Campus Killings

Episode 86 Halloween Special: Ryan Buell & the Paranormal Research Society 

In 2001, Penn State journalism major Ryan Buell started a paranormal club on campus. While he only had 3 people show up to the first meeting, after assisting in a missing person's case and performing an exorcism, his "Paranormal Research Society" garnered the attention of several major TV stations, and by 2007, he became the host of A&E's docu-drama "Paranormal State." Over the next five years, millions of viewers watched Ryan and his team investigate paranormal phenomena and perform exorcisms on national television. But Ryan's own demons caught up with h...

Episode 85 Trent DiGiuro

University of Kentucky's star football player, Trent DiGiuro, was celebrating his 21st birthday on July 17, 1994. As he and friends sat on their porch, sharing a beer, Trent was suddenly shot in the head and died instantly. No one saw where the shot came from, and there was no evidence at the scene. Trent had no enemies that anyone knew about, and had never been involved in gang or criminal activity. Without leads, his case went cold quickly, but a tip almost a decade later would reveal Trent did have an enemy…one with a ve...

Episode 84 Kendrick Johnson Minisode

In the winter of 2013, 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson was found dead inside a rolled up gym mat at Lowndes High School, in Valdosta, Georgia. The police investigation concluded he'd climbed into the middle of it and accidentally suffocated to death when he couldn't get back out. But his parents believed fellow classmates had murdered him and used their father's government position to cover it up. But a federal inquest and a local reopened investigation both concluded Kendrick's death was accidental. The Johnsons don't believe it, and through sit-ins, protests, interviews, and documentaries, the Johnson...

Episode 83 Elizabeth 'Lizzi' Marriott

In 2012, University of New Hampshire sophomore, Lizzi Marriott, went missing after visiting a new friend she'd met at work for a video game hangout. The massive subsequent search to bring Lizzi home came up empty. But evidence and a surprise confession uncovered an insidious relationship, a murder, and a coverup. But without Lizzi's body to autopsy, it was the prosecution's word against the defense, and Lizzi's parents feared they would be denied justice for their daughter's death.

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Episode 82 Campus Lounge: Campus Carry Policies

In our first edition of Campus Lounge discussions, Megan sits down with one of our listeners: Melissa, and they discuss campus carry policies and laws, and how they are perceived, and affect everyone on campuses. 

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Episode 81 Katy Benoit

University of Idaho graduate student, Katy Benoit, reported her professor for sexual harassment following the dissolution of their consensual relationship. She told school officials he'd threatened her with a gun on multiple occasions. On the very same evening the university informed her that her abuser resigned, Katy was shot to death on her front porch.  

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Episode 80 Brian Shaffer Minisode

27-year-old Brian Shaffer was attending the Ohio State University College of Medicine in 2006. He had a seemingly bright future ahead of him, but after bar hopping with a friend on the night of March 31st, 2006, he went through the front doors of the Ugly Tuna Saloona, and was never seen again.

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Introducing The Consult: Real FBI Profilers — The Tylenol Murders  

In the fall of 1982, seven people in the Chicago area died after taking Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules that had been deliberately laced with cyanide. The poisonings triggered a nationwide panic, an enormous investigation, and changes to product packaging that are still with us today. More than four decades later, no one has ever been charged with the murders.

In this episode of The Consult: Real FBI Profilers, retired FBI profiler Julia Cowley is joined by her former FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit colleagues Angela Sercer, Susan Kossler Drew, and...

Episode 79 Haley Anderson

When Binghamton University student, Haley Anderson, stopped answering her friends' texts, they knew something was very wrong. A subsequent search revealed Haley was dead in a mutual friend's apartment. But this friend was nowhere to be found. An investigation would reveal a murder, a runaway to Nicaragua, and justice that would span two continents. 

