Melissa Merritt

True Crime All The Time

Emash Digital / Wondery

True Crime, Truecrime, Podcast, Documentary, Murder, Exhibit C, Serial, Killers, Society & Culture

4.7 • 13.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

In less than five years, Bill Harrison, his wife Bridget, and their son Caleb all died in the same home. The first death was ruled natural, the second suspicious, but the third was immediately declared a homicide. The police looked to Caleb’s ex-wife, Melissa Merritt, who was in the middle of a custody battle with Caleb and his parents.

Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss Melissa Merritt. The police zeroed in not only on Melissa but also on her boyfriend, Christopher Fattore. As they untangled a web of deceit, one of the biggest questions that arose was how much culpability each person bore.

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1:44.3	I'm going to do. The Hello everyone and welcome to episode 444 of the True Crime All the Time podcast. I'm Mike Ferguson and with me as always is my partner in true crime. Mike Gibson.
1:45.0	Give me, how are you?
2:05.2	Hey, I'm doing okay. How about you? I'm doing great. You're always doing great, man. You've got a big vacation coming on. I do. We're kind of on the fence as to whether we're going to just tape one early or take a week off. Yeah. So, you know, if you don't, uh, if you don't see an episode, uh, coming out next Sunday,
2:06.8	then you know we took the week off.
2:08.1	Because I'm on vacation.
2:12.0	Going, uh, overseas, which is a big trip for you.
2:12.9	I'll be in Greece.
2:14.0	I'm happy for you.
2:14.8	Yeah, I'm happy too.
2:16.9	Let's go ahead and give our Patreon shoutouts.
2:18.4	We had Kenna Schoonover.
2:22.1	What's going on? Schoonover. Melissa Heinzel. Ah, thanks, Heinzel.
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