BOMBSHELL: MIDNIGHT SCREAMS, DESIGNER DEAD ON HAMPTONS YACHT, OWNER BITE ATTACK
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 20 August 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Police respond to a 911 call in the high society area of the Hamptons at the Montauk Yacht Club shortly after midnight.
Martha Nolan-O'Slattarra, a fashion designer from Ireland, is found unresponsive on a boat named "Ripple." The yacht is reportedly owned by insurance mogul Christopher Durnan, 60, who was present at the scene and allegedly ran down the dock screaming for help.
The wealthy yacht owner was once accused of fighting and biting a former New York firefighter during a tribute concert, commemorating 20 years after the 9/11 terror attacks.
CPR is attempted by a good Samaritan, but first responders pronounce Martha dead at the scene. Initial autopsy results showed no signs of violence. As rumors swirl of drug overdose, Martha's family strongly denies those claims and rumors of brain cancer by hiring attorney Arthur Aidala to ensure a thorough investigation is performed.
The official cause of death is inconclusive, pending toxicology reports.
Joining Nancy Grace today:
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- Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, Author: "Deal Breaker," and featured in hit show "Paris in Love" on Peacock; Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, X: @DrBethanyLive
- Ron Bateman - Former Sheriff for Anne Arundel County, Maryland - Former Homicide and Undercover Narcotics Detective, Author of Crime Trilogy "Silent Blue Tears" (he is currently directing and producing a film documentary on the murders at the Capital Gazette Newspaper in Annapolis); TikTok: @Ron.Bateman.655
- Joseph Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author of "Blood Beneath My Feet," and Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan;" X @JoScottForensicith Joseph Scott Morgan;" X:@JoScottForensic
- Lauren Conlin - Investigative Journalist, Host of The Outlier Podcast, and also Host of "Corruption: What Happened to Grant Solomon; X- @Conlin_Lauren/ Instagram- @LaurenEmilyConlin/YouTube- @LaurenConlin4
- Dave Mack - 'Crime Stories' Investigative Reporter
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:04.8 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:10.0 | A bombshell twist after midnight screams pierce the air, a gorgeous young fashion designer found dead on a Hampton's yacht. |
| 0:21.9 | This as bizarre details emerge about the yacht owner who runs around the dock naked that night. |
| 0:31.1 | Now we are learning, I said Bazar and I meant it that he has a biting problem and a previous biting attack. |
| 0:46.7 | This as sick and perverted cancer rumors swirl. |
| 0:55.8 | I'm Nancy Grace. This is crime stories. |
| 0:57.2 | I want to thank you for being with us. |
| 0:59.8 | Nothing good happens after midnight. |
| 1:03.2 | This woman was found unresponsive. |
| 1:05.3 | Her dream was to, quote, make it in New York. |
| 1:08.8 | A woman that got herself out of a small town rags the richest story. |
| 1:13.2 | She's dead on a yacht. |
| 1:15.6 | I hardly know where to start. |
| 1:19.6 | First of all, the millionaire owner of not one but two yachts who's running naked around |
| 1:26.9 | the Hampton's dock that night, the night that Martha, |
| 1:29.8 | this gorgeous young fashion designer, is founded on his yacht and his biting attack history, |
| 1:38.4 | these cancer rumors swirling that Martha, this young fashion designer, let me see a picture of Martha, |
| 1:48.0 | that this girl was dying of brain cancer. Really? Is somebody going to try and tell me that |
| 1:57.5 | she suddenly dies, just falls over, kills over dead from brain cancer. |
| 2:01.6 | Her family's saying, she didn't have any kind of cancer. |
| 2:05.6 | She was perfectly healthy. |
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