Kim Davis, Adam "Tex" Davis, Jerry Kolber; True Crime Podcast
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Slaycation is a gripping and darkly comedic true crime podcast that delves into the chilling world of murders that take place on vacation. Was it an accident, or murder? Hosted by a true crime enthusiast, her comedy writer husband, and a seasoned TV producer, this unique and hilarious show will have you laughing, gasping and exclaiming 'WTF?' as you go on a twisted journey through the wildest slaycations that will have you canceling your flight.Embark on a chilling yet uproarious adventure with Slaycation, the true crime podcast that fearlessly unravels the darkest corners of vacation destinations. Hosted by...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · June 2026
Slaycation tracks how place, distance, and official assumptions shape travel-linked cases from incident to investigation.
Slaycation: True Crimes, Murders, and Twisted Vacations has a clean hook: true crime cases that unfold while people are away from home. The sampled episodes move through cruise ships, ski travel in Austria, Antarctica, and other vacation-linked settings, but the location is not…
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A vacation murder case is shaped by playful banter and a clear family backdrop.
This sleigh-cation episode mixes playful banter with a case centered on the Brennan family. Their charter business, the strain in the marriage, and long hours on the water give the story its shape, while the hosts keep the pace lively as they trace how Jake and Kelly met, moved…
Chaotic banter frames a club-night case that keeps slipping between joke and alarm.
A late-night club story unfolds around a man who says he cannot get in, then pivots into talk of a mission. The strongest stretch comes from the back-and-forth around him, which keeps the tension moving while leaving room for the harder question underneath: victim, participant,…
A personality-forward true-crime story about two missing men in Mexico City, where silence and delay steadily sharpen the unease.
Slaycation treats the disappearance of two men in Mexico City as a case suspended in bureaucratic limbo, with family members far away, a report going in, and officials and police moving at a frustrating pace.
A vacation death, a late police call, and an autopsy that leaves the cause unresolved.
Set in Bali, the episode follows a vacation death and the family left trying to make sense of it. The strongest stretch is the way it lets the delay, the bruising, and the unanswered questions pile up without losing track of Byron or the people around him.
A road-trip disappearance told with wit, friction, and a steadily deepening dread.
This episode frames a simple road trip as a missing-person case with real bite: Leela and Raymond Howard, an elderly Texas couple headed to a fiddling festival in a maroon Oldsmobile, are tracked through small but unsettling details, from a stop in Paris, Arkansas for driving…
Banter gives way to a disappearance search that keeps widening.
The episode opens with hostile banter, then settles into a disappearance case centered on Sam. The search details do most of the work: loose volcanic rock, downed trees, deep brush, cliffs, helicopters, divers at Cleatwood Cove, and crews widening their grid as the weather turns…
A campsite mystery with enough banter to keep the tension from going stale.
A remote campsite, a drone overhead, and a burnt scene with no clean explanation give the episode its hook. The hosts keep the investigation moving, and the strongest passages are the ones where the timeline tightens and the unease stays just under the jokes.
Antarctic isolation turns a sudden death into a grim true crime logistics story.
Slaycation takes on a case set at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, where weather, darkness, and geography make the aftermath feel almost impossible.
ABC Audio's Theranos fraud series that also introduces its other true-crime podcasts.
Patrick Radden Keefe investigates whether the CIA secretly wrote a Scorpions hit.
Jake Halpern and the Snowball team track a con artist who defrauded a family.
A city-by-city true-crime documentary, from Detroit's Kwame Kilpatrick scandal to mob confessions.
A murder rumor in rural Alabama unravels into a clockmaker's suicide and estate feud.
Slaycation: True Crimes, Murders, and Twisted Vacations uses Tenerife to frame Jay Slater's disappearance, starting with the island's party strip in Playa de las Americas and the remote mountain roads around Masca.
Slaycation: True Crimes, Murders, and Twisted Vacations sets its Budapest case around the city’s ruin bars, the 691-room parliament building, and the tourist-heavy District 7 nightlife scene.
Byron Sanchez, who performed as B King, arrived in Mexico City with 387,000 Instagram followers and his first international tour after building a reggaeton career in Colombia since 2016.
Slaycation: True Crimes, Murders, and Twisted Vacations follows the July 2019 disappearance of 23-year-old Kiara Henry in Maui, Hawaii, after she rented a black Nissan Sentra from Hertz and drove toward Waiyanapanapa State Park.
