Up at Night

Up at Night

Do you love true crime? Mysteries? Unsolved cases? Cryptids? Conspiracies? And generally, anything spooky that keeps you up at night? Well, so do we! Up at Night is a podcast where hosts Chris Noel & Sara Adams dive into the very cases that have been keeping them awake for years! Sleep well...

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December 23, 2025 71 mins

It's Christmas break! Chris and Sara take some time to hang with their families but present to you the first episode of their other podcast "Treacherous"! It's a rewatch podcast for Traitors. Listen to this first episode from last season!

We will be covering Season 4 when it airs. Make sure you catch up on Season 3 beforehand along with our Treacherous shenanigans and analyses!


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In this episode, Chris and Sara discuss the documentary "The Carman Family Deaths." A mother and son go missing while fishing off the coast of New England. Nearly a week later, the son is found in an emergency raft by a passing ship, his mother nowhere to be found. This documentary weaves a story of affluence, lies, mental health issues, and two mysterious deaths. The dynamic duo analyzes what really happened and how devi...

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November 25, 2025 57 mins

In this episode, Chris and Sara slip between the cracks to learn about the Basement of Horrors. A seemingly simple 911 call about a locked basement door being chained up and strange noises coming from inside leads to a case involving some of the worst instances of neglect, abuse, exploitation, torture, and death the Philadelphia police department had ever seen, all at the hands of The Weston Family. 

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November 11, 2025 56 mins

Rebecca Zahau was found dead on July 13, 2011...  She was found fully nude and hanging from her bedroom balcony with her hands bound behind her back, her feet bound, and her mouth gagged.  Her death was ruled a suicide by law enforcement, but a suspect was found liable in civil court.   What happened to Rebecca Zahau?  Did she take her own life?  Or was she brutally attacked in her own home?  Listen now as Sara and Chris break this...

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October 28, 2025 60 mins

In this episode, Chris and Sara talk about Shadow People, enigmatic creatures that lurk and prey on human's psyche, sleep paralysis, and the figure that haunted Chris as a child, causing chaos and turmoil in his life, whom he called The Hat Man...

You probably won't sleep after this one, folks... 

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October 14, 2025 59 mins

In this episode, Chris and Sara look at the enigmatic death of Jack Wheeler. A body is found in a dump. His name was Jack Wheeler, a man with high level security in the American government. Was his death a tragic accident or was he killed by foreign agents who then made his death LOOK like an accident?

Follow the breadcrumbs with Chris and Sara in this episode!

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September 30, 2025 47 mins

In this episode, Chris and Sara discuss one of the most disturbing cases they have covered yet. Omaima Nelson came to America from Egypt with dreams of freedom to express herself, but her freedom of expression was one that would lead to a downward spiral ending in cannibalism, dismemberment, and garbage disposals.

TRIGGER WARNING: cannibalism, sexual assault, female genital mutilation, partner violence

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September 16, 2025 62 mins

In this episode, Chris and Sara discuss the phenomenon of family annihilators, those individuals who decide that killing themselves and their families is the only solution. Sara discusses high profile cases and the five different types of annihilators. 

TRIGGER WARNING: Children being harmed/killed, Animal death

Additional Audio: seattlepi-YouTube

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In this bonus episode, Chris and Sara dive deep into the viral documentary from Netflix - Unknown Number: The High School Catfish.  They discuss what we all saw in the doc, what was tragically left out, and what they learned from the now famous article from The Cut.  And they have smoke for just about everyone in this doc...  If you're like the rest of the world who can't stop talking about this, you will not want to miss...

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September 2, 2025 84 mins

In this episode, Chris becomes Sara's Nightmare Sherpa as he leads her down the ever darkening road of creepy found audio. We hear haunting 911 calls, found audio from a notorious serial predator, and paranormal audio that will make your skin crawl.

Prepare to lose sleep after listening to this episode.

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August 19, 2025 82 mins

WE DID IT! For this special celebration episode, we look back at some of our favorite episodes and moments. Some hilarious, some heartfelt. We also discuss what episodes we will never cover from a well-known case that Sara cannot stand to a snuff film case that Chris refuses to do an episode on. We also discuss the top 5 cases that keep us up at night and the line-up of episodes for the rest of the year.

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August 5, 2025 61 mins

In this episode, Chris and Sara traverse the tangled web of Anonymous. Are they a hacktivist group who is only out for good or are they a web of trolls who work behind a mask of anonymity to do devious things? Find out in this episode! 

Additional audio courtesy: Politically Forward on YouTube.

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July 22, 2025 61 mins

In 1985, Police and MOVE, a political activist group, had a standoff in a residential neighborhood. What happened there that day is one of the worst actions done to American citizens by officials which left 11 men, women, and children dead.

In this episode, Chris and Sara explore the MOVE, the fine line of movement and cult, and how racism led to one of the most cruel acts by police they have seen.

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In this episode, Sara wraps up the Karen Read trial, and Chris and Sara give their thoughts on what could have really happened to John that night now that more evidence has been brought to light. Do you think Karen Read is a murderer or is there a larger conspiracy and she is just a fall guy?

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June 24, 2025 43 mins

WELCOME BACK TO THE CAMPFIRE!

In this episode of Urban Legends, we look at The Boogeyman. We all grew up knowing that somewhere in the dark was The Boogeyman ready to snatch us up. But what happens when the Boogeyman turns out to be real?

Join us as we cover the Creeper Cropsey, the Ghoulish Green Man, and the Killer Candyman!

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June 10, 2025 48 mins

In this episode, Chris and Sara continue their coverage of the retrial of Karen Read.  This episode focuses on the bulk of the Prosecution's case.   From Ring footage to witness college degrees being called into question to autopsy talk and accident reconstruction, we've got all the details. 

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May 27, 2025 40 mins

In 2023 alone, 563,389 people went missing. Of that group, 40 percent of the missing were people of color. However, people of color only make up 25% of the US population. 

In this episode, Chris and Sara dig into cases of women of color who have gone missing and seemingly forgotten. No national news. No write-ups in big newspapers. What happened to Scarlett Joy Blanco? Where are the Indigenous women of South Dakota disappearing to? ...

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May 13, 2025 67 mins

The finale in the John O'Keefe death coverage! In this episode, Chris and Sara cover the trial and discuss the evidence. Did Karen accidentally back into John, killing him? If so, why does it look like there are dog bites  in his arm? What about the cut to the back of the head and blackened eyes? 

Dig deeper into the case with us in this episode!


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May 1, 2025 49 mins

In this episode, Chris and Sara dive head first into the case that has divided a nation and dominated headlines...  The Death of John O'Keefe and the trial of Karen Read.

Did Karen Read really kill her boyfriend or is there a darker conspiracy at play, one that includes and ATF agent and even the Boston PD?

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April 15, 2025 52 mins

In this episode, Chris and Sara wander through the spooky story of the Watseka Wonder. Did a young girl really get possessed by another young girl who died 12 years earlier? Did she really go live with the dead girl's family after she was possessed?

Find out in this episode!

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