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Serial Napper | True Crime for the Chronically Tired

Serial Napper | True Crime for the Chronically Tired

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True crime for the chronically tired. Serial Napper descends into the darkest corners of real‑world crime with a calm, steady voice and an unflinching focus. Every episode examines cases of disappearance, manipulation, violence, and murder, told with quiet intensity and deep respect for the victims whose stories deserve to be heard. Created for the chronically tired who still feel compelled to understand the shadows, this podcast offers deliberate, no‑nonsense storytelling without theatrics or filler. Just the truth, the evidence, and the haunting details that linger long after the headlines fade. So settle in. Let me lull you to sleep… or perhaps give you nightmares. If you’re ready to confront the darkness, press play and step inside one case at a time. New episodes every Friday.Nikki Young Biographies & Memoirs True Crime
Episodes
  • The Cheerleader’s Secret: Laken Snelling's Story

    The Cheerleader’s Secret: Laken Snelling's Story
    Aug 25 2026
    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 University of Kentucky student and STUNT athlete Laken Snelling gave birth alone inside her off-campus bedroom while her roommates were just feet away. They later told investigators they had heard loud crashing and thudding noises coming from her room in the early morning hours. By the next morning, Laken had left the house. Her suspicious roommates entered her bedroom and discovered evidence of childbirth. Inside her closet, they found her newborn son wrapped in a towel and concealed inside a trash bag. Laken initially gave investigators an explanation for what happened after the birth. But an autopsy would later determine that the baby had been born alive and died from asphyxia by undetermined means. Laken was eventually indicted for first-degree manslaughter, along with abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence and concealing the birth of an infant. For months, the question remained: was her baby's death the result of a catastrophic accident, or had something else happened inside that bedroom? Then, on August 21, 2026, Laken walked into court and changed her plea. Sources: https://www.wkyt.com/2026/03/13/laken-snelling-case-file-reveals-snapchat-warrant-roommate-accounts/ https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article312308957.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/laken-snelling-5-things-know-210515476.html https://www.lex18.com/news/covering-kentucky/court-records-reveal-laken-snellings-roommates-were-suspicious-about-her-pregnancy https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article315012906.html https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article315014043.html https://www.the-messenger.com/news/article_483939ec-f175-5fc9-8f16-8f7af6862ed3.html https://www.wwnytv.com/2026/08/24/former-university-kentucky-student-admits-ending-her-newborns-life-pleads-guilty/\ Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    42 mins
  • The Child Star Who Vanished: What Happened to Joe Pichler?

    The Child Star Who Vanished: What Happened to Joe Pichler?
    Aug 21 2026
    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 returned home, graduated high school and began building an ordinary life while planning his eventual return to acting. Then, during the early morning hours of January 5th, Joe made his final known phone call. Days later, his silver Toyota Corolla was found abandoned near the Port Washington Narrows. Inside were two pages of emotional writing that police initially interpreted as pointing toward suicide. But the writings never explicitly said Joe intended to end his life. His family disputed the suicide theory from the beginning, raising concerns about how Joe’s car and apartment were initially handled and questioning whether potentially important evidence had been missed. Police themselves would soon become less convinced that suicide explained his disappearance and continued investigating other possibilities. More than twenty years later, there has been no confirmed sighting of Joe, no financial or government activity known to establish that he started a new life, and his remains have never been found. So what happened after Joe’s final phone call? Anyone with information regarding Joe’s disappearance is asked to contact the Bremerton Police Department at 360-473-5228 or the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678). Sources: https://allthatsinteresting.com/joe-pichler https://www.ladbible.com/news/child-actor-from-beethoven-missing-since-2006-20220601 http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?s=5bb93ec13cd41535139045de83024223&t=61494 https://archive.kitsapsun.com/news/local/nation-watching-pichler-search-ep-424313295-359562221.html https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20060717/missing17m/former-child-actor-missing-for-6-months https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/former-child-actor-missing-1192897.php https://charleyproject.org/case/joseph-david-wolfgang-pichler Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr
  • The Murder of Dan Markel, Part Two: The Conspiracy Unravels

    The Murder of Dan Markel, Part Two: The Conspiracy Unravels
    Aug 18 2026
    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 Garcia and Luis Rivera, uncovered connections to Katherine Magbanua and Charlie Adelson, and staged an elaborate FBI operation known as “the bump.” Now, investigators are finally ready to make their first arrest. But the arrest of a suspected hitman is only the beginning. In Part Two, someone on the inside finally starts talking, giving investigators an account of the murder-for-hire plot from someone who was actually there. What follows is a years-long effort to work their way up the alleged chain: from Rivera and Garcia, to Katherine, to Charlie... and eventually to Donna Adelson. We'll get into multiple murder trials, Katherine's changing story, Charlie's extraordinary claim that he wasn't responsible for Dan's murder but was actually being extorted by the people who killed him, and the recorded jail calls that preceded Donna and Harvey Adelson purchasing one-way tickets to Vietnam. Donna would make it all the way to the jet bridge at Miami International Airport. She would not make it onto the plane. We'll also look at Donna's eventual conviction, the questions that continue to surround Wendi Adelson, where every major figure in the case stands as of August 2026, and what happened to the two little boys who were at the centre of the custody battle prosecutors said ultimately led to their father's murder. Dan Markel was killed in 2014. More than twelve years later, five people have been convicted in connection with his death. But behind the wiretaps, undercover operations, trials and appeals is something much simpler: Two little boys went to preschool one morning expecting their father to pick them up later. He never got the chance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 15 mins
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