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 WEEKEND 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nightwatchfiles/ ⓕ Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61573576827447&sk=about www.nightwatchfiles.com 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. You can also join the Supporters Club for an ad-free experience. Both go for just $3/month, sign up from the links below. Ad-Free Episodes Patreon : patreon.com/NightwatchFiles Apple (after joining) : bit.ly/4i7XcNW Spotify (after joining) : bit.ly/4oVVEsT Supporters Club: bit.ly/497ciAm Support Us Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/nightwatchfiles Merch Shop: https://nightwatchfiles.com/store www.nightwatchfiles.com Production note: The host’s voice is digitally generated and extensively edited to meet our quality standards. All stories, research, and scripts are created by real people. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightwatch-files--6484889/support .

Nightwatch Files is a society podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 64 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts Nightwatch Files, a society show with 64 episodes published.

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  Nightwatch Files

  An Important Message You Don’t Want to Miss

  Sep 13, 20263 min

  Make sure you listen to this all the way through the end. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightwatch-files--6484889/support . Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nightwatchfiles/ ⓕ Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61573576827447&sk=about www.nightwatchfiles.com 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. You can also join the Supporters Club for an ad-free experience. Both go for just $3/month, sign up from the links below. Ad-Free Episodes Patreon : patreon.com/NightwatchFiles Apple (after joining) : bit.ly/4i7XcNW Spotify (after joining) : bit.ly/4oVVEsT Supporters Club: bit.ly/497ciAm Support Us Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/nightwatchfiles Merch Shop: https://nightwatchfiles.com/store Production note: The host’s voice is digitally generated and extensively edited to meet our quality standards. All stories, research, and scripts are created by real people.

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  Episode #20

  #55: The Golden State Killer - How a Family Tree Ended a 40-Year Manhunt

  Aug 30, 20261h 42mS3

  I’ll Be Gone In the Dark by Michelle McNamara (Audiobook) - https://amzn.to/46zMOte Across 1970s California, families began awakening to flashlight beams, cut telephone lines and a masked intruder who appeared to know their routines before entering their homes. He bound couples, constructed alarms from stacked dishes and escaped through backyards, drainage canals and police perimeters without leaving an identity behind. In Northern California, authorities called him the East Area Rapist. Farther south, another series of crimes was attributed to the Original Night Stalker. Separated by hundreds of miles, conflicting theories and jurisdictional boundaries, the cases gradually became part of a mystery unlike anything investigators had encountered. As communities armed themselves and police formed specialized task forces, the man they were hunting continued to anticipate their movements. Then, without explanation, he disappeared. Years later, true-crime writer Michelle McNamara entered the investigation and gave its faceless subject a name: the Golden State Killer. In the Season Three finale of Nightwatch Files, we follow the decades-long search for one of America's most elusive predators and the disturbing question investigators could not answer: how did he always seem to know what they would do next? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightwatch-files--6484889/support . Keep listening after the case is closed. Eligible new members can try Audible free for 30 days and explore thousands of audiobooks. Start your trial here - https://amzn.to/46oq0wy This is an affiliate link. As an Amazon Associate, Nightwatch Files earns from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you. 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. You can also join the Supporters Club for an ad-free experience. Both go for just $3/month, sign up from the links below. Ad-Free Episodes Patreon : patreon.com/NightwatchFiles Apple (after joining) : bit.ly/4i7XcNW Spotify (after joining) : bit.ly/4oVVEsT Supporters Club: bit.ly/497ciAm Support Us Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/nightwatchfiles Merch Shop: https://nightwatchfiles.com/store www.nightwatchfiles.com Voice Disclaimer: The host’s voice is digitally generated and extensively edited to meet our quality standards. All stories, research, and scripts are created by real people.

