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What happens if your favorite character jumps off the page and starts a podcast? That’s Crime Adjacent, the never-ending true crime thriller told weekly.With the help of devoted listeners and true crime fans, the international #1 smash hit podcast team has already captured the Bay Area's Rest Stop Killer in 2023, stopped the Mercy Street Butcher in 2019, and exposed the AmaniCorp conspiracy in 2024. But the darkest chapter awaits. In the latest season, host and serial killer survivor Chase Patrick investigates the Michigan Nightstalker, who in September 2024 broke into the cabins of single, vacationing women late at night to rub their feet. Creepy, yes. But it soon escalated into a murder spree that spanned the entire state. Crime Adjacent is a fully immersive, scripted podcast with sumptuous sound design and cases that blur the lines between reality and conspiracy. And unlike traditional audio drama, Crime Adjacent doesn’t stop. It’s an ongoing true crime thriller, unfolding week by week, chapter by chapter. It’s part investigative drama, part social commentary, and part meditation on why we are drawn to darkness. Think Sharp Objects meets I'll Be Gone in the Dark meets Serial—except here, the story never ends, as Chase Patrick travels the country to uncover the nation's deadliest secrets. “Crime Adjacent is redefining the true crime genre…” — Podcasting Today “An atmospheric and immersive podcast where true crime and psychological thrillers intersect.” — Earworthy "The podcast is scripted fiction but presented with the meticulous detail and tone of a true crime documentary." -- Meet the Thriller Author “It feels like a literary podcast with true crime and society in general as the main characters.” — Apple reviewsNew episodes every Wednesday. Weekly live BTS videos and our True Crime College profiling group at Patreon -- http://www.patreon.com/crimeadjacent Instagram -- https://www.instagram.com/crimeadjacent Web site -- www.crimeadjacent.com Crime Adjacent is written and performed by Mike Adamick. It is produced & edited by Multitude.

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A timeline for murder

FEB 11, 2026

A timeline for murder

Can you kill a person in five minutes? And then appear perfectly reasonable when the cops arrive? These questions were floating through Sheriff Press's mind as she questioned Billy Barnes, who had just discovered his wife had been murdered. Why, Press wondered, did it take him five whole minutes from the alleged discovery of her body until the time he called 911? The more she dug into the story of Billy and Allison Barnes, the more she discovered reason after reason about why he might have killed her. And she wondered, was this the case of a local foot fetish creep escalating to murder, or yet one more horrible example of an enraged husband taking his anger out on the supposed "love of his life"? This is part 12 of the 8th season of Crime Adjacent: the untold story of the Michigan Nightstalker. What happens if your favorite character jumps off the page and starts a podcast? That’s Crime Adjacent, the never-ending true crime thriller told weekly. With the help of devoted listeners and true crime fans, the international #1 smash hit Crime Adjacent podcast team has already captured the Bay Area's Rest Stop Killer in 2023, stopped the Mercy Street Butcher in 2019, and exposed the AmaniCorp conspiracy in 2024. But now, the darkest chapter begins, as host and serial killer survivor Chase Patrick is pulled into the case of the Michigan Nightstalker. New episodes every Wednesday. Weekly live BTS videos and our True Crime College profiling group at Patreon -- http://www.patreon.com/crimeadjacent Instagram -- https://www.instagram.com/crimeadjacent Web site -- www.crimeadjacent.com Crime Adjacent is written and performed by Mike Adamick. It is produced & edited by Multitude. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

22 MIN

Who belongs in town?

FEB 4, 2026

Who belongs in town?

As more and more cabins were broken into and more and more visitors were assaulted, or murdered, the town grappled with a sticky moral dilemma. Who belongs? Who gets to call this place home, and who should be kept away? The town boiled with debate and turmoil that Saturday. But as residents gathered inside the town hall to discuss these issues, the clown creeper was elsewhere. No longer content to remain at the lake, he moved to downtown at that very moment, sizing up his next murder victim. This is the story of Allison Barnes. This is part 11 of the 8th season of Crime Adjacent: the untold story of the Michigan Nightstalker. What happens if your favorite character jumps off the page and starts a podcast? That’s Crime Adjacent, the never-ending true crime thriller told weekly. With the help of devoted listeners and true crime fans, the international #1 smash hit Crime Adjacent podcast team has already captured the Bay Area's Rest Stop Killer in 2023, stopped the Mercy Street Butcher in 2019, and exposed the AmaniCorp conspiracy in 2024. But now, the darkest chapter begins, as host and serial killer survivor Chase Patrick is pulled into the case of the Michigan Nightstalker. New episodes every Wednesday. Weekly live BTS videos and our True Crime College profiling group at Patreon -- http://www.patreon.com/crimeadjacent Instagram -- https://www.instagram.com/crimeadjacent Web site -- www.crimeadjacent.com Crime Adjacent is written and performed by Mike Adamick. It is produced & edited by Multitude. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

