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True Crime with Kimbyr

Every true crime case involves real people and real lives that are cut short. True Crime with Kimbyr seeks to honor the victims of these unfathomable crimes by bringing facts to the forefront and sharing their stories with dignity and grace. An acclaimed storyteller on both her namesake and DARKLIVI

New episodes: Several times a week
Typical length: 1 hr 28 min
Latest: 13 Oct 2026
Language: English

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13 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 40 minNew

18-Year-Old Karoline Heintz Found Dead in Her Jeep - Hidden AirTag Led Police To Her Body

This video is for informational and commentary purposes based on public reporting and police statements. All suspects are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.18-year-old college freshman Karoline Heintz was found dead in the back of her own Jeep in Pennsylvania just days into her first semester at PennWest University. In this true crime video, I break down the case, what police bodycam footage showed when officers found her Jeep in a parking lot, how her dad tracking her AirTag led police to her, and why demons got brought up in an interview. We also look at the disturbing allegations…

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9 Oct 2026 · 2 hr 19 min
80’s Halloween KFC Killing | 21-Year-Old Manager Found Dead - Death Through The Decades | Robin Hoynes
80’s Spotify Playlist: https://spotify.link/yjmsrGPe8Db🕯️ THIS IS A NEW SERIES! It's the debut of my Death Through The Decades series. This episode features a Halloween murder at a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in the 1980s. The videos in this series go in depth about what life was like in that decade. What policing was like in the 1980s, technology (or lack thereof), and what the culture was like. I'll be diving into the 80's, 90's, and the 2000's and I've lived through all three, so I've been there! I really hope you appreciate the nostalgia and connect even more with the people who…
6 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 34 min
She Was Walking Alone on Halloween Then Her Texts Stopped | Taylor Van Diest
My Halloween Series has begun! The names of these series are chosen by the community every year & I reveal a special intro for each one. This one I the Festival of Fears! Our second case is The Taylor Van Diest case out of Canada. On Halloween night in 2011, 18-year-old Taylor Van Diest left her home in the small, close-knit town of Armstrong, British Columbia, dressed as a zombie and buzzing with excitement, and she was meeting up with friends for one last Halloween before they all grew up. It was a short, familiar walk she'd made countless times. She never arrived. As Taylor made her way…
1 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 28 min
A Psychic, a Warning, and a Halloween That Changed Everything | Stephanie Parze
My Halloween Series has begun! The name of these series are chosen by the community every year & I reveal a special intro for each one. Our first case is one that really affected me. What happened to Stephanie, and what her poor family went through, still makes me tear up when I think about it today. Stephanie Parze was a vibrant 25-year-old makeup artist and social media influencer from Freehold Township, known for her warmth, creativity, and fierce love for her family. On the night before Halloween in 2019, Stephanie went out with her mom and relatives for a girls' night, a show featuring…
28 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 46 min
Killer Bound 4 Girls in Back Room - Then Tried to Burn It All Away | Yogurt Shop Murders
PART THREE - The final Installment of my three-part series. PART ONE: ⁠HERE⁠ PART TWO: ⁠HERE⁠ On a Friday night in December 1991, four teenage girls planned a sleepover. Two of them were working the closing shift at a shop in a strip mall in north Austin, Texas. The other two, 15 and 13, had spent the evening at the mall a few blocks away and were waiting for a ride home from a big sister. Just before midnight, a patrol officer driving past saw flames.What happened inside that shop became one of the most infamous unsolved cases in American history. This episode covers all of it. Who these…
24 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 45 min
Killer Left Her Dead in the Bathtub - Message on the Mirror Made No Sense | Jenny Zitricki
