Murder U
Join your host, Maddy, for this original true-crime podcast that explores the most shocking school-related murder cases and true crime stories. From mass murders to jealous lovers to gripping cold cases, we’ll take an in-depth look at the motives, mysteries, and mayhem surrounding these unthinkable acts.Follow us at: @murderupodcast on Instagram & TikTok Watch on YouTube @MurderUPodcastBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/murder-u--6152042/support.
Episodes
The Nursing Student Murder: Haley Anderson's Story
She was just weeks from graduating nursing school. The night before, Haley Anderson spent hours laughing and playing board games with friends. The next day, when she didn’t show up at a poetry reading, her friends tracked her phone to a nea…
Wrestling Team Murder: The Death of Josiah Kilman
A campus wrestling star found strangled in his dorm room. On February 24, 2024, Campbellsville University in Kentucky was shaken by the death of 18-year-old Josiah Kilman. A theology major and standout athlete, Josiah was known for his fait…
Davis Family Murders: A Central Michigan Tragedy
In March 2018, Central Michigan University went into lockdown after reports of gunfire inside a dorm. By the time police reached the scene, two parents were dead — and the suspect was their own son. The killings left the campus reeling and …
Campus Double Murder: The Marlin Barnes Case
It was one of the most shocking crimes in University of Miami history. In April 1996, linebacker Marlin Barnes and his close friend Timwanika Lumpkins were discovered brutally beaten inside Barnes’ on-campus apartment. At first, students fe…
Pregnant Cheerleader Murder: The Breana Rouhselang Case
On a snowy December night in 2018, 17-year-old Breana Rouhselang left her Mishawaka, Indiana home to meet a classmate—and never came back. By sunrise, her body was found discarded behind a local restaurant, sending shockwaves through her ti…
Harvard Dorm Murder: Trang Ho’s Story
In May 1995, Harvard sophomore Trang Ho was found murdered inside her dorm suite — the attack carried out by someone shockingly close to her. The killing stunned the Harvard campus and left classmates asking how such violence could erupt be…
Jealous Mother Murder: The Lola Martinez Case
In April 2008, 22-year-old college student Lola Martinez was found murdered inside her dorm apartment at Purdue University Fort Wayne. At first, investigators feared a random attack. But the truth was far more shocking: the killer was not a…
Ivy League Killing: The Death of Kevin Jiang
A Yale graduate student is gunned down just blocks from his fiancée’s apartment.Kevin Jiang, 26, was an Army veteran, a man of faith, and a rising scholar in environmental science. He had just proposed to the woman he loved, and the couple …
UNLV Fight Night: The Death of Nathan Valencia
He agreed to fight in a fraternity boxing match. The following night he was dead.A college student steps into the ring for a charity boxing event—just days before his 21st birthday. Hours later, he suffered a fatal brain injury. The match w…
Abducted in Auburn: Aniah Blanchard’s Story
A college student vanishes after a late-night stop at a gas station. Nineteen-year-old Aniah Blanchard had just texted a friend when she pulled into a convenience store in Auburn, Alabama—and was never seen again. Her car was found days lat…
Road to Revenge: The Jared Bridegan Ambush
A father is gunned down after pulling over to move a tire. Jared Bridegan had just dropped off his twin children at his ex-wife Shanna Gardner's home when he stopped on a quiet Jacksonville Beach road. His two-year-old daughter was still in…
Kristin Smart: The Last Walk Home
(00:00:00) The Last Walk Home (00:01:19) Who was Kristin? (00:03:33) The night of May 24, 1996 (00:05:28) Early investigation missteps (00:05:55) Who is Paul Flores? (00:08:47) A family that wouldn’t stop (00:09:52) A podcast changes everyt…
Burned Alive: The Katie Autry Case
When 18-year-old Katie Autry was found barely alive inside her Western Kentucky University dorm room, it triggered a frantic search for her killers. Katie had been beaten, assaulted, and set on fire in a crime so vicious it stunned the worl…
The Rock-Throwing Murder: Alexa Bartell’s Final Drive
A single rock, hurled from a passing car, turned an ordinary drive home into a fatal ambush. Nineteen-year-old Alexa Bartell was on the phone with a friend when it happened — the last words anyone would hear from her. What started as a reck…
BFF Betrayal: The Skylar Neese Murder
She thought they were her best friends... until they led her into the woods and pulled out the knives.In this episode of Murder U, we examine the shocking murder of 16-year-old Skylar Neese, an honors student from Star City, West Virginia, …
Campus Stalker Murder: Lauren McCluskey’s Story
She thought she was dating a fellow college student. He was actually a 37-year-old convicted sex offender using a fake name.In this episode of Murder U, we investigate the heartbreaking case of Lauren McCluskey, a 21-year-old track star at …
The Deadly Pact: Soering and Haysom
Two brilliant students at the University of Virginia. One forbidden romance. And a secret so dark, it ended in blood.In 1985, the mutilated bodies of Derek and Nancy Haysom were found in their Virginia home. Their daughter, Elizabeth Haysom…
The Lacrosse Killing: Murder of Yeardley Love
She was a star athlete, weeks away from graduating from the University of Virginia. He was her ex-boyfriend, a fellow lacrosse player, and increasingly volatile. Then, on May 3, 2010, Yeardley Love was found brutally beaten in her campus ap…
Texas Sniper: America’s First Mass Shooter
On August 1, 1966, Charles Whitman climbed to the top of the University of Texas tower with a footlocker full of guns. By the time it was over, 16 people were dead, dozens more were wounded, and America had experienced its first modern mass…
