
Hosted by Lauren's Little Murder Club · EN

Season 1 is done and my heart is full. Thank you for being part of this little murder club. Season 2 drops soon.

In 2004, Al Kite—a kind, soft‑spoken landlord in Aurora, Colorado—was found murdered in his own home. The man who rented his basement vanished without a trace, leaving behind a trail of false identities and unanswered questions. Investigators discovered that “Robert Cooper,” the tenant, never existed. Lauren’s Little Murder Club dives into the chilling mystery of a killer who built an entire fake life just to commit one perfect crime—and disappear forever.

In December 1979, 18‑year‑old Michelle Martinko was found murdered in her car outside a Cedar Rapids mall. For nearly four decades, the case haunted investigators—no witnesses, no suspects, no clear motive. Then, a single drop of blood and the rise of DNA genealogy cracked the silence. Lauren’s Little Murder Club revisits the chilling story of a young woman’s final night and the breakthrough that finally brought her killer to justice after 39 years.

What looked like an ordinary meetup between friends became one of the UK’s most shocking teen murder cases. This episode unpacks the chilling planning behind Brianna Ghey’s death, the suspects’ digital trail, their reactions when arrested, and the truth that emerged during the trial.

Two women vanish—one for 24 years, one for 63. Both are eventually found alive, living new lives by choice. This episode explores the uneasy space between disappearance and survival, and what happens when the truth doesn’t feel like closure.

When eight‑year‑old April Tinsley vanished from her Fort Wayne neighborhood in 1988, her case would haunt Indiana for decades. Anonymous messages, dead‑end leads, and a killer who seemed to disappear kept the community living in fear. Thirty years later, a breakthrough in forensic genealogy finally revealed the man responsible — and the quiet life he lived in the shadows. In this episode, we revisit the case that changed cold‑case investigations forever and honor the little girl whose name was never forgotten.

In this chilling episode of Lauren's Little Murder Club, we step inside the world of Katherine Knight—a woman whose violent history escalated into one of Australia’s most infamous crimes. This episode unravels the red flags, the volatile relationships, and the psychological storm that built toward a night the nation would never forget.

Two young lovers. One brutal night. In this chapter of Anatomy of a Serial Killer, we revisit the Sweetheart Murders—an attack so senseless and intimate it shook an entire community. This episode unpacks the evidence, the investigation, and the chilling patterns that link this case to a predator hiding in plain sight.

eventeen-year-old Kurt Sova vanished after a Halloween-week party in 1981—and nearly 45 years later, his death is still a riddle no one has solved.

A young mother vanishes in rural Florida, and the two people closest to her—her husband and his pregnant ex‑fiancée—quickly become the center of a tangled investigation. What follows is a story of jealousy, custody battles, a planned murder, and a death‑penalty sentence later overturned by one of Florida’s biggest legal shifts. This is the layered, unsettling case of Heather Strong.