Best of MURDERISH: Tristan Beaudette “Murdered in Malibu”

MURDERISH

Cloud10

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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In June 2018, Tristan Beaudette and his brother-in-law Scott McCurdy had left their wives in Orange County to embark on a final camping trip together before Tristan and his wife Erica relocated to the Bay Area. Their home for the night …Malibu Creek State Park, near beautiful Malibu Beach. After a night by the campfire, Beaudette and McCurdy went to their respective tents and settled in for bed. Already asleep inside the separate tents were their most treasured possessions: Scott’s two boys, ages 3 and 5 and Tristan’s daughters, 2 and 4. Sometime after 1 in the morning on June 22, 2018, Scott was awakened by what he thought were fireworks. Then he heard Tristan’s daughters crying. Scott told his boys to stay put while he went to Tristan’s tent to investigate. There, he saw Tristan lying face down in the center of the tent and his daughters huddled together, crying. Tristan’s face was covered in blood. Given Malibu’s reputation as a safe beach town, nobody believed Tristan’s murder was a random act of violence. The community was shocked after an arrest was made and law enforcement alleged there was a monster in the Malibu Hills killing indiscriminately. Follow Jami on Instagram & TikTok @JamiOnAir and join the Serial Streamers true crime TV club! Sponsors Cash App: Download Cash App, use our exclusive referral code SECURE10 in your profile, send $5 to a friend within 14 days, and you’ll get $10 dropped right into your account. Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial and start selling today at shopify.com/murderish Want to advertise on this show? We’ve partnered with Cloud10 Media to handle our advertising requests. If you’re interested in advertising on MURDERISH, send an email to Sahiba Krieger ⁠mailto:[email protected]⁠ with a copy to ⁠mailto:[email protected]⁠. Research & Writing: K. Brant. Visit ⁠Murderish.com⁠ for more info about the show and Creator/Host, Jami, as well as a list of sources for this episode. Ad-Free episodes: Visit ⁠https://www.patreon.com/Murderish⁠ to join MURDERISH | Behind the Mic and get access to bonus episodes, ad-free episodes, and other cool perks. Listening to this podcast doesn’t make you a murderer, it just means you’re murder..ish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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