Idaho 4- The University of Idaho Murders- Part 1

This Feels Criminal: A True Crime Podcast (Formerly Killer Queens)

This Feels Criminal | Formerly Killer Queens

Society & Culture, True Crime

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🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

In November 2022, four University of Idaho students—Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin—were brutally murdered in an off-campus house in Moscow, Idaho. The shocking crime sent fear through the small college town and sparked a nationwide obsession with finding the killer.

In Part 1, we walk through the victims' backgrounds, the timeline of that tragic night, the discovery of the crime scene, and the early days of the investigation that left police and the public desperate for answers.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, welcome to Killer Queens, a true crime podcast. I'm your host, Tarela, and like most
0:09.5	millennials, I've always had an obsession with true crime. On KQ, you'll find light true crime
0:14.8	stories, millennial hypes and gripes, some adult language, and maybe a special guest here and there.
0:22.5	Just like a 90s sleepover,
0:27.5	we're just a couple BFFs hanging out. So gather around and let's launch right into it.
0:39.0	Just before noon on November 13, 2022, a 911 call came into Moscow Police Department.
0:43.8	Several college students at the University of Idaho were on the line saying that one of their roommates wasn't waking up, that they'd seen someone in the house the night before.
0:47.9	The call wasn't clear, but when responders arrived, the scene spoke for itself.
0:52.5	Inside the well-known college party house on King Road were the bodies
0:55.7	of Kaylee Gensalvis, Zana Kernodal, Madison Mogan, and Ethan Chapin, all dead from sharp force
1:02.7	injuries. Six weeks later, a suspect was arrested and charged. However, no motive or connection
1:08.0	has been identified and doubts still hang in the air as to whether
1:11.6	this person is without a doubt guilty. The trial was set to start in August of 2025,
1:18.1	but just weeks before, the killer agreed to a plea deal and pleaded guilty to all counts
1:24.1	sparing his own life. All right, guys, well, we are talking Idaho for today.
1:30.5	Finally. So, yeah, finally. We were waiting initially for the trial to happen before we did this one.
1:39.3	But obviously, there's not going to be a trial. So that kind of threw, threw us off our game here. You know? Yeah. I just
1:46.2	almost tried to adjust my glasses. I'm not wearing glasses. Okay. Wow. Also,
1:52.9	want to give a big, hey girl, thanks to Madison for writing this one up. Yeah. Thanks,
1:58.5	we actually didn't have any request on the submission form for this case, which I'm
2:03.1	shocked AF about. But I bet somebody may be like posted places or something like that. So if you
2:09.1	requested it, thank you. And if you didn't request it, here it is anyway. That's right.
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