Slaycation: True Crimes, Murders, and Twisted Vacations covers Rodney Marks, a 32-year-old Australian astrophysicist who died at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in May 2000.
Slaycation: True Crimes, Murders, and Twisted Vacations opens with Anna Kempner, an 18-year-old from Titusville, Florida, who was found under a bed on the Carnival Horizon, wrapped in a blanket and covered with life jackets.
Slaycation: True Crimes, Murders, and Twisted Vacations turns to Hot Springs, Arkansas, then shifts to Lila and Raymond Howard, a Texas couple in their 70s who married on March 8, 1986.
A Dodge Neon returned with 5,400 extra miles becomes the key to A Bad Day in Bakersfield (Part 2), because investigators later found insect larvae in the car that matched Bakersfield’s Central Valley, not Ohio or North Carolina.
Adam opens with a story about January 2000, the first feature film based on one of his scripts, and says most of it was shot inside the abandoned Ambassador Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.
A July 2025 family trip to Lake George, New York, turns into a missing-child emergency when Luciano Fratolin calls 911 and says his nine-year-old daughter Melina was taken by a white van near Exit 22 on Interstate 87.
Slaycation’s “Let the Tonguer Games Begin!
Slaycation: True Crimes, Murders, and Twisted Vacations follows Tom and Jackie Hawks, a retired couple living aboard their 55-foot trawler, the well-deserved, in Newport Beach, California.
Slaycation: True Crimes, Murders, and Twisted Vacations turns one listener’s cabin-weekend conflict into a clear rule: if you commit, you pay, even when you cancel at the last minute.
The show opens in a cloud of bickering.
The hosts investigate the 2007 disappearance of the Joe Cool fishing boat crew, revealing how two passengers—a fugitive and his delusional accomplice—murdered four people during a charter to Bimini while attempting to flee to Cuba.
The Slaycation team investigates the disappearance of Laura Sinner, a young woman who relocated to California with her fiancé, only to have the relationship collapse weeks later.
Slaycation: True Crimes, Murders, and Twisted Vacations turns to the Hawks case in “Nobody Deserves This!
North Sentinel Island appears here as a 23-square-mile territory in the Bay of Bengal, and the episode opens with the 2004 tsunami, a Coast Guard helicopter, and a Sentinelese man firing an arrow at it.
Slaycation takes a grim turn in a remote campsite area, where a campsite, a drone, and a missing-persons case begin to line up in an uncomfortable way.
Slaycation opens with listener praise and the usual table chatter.
It is a staycation, not going anywhere.
Slaycation episode introducing the 2011 disappearance of Scott William Lilley on the Appalachian Trail.
Lindsay picked Japan for a reason. She knows it's safe. Her dad buys her little bags of lavender.
The Slaycation podcast presents 'A Bad Day in Bakersfield (Part 1),' a true crime investigation into the disappearance of the Harper family from their Bakersfield, California home on July 6, 2003.
Slaycation: True Crimes, Murders, and Twisted Vacations centers on Scott Ralston and Karen Walsh’s 1988 honeymoon cruise aboard the Star Dancer, where Karen is found dead after a reported fall overboard.
Slaycation turns to Bali, Indonesia, where 23-year-old Queensland FIFO worker Byron Haddo traveled with friends to a villa in Canggu.
Slaycation: True Crimes, Murders, and Twisted Vacations covers Mackenzie Lueck, a 23-year-old University of Utah student from El Segundo who vanished after landing at Salt Lake City International Airport at 1:35 a.m.
Crater Lake National Park in Southern Oregon becomes the setting for the disappearance of eight-year-old Samuel Bogey, who vanished on October 14, 2006 during a father-son visit from Portland.
The episode explores the risks and dark side of senior trips, mixing true crime stories with comedic commentary.
A comedic true crime podcast exploring murders and mysterious deaths that occur during vacations.
A comedic true crime podcast exploring murders and mysterious deaths that occur during vacations.
The hosts discuss a listener email about a previous case, blending true crime analysis with comedic banter.
The hosts introduce their true crime podcast about murders on vacation, with a comedic and interactive format.
The hosts banter before introducing a true crime episode about murders that occur on vacation.
A true crime podcast with comedic hosts discussing murders and mysterious deaths that occur during vacations.
A preview episode about the 1980 murder of a violinist during a break at the Metropolitan Opera House.
A true crime podcast with comedic banter about murders that occur during vacations.
The hosts discuss the appeal of polygamy and share personal anecdotes before diving into a true crime case.