PART TWO of a THREE-PART Series - WATCH PART ONE: HERE DNA 🧬 database: https://www.gedmatch.com/ On a Friday morning in April of 1990, a woman in Greenville, South Carolina didn't show up for work. Nobody had heard from her in almost thirty-six hours. When maintenance finally opened her apartment door, water was still running in the tub and it had overflowed into the apt. Her name was Genevieve, but everyone called her Jenny. She was twenty-eight years old, originally from Youngstown, Ohio, and she had moved to South Carolina less than two years earlier and built an entire life there from…
21 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 30 min
Killer Was In and Out in 30 Minutes - Left Behind Disturbing Scene | Scherer Family
THIS IS PART ONE OF A THREE-PART SERIES - Watch part two: HERE Hello everyone, I'm going to be in London for the next two weeks at CrimeCon UK, so I prepared a three-part series for you to watch while I am away. THIS is the first installment. On Saturday, March 28, 1998, a mother and daughter living on a farm with their family in Portageville, Missouri, were found dead in their home. This was a farm town of about 3,300 people where nobody locked their doors because out there, whoever came up your driveway was somebody you knew or somebody who needed help.In this episode, we go through the…
17 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 19 min
A Fire, an Abandoned Car, and a Map to Nowhere | The Megan Sharpton Case
Today's True Crime story involves Megan Sharpton, a 24-year-old nursing student who was about to graduate. She was planning on coming to her mother's house for dinner one night AFTER she went to an in-person interview for a new job she was considered for. She left but never came back. Clues left behind led investigators in so many different directions; it was truly a very mysterious murder and NOT what anyone expected. 🚧 Don't forget to check out my other True Crime Show: DARKLIVITY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ HERE 🔎 COME FIND ME: Personal IG https://www.instagram.com/kimbyrleigha/ 🚧 True Crime IG:…
14 Sep 2026 · 2 hr 7 min
Teen Runs Out of Gas and Never Makes it Home | Casey Crowder
In the early morning hours of August 27, 2006, 17-year-old Casey Crowder, a bright, happy high school senior, was driving home along a quiet stretch of Highway 65 near the small town of Dumas. And then her car ran out of gas. Stranded and alone on a dark rural highway just before dawn, Casey did the sensible thing: she picked up her phone and called for help. It's the kind of ordinary bad-luck moment that happens to almost everyone. But Casey never made it home. When her family realized she was missing and her abandoned car was found by the roadside, a desperate search began, and the…
10 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 21 min
High School Student Found Dead Inside Cemetery in Rural Ohio | Jessica Keen
📣 WANT MORE TRUE CRIME? Check out my other podcast, DARKLIVITY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ HERE This case is heartbreaking. Whenever a young person has their life cut short, it's not easy to talk about. Jessica was a sophomore in high school; she was JUST starting her life. She was a gifted singer, played several musical instruments, loved cheerleading, and had just started dating her first boyfriend. Many of us can relate to Jessica in a lot of ways. That's why this one is hard to hear. She had no idea what was about to happen. What investigators pieced together about Jessica's final moments is as…
7 Sep 2026 · 2 hr 11 min
Deadly First Date: She Got In His Car & Never Came Back | Eleni Topaloudi
📣 WANT MORE TRUE CRIME? Check out my other podcast, DARKLIVITY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ HERE First-date disasters are one thing, and they are all too common, but deadly first dates should not be a reality; unfortunately, in this case, it was. Dating apps like Tinder, Bumble, and even Facebook Dating are connecting more people than ever before, but that means some people are connecting with killers. Sadly, with new technology come new ways for evil people to take advantage of unsuspecting victims, and today's story not only highlights the dangers of online dating but also reveals what the laws are like in…
4 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 44 min
The Moscow Idaho Case You've Never Heard Of | Rachael Anderson
