Welcome to Killer Instinct with Savannah Brymer, your weekly deep dive into the chilling world of true crime. Every Wednesday, we uncover shocking cases—from…
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In October 1990, gay adult film actor William “Billy” Newton, known professionally as Billy London, was last seen at Rage Nightclub in West Hollywood. The following day, his dismembered remains were discovered in a dumpster, launching a murder investigation that would go cold for more than three decades.
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On Halloween weekend in 2011, 44-year-old wife and mother of four Karen Swift vanished after a party in Dyersburg, Tennessee. Her abandoned car and shattered cell phones raised immediate questions, and six weeks later, her body was discovered in the Bledsoe Cemetery, with an autopsy revealing blunt force trauma to the head. Suspicion centered on her estranged husband, David Swift, amid a turbulent marriage and plans for divorce.
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In 1993, 18-year-old Tricia Pacaccio was brutally murdered outside her family home in Illinois, and suspicion fell on someone disturbingly close to her family. But the case went unsolved, and the suspected killer eventually moved to Los Angeles, where his deadly obsession with young women continued. Years later, aspiring actress Ashley Ellerin was found stabbed to death just hours before a planned date with Ashton Kutcher.
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When Myriam and Robert Dienes were found shot to death at their Florida home, investigators quickly turned their attention to Myriam’s 21-year-old daughter, Nicole Nachtman. But as detectives questioned Nicole, the case took an increasingly bizarre turn when she began talking about Frozen, the “Snow Queen,” and a fantasy world she seemed deeply consumed by.
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Thomas Randolph had been married six times, but only two of his wives were still alive. When his sixth wife, Sharon Causse, was shot and killed during what appeared to be a home invasion, Randolph claimed he had discovered her body and killed the intruder in self-defense. But investigators soon learned the dead intruder wasn’t a stranger at all—he was a handyman Randolph knew personally.
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Amanda Taylor had long fantasized about murder and dreamed of one day becoming a serial killer. After the death of her husband, Rex, her obsession took a terrifying turn when she blamed his father, Charlie Taylor, for the loss. In 2015, Amanda and an accomplice brutally murdered Charlie inside his Virginia home—and instead of hiding what she had done, Amanda posed for disturbing photos with his body. But Charlie was never meant to be her only victim.
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When rising fashion designer Sylvie Cachay was found dead in a bathtub at New York City’s exclusive Soho House, suspicion quickly fell on her millionaire boyfriend, Nicholas Brooks. The son of disgraced Academy Award-winning composer Joseph Brooks, Nicholas had been staying with Sylvie the night she died.
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When Howard Eubanks suddenly disappeared, his wife Marcia claimed he had simply left to start a new life in Texas. But Howard had never left at all. For months, Marcia impersonated her husband online while concealing a horrifying secret inside their home: she had murdered and dismembered him, hiding his remains throughout the house. The truth finally began to unravel six months later, when her son made a shocking discovery.
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What first looked like the disappearance of a promising 27-year-old law school graduate soon became something far more disturbing. Lauren’s killer was her neighbor, Stephen McDaniel, who had been secretly watching her, entering her home and planning the attack. He initially blended into the investigation, but his unsettling behavior after learning that Lauren’s remains had been found helped turn police attention toward him.
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Kelsey Berreth vanished on Thanksgiving Day in 2018. What began as a missing-person investigation soon exposed a disturbing trail involving her fiancé, Patrick Frazee, and an elaborate attempt to conceal the truth. The case would ultimately reveal a calculated murder plot, a key witness with a shocking story, and a crime that captivated the nation.
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A quiet Virginia neighborhood became the scene of a strange double homicide involving a husband, his wife, and their young au pair. Police later learned the husband and au pair had been having an affair, and that a man had been lured to the house through a fake online fetish profile.
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Nearly 25 years after the r-pe and murder of her daughter Angie, Carol Dodge's tireless pursuit of justice led to the overturning of a wrongful conviction that had held for two decades and helped authorities put the true murderer behind bars.
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The conspiracy to kill Daniel Markel grew out of a bitter custody dispute, took years to solve, and ultimately sent five people to prison.
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In March 2022, Kouri Richins told police she found her husband, Eric, unconscious after serving him a Moscow Mule, but an autopsy found he had ingested five times the lethal dose of fentanyl. Investigations showed she had taken out nearly $2 million in life insurance on Eric, and searched online for lethal fentanyl doses and “luxury prisons.”
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Janet Abaroa, a 25-year-old mother, was stabbed to death in her Durham home in 2005 while her infant son slept nearby unharmed. Evidence eventually led investigators to her husband, Raven Abaroa, who was arrested, convicted of her murder, and released a few years later.
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