Dead Diary

Dead Diary

Dead Diary is a weekly true crime podcast about the stories you can't stop thinking about. Hosted by Murder Creek Media founder Neeli Faulkner, each episode focuses on the stories that haunt you, divide the internet, or fall through the cracks - unsolved murders, viral trials, wrongful convictions, and anything in between. From headlines to cold files, no story is too fresh or too forgotten. New episodes drop weekly.

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October 13, 2025 10 mins

In 2012, 19-year-old Brittney Wood vanished from her home in Mobile, Alabama and what followed was unlike anything investigators expected. Her disappearance cracked open a disturbing case involving alleged incest, child sexual abuse, and a multigenerational sex ring operating across Baldwin and Mobile Counties. Within days, the last person seen with Brittney was found dead from a gunshot wound ruled a suicide... just hours before h...

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On August 14, 2025, seven month old Emmanuel Haro was reported kidnapped from a Big 5 parking lot in Yucaipa, California. His mother, Rebecca Haro, told police she was attacked while changing his diaper, and her emotional on camera plea quickly drew national attention. But within days, the story unraveled. Investigators found no evidence of an abduction, the parents stopped cooperating, and social media sleuths pointed out troublin...

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In 2003, Robert Roberson was sentenced to death for the murder of his two-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, based on a theory known as Shaken Baby Syndrome. But what if the science that put him on death row was wrong?

In this episode of Dead Diary, we unravel the controversial case of Robert Roberson, a Texas man now facing execution on October 16, 2025, despite mounting evidence that challenges every cornerstone of his conviction. F...

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August 5, 2025 18 mins

In 1998, 23-year-old Amy Lynn Bradley vanished from a Royal Caribbean cruise without a trace. One moment she was dancing at the ship’s nightclub, strong, vibrant, and ready to start a new job back home. Hours later, she was gone. No body. No note. Just a string of chilling alleged sightings across the Caribbean, an ocean of unanswered questions, and a family still searching for the truth.

This week on Dead Diary, we are cutting thro...

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July 29, 2025 11 mins

Travis Decker is on the run, accused of the unthinkable: murdering his three young daughters in Washington. An Army veteran with survival training and a history of living off-grid, Decker has sparked a massive manhunt that feels more like tracking a ghost than a fugitive. In this week’s Dead Diary, we dig into the chilling timeline leading up to the murders, the psychological unraveling of a man trained for war, and the tactical ch...

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Brian Walshe is headed to trial for the alleged murder of his wife Ana, but there’s a major problem: Ana’s body has never been found. In this week’s Dead Diary, we break down the staggering web of circumstantial evidence, disturbing digital breadcrumbs, and the prosecution’s high-stakes legal strategy. But there’s another twist - one investigator links this case to the Karen Read trial and an entire department now under fire for mi...

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When 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson was found dead inside a rolled-up gym mat at his Georgia high school, authorities ruled it a freak accident. But his family say something else: signs of foul play, missing organs, altered video footage, and a pattern of unanswered questions.

In this episode of Dead Diary, we walk through the full timeline of Kendrick’s case, from the initial autopsy and the family’s fight for a second opinion, to fe...

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After weeks of explosive testimony, forensic debates, and allegations of misconduct, the Commonwealth closes its case in the Karen Read retrial - and the defense brings out its heavy hitters. From hostile witnesses and eyerolls in the courtroom to dueling accident reconstructionist and a dramatic verdict, this episode unpacks twists, tensions, and final arguments that sealed the fate of the case. Did the jury get it right? 

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Week 3 of the Karen Read retrial brought a dramatic shift from car crash theory to accusations of a violent breakup turned deadly. In this episode of Dead Diary, we break down every major moment: text messages, forensic evidence, emotional testimony, and the digital breadcrumbs that the Commonwealth claims hold the key to what happened the night John O’Keefe died.

You'll hear how the prosecution introduced a new expert witness, ...

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Week two of the Karen Read retrial brought a wave of emotional testimony, conflicting timelines, and serious questions about the integrity of the investigation. From Jennifer McCabe’s shaky memory and a suspicious Google search to angry voicemails, flirtatious texts, and taillight fragments found after the snow melted, this case only gets more complicated. And when the lead investigator turns out to be a disgraced trooper with ties...

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The death of Boston police officer John O'Keefe shocked the town of Canton - and when his girlfriend, Karen Read, was arrested for his murder, the fallout ignited national headlines. In this episode of Dead Diary, host Neeli Faulkner walks through the chilling timeline, the charges, and the two very different narratives at the center of the Karen Read retrial. 

Was this a case of drunk driving and domestic violence? Or was Karen...

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