22 MIN

A new suspect

JAN 28, 2026

Best-selling author Aitana Ruiz heads to Walloon Lake every September to put the finishing touches on the latest book in her popular series Daggers and Wind. But 2024 was different. Because on Saturday morning, September 28, she awoke close to daybreak with a man in a clown mask at the foot of her bed. This man snapped a length of rope between his hands, whispering, "And now, the fun begins." This is part ten of the 8th season of Crime Adjacent: the untold story of the Michigan Nightstalker. What happens if your favorite character jumps off the page and starts a podcast? That’s Crime Adjacent, the never-ending true crime thriller told weekly. With the help of devoted listeners and true crime fans, the international #1 smash hit Crime Adjacent podcast team has already captured the Bay Area's Rest Stop Killer in 2023, stopped the Mercy Street Butcher in 2019, and exposed the AmaniCorp conspiracy in 2024. But now, the darkest chapter begins, as host and serial killer survivor Chase Patrick is pulled into the case of the Michigan Nightstalker. New episodes every Wednesday. Weekly live BTS videos and our True Crime College profiling group at Patreon -- http://www.patreon.com/crimeadjacent Instagram -- https://www.instagram.com/crimeadjacent Web site -- www.crimeadjacent.com Crime Adjacent is written and performed by Mike Adamick. It is produced & edited by Multitude. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

24 MIN

Crimes of duress and sextortion

JAN 21, 2026

Crimes of duress and sextortion

Can you get away with murder if someone is forcing you to do it? This episode looks at crimes of duress and just how far some people force others to go on their behalf. Because that is exactly what was happening in Petoskey in 2024, in the lead up to the murders that began in September. This is part nine of the 8th season of Crime Adjacent: the untold story of the Michigan Nightstalker. What happens if your favorite character jumps off the page and starts a podcast? That’s Crime Adjacent, the never-ending true crime thriller told weekly. With the help of devoted listeners and true crime fans, the international #1 smash hit Crime Adjacent podcast team has already captured the Bay Area's Rest Stop Killer in 2023, stopped the Mercy Street Butcher in 2019, and exposed the AmaniCorp conspiracy in 2024. But now, the darkest chapter begins, as host and serial killer survivor Chase Patrick is pulled into the case of the Michigan Nightstalker. New episodes every Wednesday. Weekly live BTS videos and our True Crime College profiling group at Patreon -- http://www.patreon.com/crimeadjacent Instagram -- https://www.instagram.com/crimeadjacent Web site -- www.crimeadjacent.com Crime Adjacent is written and performed by Mike Adamick. It is produced & edited by Multitude. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

24 MIN

The worst town bully in the world

JAN 14, 2026

The worst town bully in the world

Someone was following me. At the diner, at the bookstore, the cafe, the town square. Wherever I went that day, the same day the clown struck again, the same man appeared behind me. He was watching, waiting. In the pedestrian tunnel that connects downtown Petoskey to the waterfront, he finally struck. Get out of town, he said. Now. Petoskey, Michigan, had been hit by a strange wave of crime since the beginning of 2024, and this man in front of me, threatening me, was just the latest. Stop the investigation, he warned. Or else. This is part eight of the 8th season of Crime Adjacent: the untold story of the Michigan Nightstalker. What happens if your favorite character jumps off the page and starts a podcast? That’s Crime Adjacent, the never-ending true crime thriller told weekly. With the help of devoted listeners and true crime fans, the international #1 smash hit Crime Adjacent podcast team has already captured the Bay Area's Rest Stop Killer in 2023, stopped the Mercy Street Butcher in 2019, and exposed the AmaniCorp conspiracy in 2024. But now, the darkest chapter begins, as host and serial killer survivor Chase Patrick is pulled into the case of the Michigan Nightstalker. New episodes every Wednesday. Weekly live BTS videos and our True Crime College profiling group at Patreon -- http://www.patreon.com/crimeadjacent Instagram -- https://www.instagram.com/crimeadjacent Web site -- www.crimeadjacent.com Crime Adjacent is written and performed by Mike Adamick. It is produced & edited by Multitude. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

21 MIN