Campus Killings
Campus Killings is a Bi-Weekly true crime podcast that debuts on September 17, 2022, and releases new episodes every other Saturday. Campus Killings is hosted by Dr. Meghan Sacks and Dr. Amy Shlosberg (Women & Crime, and Direct Appeal podcasts). In each episode, Meghan and Amy dive into some of the most shocking and tragic murders to happen on school grounds, and provide their analysis as both Educators and trained Criminologists. They discuss what went wrong, and what could have been done differently to prevent the tragic outcome. As criminologists, Meghan and Amy teach, research, write and podcast about victims, offenders and the...
Episodes
Hannah Graham
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 …
The White Rose Resistance Part 2
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 Part 1
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. R…
The Seton Hall Fire
 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, resi…
The Rio Grande Rivalry Shooting
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…
Amy Butcher
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 thou…
David Buller
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. F…
Dr. Robert Knox
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 sentenc…
Introducing: Killer Communications
Introducing: Killer Communications AbJack Entertainment, the same network that brings you new episodes of Campus Killings every 2 weeks, has a brand new show launching March 1,2025. It's called Killer Communications, and it's hosted by Mike…
Pravin Varughese
Episode 52 Pravin Varughese In the bitter cold winter of 2014, Southern Illinois University sophomore, Pravin Varughese was found dead in a patch of woods just outside the college town of Carbondale. While initially ruled a tragic acciden…
Katy Hawelka
Episode 51 Katy Hawelka In the summer of 1986, two security guards on Clarkson University's campus interrupted what they thought was an act of consensual sex. But further investigation revealed it was the sexual assault and subsequent murd…
Robert Champion
Episode 50 Robert Champion In 2011, drum major Robert Champion was living his dream as one of the premier members of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University's “Marching 100.” But when he realized he could no longer avoid an initiati…
Betsy Aardsma Part 2 of 2
Episode 49 Betsy Aardsma Part 2 of 2 This is the conlusion of our 2 part coverage of the November, 1969 murder of Betsy Aardsma in the Pattee Library at Penn State. In this episode, we take a closer look at perhaps the best suspect in the c…
Betsy Aardsma Part 1 of 2
Episode 48 Betsy Aardsma Part 1 of 2 The Pattee Library at Penn State University would become the crime scene of a murder over Thanksgiving weekend in 1969. Graduate student Betsy Aardsma was found prone in the stacks with no evidence to s…
Introducing Silkwood
Introducing Silkwood Silkwood is a multi-part podcast that intricately examines the life of whistleblower Karen Silkwood, the nuclear behemoth she sought to expose, the government’s role in potential wrong-doings, and asks the question: Wha…
The Orangeburg Massacre
Episode 47 The Orangeburg Massacre On the cold night of Feb. 8, 1968, the students of South Carolina State College gathered on the lawn of the campus to protest the continued segregation of the town of Orangeburg. Facing down the National …
Ted Streleski
Episode 46 Ted Streleski In 1978, mathematics doctoral candidate, Ted Streleski, waited for Prof. Karel deLeeuw to enter his office before coming up behind him and bludgeoning him to death with a hammer. While Streleski turned himself in …
Mark Kilroy
Episode 45 Mark Kilroy In 1989, twenty-one-year-old Mark Kilroy and his friends were enjoying spring break in the border town of Mexico’s Matamoros. But on the fourth night of partying, Mark vanished off the busy street. The ensuing search…
Michelle Le
Episode 44 Michelle Le  Nursing student, Michelle Le, from Samuel Merritt University took a scheduled break during one of her clinical rounds at Heyward hospital. She was never seen again. As police tried to find her, they realized there w…
Introducing: Mind of a Serial Killer
What makes a serial killer? Mind of a Serial Killer takes you deep into the twisted minds of history’s most notorious serial killers. Every Monday, hosts Vanessa Richardson and Dr. Tristin Engels, a Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, combi…
Sophie Elliott
Episode 43 Sophie Elliott When young New Zealand undergrad, Sophie Elliot, asked for tutoring in economics, she met a professor who she thought would help her succeed. Instead, she not only found herself the victim of domestic violence, bu…
Kyle Quinn