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  Episode #19

  #54: A Small Newsletter and a Multimillion-Dollar Cyberstalking Scandal

  Aug 23, 20261h 15mS3

  For two decades, Ina and David Steiner reported on eBay, Amazon, and the changing world of online commerce through their independent publication, EcommerceBytes. Their work was often critical, but nothing prepared them for the anonymous message that appeared in August 2019 asking, “What’s your problem with eBay?” Within days, threatening messages were followed by unwanted subscriptions, disturbing deliveries, and strangers arriving at the couple’s home in Natick, Massachusetts. Whoever was responsible knew where the Steiners lived, understood their routines, and seemed determined to force them into silence. But what had two small-business journalists published to provoke such an elaborate campaign? Who possessed the resources to carry it beyond the internet, and what did the harassers ultimately want from them? This episode examines the case that became known as the eBay cyberstalking scandal, tracing how routine reporting became the apparent catalyst for a campaign involving anonymous accounts, corporate power, physical surveillance, and a plan far more calculated than its targets could have imagined. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightwatch-files--6484889/support . 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. You can also join the Supporters Club for an ad-free experience. Both go for just $3/month, sign up from the links below. Ad-Free Episodes Patreon : patreon.com/NightwatchFiles Apple (after joining) : bit.ly/4i7XcNW Spotify (after joining) : bit.ly/4oVVEsT Supporters Club: bit.ly/497ciAm Support Us Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/nightwatchfiles Merch Shop: https://nightwatchfiles.com/store www.nightwatchfiles.com Voice Disclaimer: The host’s voice is digitally generated and extensively edited to meet our quality standards. All stories, research, and scripts are created by real people.

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  Episode #18

  #53: The Disappearance of Yingying Zhang

  Aug 9, 20261h 33mS3

  On June 9, 2017, 26-year-old Yingying Zhang was a visiting scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, building a new life thousands of miles from her home in China. That afternoon, Yingying left campus to meet with a landlord about an apartment. She never arrived. Surveillance footage captured her waiting beside a road. Moments later, a dark-colored Saturn Astra pulled up. Yingying approached the vehicle, spoke briefly with the driver, and got inside. It was the last confirmed sighting of her. What followed was an urgent investigation spanning the University of Illinois campus, local law enforcement, federal authorities, and Yingying's family, who had traveled from China in the desperate hope of finding her. As investigators reconstructed her movements that afternoon, seemingly ordinary details became critical: a missed bus, a vehicle captured on surveillance, phone records, and a sequence of events that would gradually reveal just how little time had passed between Yingying's disappearance and the beginning of the search. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightwatch-files--6484889/support . 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. You can also join the Supporters Club for an ad-free experience. Both go for just $3/month, sign up from the links below. Ad-Free Episodes Patreon : patreon.com/NightwatchFiles Apple (after joining) : bit.ly/4i7XcNW Spotify (after joining) : bit.ly/4oVVEsT Supporters Club: bit.ly/497ciAm Support Us Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/nightwatchfiles Merch Shop: https://nightwatchfiles.com/store www.nightwatchfiles.com Voice Disclaimer: The host’s voice is digitally generated and extensively edited to meet our quality standards. All stories, research, and scripts are created by real people.

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  Episode #17

  #52: Echoes in the Ice House - The Unlikely Lead That Cracked a 2005 Murder

  Aug 2, 20261h 40mS3

  On the morning of April 6, 2005, Irene White was found murdered inside her home in Dundalk, Ireland. As investigators began examining Irene’s troubled marriage, a bitter dispute over a valuable property, and the threats she had reported in the months before her death, a far more disturbing picture began to emerge. What followed was a sprawling investigation that would stretch across more than a decade, uncovering allegations of manipulation, betrayal, and a carefully arranged murder that had remained hidden in plain sight. The Ice House Murder by Robin Schiller and Pat Marry Audiobook on Audible : https://amzn.to/3TnDUfl The Ice House Murder by Robin Schiller and Pat Marry Trade Paperback : https://amzn.to/4blLGwr 30-day Free Trial of Audible : https://amzn.to/3RqtIlF Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightwatch-files--6484889/support . 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. You can also join the Supporters Club for an ad-free experience. Both go for just $3/month, sign up from the links below. Ad-Free Episodes Patreon : patreon.com/NightwatchFiles Apple (after joining) : bit.ly/4i7XcNW Spotify (after joining) : bit.ly/4oVVEsT Supporters Club: bit.ly/497ciAm Support Us Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/nightwatchfiles Merch Shop: https://nightwatchfiles.com/store www.nightwatchfiles.com

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