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I Wish You Were Here

Adult Sleepover Turns Deadly: The Tamla Horsford Story

I Wish You Were Here

Michelle Cuervo

True Crime

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

She went to a sleepover and never made it home. Tamla Horsford was found dead in the backyard of a friend’s home after a night of drinking, laughter, and unanswered questions. Authorities ruled it an accident—but the details don’t sit right with her family, or with a lot of people who’ve looked closely at this case. This is the story of the evidence that was overlooked, the inconsistencies that still linger, and why Tamla’s death continues to haunt so many. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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On the morning of November 4th, 2018, 40-year-old Tamla Horseforth was found dead in the backyard of a friend's home in coming Georgia.

0:09.5

She had been attending an adult sleepover party, which was meant to be a celebration for the mom who was hosting with other quote-unquote football moms from their son's youth league.

0:20.1

The Forsyth County Sheriff's Office

0:21.8

quickly ruled her death in accident, stating that she had fallen over from a second story

0:26.5

balcony while intoxicated. But Tamla's family was not convinced, and neither were hundreds of

0:32.8

thousands of people across the country who would soon come to learn her story. What followed was a controversial

0:39.0

investigation marked by conflicting witness statements, a lack of photographs, compromised evidence

0:45.1

and questions about whether race played a role in how authorities handled the case. As her story

0:50.8

spread across social media with the hashtag Tamla Horseforth, it became a cry for justice,

0:56.6

a case that remains officially closed, but far from resolved in the eyes of her family and her supporters.

1:03.0

And here we are, more than seven years after, still hoping for answers.

1:08.7

Quick pause before we get started on today's episode. I just wanted to say a

1:12.6

big thank you to you guys. I know my posting schedule on the podcast has not been as consistent as I

1:18.2

wanted to be. There's a lot going on in my personal life. As you guys can tell, both on here and

1:23.4

TikTok, I'm not in my usual background and that will make more sense, hopefully by the end of the

1:28.6

month. But I also want to take a second to just thank you guys for being patient with me and for listening

1:33.1

to the podcast at all. I've gotten the pleasure of meeting a few of you guys in person and you say

1:38.8

that you love my TikTok, that you listen to the podcast. It means the world to me. I always tell Mitchell

1:43.6

that I'm probably so

1:44.6

awkward. Literally after every interaction, I'm like, oh my God, they're going to think I'm so mean. That was so awkward because I'm not. Not that I'm not outgoing, but it's you, it's still new to me for people to come up to me and say that they listen to my content. But it really means so much. It makes my day. It just fills up my heart. It makes me feel

2:02.2

all warm and fuzzy inside. My posting schedule on the podcast should be consistent. It should be

2:07.2

weekly from here on now. So thank you for being patient with me. I love you guys literally more than

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