Inhuman: A True Crime Podcast

Taylor Parker murdered 21‑year‑old Reagan Simmons‑Hancock on October 9, 2020, in Reagan’s New Boston, Texas home while Reagan was 36 weeks pregnant. Parker had spent nearly a YEAR faking her own pregnancy, and when her supposed due date passed, she became desperate to maintain the lie. Parker attacked Reagan, then performed a crude, unauthorized C‑section to remove Reagan’s unborn daughter, Braxly...

When Suzanne Pilley didn’t show up for work at her office in Edinburgh, Scotland on May 4, 2010, everyone who knew her was immediately concerned. When nearly 2 month passed and there was still no sign of her, the investigation turned from disappearance to murder. Then, her ex was charged with her murder, despite her body never being found. To this day, Suzanne’s remains have never been recovered....

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In the early morning hours of July 31st, 2022, 17-year-old Mackenzie Shirilla drove her car over 100mph into a brick building in Strongsville, Ohio. Mackenzie survived the crash, but the other two passengers, her boyfriend 20-year-old Dominic Russo, and the couple's friend, 19-year-old Davion Flanagan, did not. Mackenzie maintained that she did not purposefully crash the car, but in 2023, she was...

The Brown’s Chicken massacre is remembered not just as a crime, but as a heartbreaking moment when seven ordinary people living ordinary lives never came home. On January8, 1993, two men walked into a small fast‑food restaurant in Palatine, Illinois, and shattered an entire community. By morning, families who had been waiting by the window, calling phones that would never ring, learned that their...

In the 1970s and 80s, a string of horrific attacks on women and children were happening in Blenheim, New Zealand and surrounding areas. In 1996, a man was identified in several attacks that had taken place in the same area. Finally, in 2018, that man was connected to the historic attacks as well, and the Beast of Blenheim was finally identified as Stewart Murray Wilson. Click here to join our Patr...

Kayla Rose Huff, a 16‑year‑old from Moberly, Missouri, was reported missing on May 6, 2026, after she failed to return home and stopped responding to her family. She was last seen walking with her 17‑year‑old boyfriend, who later became a juvenile suspect. A massive, week‑long search focused on the Rudolf Bennitt Conservation Area, a large, remote wilderness spanning three counties. Police later a...

James Bulger was just two years old when he was abducted from a mall in Merseyside, England in February 1993. Two ten year old boys kidnapped, tortured, and murdered James and then became the youngest convicted murderers in modern British history. Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were true monsters, but only spent 8 years in prison. They were then given new identities. James Bulger’s family wants...

Septic Tank Sam was the nickname given to an unidentified murder victim found on April 13, 1977, in a disused septic tank on an abandoned farm near Tofield, Alberta. Because investigators could not identify him for decades, he became known as “Septic Tank Sam". In 2021, advances in forensic genealogy finally led to a major breakthrough in this case, but that doesn't mean the case is closed, there'...

Betsy Aardsma was doing research for her English paper at Penn State on November 28, 1969 when she was attacked in the Stacks at the Pattee Library on campus. Despite multiple people being nearby when she was stabbed and seeing the man who presumably stabbed her flee, her case went cold and remains that way today, nearly 57 years later. The Pennsylvania State Police are still actively seeking info...

Eric Grady Smith was a 42‑year‑old mine foreman from Cedar Bluff, Virginia, who vanished on November 8, 2013 after leaving home early to hunt on his 40‑acre property. An experienced outdoorsman and respected supervisor at the Buchanan No. 1 coal mine, he was last seen wearing camouflage clothing and carrying a .50‑caliber muzzleloader. Despite extensive searches, no trace of him or his weapon was...

Crazy roommates, sleep demons, predictive dreams, babies crying that aren’t there, and so much more make up this month’s Listener Stories!  Submit your own Listener Stories here! Click here to join our Patreon.  Connect with us on Instagram and join our Facebook group.  To submit listener stories or case suggestions, and to see all sources for this episode: https://www.inhumanpodcast.com/ Learn mo...

In the early morning hours of December 1, 1991, 46‑year‑old Jane Duston of Branson, Missouri, took the lives of most of her family and then her own. Jane had recently undergone surgery for uterine cancer and was receiving medication for depression. While we cannot fully know what she experienced or the depth of her suffering, these factors are believed to have played a role in that tragic night. A...

