Crime House 24/7

Crime House 24/7

Crime House 24/7 is your home for breaking true-crime news, day and night. By day, we bring you up-to-the-minute crime coverage as stories break, with daytime episodes hosted by Vanessa Richardson, delivering the latest developments you need to know as they happen. By night, Katie Ring takes you deeper with her Night Watch episodes, exploring the cases you need to know through the facts, the evidence, the people, and the questions at the center of each case. New episodes of Crime House 24/7 come out every weekday. Follow now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or subscribe to Night Watch on YouTube and stay with us as the story unfolds.

Episodes

The "Au Pair Affair": How a Secret Relationship Turned Deadly

February 20, 2026 • 24 mins
On February 2, 2026, a Virginia jury delivered a guilty verdict in the case known as the “Au Pair Affair.” In this episode of Night Watch, Katie breaks down the crimes and trial of Brendon Banfield, convicted of aggravated murder in the deaths of his wife and another man. Prosecutors allege a secret affair, digital deception, and a carefully staged plot, while the defense claimed a chaotic act of self-defense. From catfishing evide...
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Missing Woman Found Dead in Freezer: Husband Charged Amid Manhunt | Crime House 24/7

February 20, 2026 • 28 mins
Welcome to Crime House 24/7. Vanessa Richardson brings you the latest breaking true crime stories. In Norfolk, Virginia, a woman is found dead inside a freezer at the apartment she shared with her husband, David Varela, who is now the subject of an international manhunt. In Manhattan, jurors begin deliberations in the trial of Randy Rodriguez Santos, accused of killing four men as they slept on city streets. In Richmond, a judge de...
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The Science Behind the Verdict: Scott Falater's Final Judgment (Part 3)

February 19, 2026 • 24 mins
In 1999, Scott Falater’s murder trial turned into a high-stakes battle of science and belief, as expert witnesses clashed over whether he was awake or sleepwalking when his wife was killed. In this episode of Night Watch, we explore the neuroscience behind sleepwalking, its possible genetic roots, and the testimony that shaped the jury’s decision. From brain scans and psychiatric diagnoses to Scott’s emotional statement in court, t...
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Kurt Cobain Death: New Forensic Report Urges Homicide Review | Crime House 24/7

February 19, 2026 • 29 mins
Welcome to Crime House 24/7. Vanessa Richardson brings you the latest breaking true crime stories. New forensic analysis is urging authorities to reopen the 1994 death investigation of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, challenging the long-standing ruling of suicide as officials stand by their original findings. In Austria, a climber goes on trial accused of leaving his girlfriend to freeze to death just below the summit of the country...
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The Trial That Put Sleepwalking on the Stand: Scott Falater (Part 2)

February 18, 2026 • 21 mins
On January 16th, 1997, police rushed to a quiet Arizona home after a neighbor reported a horrifying scene in the backyard pool. What they found raised more questions than answers—especially when the victim’s husband appeared confused, calm, and claimed he’d been asleep. In part two of our three-part series, Night Watch dives deeper into the Scott Falater case, the disturbing evidence, and the controversial trial that followed—where...
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Shooter Kills Ex-Wife and Son During High School Hockey Game Before Taking Own Life | Crime House 24/7

February 18, 2026 • 27 mins
Welcome to Crime House 24/7. Vanessa Richardson brings you the latest breaking true crime stories. A youth hockey game in Rhode Island turns deadly when a gunman opens fire inside a packed ice rink, killing his ex-wife and their adult son before dying by a self-inflicted wound. We then turn to a Valentine’s Day tragedy in North Carolina involving a Ukrainian refugee whose soldier boyfriend was allegedly shot and killed by a jealous...
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25 Years Later, Tara Baker Murder Trial Resumes in Georgia | Crime House 24/7

February 17, 2026 • 28 mins
Welcome to Crime House 24/7. Vanessa Richardson brings you the latest breaking true crime stories. Twenty-five years after University of Georgia law student Tara Baker was found strangled and her apartment set on fire, the long-awaited murder trial against Edrick Faust is back underway in Athens, as jurors hear critical DNA and fire forensics testimony in a case that went cold for decades. We then head to Memphis, where a federal j...
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The Sleepwalking Murder That Shocked America: Scott Falater (Part 1)

February 17, 2026 • 24 mins
In this episode of Night Watch, we begin a chilling three-part deep dive into the case of Scott Falater—an outwardly devoted husband, father, and engineer whose life unraveled in one brutal night. Long before his wife Yarmila was found murdered in their Arizona backyard, Scott had struggled with severe sleepwalking tied to childhood trauma and mounting stress. This episode traces his early life, marriage, faith, and career pressure...
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The Handsome Killer Who Went Viral

February 16, 2026 • 22 mins
In this episode of Night Watch, Katie examines the case of Wade Wilson—whose 2019 murders in Cape Coral, Florida, were revisited in Paramount+’s 2026 documentary Handsome Devil: Charming Killer. Beyond the crimes themselves, this episode explores how Wilson’s appearance and online fixation distorted public attention, often eclipsing the victims. We trace the warning signs before the murders, the night two women lost their lives, an...
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Stefon Diggs Pleads Not Guilty to Felony Strangulation, Assault & Harvest Homecoming Murder Trial Update | Crime House 24/7

