meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Killer Instinct

Carly Ryan: Murdered By Her Fraudulent Online Boyfriend

Killer Instinct

Savannah Brymer & Studio71

Society & Culture, True Crime, News

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Carly Ryan thought she had met her dream boyfriend online. His name was Brandon Kane, a 18yr old musician from Melbourne. But her love's true identity was hiding behind a fake online profile. If you have any thoughts on this case or any other case, or just want to get in touch with Savannah about the show, email her at killerinstinctpodcast@gmail.com. Watch the podcast on YouTube: https://bit.ly/KillerInstinctYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: http://bit.ly/KillerInstinctPod 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

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Hello everyone, what is up? Welcome back to another episode of Killer Instinct. If you're

0:21.2

new here, hi, my name is Savannah and I am your host of Killer Instinct. So before we get

0:27.0

started, make sure you go ahead and hit that subscribe button that way you never miss an episode.

0:31.6

We post weekly on the podcast every single Wednesday as well as upload the video version onto YouTube

0:38.3

every Wednesday as well and you're not going to want to miss it.

0:41.9

Now for today's case, we are covering a solved heartbreaking and truly tragic case of Carly Ryan.

1:00.0

This is one of those cases that you're going to listen the whole way through and be incredibly

1:06.1

frustrated because you're going to have a different perspective on it than what was once had

1:12.9

many years ago. And like I said, it's a case of betrayal, it's a case of tragedy, and truly in

1:20.0

this day and age with how much we are infiltrated by social media, it is a case that's going to really

1:25.4

make you question how well you know the people around you. So with that being said, let's jump

1:31.7

right on into it today. Carly Ryan was born on January 31st of 1992 and grew up being raised by

1:40.4

her mother, Sonia Ryan in Sterling, Australia. Sterling is about a 20-minute drive from the

1:48.5

very popular town of Adelaide. It's a stunning community that's known to be a very safe place in

1:54.5

a great area to raise a family in. Sterling is said to have been built by very wealthy and

2:00.5

prestigious families who actually lived in Adelaide and wanted a second home and somewhere to

2:06.9

escape the heat. So they would build all of these mansions in Sterling. So that's kind of how

2:13.2

the town itself came to be. Now Carly grew up being the only daughter of her mom. She did have a

2:20.9

younger brother and she was raised by a single mother. Sonia really did her absolute best to raise

2:29.0

her children by herself and her and Carly were the best of friends. The two of them were so

2:35.7

incredibly close. Because Sonia was relatively young when she had Carly, she was definitely worried

2:43.4

about how she was going to be able to raise a child and make ends meet. However, once Carly was

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Savannah Brymer & Studio71, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Savannah Brymer & Studio71 and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.