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Introducing DNA ID Episode 205 The case of Eileen Zarlenga

Single mom Eileen Zarlenga disappeared from her home on a cold night in March 1988, taking her coat, boots and purse, but leaving behind her three year old daughter.  Eileen remained missing for 4 days, and when she was found, it was not good news.  The question of who stabbed the young mother over and over and left her body in a remote patch of woods in Mahoning County, OH would haunt generations of investigators.  When DNA was detected on sexual assault kit swabs, it did not get investigators any clo...

Introducing THE FIRST 48, a new A&E and Crime House podcast!

For homicide detectives, their chance of solving a murder is cut in half if they don't get a lead within the first 48 hours.

Adapted from the hit A&E true crime series The First 48, Crime House Studios brings you the podcast that drops you inside that critical window: the interrogations, the dead ends, and the breakthroughs that crack a case wide open. Each week, we revisit a landmark investigation from the franchise, pairing its signature investigative depth with immersive, long-form storytelling built for your...

Introducing Morbidology and the case of the 2022 Raleigh Shootings

On the evening of 13th October 2022, in the Hedingham neighbourhood of northeast Raleigh, North
Carolina, residents heard shots. Those who stepped outside saw a figure moving through the quiet
suburban streets - dressed head to toe in camouflage, carrying a long gun, walking with slow and
deliberate purpose through a neighbourhood he had known his entire life.
Nobody who saw him that evening could have known what he had already done.

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Episode 78 The Kent State Shootings Part 2

We conclude season 4 of Campus Killings with part 2 of our deep dive into the infaamous Kent State shootings. If you have not yet listened to part 1 yet, please stop now and go back and listen to that part first. 

In this episode we break down the details of May 4, 1970, when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on protesting students at Kent State University. But what caused the Guard to shoot remains buried beneath shifting memories and a justice system at war with itself.

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Episode 77 The Kent State Shootings Part 1

We wrap up season four of Campus Killings with a 2-parter exploring one of America's darkest and most infamous campus cases; the Kent State shootings. The Kent State Shootings in 1970 have become an infamous case in American history. But while many may know that the National Guard killed students on Kent's campus, there is so much more to the story.  In part 1, we examine the environment and factors that setup the tragedy that would unfold on the Kent State campus on May 4, 1970. Be sure to join us in two weeks as w...

Episode 76 Alexa Cannon

When police responded to a 911 call from one of Radford University's off-campus housing units, they did not expect to be met at the door by a woman covered in blood and pleading to be arrested for murder. 

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Episode 75 Sam Martinez

Washington State University freshman, Sam Martinez, died of acute alcohol poisoning after a fraternity pledge ritual. While the university initially stated they had no culpability in Sam's death, his family would take their case all the way to the Washington Supreme Court….and win. 

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Episode 74 Melissa Herstrum

 When 19-year-old University of Toledo student, Melissa Herstrum was found frozen solid to the ground in the Science building's parking lot in 1992, it would only take days for law enforcement to realize the perpetrator was one of their own.

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Episode 73 Jasper Howard & Jafar Karzoun

Between 2009 and 2010 two students were killed by campus visitors at the University of Connecticut. Between an unsecured dance and a campus tradition that had gotten out of control, Jasper Howard and Jafar Karzoun tragically lost their lives in avoidable circumstances. Their deaths forced the University to contend with its safety issues and take steps towards policy changes. 

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Episode 72 Kelsey Annese and Matthew Hutchinson

In the cold winter of 2016, no one on the quiet, bucolic campus of SUNY Geneseo could have imagined that an innocent breakup would lead to a double murder/suicide. 

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Episode 71 Mia Henderson 

When University of Arizona police were called to the Graham-Greenlee dorm on the morning of September 5th, 2007, they found two injured freshmen and a dorm room full of blood. Mia Henderson died at the hospital, and her wounds clearly showed she'd been murdered. When the survivor, Galareka Harrison, was questioned, they soon realized she was not a second victim. She was the killer. 

