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The Murder Book: A True Crime Podcast
Each week, The Murder Book will present unsolved cases, missing persons, notorious crimes, controversial cases, and serial killers, exploring details of the crime scenes and the murderer's childhood. Some episodes are translated into Spanish as well. The podcast is produced and hosted by Kiara Coyle.
Episodes
290 episodes
Chandra Levy Part IV: A False Tip, A Real Body, And A Case That Never Settles
A single missing person case can turn into a national obsession, and the Chandra Levy story shows what that spotlight does to evidence, motives, and the people trying to find the truth. We walk through the moment former Metro Police homicide de...
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Chandra Levy Part II: Inside the Media Frenzy of 2001
A missing person case can be tragic. It can also become a product. This chapter of the Chandra Levy case follows the exact moment the story stops being only an investigation and turns into a national media event powered by the early 2000s 24-ho...
Chandra Levy Vanishes I
A 23-year-old intern lands her dream job in Washington, DC, builds a steady routine near Dupont Circle, and then disappears so completely that her open laptop becomes one of the last witnesses. Chandra Levy’s case isn’t just a true crime myster...
Von Stein Family Tragedy XXIII: Sentencing Day For The Von Stein Murder
The most chilling part of a murder trial isn’t always the verdict, it’s the moment a courtroom has to decide what a life is worth after the facts are already settled. We walk through the Von Stein murder sentencing hearing as Bart Upchurch’s fa...
Von Stein Family Tragedy Part XXII : Closing Arguments In The Von Stein Murder Trial
The most dangerous part of a murder trial isn’t always the crime scene, it’s the moment a courtroom decides which story feels true. We’re near the end of the Von Stein family case, and everything narrows to closing arguments, jury instructions,...
Von Stein Family Tragedy Part XX: The Von Stein Trial Begins
A death penalty case can pivot on one phone call, and that’s exactly where we start: Chris Pritchard decides to plead guilty and testify, and the fragile hope around Bart Upchurch’s defense instantly narrows. We walk through the private panic b...
The Von Stein Family Tragedy Part XIX: The Von Stein Arrests
The case changes the moment the handcuffs go on, and it never stops changing after that. We pick up with Bart’s arrest and a quiet, rushed arraignment designed to keep the public from noticing, then watch that secrecy unravel as Chris is arrest...
Van Stein Family Tragedy Episode XVIII: Bart "Moog" Upchurch On The Lamb In Raleigh
He walks away from house arrest and convinces himself it’s a great adventure, a cat and mouse chase where he is smarter than the police. Bart Upchurch drifts through Raleigh and the NC State campus on borrowed keys and borrowed time, reading un...
The Von Stein Family Tragedy XVII: How A Forgotten Army Bag Cracked A Family Murder Plot
One abandoned army knapsack on a back porch becomes the thin thread detectives tug until an entire murder-for-inheritance plan starts to unravel. We follow John Taylor and Chief Crone as they walk the bag through Raleigh, comparing half-memorie...
The Von Stein Family Tragedy Part XVI: Dungeons And Dragons As A Murder Rehearsal
The investigation feels like it’s finally ready to pop, until it doesn’t. We head into a new strategy session convinced Chris Von Stein will fold under pressure and give up the name investigators are waiting for, only to learn he’s lawyered up ...
The Von Stein Tragedy Part XV: How A Simple Ruse Exposed A Crucial Link In The Murder Investigation
A cold case sharpens when a simple sketch turns into a lever. We open the Von Stein murder file with fresh eyes, bringing the SBI back into the room and laying out a clear plan: protect the few secrets that still hold power, then set a ruse to ...
The Von Stein Family Tragedy Part XIV: When Grief Looks Like Guilt: Who Drew The Map To Murder
A frantic tap at a window, a campus buzzing with rumors, and a family shattered by a brutal attack set the stage for a true-crime journey that refuses easy answers. We walk through the raw hours after Leith Von Stein’s murder and Bonnie’s hospi...
The Von Stein Family Tragedy: Part XI: Probation, Parties, and the Road to N.C. State
A ringing phone, a flushed face, and a choice to confess—what starts as a “lark” shatters the quiet of a tight-knit county and exposes deeper cracks inside the Upchurch home. We follow Bart from a school break-in and a lake house burglary to a ...
The Von Stein Family Tragedy Part X: From Gifted Prodigy To Manipulator: Neil Henderson's Troubled Rise
A boy who reads at three and crushes tests at five should be unstoppable, right? Neil Henderson’s story bends that assumption until it snaps. We follow a brilliant kid raised amid family rupture who rockets past classmates, dazzles teachers, an...
The Von Stein Family Tragedy part IX: A Family Unravels, a Dungeon & Dragons Master Rises
A father’s quiet exit, a boy who won’t be seen crying, and a farm that demands everything—this chapter traces how fracture and hard work shape a family’s center of gravity. We walk through drafty rooms warmed by wood Jim split himself, goat mil...
The Von Stein Family Tragedy Part VIII From Aristicratic Beginnings to a Family on the Brink
Old houses hold more than portraits and creaking floorboards. In Caswell County, they carry a family’s rise, their best intentions, and the kind of secrets that echo longer than footsteps. We follow the Upchurch and Moore line from civic ambiti...
The Von Stein Family Tragedy Part VII: Investigation, rumors, and a Town on Edge
A small town’s patience thins as the Van Stein investigation grinds through rumors, leadership shake-ups, and a rare glimpse into what money really changes—and what it doesn’t. We follow the detectives through fall’s slow burn: Donna’s steady a...
The Von Stein Family Tragedy Part VI: Rumors, Leaks, And A Family Under Suspicion
Rumors don’t just color a homicide investigation—they can steer it. We return to Washington, North Carolina, where whispers of a roadside fire, a condensation-ringed bedside glass, and a fat life insurance policy turned into a map of motives an...
The Von Stein Family Tragedy part V: Fear in Smallwood
A quiet suburb woke to sirens and never slept the same. The murder of Leith Von Stein didn’t just shake a neighborhood; it cracked the illusion that safety lives behind manicured hedges and porch lights. We follow the ripple effects—from a neig...
The Von Stein Family Tragedy: A Knife in the Ashes and a Map to Smallwood Episode IV
A burned map with the target house circled. A blackened hunting knife in a roadside ash ring. And a timeline that narrows to minutes before a panicked evidence dump. We take you from Bonnie Von Stein’s bandaged hospital bed to a midnight search...