A Quiet Neighborhood’s Dark Secret : The Leslie Preer Case

Killer Instinct

Savannah Brymer & Studio71

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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If you're struggling with OCD or unrelenting intrusive thoughts, NOCD can help. Book a free 15 minute call to get started: https://learn.nocd.com/killer When 48 year old wife and mother Leslie Preer was found murdered in her Maryland home the morning of May 2, 2001, investigators suspected her husband. With evidence that pointed elsewhere and no one to match it to, the case went cold for two decades. Until DNA technology advanced and police investigators could finally find a match and bring an end to her family’s grief. Get exclusive Killer Instinct content on my patreon : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/killerinstinct ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be helpful! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/KillerInstinctPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Savannah on IG: @savannahbrymer Follow Savannah on Twitter: @savannahbrymer Get exclusive Killer Instinct content on my patreon : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/killerinstinct ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be helpful! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/KillerInstinctPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Savannah on IG: @savannahbrymer Follow Savannah on Twitter: @savannahbrymer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sometimes the scariest unsolved cases happen in your own mind, like being tormented by disturbing
0:06.2	thoughts that you don't want, can't control, and can't stop replaying.
0:10.9	People with OCD often feel driven to do certain mental or physical behaviors like replaying
0:16.0	past events or following very specific routines or avoiding certain people or certain situations to try and
0:22.2	cope with the anxiety caused by their thoughts. And the thing is, these behaviors only provide
0:27.7	short-term relief and trying to fight OCD thoughts can just make them come back stronger.
0:33.4	But the amazing thing is OCD is highly treatable with the right kind of specialized therapy.
0:39.3	What works for OCD is ERP therapy or exposure and response prevention.
0:44.7	NoCD is the world's leading provider of OCD treatment.
0:47.9	All of their licensed therapists truly understand OCD and specialize in treating it with ERP.
0:53.4	To learn more about starting OCD therapy with
0:55.9	noCD.com to book a free call to learn more about how they can help. That's NOCD.com.
1:09.5	Hello everyone. What is up? Welcome back to another episode of Killer Instinct. You guys. Thank you so much for joining me here today. If you're new here, hi, my name is Savannah and I'm your host of Killer Instinct. And before we get started, make sure you go ahead and hit that subscribe button. That way you never miss an episode. We post weekly here on the podcast every single Wednesday. You are not going to want to miss it. We also
1:32.0	upload the video version onto YouTube on Wednesdays as well. So make sure you're subscribed.
1:37.1	And if you're looking for more exclusive killer instinct content, you can always find that
1:41.2	over on our Patreon. We post an additional three episodes a month
1:45.9	over on Patreon and we end the month with an exclusive live stream as well. So all of those links
1:51.3	can always be found in the description box below. And with that being said, you guys, hello,
1:57.1	I feel like I cannot jump into this episode without just doing a little bit of a check-in.
2:02.6	If you are unaware, I have been taking a little bit of a hiatus. I know it doesn't really
2:07.6	seem like that because we have been uploading Patreon episodes onto YouTube for the past several
2:13.3	weeks now. However, I have been gone for about a month, and this feels so, so, so good. I have missed
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