True Crime Stories for Naps ·

2025/08/08

In December 1987, 12-year-old Trina Campbell stepped off her school bus in Brampton, Ontario—and vanished. She had survived a traumatic childhood, bounced through the foster system, and was just beginning to settle into a new group home. But the system that was supposed to protect her failed. Again.Months later, her butchered remains were found in a wooded area north of the city—dumped like garbage by a man who should have never been free.Douglas Worth was a known violent offender with a

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