Slaycation: True Crimes, Murders, and Twisted Vacations · Kim Davis, Adam "Tex" Davis, Jerry Kolber; True Crime Podcast

Let's Put 2025 in a Bodybag!

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Slaycation opens by telling listeners to unpack their body bags because this is a staycation, not a normal episode. First-time listeners get warned off and told to start with a real episode instead. Kelly the editor and Josh the recording engineer join for the year-end sendoff. Josh gets introduced as the person behind the recording setup and the pronunciation coaching, whether or not he asked for that job. The show leans into the usual in-jokes, then settles into appreciation for the people who keep it running. Kelly calls editing Slaycation a grab bag, which sounds about right. The talk then turns into a thank-you note to the audience. From there, the episode revisits one of the year's biggest cases, the hotel murder mystery that turned out to be very real and very ugly. A woman had talked openly about wanting to kill her husband before she did it. The case involved a Valentine's Day murder mystery event that became the scene of the crime. She drugged her husband first so he would be out. Then she set the hotel room on fire and tried to make it look like the fire started from a cigar. A guest at the hotel realized a man was trapped inside. He fought his way in to help. The hosts call him a hero, and the story gives the episode its emotional center. They also note that his wife wrote in after hearing the coverage. She said the episode meant a lot and that the kids heard it too. That response matters to the hosts because it showed the family felt the case was covered correctly. The episode keeps moving between gratitude, studio chatter, and reminders of what the show is for. It closes by thanking the audience for sticking with them. The hosts point listeners toward Slaycation Plus for more Kim episodes. They also plug the Facebook group, email, and Instagram so the community can keep going. The last beat is a holiday sign-off and a promise of a new episode next week.

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A loose, funny year-end sendoff that still remembers why the hard cases matter.

Slaycation moves away from the case file and into a year-end wrap-up that works as a quiet thank-you to the fans. Kelly and Josh are in the studio, which gives the episode a more personal feel, and the tone stays looser than a standard case episode.

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Press play if you want the year-end wrap-up back in the studio with the people who make the show.

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