Nightwatch Files
Covering solved cases only, Nightwatch Files is a podcast that delves deep into some of the most intriguing, mysterious, and chilling true crime stories from around the world. With its meticulous research and straightforward storytelling with a single host, the show presents each case with precision and respect, avoiding unnecessary banter or speculation. Nightwatch Files allows the facts to take center stage, unraveling complex investigations, unsolved mysteries, and infamous crimes with clarity and depth. Whether exploring lesser-known cases or revisiting infamous ones, it delivers a gripping, fact-driven narrative that leaves listeners informed and captivated. NEW EPISODES EVERY SATURDAY SUPPORT THE SHOW & LISTEN AD-FREE Join our Patreon and unlock ad-free episodes directly in Apple Podcasts or Spotify after you connect your Patreon account. Patreon: patreon.com/NightwatchFiles Apple (after joining): bit.ly/4i7XcNW Spotify (after joining): bit.ly/4oVVEsT www.nightwatchfiles.com
Episodes
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When relatives search the deceased woman's home days later, they find a locked strongbox hidden at the bottom of a craft supplies container. Inside are documents, photographs, and cryptic scraps of paper.
What follows is a years-long investigation involving a determined federal agent, cutting-...
When Karen received the devastating phone call at 3 AM while on a boat in Florida, m...
What investigators will later uncover is a plot involving multiple criminals, millions in embezzled money, and someone determined to m...
When she dares to challenge her husband's authority in public, voicing opinions that contradict his teachings, he finds a legal solution to silence her permanently. In 1860s America, disagreeing with your husband could be diagnosed as insanity. No trial was required. No defense was permitted. A signature was all...
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The case would become a media sensation, sparking fierce debates about wealth, privilege, and justice. It would expose the dark underbelly of Manhattan's prep school scene. And it would introduce a controversial legal defense that would divide a city and change the conversation about violence fore...
The husband was local royalty—a former star linebacker turned respected coach from a football d...
Five days later, another woman would cross paths with the same predator. This time, the encounter w...
What initially appeared to be a tragic accident would soon reveal itself as something far more sinister—the culmination of a decade-long pattern of systematic abuse that h...
In December 2011, Betsy Faria was found murdered in her Missouri home. What followed was a case filled with shocking twists — wrongful convictions, hidden motives, and a story that captured national attention.
This episode examines the murder of Betsy Faria, the investigation that went off course, and the chain of events that exposed one of the most notorious...
In the mid-1980s, a well-to-do couple were found savagely murdered inside their quiet Virginia home. Both had been stabbed dozens of times in what investigators described as one of the most vicious crimes the region had ever seen. Their daughter quickly became central to the investigation, along with her boyfriend, a foreign exchange st...
A woman is found dead inside her home—stabbed multiple times, left in a pool of blood. Her daughter, who is believed to be severely disabled and dependent on a wheelchair, is missing. So is the chair. An alert is issued, and fears quickly grow: has she been abducted, or is she in danger herself?
W...
May 1983 – Springfield, Oregon.
A red car pulls into the emergency bay of McKenzie-Willamette Hospital. Inside are three young children—each shot at close range. One is dead on arrival. Another is paralyzed. The third is barely clinging to life. Their mother, 27-year-old Diane Downs, tells staff they were ambushed on a dark, rural road by a man who stepped into thei...
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In a quiet East Texas town, an elderly woman vanished without explanation. Months passed. Her home sat undisturbed, her absence explained away—until a routine welfare check uncovered something chilling inside a taped-shut garage freezer. This episode unpacks the unsettling mystery that followed, the town’s unusual reaction, and the chain of events that would eventually capture na...
A quiet New Hampshire farm. A woman claiming to be an avenging angel. And a series of gruesome crimes that stunned a small town and the nation.
This episode unpacks the case of Sheila LaBarre — how she targeted vulnerable men, lured them with p...
When 16-year-old Skylar Neese vanished from her West Virginia home in July 2012, police first suspected she had run away. But as days passed and her closest friends offered matching stories—and inconsistent timelines—investigators began to suspect something far darker. This episode unpacks the unraveling of a friendship, the mounting lies, and the shocking confession that ...
In this episode we examine the disturbing early years of serial predator Christopher Wilder, known as the "Beauty Queen Killer." Before his deadly 1984 cross-country spree, Wilder left a trail of warning signs—allegatio...
When Russian influencer Anastasia Grishman—known online as “grshmn”—suddenly went silent on TikTok and OnlyFans, her absence raised few alarms. But behind her carefully curated posts and growing digital presence, something was deeply wrong.
Anastasia had been living in St. Petersburg, balancing work as...
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