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

Zoned Out in Arizona!

·1 hr 12 min·1 clip

Chelsea ditched wedding to camp in Arizona with her bearded dragon.

Slaycation opens with listener mail, because the show likes to start by hearing how deeply the Slaycators have leaned in. Zach Meyer gets a shoutout for loving the podcast, cackling through cardio, and basically treating it like a weekly ritual. Adam reminds everyone that Kim and Jerry research the cases and hand them over so he can learn along with the listener. That keeps the whole thing loose before the case tightens. The table jokes first. Then it pivots to Arizona and a missing woman named Chelsea. Phoenix Police get the report. The next day, two hunters moving through the dense Kaibab National Forest find something that does not belong. The show stops to clarify that the hunters are a husband and wife, which turns into its own little bit. Jerry pushes back on assumptions, and the others answer him in real time. A white SUV is parked on Forest Service Road 6 northeast of Ash Fork. The Coconino County Sheriff's Office confirms it is Chelsea's 2019 Ford Escape. Chelsea is not inside. Both right-side tires are flat, and they look almost shredded. It feels like the vehicle kept going after the tires were already done. The panel keeps circling how remote, rough, and empty that road is. Kaibab National Forest is the kind of place where every bad detail lands harder. The episode even drops into a sponsor break right after the first real puzzle piece surfaces. When the show returns, it keeps the same uneasy rhythm, mixing practical explanation with off-the-cuff reactions and corrections. By the end, Slaycation has turned a roadside discovery into a grim, conversational slow burn that still keeps the person at the center of it in view.

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A missing-person case with tension from place, research, and a lively table.

Slaycation turns a missing-person case into something shaped by place, timing, and a few hard details. Kim and Jerry do the research, and Adam serves as a stand-in for the listener, which keeps the episode moving with a loose conversational rhythm rather than a stiff recap.

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You want Arizona heat, a remote forest road, and a panel that keeps heckling the case.

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