182: The Von Stein Attack aka The Dungeons & Dragons Murder

Southern Fried True Crime

Erica Kelley

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 10.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Bonnie and Lieth Von Stein went to bed on a Sunday night in July 1988 content and looking forward to a new future. Hours later, Bonnie would wake to the sound of her husband’s screams and an intruder standing at the foot of her bed. She barely survived the attack herself and after a year of investigation, she would live through another horror when she learned who was responsible for destroying her life.

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Researched and written by Andrea Marshbank & Erica Kelley
Additional research by Haley Gray
Original Graphic Art by Coley Horner
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0:00.0	Southern Fried true crime covers cases that are not suitable for young listeners, and
0:05.3	there may also be some explicit language used.
0:08.7	Listener discretion is advised.
0:14.0	At 4.27am on July 25, 1988, a North Carolina dispatcher received a call from a woman who spoke
0:22.6	very softly, saying,
0:25.1	This is an emergency.
0:26.9	I need the police and an ambulance.
0:29.5	My husband may be dying, and I think I may be too.
0:34.1	When officers arrived, they found a horrific scene.
0:38.5	There was blood everywhere in the bedroom, even on the ceiling.
0:42.7	44-year-old Bonnie von Stein was lying on the floor of her bedroom, suffering from
0:47.5	wife-threatening injuries.
0:49.5	She would miraculously survive.
0:53.0	Bonnie's husband, 42-year-old Leith, was lying dead on the bed.
0:58.7	There was so much blood.
1:01.1	It was clear that someone had viciously attacked the von Stein couple, but whoever was responsible
1:06.7	was no longer at the scene.
1:10.1	The house was empty, except for Bonnie's daughter Angela, who had not been touched, even
1:15.5	though she was only feet away from her mother's bedroom.
1:19.1	And because it had been dark during the attack, Bonnie couldn't remember much about the intruder,
1:24.5	just that he was wearing something over his face, and was dressed in dark clothing from
1:29.4	head to toe.
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