📣 WANT MORE TRUE CRIME? Check out my other podcast, DARKLIVITY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ HERE Before the Idaho Four, there was another big case out of Moscow, Idaho . The Rachael Anderson case is one of the most haunting mysteries to come out of Moscow, Idaho ...years before that small college town would become known to the world for another tragedy. In April 2010, 40-year-old Rachael Anderson, a devoted mother of four, vanished without a trace. She was simply… gone. But Rachael's disappearance didn't come out of nowhere. In the months before, she had gone to the police again and again, frightened, watched,…
31 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 10 min
PART 2: Six Days, Six Victims, One Connection | The Scottsdale Killing Spree
Watch Part One: HERE - 📣 WANT MORE TRUE CRIME? Check out my other podcast, DARKLIVITY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ HERE ⁠ Over the course of just a few days in 2018, six people were killed across the Phoenix area, and at first, the victims seemed to have nothing to do with one another. A nationally respected forensic psychiatrist, gunned down outside his office. Two paralegals. A counselor. A couple in a quiet suburban home. Different people, different places, no obvious link. A community was left terrified, and investigators were racing against the clock as the body count climbed. But these killings were not…
28 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 19 min
PART 1: Six Days, Six Victims, One Connection | The Scottsdale Killing Spree
Watch Part Two: HERE - 📣 WANT MORE TRUE CRIME? Check out my other podcast, DARKLIVITY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ HERE Over the course of just a few days in 2018, six people were killed across the Phoenix area, and at first, the victims seemed to have nothing to do with one another. A nationally respected forensic psychiatrist, gunned down outside his office. Two paralegals. A counselor. A couple in a quiet suburban home. Different people, different places, no obvious link. A community was left terrified, and investigators were racing against the clock as the body count climbed. But these killings were not…
25 Aug 2026 · 58 min
Spring Break Vacation Turned Nightmare | The Case of Christine Lazzaro
📣 WANT MORE TRUE CRIME? Check out my other podcast, DARKLIVITY: ⁠⁠⁠ HERE The Christine Lazzaro case is one of the most haunting cold cases to come out of Daytona Beach, Florida in the early 90's. In the spring of 1993, 20-year-old Christine Lazzaro traveled from upstate New York to sunny Florida with three of her friends for a week of spring break: the sun, freedom, and the kind of carefree escape every young person dreams of. It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime. For Christine, it would be her last. One night out would change everything. She was last seen leaving a Daytona…
21 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 11 min
Her Brand New Home Held a Deadly Secret | The Sue Weaver Case
📣 WANT MORE TRUE CRIME? Check out my other podcast, DARKLIVITY: ⁠⁠ HERE ⁠ The Sue Weaver case is one of the most unsettling true crime stories to come out of Orlando, Florida, in the early 2000's, and IT CAN happen to almost anyone. Cathy Sue Weaver had finally built the life she'd always wanted. A successful career behind her, a business of her own, and a beautiful new home in sunny Florida where she was ready to start the next chapter. By every measure, she'd made it. One simple decision she made would prove fatal. I dive into what really happened inside Sue's home and why the people who…
17 Aug 2026 · 2 hr 10 min
A Short Walk Home Alone Turned Deadly | The Jill Meagher Case
In this Evil Mind's Deep Dive, I walk you through the night of September 21, 2012, when Jill Meagher left a bar in Melbourne's Brunswick and began the short walk home. She was one block from her apartment. She never made it inside. Her case became one of Australia's most heartbreaking and closely followed true crime stories, not because of how complicated it was, but because of how ordinary it began. A night out. A walk home. A person who seemed to want to help. We look past the headlines and into the psychology and the legal system behind what happened — the CCTV footage that became the key…
14 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 6 min
Part 2: College Nightmare: Were Sorority Girls Targeted? The Case of Shannon McNamara