February 16, 2026 • 27 mins
Welcome to Crime House 24/7. Vanessa Richardson brings you the latest breaking true crime stories. Jurors hear new testimony from co-defendants and victims in the deadly Harvest Homecoming shooting trial, where prosecutors allege a teenager, among others, opened fire during a dispute, killing an innocent bystander and injuring two others. In Ohio, a man is sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to tampering with evidence in the ...
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True Crime This Week: Disappearances

February 15, 2026 • 40 mins
During the week of February 16th in 1977, millionaire candy heiress Helen Brach disappeared without a trace. Even though there were numerous leads and suspects–including her own boyfriend–her case remains unsolved. That same week in 1985, 8-year-old Cherrie Mahan vanished moments after getting off her school bus in rural Pennsylvania. And the only evidence was a mysterious van that nobody could find. If you’re new here, don’t forg...
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Night Watch: Real Estate Agent Accused of Murdering Her Husband

February 13, 2026 • 25 mins
When 39-year-old Eric Richins was found dead in his home in Kamas, Utah, his death initially appeared sudden and unexplained — possibly a medical emergency. But when toxicology results revealed a lethal amount of fentanyl in his system, investigators began asking a very different question: how did it get there? In this episode of Night Watch, Katie Ring breaks down the case against Eric’s wife, Kouri Richins — a real estate agent ...
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Former Officer Takes the Stand in Brutal Axe-and-Shooting Murder Trial | Crime House 24/7

February 13, 2026 • 27 mins
Welcome to Crime House 24/7. Vanessa Richardson brings you the latest breaking true crime stories. A former Mississippi police officer accused of beating an ICU nurse with an axe before shooting him 16 times takes the stand in his own murder trial. We then head to Long Island, where a rapper pleaded not guilty in a 2021 acid attack that permanently disfigured a college student. In San Diego County, prosecutors say a woman stabbed h...
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Night Watch: Inside Kaitlin Armstrong's Desperate Run From Justice

February 12, 2026 • 25 mins
When Kaitlin Armstrong fled the country after the murder of elite cyclist Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson, she believed she could erase her past—by changing her name, altering her appearance, and disappearing into a new life abroad. But even from thousands of miles away, the walls were closing in. In the final episode of our three-part Night Watch deep dive, Katie Ring follows Armstrong’s desperate attempts to outrun justice—from plastic ...
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Nephew Takes the Stand in Trial Over 14-Year-Old’s Disappearance and Death | Crime House 24/7

February 12, 2026 • 26 mins
Welcome to Crime House 24/7. Vanessa Richardson brings you the latest breaking true crime stories. A delivery driver detained in the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie is now speaking publicly after being released, as the FBI expands its search and reviews newly released surveillance footage. We then head to Dixie County, Florida, where a nephew takes the stand against his uncle in the murder trial of 14-year-old Demiah App...
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Night Watch: The Murder Timeline That Changed Everything: Kaitlin Armstrong

February 11, 2026 • 26 mins
In Part 2 of our three-part Night Watch investigation, the focus shifts from obsession to escape. As police begin piecing together the timeline of Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson’s murder, one detail raises immediate concern: Kaitlin Armstrong appears to know far more about the crime than she should. What follows is a tense unraveling — surveillance footage, a weapon tied to the crime, mounting tips from the public, and a suspect who reali...
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Alex Murdaugh Appeals Murder Convictions and Nancy Guthrie Surveillance Video Released | Crime House 24/7

February 11, 2026 • 26 mins
Welcome to Crime House 24/7. Vanessa Richardson brings you the latest breaking true crime stories. Federal authorities release a newly recovered surveillance video in the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, as investigators examine images showing an unidentified individual at her home around the time she vanished. We then head to South Carolina, where Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys appear before the state Supreme Court, asking j...
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Night Watch: The Love Triangle that Ended in Murder: Kaitlin Armstrong

February 10, 2026 • 24 mins
Katie Ring begins a three-part deep dive into the murder of Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson and the woman convicted of killing her: Kaitlin Armstrong, an Austin-based yoga instructor whose on-again, off-again relationship with cyclist Colin Strickland spiraled into fatal violence. Katie traces Mo’s life and legacy in elite gravel cycling, the complicated love triangle at the center of the case, and the warning signs that preceded the murd...
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Father of Teen School Shooter on Trial and a $6 Million Ransom Demand in Nancy Guthrie Update | Crime House 24/7

February 10, 2026 • 28 mins
Welcome to Crime House 24/7. Vanessa Richardson brings you the latest breaking true crime stories. Investigators are intensifying their search for Nancy Guthrie after alleged ransom messages demanding $6 million in Bitcoin circulate, as federal and local authorities work to determine whether the communications are real and who may be behind them. We then head to Georgia, where jury selection is underway in a landmark school shootin...
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Night Watch: The Love Triangle That Shocked America

February 9, 2026 • 25 mins
In this episode of Night Watch, Katie Ring breaks down the shocking 1992 shooting that left Mary Jo Buttafuoco fighting to survive, Amy Fisher facing prison, and Joey Buttafuoco at the center of one of the most infamous scandals of the decade. When Amy Fisher pulled the trigger, the media quickly coined a name — the “Long Island Lolita.” But beneath the tabloid headlines is a far more complicated story about power, manipulation an...
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