Episode 42 Kyle Quinn On a summer night in 2007, Kutztown University sophomore Kyle Quinn was walking back to his dorm along Kutztown’s main street when he was surrounded by a group of strange men and beaten to death. The question on every…
Listen Now- Criminal Attorney
Listen Now- Criminal Attorney Paul Bergrin is a hotshot criminal defense attorney in Newark, New Jersey. Seemingly unstoppable and with unorthodox methods, he’s built a reputation for getting his clients off the hook. But as Paul's legend …
Faith Hedgepeth
Episode 41 Faith Hedgepeth When indigenous University of North Carolina student Faith Hedgepeth turned up murdered in her friend’s off-campus apartment, there were no obvious suspects for who would have wanted to kill the kind and generous…
Brittany Zimmerman
Episode 40 Brittany Zimmerman When University of Wisconsin senior, Brittany Zimmerman was found dead in her apartment, her fiancé called 911. But what the police were told, and what the scene actually looked like were not the same. The inv…
Generation Why: The Olympic Park Bombing
Generation Why: The Olympic Park Bombing You can listen to Generation Why: The Olympic Park Bombing ad-free right now by joining Wondery+ in the Wondery App or on Apple Podcasts. Â
Jane Stanford Part 2 of 2
Episode 39 Jane Stanford Part 2 of 2 If you have not listened yet to our last episode, part 1 of the Jane Stanford case, please stop now and go back and listen to that episode first. In the season finale of Campus Killings, we wrap up the …
Jane Stanford Part 1 of 2
Episode 38 Jane Stanford Part 1 of 2 Jane Stanford, co-founder of Stanford University, died on her Hawaii vacation in 1905 after drinking from a bottle of mineral water that had been laced with pure strychnine. The university president, D…
Cayley Mandadi
Episode 37 Cayley Mandadi When Trinity University student, Cayley Mandadi was rushed to a local hospital by her boyfriend, doctors originally treated Cayley for a potential drug overdose. However, when she died, the medical examiner ruled…
Adam Oakes
Episode 36 Adam Oakes A 19-year old fraternity pledge at Virginia Commonwealth University must drink a handle of whiskey as part of his initiation ceremony. He does, and dies. Eleven fraternity brothers let him. On the surface, this case s…
Joe Micalizzi
Episode 35 Joe Micalizzi The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is well known for its dedication to campus safety and student security. But its location in the city of Newark would show that no matter how tight security might be, th…
Jillian Robbins
Episode 34 Jillian Robbins  Jillian Robbins was a troubled teen with a long history of mental instability. But when she lied on her military application and was accepted to basic training, her years of hallucinations and debilitating dep…
Kaylee Sawyer & Aundreah Maes
Episode 33 Kaylee Sawyer & Aundreah Maes A Central Oregon Community College security guard confesses to his wife that he killed a woman before he drives off into the night. Over the next 48 hours, he will kidnap, assault, shoot, and carja…
Gina Grant
  Episode 32 Gina Grant  Gina Grant was a bright, inspirational teen when she received her early acceptance to Harvard University in 1995. However, only days later, Harvard rescinded their offer after receiving an anonymous package fille…
Theora Hix
Episode 31 Theora Hix In 1929 James Snook was a renowned professor at the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. But when the body of 25 year old Theora Hix was found in a field near the gun range where he often practiced, t…
The Monash Massacre
Episode 30 The Monash Massacre On a normal October day in 2002, an international student walked into his classroom at Australia’s Monash University and shot four students and his professor. For a country that had already put incredibly re…
Listen Now - Dr. Death: Bad Magic
When a charismatic young doctor announces revolutionary treatments for cancer and HIV, patients from around the world turn to him for their last chance. As medical experts praise Serhat Gumrukcu’s genius, the company he co-founded rockets i…
The Gainesville Ripper
Episode 29 The Gainesville Ripper Between August 25 and August 28 of 1990, five Gainesville, Florida students are found brutally murdered in their off-campus apartments. The University of Florida, the surrounding community colleges, and t…
The Cogswell Hall Murders
Episode 28 The Cogswell Hall Murders A freshman boy is found murdered in his dorm room at Gallaudet University. But the campus’s tight security means that the only person who could be the killer is someone on the inside. Panic enshrouds th…
Tillie Smith
Episode 27 Tillie Smith In 1886, a small tourist town in the hills of Warren County, New Jersey, are rocked when a young woman’s body is found on the grounds of the Centenary Collegiate Institute. Tillie Smith’s murder caused a media sens…