WATCH PART ONE: HERE - The Shannon McNamara case is one of the most haunting and ultimately most inspiring true crime stories to come out of Eastern Illinois University. In June 2001, 21-year-old Shannon McNamara, a bright athlete, physical education major, and beloved Alpha Phi sorority sister, was attacked in her off-campus apartment in Charleston, Illinois . She was just weeks into her summer, with her whole life ahead of her. For a brief time, the small college town was gripped by fear and unanswered questions. Who could have done this, and how close to home was the danger, really? What…
12 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 28 min
Part 1: College Nightmare: Were Sorority Girls Targeted? The Case of Shannon McNamara
WATCH PART TWO: HERE - The Shannon McNamara case is one of the most haunting and ultimately most inspiring true crime stories to come out of Eastern Illinois University. In June 2001, 21-year-old Shannon McNamara, a bright athlete, physical education major, and beloved Alpha Phi sorority sister, was attacked in her off-campus apartment in Charleston, Illinois . She was just weeks into her summer, with her whole life ahead of her. For a brief time, the small college town was gripped by fear and unanswered questions. Who could have done this, and how close to home was the danger, really? What…
10 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 2 min
Fatal Car Crash: Accident or Murder? Secret Recording Holds Clues | Brittney Brashers
The Brittney Brashers case is one of the most haunting true crime stories to come out of Colorado in 2009 . That year, in November, 22-year-old Brittney Brashers, a young Air Force veteran who had served in Iraq, died in what first appeared to be a terrible car crash on the drive home from Denver. Her ex-boyfriend, Robbie Walters, walked away with barely a scratch. But almost nothing about that crash added up: the wreck wasn't severe enough to explain her death, and investigators couldn't shake the feeling that they were looking at something far darker than an accident. Was it a tragic…
7 Aug 2026 · 54 min
Part 2: She Dreamed of Solving Crimes - Then She Became One | The Case of Brittney Gregory
WATCH PART ONE: HERE - The Brittney Gregory case is one of the most heartbreaking true crime stories to come out of New Jersey. In July 2004, 16-year-old Brittney Gregory, a straight-A honor student at Brick Township Memorial High School who dreamed of becoming a forensic scientist, vanished after calling her mother for a ride one summer night. How does a bright, promising teenager with her whole future ahead of her disappear on an ordinary night? Who was the last person to see her and why did it take so long to find answers? In this episode of True Crime with Kimbyr, we trace the full…
5 Aug 2026 · 53 min
Part 1: She Dreamed of Solving Crimes - Then She Became One | The Case of Brittney Gregory
WATCH PART TWO: HERE - The Brittney Gregory case is one of the most heartbreaking true crime stories to come out of New Jersey. In July 2004, 16-year-old Brittney Gregory, a straight-A honor student at Brick Township Memorial High School who dreamed of becoming a forensic scientist, vanished after calling her mother for a ride one summer night. How does a bright, promising teenager with her whole future ahead of her disappear on an ordinary night? Who was the last person to see her and why did it take so long to find answers? In this episode of True Crime with Kimbyr, we trace the full…
3 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 27 min
She Was Gone in Seven Minutes | The Hannah Cornelius Case
MORE True Crime Here: ⁠ Darklivity Podcast⁠ The Hannah Cornelius case is one of the most heartbreaking true crime stories to come out of South Africa. In May 2017, 21-year-old Hannah Cornelius, a bright, beloved Stellenbosch University student, was abducted from her own car after dropping off a friend late one night. What followed unfolded in a matter of minutes, captured in part on chilling surveillance footage, and would shake the university town of Stellenbosch to its core and grip the entire nation. How does a young woman vanish from a quiet street in a matter of minutes? What did the…
30 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 28 min
She Vanished in 8 Minutes - Right Outside Her Home | Jayde Panayiotou
Jayde was a 29-year-old teacher who vanished from outside her own home one rainy morning in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. In April 2015, Jayde walked out to her gate to wait for her carpool and disappeared in a matter of minutes. What began as a missing-persons search — and looked, at first, like a robbery or a random abduction in a city gripped by violent crime — slowly unraveled into one of the most disturbing cases in South African history. 🔎 COME FIND ME:Personal IG https://www.instagram.com/kimbyrleigha/ True Crime IG: https://www.instagram.com/truecrimewithkimbyr Facebook Page:…
