Slaycation: True Crimes, Murders, and Twisted Vacations

Hey Slaycaters! This week we're heading to the beautiful shores of northern Michigan, where a summer family vacation turned into an unimaginable nightmare. In June 1968, businessman Richard Robison, his wife Shirley, and their four children were spending time at their summer cottage in the peaceful community of Good Hart when they were visited by unspeakable evil.  It would be nearly a month...

Hey Slaycaters. If you're ever thinking about visiting Mississippi... maybe don't. To think a case like this could still happen in 2022 is simply unthinkable and unacceptable. This episode brings you the deeply disturbing case of Rasheem Carter, a 25-year-old who traveled to Mississippi for contract work. It took just a few days on the job for him to become afraid enough for his safety to contact...

Hey Slaycaters, please enjoy this FREE BONUS MORE KIM episode from our archives. This originally played for Subscribers back on 8/28/2025 For this episode, Kim takes you to the dark side of wanderlust. From the "friendly bracelet" in Paris to life-threatening "express kidnappings," we're exposing the scams that turn paradise into a prison. Pack your street smarts—this one is a must-listen before y...

Hey Slaycaters. Get ready to have your heart broken. In 1996, 17-year-old Canadian Rebecca Middleton was on vacation in Bermuda when her life was brutally cut short. But the tragedy didn't end with her brutal murder. A deeply flawed investigation and a series of legal missteps would leave her family fighting for justice for years to come. This is easily one of the hardest cases we’ve ever covered...

Hey Slaycaters, no vacation murders, mysterious deaths or disappearances on this episode. Just your three, humble hosts offering their many years of wit, wisdom and wise-counseling to Slaycaters seeking help with their problems. Why anyone would turn to us for advice is anyone's guess -- but hey, it's cheaper than paying a therapist. If you enjoy hanging out with the Slaycation crew, then take a s...

Hey Slaycaters! Once again we find ourselves taking a trip to the dark side of paradise! In 2018, Long Island attorney Marie Kuhnla traveled to the beautiful Turks and Caicos for what should have been a relaxing tropical getaway. But her vacation came to a shocking and tragic end. What followed was a disturbing case that raised serious questions about the investigation, the people connected to it,...

Hey Slaycaters, please enjoy this FREE BONUS MORE KIM episode from our archives. This originally played for Subscribers back on 6/18/2025. Three little girls. One Memorial Day weekend. And a father who never brought them home. In this chilling episode of More Kim, we follow the trail of Paityn, Evelyn, and Olivia Decker—from a peaceful visitation to a nightmarish discovery in the Washing...

Hey Slaycaters! It’s time for another trip to the dark side of paradise! Thailand’s tropical islands are famous for their beautiful beaches, wild parties, and carefree vacation vibes. But in 2023, a meeting between a Colombian surgeon and a ‘celebrity YouTube chef’ who happens to be the son of a famous Spanish actor took a shocking turn. Instead of celebrating the Full Moon party, resort-goers set...

Welcome to a Free Bonus episode of MORE KIM! This week, Kim exposes the dark side of urban exploration. What is it that draws some people to abandoned buildings and forbidden places? And what happens when a hobby turns into a fatal attraction? Kim explores the origins and the rise of "Urbex" and tell the tragic stories of those who went too far. To get more, weekly MORE KIM episodes, please SUBSCR...

Hey Slaycaters! Set your expectations to ’sad’ as we take on a case from the wilds of Tasmania that’s as tragic as it is mysterious. In 2023, Belgian backpacker Celine Cremer, 31, set off for a solo hike near Philosopher’s Falls. When she failed to return, an extensive search was launched through some of the most rugged wilderness in Australia. And what happened next would turn this seemingly simp...

Hey Slaycaters! Welcome to the case of Ryan Singleton, an aspiring model and actor who left Atlanta seeking fame but instead found misfortune. While driving from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, his rental car broke down, and after being picked up by California Highway Patrol, he was taken to a nearby gas station to wait for a friend. But when that friend arrived, Ryan was gone. What investigators would...

Hey Slaycaters! Sometimes, you can run... but you can't hide. When a Canadian man with a few secrets in his past turns up dead in the Mexican resort town of Playa del Carmen, the circumstances surrounding his murder raise more questions than answers. Who was he? What was he doing there? Who did he work for? And who wanted him dead? And just how far can you run before your past finally catches up w...

