HOLIDAY SPECIAL: Thanksgiving Murders Pt. 1
Murder: True Crime Stories
Crime House
4.6 • 766 Ratings
🗓️ 25 November 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Thanksgiving is meant for gratitude — but sometimes, it brings out the darkest parts of the human mind.
In this chilling special, the Killer Minds team, joined by Murder: True Crime Stories host Carter Roy, examines two Thanksgiving tragedies: the 2009 Merhige family massacre, when a Florida man opened fire on his relatives after years of mental decline and resentment, and the gruesome murder of Bill Nelson by his wife, Omaima, whose fairytale romance turned into one of California’s most shocking crimes.
A study of obsession, rage, and the deadly side of family gatherings.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, Crime House Community. It's Carter Roy, and if you love digging into the most gripping true crime stories, then you need to listen to another crime house original. |
| 0:10.9 | Crimes of with Sabrina Deanna Roga and Corinne Vienne. Crimes of is a weekly series that explores a new theme each season, |
| 0:21.3 | from crimes of paranormal, unsolved murders, mysterious disappearances, and more. |
| 0:27.4 | Sabrina and Corinne have been covering the true stories behind Hollywood's most iconic horror villains, |
| 0:33.9 | and this month they'll be diving into the paranormal. |
| 0:37.5 | Listen to Crimes of every Tuesday on Apple Podcasts, |
| 0:41.8 | Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you listen to podcasts. |
| 0:49.0 | This is Crime House. This is Crime House. |
| 0:59.1 | Thanksgiving is a special time of the year in the U.S. |
| 1:02.5 | It marks the start of the holiday season, which usually means lots of quality time with family. |
| 1:08.7 | And your fellow Crimehouse hosts, who some might say are even better than family? |
| 1:14.4 | So nice of you to join us for this holiday special, Carter. Thank you, Vanessa. A Thanksgiving is |
| 1:19.7 | typically a wholesome opportunity for us to come together and take stock of everything we have to be |
| 1:26.3 | grateful for. But in some cases, that family time isn't all gratitude and gravy. |
| 1:34.3 | And instead, pent up resentments and long-held wishes bring out people's ugliest and deadliest urges. |
| 2:04.6 | The human mind is powerful. It shapes how we think, feel, love, and hate. But sometimes it drives people to commit the unthinkable. |
| 2:08.4 | This is a special Thanksgiving episode of Killer Minds, a crimehouse original. |
| 2:13.3 | I'm Vanessa Richardson. |
| 2:14.9 | And I'm Dr. Tristan Engels. |
| 2:16.7 | Every Monday and Thursday, we uncover the darkest minds in history, analyzing what makes |
| 2:21.8 | a killer. |
| 2:22.8 | And today, we're joined by a dear member of the Crime House family, Carter Roy, host of |
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