27 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 40 min
The Only Witness Was Her 7 Year Old Daughter | The Kelley Clayton Case
35-year-old Kelley Clayton, a devoted mom of two, was found dead in her family home after her husband, former pro hockey player Thomas Clayton, returned from his weekly poker night. It appeared to be a home invasion by a masked intruder, but it became something far more disturbing when investigators turned to their only witness: the Claytons' 7-year-old daughter. What she told them would unravel a web of secrets, lies, and a plot no one saw coming. In this episode of True Crime with Kimbyr, we trace the full Kelley Clayton case and how the smallest voice cracked the biggest case. 📣 WANT MORE…
23 Jul 2026 · 2 hr
The Teacher Who Vanished Before Her Wedding | Stephanie Scott
Six days before her wedding , a loving teacher, Stephanie Scott , went to school for what should have been an ordinary day of planning. She never came home. At first, they thought she could have cold feet about the wedding, but soon everyone who loved her KNEW something was horribly wrong. Stephanie had been murdered. Her body was found on her wedding day. Instead of her loved ones gathering to celebrate a union of love, they laid her to rest. In this true crime deep dive, we examine Stephanie’s final days, the unanswered questions surrounding her disappearance, and the investigation that…
21 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 24 min
The Photograph That Solved the Presti Family Murders
🧡 I GOT MY SPOTIFY BACK!! Important message - which is also included in this video. I have NOT had access to this account for the past couple of years. I had no control over the posting schedule, the videos chosen, the days, or anything! Not even the titles or thumbnails or how the videos would cut off. That changes from THIS day forward. This is Kimbyrleigha from True Crime with Kimbyr. I write, research, film, and edit all original content that appears on this Spotify account as well as Darklivity Podcast and Candidly Kimbyr. Check them all out! About This Case: In January 2004, in the…
10 Jul 2026 · 44 min
Part 2: The Heartbreaking MacIvor Family Murders
Click HERE for PART ONE - The investigation deepens as detectives uncover new clues, conflicting accounts, and unsettling details that challenge everything believed about that stormy August night. In True Crime with Kimbyr , Kimbyrleigha continues exploring the tragic case of Missy and Mike MacIvor, examining the evidence, the unanswered questions, and the twists that kept this heartbreaking mystery alive. As the truth slowly begins to surface, the case becomes even more shocking than anyone could have imagined.
8 Jul 2026 · 47 min
Part 1: The Heartbreaking MacIvor Family Murders
WATCH PART TWO: HERE A happy newlywed couple, a growing family, and one stormy night that changed everything forever. In True Crime with Kimbyr , Kimbyrleigha carefully unpacks the heartbreaking 1991 case of Missy and Mike MacIvor, whose dream life in the Florida Keys took a devastating turn. Through thoughtful research and compassionate storytelling, this episode explores the mystery surrounding the tragedy, the unanswered questions, and the haunting events that continue to captivate true crime audiences decades later.
6 Jul 2026 · 41 min
Part 2: She Was Just Minutes From Home - What Happened to Alyssa Otremba?
WATCH PART ONE: HERE The investigation reaches its most devastating chapter. In True Crime with Kimbyr , Part 2 follows the breakthroughs that uncovered what really happened to 15-year-old Alyssa Otremba, revealing the evidence, motive, and chilling psychology behind the crime. As detectives piece together the truth, the case exposes how one family's worst nightmare became a community's lasting heartbreak. Join True Crime with Kimbyr for the powerful conclusion to this deeply researched and compassionate true crime story.

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True Crime with Kimbyr is a English true crime podcast from Kimbyrleigha. Melo plays each episode straight from the publisher's own feed — no ads added, no account needed — and remembers where you stopped, in this browser only.

Publisher: Kimbyrleigha
Language: English
Category: True Crime
New episodes: Several times a week
Typical length: 1 hr 28 min
Latest episode: 13 Oct 2026
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