MURDEROUS MINDS: The Sleepwalker Murder Pt. 1
Serial Killers & Murderous Minds
Crime House
4.5 • 712 Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Scott Falater went to bed next to his wife. Hours later, she was found stabbed and drowned...and all signs pointed to him. In Part 1, Killer Minds investigates the life and mind of a man who claimed he killed while sleepwalking, and the haunting question that followed: Was he conscious or completely unaware?
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, Crime House community. It's Vanessa Richardson. Looking for another Crime House original podcast to add to your rotation, you will love Clues with Morgan Absher and Kalyn Moore. |
| 0:12.8 | Every Wednesday, Morgan and Kalin dig into the world's most notorious crimes, clue by clue, from serial killers to shocking murders. |
| 0:21.5 | They follow the trail of clues, break down the evidence, and debate the theories. |
| 0:26.3 | It's like hanging out with your smart and true crime-obsessed friends. |
| 0:29.8 | Listen to clues on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you listen to podcasts. |
| 0:48.6 | Music. or wherever you listen to podcasts. Memory can be tricky. |
| 0:51.7 | Even the best of us can forget bad things we've done, |
| 0:55.0 | only for them to resurface unexpectedly. |
| 0:58.0 | Maybe your parents tell an embarrassing story from your childhood, |
| 1:01.0 | or your friends have to fill you in after one too many drinks. |
| 1:05.0 | For the most part, these realizations are harmless, even amusing. |
| 1:09.0 | But for Scott Follater, it created a waking nightmare. |
| 1:13.6 | One night in 1997, Scott's perfect life was shattered when he learned that his wife of 20 years |
| 1:22.6 | was brutally murdered in their backyard. Scott said he was fast asleep when it happened. |
| 1:29.3 | Then things took an even darker turn |
| 1:32.3 | when police told Scott he was the one who did it. The human mind is powerful. |
| 1:51.4 | It shapes how we think, feel, love, and hate. |
| 1:55.5 | But sometimes it drives people to commit the unthinkable. |
| 1:59.4 | This is Killer Minds, a Crime House original. |
| 2:02.7 | I'm Vanessa Richardson. |
| 2:03.9 | And I'm Dr. Tristan Ingalls. |
| 2:05.7 | Every Monday and Thursday, we uncover the darkest minds on history, |
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