Introducing Fifteen: Inside The Daniel Marsh Murders

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🗓️ 30 August 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Join 48 Hours correspondent Erin Moriarty for her riveting new podcast series "Fifteen: Inside the Daniel Marsh Murders". When beloved couple Claudia Maupin and Chip Northup are brutally murdered while sleeping in the peaceful college community of Davis, California, police are left with more questions than answers. With no evidence, weapon or motive, authorities struggle to track down the killer. Who would commit such a heinous crime and why? Months later, a tipster calls to reveal intimate details of the crime. And the mastermind behind it all? Well, he was just fifteen. Listen to episodes wherever you get your podcasts. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	That night, I just couldn't take it anymore.
0:07.0	I had to do it. I lost control of Maddo.
0:13.0	Did you two ever worry about their safety?
0:20.0	No, never.
0:21.6	They had an idyllic life.
0:23.6	They lived in Davis.
0:25.6	Davis, California is a safe college community.
0:29.6	It's also the place where Claudia Maupin and Chip Northup fell in love later in life.
0:36.6	They adored each other.
0:38.8	They loved going to movies, holding hands, and just being with each other's families.
0:45.1	They were active members of their community.
0:48.1	So when they didn't show up for church one Sunday morning in April, their family and friends were worried.
0:56.2	And I called, and I called his number, and I called Claudia's number, and they both went
1:02.6	to voicemail.
1:03.6	How unusual is that?
1:04.6	It was very unusual.
1:06.4	The night before, Chip and Claudia had peacefully gone to sleep, but outside, someone was lurking.
1:15.1	He planned it perfectly.
1:16.9	The mysterious figure meticulously cut a window screen, entered their house, and stabbed them to death more than 120 times.
1:28.3	Does anybody even have the strength to do that?
1:32.3	And why would somebody want to do that?
1:36.3	I'm 48-hour's correspondent Aaron Moriarty,
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