Check out the Wildcat Crime podcast mentioned in this episode. 

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Episode 71 Alan Beaman Part 2 of 2

This is part 2 of the Alan Beaman case. If you have not listened to part 1 yet, please stop now and go back and listen to that part first.

In 1995, Illinois Wesleyan University senior, Alan Beaman, was facing a trial for the first degree murder of his ex-girlfriend, Jennifer Lockmiller. But Alan maintained his innocence, assuming that the American justice system would prevail. But, it didn't, and Alan faced a long incarceration for a crime he adamantly denied doing. It would take him over twenty years to clear his name

Episode 70 Alan Beaman Part 1 of 2

When 22 year old Jennifer Lockmiller was found murdered in her off-campus apartment outside Illinois State University, her ex-boyfriend, Alan Beaman, from Illinois Wesleyan seemed like the perfect suspect. But over 30 years later, her case remains unsolved and Alan Beaman has faced incarceration, appellate courts, and, finally, exoneration for a crime he never committed.

The Alan Beaman court docs mentioned in this episode can be found here. 

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Episode 69 Arlis Perry

On an October night in 1974, recently married Arlis Perry went to Stanford University's Memorial church to pray after an argument with her husband. The next morning, her body was found lying in front of the altar in a truly disturbing, and shocking scene. News of her murder spread quickly across campus, and investigators were tasked with finding the cold blooded killer who murdered Arlis. It would take decades, but they would finally find out who was responsible. 

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Introducing: Below the Surface from AbJack Entertainment 

Below the Surface is a true crime podcast covering a variety of strange and bizarre cases with one common theme; a water connection. 

The show features both solved and unsolved cases, some of which are well known, while others have received little attention.

In this special preview of episode 1, we explore the puzzling case of Kim Wall who was Best known for her articles in the Guardian, New York Times, and Vice, journalist. She disappeared in a submarine beneath the Oresund Strait after interviewing inventor, Peter Ma...

Episode 68 Virginia Olsen

On a brisk spring day in April of 1973, University of North Carolina-Asheville drama major, Virginia Olsen, was found brutally murdered in the University's botanical gardens. Though her homicide was rigorously investigated, only rumors surround her story now, and her case remains unsolved over fifty years later.

Check out the book about Virginia's case mentioned in this episode: 'A Murder on Campus' 

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Episode 67 Tucker Hipps

Clemson University sophomore, Tucker Hipps, pledged to Sigma Phi Epsilon and joined their pledge run on Sept 22nd, 2014. He never returned, and his body was later found floating in Hartwell Lake under the I-93 bridge. Twenty-nine SigEp members were with Tucker on the run, but none of them came forward to explain how he died. Over a decade later, what happened to Tucker is still a mystery, and his parents have spent the last 10 years fighting for justice.

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Episode 66 Taylor Samson

Dalhousie University physics student, Taylor Samson, left his apartment right before school began in 2015. He told his girlfriend he'd be right back, but he never returned. A missing persons report soon turned into a murder investigation that would haunt Halifax, Nova Scotia for the next decade.

Please consider donating to the Taylor Samson Memorial scholarship through GoFundMe. 

Check out the book, First Degree: From Med School to Murder by Kayla Hounsell. 

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Episode 65 Sarah Papenheim

Minnesota native, Sarah Papenheim decided to study abroad at Erasmus University of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. She picked a roommate who shared her love of music. She had no idea how dangerous he was until he killed her in 2018. 

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Episode 64 Maggie Wardle

The small, insular culture of Kalamazoo College often led to short, fiery relationships between co-eds that heated up and fizzled quickly. But in October of 1999, one fizzled relationship between sophomores Maggie Wardle and Neenef Odoh would reignite into a deadly end.

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Episode 63 Scout Schultz

Scout Schultz was in their last year at Georgia Tech. The president of the campus' Pride Alliance who was so far ahead in their academics they were set to graduate a semester early seemed to be on top of the world. But Scout's mental health was in a dark place that led to their death at the hands of police. Their story would uncover the long ignored mental health crisis of LGBTQ+ college students and its deadly effects.

