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238: The Keddie Cabin Murders | California

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Evidence Locker True Crime

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

On the night of April 11, 1981, the quiet mountain resort town of Keddie, California, became the scene of one of the most brutal and mysterious murders in American history. Four members of the Sharp family—Sue, Johnny, Dana, and twelve-year-old Tina—were victims of a horrific attack that left three dead and one missing. Despite decades of investigation, the case remains officially unsolved, though recent developments have shed new light on the crimes. In this episode, we explore the devastating night that changed everything, the botched investigation that followed, and the ongoing quest for justice that continues to this day.

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Resources
Documentaries
Cabin 28: Keddie Murders
Unsolved: The Disturbing Murders at Keddie
Unsolved CA: The Keddie Murders (ABC10)
Who Killed Four People in Keddie 35 Years Ago? (CBS News Sacramento)
Web
Wikipedia
Articles
Keddie murders revisited – following the clues
The Keddie cabin murders: Inside the grisly quadruple homicide that still haunts California

Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
Narrated by Noel Vinson
Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler
Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios
This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archive materials.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Joe Wiley. And I'm Soie Ball. And we're here to tell you about a brand new podcast, Digit.

0:06.3

Digit is all about the things that Joe and I love. From the kids to the parents and all the stuff in between.

0:13.5

There's a lot going on when you get to this age. Listen wherever you get your podcasts and watch every episode on Spotify.

0:21.6

Dig it.

0:22.8

Every week.

0:23.6

Every week.

0:24.6

For the rest of time.

0:25.1

Yes.

0:25.8

Okay, good.

0:32.6

In the early hours of April 12th, 1981,

0:37.9

14-year-old Sheila Sharp returned to her family's cabin after a sleepover with a friend.

0:41.5

She expected to find her mother and siblings starting their Sunday morning.

0:44.8

Instead, she walked into a bloodbath.

0:50.7

Inside Cabin 28 of the Keddy Resort, nestled in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains,

1:13.1

Sheila found the bodies of her mother, her brother, and his friend, brutally murdered, bound, and mutilated. And to add to the horror, her little sister was nowhere to be found. What began as an ordinary weekend in a quiet mountain town became the start of one of the most disturbing and mysterious unsolved crimes in California history.

1:17.5

This is the story of the Kettie Cabin murders.

1:23.8

You are listening to The Evidence Locker.

1:25.9

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1:44.2

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1:50.2

We produce each episode with the utmost respect for the victims, their families, and loved ones.

1:53.7

Glenna Susan Sharp, known to everyone as Sue, was born on March 29, 1945, in Springfield,

2:00.4

Massachusetts.

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