In the early morning hours of March 19, 1985, 23-year-old Linda Brown was found shot to death in her bed in her home in Garden Grove, California. Hours later, her stepdaughter, 14 year old Cinnamon, was found in the doghouse in the backyard, with a note essentially admitting that she’d shot Linda. She maintained her story for years, until she learned what her father, David, was doing on the outsid...

Eurydice Dixon was a 22‑year‑old Melbourne comedian who was attacked while walking home through Princes Park on the night of 12–13 June 2018. She had just finished performing at a comedy show when she was followed for more than an hour by 19‑year‑old Jaymes Todd, who assaulted and killed her in the park. Eurydice’s death sparked national grief and a widespread conversation about women’s safety in...

On March 30, 1972, a man named Donn Mueller walked into the police station in Frontenac, Missouri to file a missing person’s report for his wife. He hadn’t seen 43-year-old Marie Beulah Mueller since March 5th. Donn claimed Marie left him and the kids, as they were in the middle of a divorce, but when police started looking more into the Mueller’s lives, they questioned whether that was what truly...

In this months listener stories, we dive into the world of sweet and sexy ghosts, unexpected visits from family members on the other side, and the powerful reminder that your voice matters. Click here to join our Patreon.  Click here to get your own Inhuman merch.  Connect with us on Instagram and join our Facebook group.  To submit listener stories or case suggestions, and to see all sources for...

In 1970, 4 year old Heidi Jones found her mother’s body in their home in Price, Utah. Loretta had been murdered and Heidi told police “Tom did it”. Authorities tracked down a man named Tom Egley — who had dated Loretta for 2 months —  but there was not enough evidence to prove he had murdered her. Heidi never gave up hope on getting her mother’s case solved, and 46 years later, justice would preva...

Paislee Shultis was 4 years old when she disappeared in 2019. Nearly three years later Paislee found alive hidden in a small, compartment beneath a staircase in a Saugerties, New York home. Police discovered her in February 2022 after receiving a critical tip, uncovering the secret space where she had allegedly been concealed by her non‑custodial parents and grandfather, Paislee, then six, was fou...

In 1978, the FBI’s Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System did not exist. Detectives investigating Carroll Bonnet’s October 1978 murder in Omaha, Nebraska collected several latent prints from the crime scene. The prints didn’t have a match at the time, but in 2009, after IAFIS was developed, the prints were reexamined… and this time, it led to Carroll’s killer. Click here to join ou...

In the rural province of Entre Ríos, Argentina, a family vanished without a trace. On January 12, 2002, Rubén “Mencho” Gill, his partner Margarita Gallegos and their four children spent the afternoon with friends, returned to the farm where they lived, and were never seen again. Their belongings were left behind: clothes, documents and even Margarita’s paycheck. They had no vehicle and no known co...

Biathlon bronze medalist Kari Swenson was on a training run near Big Sky, Montana in the summer of 1984 when she encountered two men with malicious intentions. Kari had just made history with her biathlon relay team when she was abducted and held captive for 18 hours by two self-proclaimed survivalists who wanted to make her a “wife”. Father-son duo Don and Dan Nichols were the monsters who not on...

Rachel O’Reilly was a 30‑year‑old mother of two when she was murdered in her home in Naul, Ireland, in 2004. The crime scene was staged to resemble a break‑in, with overturned furniture and scattered items, but investigators quickly noticed inconsistencies. Detectives soon uncovered the truth about what was happening in Rachel’s marriage to Joe O’Reilly, and as their suspicions grew, so did their...

In August 2014, 19 year old Heather Mack was on vacation with her mother, Sheila von Weise in Bali, Indonesia. Little did Sheila know, Heather had purchased her boyfriend, 21 year old Tommy Schaefer, a plane ticket to Bali. When Schaefer arrived, the couple executed a plan they had been concocting: they were going to kill Heather’s mother to get her inheritance. After brutally murdering Sheila, th...

Welcome to our 50th installment of Listener Stories filled with all the sleep paralysis spookiness! Cheers to giving ourselves nightmares with this one! Submit your own listener story here! Click here to join our Patreon.  Connect with us on Instagram and join our Facebook group.  To submit listener stories or case suggestions, and to see all sources for this episode: https://www.inhumanpodcast.co...