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Episode 62 Michigan State University Mass Shooting

A gunman entered the Michigan State University campus on a cold February night in 2023 and opened fire. But what his motives may have been have never been clear.  

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Episode 61 Sis Linn

When Glenville State University alumni Sis Linn is murdered in her own home, her case goes quickly cold. Over one hundred years later, students and faculty still speculate about who killed her and what their motive was.

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Episode 60 Hannah Graham

Campus Killings is back with an all new season! In this episode, we explore the 2014 disappearance and murder of Hannah Graham; an 18 year old student at University of Virginia. She vanished on September 13 of that year. A large scale search for her was conducted, which to this day, is still the largest missing persons search conducted in the state of VA. Unfortunately, nothing was found. Then, five weeks after she vanished, her body was found on an abandoned property. She had been murdered. Police had a potential suspect early on; an unknown man who...

Episode 59 The White Rose Resistance Part 2

This is the conclusion, part 2 of The White Rose Resistance. If you have not yet listened to part 1, please stop now and go back and listen to that part first. 

In part 2, we find out the fates of the White Rose Resistance members, and we'll hear how their legacies, and efforts were honored.

Check out the book mentioned in this episode; Sophie Scholl and the White Rose

This is the season 3 finale. Have a nice summer, see you back in the Fall!

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Episode 58 The White Rose Resistance Part 1

Welcome to Part 1 of our Season Finale! In the heart of Nazi-Germany, a group of students and a professor from the University of Munich ran a secret resistance movement against the Nazi regime. Risking death by execution and the imprisonment of their loved ones, the self-proclaimed "White Rose" littered the Third Reich with thousands of anti-Nazi leaflets for which the Gestapo hunted them down. Join us in two weeks for part 2, and the conclusion of our third season. 

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Episode 57 The Seton Hall Fire

Badly burned in the infamous Seton Hall University fire of 2000, roommates Alvaro Llanos and Shawn Simons have spent the last twenty five years turning their traumatic experience into a legacy of hope, resilience, and education.

Visit Alan and Shawn's website to learn more about them and their efforts

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Episode 56 The Rio Grande Rivalry Shooting

The University of New Mexico Lobos and New Mexico State University Aggies have had a friendly athletic rivalry for over a century. But after a brawl broke out at an Aggies football game in October of 2022, the rivalry turned from school spirit to deadly personal revenge. 

The link to footage mentioned in this episode is located here. (some viewers may find it graphic)

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Episode 55 Amy Butcher

Amy Butcher never expected to be close to a killer. But while attending Gettysburg College, her friend, Kevin Schaeffer, murdered his ex-girlfriend Emily Silverstein right after walking Amy home from a bar. Even though she wasn't the victim of such an awful crime, Amy's world turned upside down that fateful night. Author of the memoir, Visiting Hours, Amy spent years trying to figure out how to juxtapose her understanding of who Kevin was with the convicted murderer he became.

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Episode 54 David Buller

In the winter of 2001, Professor David Buller was found murdered in his office at the University of Toronto. With no potential suspects and zero DNA evidence at the scene, Professor Buller's case quickly went cold. For over 20 years, his family has hoped for answers, but none have surfaced yet. 

If you have information about the murder of David Buller, please contact Toronto police at 416-808-7400

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Episode 53 Dr. Robert Knox

The anatomy labs at the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, Scotland had a difficult time procuring cadavers in the 1820s. Laws at the time limited professors to only obtaining the bodies of criminals sentenced to death, leading educators to take desperate measures in order to obtain specimens for their classes. These included paying 'body-snatchers' to dig up the recently deceased or, in the unfortunate case of Dr. Robert Knox, unknowingly accepting the bodies of murdered citizens. 

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