Hey Slaycaters! Brace yourselves for a harrowing case of paradise lost. Nora Quoirin, a vulnerable 15-year-old on vacation with her family in Malaysia, mysteriously disappears from an eco-resort in the middle of the night. Mom had noticed the latch on the front window was broken, and the next morning, that window was wide open! Did Nora, a girl with severe mobility issues, somehow find a way to cl...

Hey Slaycaters! Talk about a vacation that really sails off-course. In 1961, the Duperraults chartered the Bluebelle for a relaxing trip to Bimini in the Bahamas. But what began as a dream family vacation quickly devolves into the most unthinkable nightmare imaginable. In fact, you can’t possibly imagine how insane this story gets. From a psychopathic boat captain and bloody massacre at sea to an...

So, who actually killed Meredith Kercher? In Part 2, we finally get to the answer—and the twists, turns, and questionable police work that helped turn a tragic murder investigation into one of the biggest media circuses in true crime history. But even after the killer was identified and Amanda Knox was ultimately cleared, the spotlight somehow kept shining everywhere except where it belonged: on M...

Her name is Meredith Kercher. And while her case received enormous attention and notoriety over the years, somehow lost in the media shuffle was the beautiful, smart, sensitive young woman at the center of it all.  Case in point: just reading this so far, do you know Meredith's story? If so, great. If not, we understand. That's exactly the point we're trying to make. And even if you do know t...

Hey Slaycaters, thanks for being patient with another two-parter — but we’re pretty confident this will be worth the wait!  Strap in for the shocking conclusion of a truly demented case that will have you rooting for a grieving father to exact revenge on an evil step-father.  The 1982 death of 14-year old Kalinka Bamberski is one of the most senseless and heartless cases we’ve ever cover...

Hey Slaycaters, get ready for a twisted case that pits a determined father against a cunning stepfather. Without giving too much away, in 1982, Kalinka Bamberski, a healthy 14-year-old, was staying with her mom and physician stepfather in Germany when she seemingly died in her sleep. After a bizarre autopsy and an ever-changing story, authorities ruled her death due to natural causes and didn't pu...

Hey Slaycaters, get ready for a case that once again uncovers the dark underbelly of a tropical resort town. In 2017, Desiree Gibbon (26), a beautiful and talented aspiring model from NYC, traveled to Montego Bay, Jamaica, for a relaxing Thanksgiving vacation at her family’s resort. However, instead of finding fun in the sun, Desiree was found brutally murdered just four miles away. As if the crim...

Hey Slaycaters! We’re going to blow your socks off with a case that’s got a little bit of everything.  History? Check! Royalty? Check! Sabotage? Check!  Assassination? Check and first mate!  Get ready for the case of Lord Mountbatten, a retired British statesman and cousin to Queen Elizabeth II.  Every year he summered off the coast of Mullaghmore, Ireland at Classiebawn Castle...

All right, Slaycaters! We're back in Vienna, Austria for the shocking conclusion of our tragic and troubling case that involves mystery, possible murder, cover ups, and incompetence or deliberate police interference It's also a story of a heroic mother (an ex-cop) alone in a strange land, trying to navigate all the forces against her to get answers as to what happened to her beloved son. Trust us...

Hey Slaycaters! Welcome to Vienna, Austria where art, culture, history and medicine intersect with money, power, police negligence and/or gross incompetence to form one of our wildest cases yet! And that’s before mentioning that it all takes place inside one of Europe’s most storied gay bath houses! Or, that it involves the dissappearance of a former Mr. Gay Austria, a brilliant and likable 34-yea...

Hey Slaycaters! We’re back with another sad and tragic tale of a good person meeting a horrible end. 18-year old student and animal lover Nona Belomesoff thought she had landed her dream job working with animals in the Australian Bush. But the young man who had been messaging her on Facebook was truly a fake friend. This twisted tale is one of many cautionary tales about the perils of trusting peo...

Hey Slaycaters!  What do you get when you mix family drama, large amounts of cash, firearms, belief in witch craft and the occult, the Satanic Bible and a land deal in the middle of nowhere?  One hell of a Slaycation…that’s what!  Meet the Jamison Family of Eufaula, Oklahoma —husband and father, Bobby Jamison, his wife Sherilynn, and their daughter Madyson. They left home to purchase some land acr...

OK Slaycaters, we are back with Part 2 of this crazy, convoluted case that hopefully left you on the edge of your seat.  Obviously, if you haven’t heard Part 1, we urge you do so first.  Speaking of — on Part 1 we unspooled one of the oddest rags to riches stories ever and learned the shocking identity of our “victim”.  On Part 2, we find out what (mostly) happened to him and explore how this case...