RE-RELEASE The Idaho College Murders - Part 2
The mystery gripped the nation—four University of Idaho students murdered in their off-campus home, and for weeks, no suspect in sight. Then, investigators made a stunning discovery: Bryan Kohberger, a 28-year-old PhD student studying crimi…
RE-RELEASE The Idaho College Murders - Part 1
In November 2022, four University of Idaho students were found brutally murdered in their off-campus home — stabbed to death as they slept. Weeks passed with no arrest. Then came Bryan Kohberger, a 28-year-old criminology PhD student no one…
Murder on Spring Break: The Brittanee Drexel Case
She was texting her boyfriend one minute… and gone the next. What happened to Brittanee Drexel would haunt Myrtle Beach for thirteen years—until her killer finally confessed, and his accomplice revealed a disturbing truth.In this episode of…
The Cheerleader Killing: The Murder of Kirsten Costas
A popular cheerleader. A desperate classmate. And a lie that would turn deadly. When 15-year-old Kirsten Costas answered an invitation to a secret club dinner, she had no idea it was a trap. Hours later, she was bleeding to death on a neigh…
The Vanishing of Alissa Turney: A Desert Mystery
When 17-year-old Alissa Turney vanished from her Phoenix high school in 2001, her stepfather claimed she ran away to California. But her abandoned phone, untouched paycheck, and sudden silence told a darker story. Two decades later, a shock…
Kent State Massacre: From Protest to Tragedy
On May 4, 1970, a student protest against the Vietnam War at Kent State University ended in unimaginable violence when members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a crowd of unarmed demonstrators. In just 13 seconds, four students wer…
The Uber Murder - University of South Carolina
When 21-year-old Samantha Josephson called for an Uber after a night out, she thought she was heading home safely. Instead, she stepped into a car driven by a predator. Nathaniel Rowland saw an opportunity — and Samantha never made it out a…
Monday Morning Sniper - Grover Cleveland School Shooting
In 1979, 16-year-old Brenda Spencer became the first juvenile mass school shooter when she killed two staff members and wounded eight children at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego. She took careful aim at the young students an…
Female Gunman: The Abundant Life Massacre
December 16, 2024. Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin. A quiet study hall turns into a war zone when 15-year-old Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow opens fire—killing a student, a teacher, and ultimately herself.In this chilling ep…
Mass Murder At NIU
On February 14, 2008, Northern Illinois University became the site of a devastating mass shooting when a former student walked into a packed lecture hall and opened fire. Within minutes, six people were dead, including the gunman, and nearl…
Cold-Blooded Cold Case-The Murder Of Sophie Sergie
In April 1993, 20-year-old Sophie Sergie was found brutally murdered in a dorm bathroom at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The crime sent shockwaves through the campus, but despite an intense investigation, the case went cold for nearly…
Dismembering Mom and Dad
In July 2021, Chandler Halderson reported his parents, Bart and Krista, missing from their Wisconsin home. What began as a search for a missing couple quickly turned into a chilling murder investigation when dismembered remains were discove…
A Killer Betrayal - The Murder Of Alexis Crawford
On October 30th, 2019, Clark Atlanta University senior Alexis Crawford was heard laughing and in good spirits during her last conversation with her mother, Tammy Crawford. Yet, in the days that followed, silence replaced that joyful exchang…
The Murder of Jennifer Cave
When 21-year-old Jennifer Cave went out with her friend Colton Pitonyak in Austin, Texas, she never made it home. The next morning, her body was found in Colton’s apartment. She was brutally murdered and dismembered. As police closed in, he…
RE-RELEASE The Deadly Daughter
Jennifer Pan’s parents had her life mapped out—straight A’s, top universities, and a future they approved of. But behind their proud smiles, Jennifer was drowning in lies, fabricating degrees and achievements to meet impossible expectations…
RE-RELEASE The Murder Of Laken Riley
Laken Hope Riley, a vibrant University of Georgia student, was tragically killed while jogging on a popular campus running path. Her shocking murder sent ripples of fear through the college community. As investigators scrambled for leads, s…
RE-RELEASE The Mother Killer
Suspended from her dream school, college sophomore Sydney Powell went to shocking lengths to hide the truth from her family, culminating in the brutal murder of her mother, Brenda Powell. What made Sydney Powell snap? In this episode, we de…
RE-RELEASE The Faculty Massacre
When a routine faculty meeting at the University of Alabama turns into a scene of unimaginable horror, the world is left wondering what hapened to Dr. Amy Bishop—a brilliant neurobiologist whose denial of tenure ignited a deadly rampage. In…
RE-RELEASE The Fatal Fraternity
We're taking a break for the Holidays! Enjoy this re-released episode. The violent hazing of Baruch College freshman Michael Deng during a secret fraternity retreat ended in a tragedy that shocked the nation. As the Asian American pledge f…
RE-RELEASE Killer Professor
We're taking a break for the Holidays! Enjoy this re:released episode. In 2004, a Psychology professor at the University of Arizona made a shocking revelation to his students: when he was a student at Swarthmore College in 1955, he committe…
Apalachee High Shooting
A mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, leaves four dead and eight wounded in the worst school shooting in Georgia history. The apprehended suspect, Colt Gray, attended the school for less than a week, and days later, i…