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Unspeakable: A True Crime Podcast By Kelly Jennings

Part 2 | Darkness Fell: The Double Murder of Chip and Claudia Northup

Unspeakable: A True Crime Podcast By Kelly Jennings

Envision Podcast Productions

True Crime

4.8683 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Part 2 of a 2 Part Series:
In the quiet college town of Davis, California, retired couple Chip and Claudia Northup were living out their golden years in peace — until the dead of night changed everything. On April 14, 2013, in the early morning hours, the couple lay sleeping in their own bed when an intruder slipped silently into their home. He stood over them in the darkness, watching them breathe, before unleashing a savage, relentless attack that left the bedroom soaked in blood. What followed was one of the most brutal and disturbing double murders the community had ever seen.

Timestamps
25:37 The Insanity Plea
27:40 Comparison to Other Cases
34:27 Family's Journey Through Grief
41:23 The Possibility of Release
45:03 TED Talk Opportunity
58:41 The Impact of a Troubled Past
1:10:36 The Judge's Decision
1:15:09 The Aftermath of the Case

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Unspeakable, a true crime podcast where I tell stories of real crimes with real victims,

0:11.7

whose cases are so shocking that many are left wondering, how is this even real?

0:30.9

I use my experiences in law enforcement, corrections, and combined with my years as a criminal justice educator, dig deep into complex cases of evil acts.

0:34.4

Some so evil, many feel they are unspeakable.

0:53.6

Warning, unspeakable is intended for mature audiences.

1:11.2

If you are easily offended, then I'm not your girl. Listening discretion is advised. Hey y'all, KJ, here back with part two of this two-part series that I am doing. So as you're listening right now, if you are like, oh, wait a minute, this is a part two. Yep, you need to go back, listen to Part 1 before we jump into today's episode. Now,

1:15.1

before I get started, I do have a couple of shoutouts that I'm going to do. And we are going to start in Houston, Texas, where Miss Kelly Esparza lives. How are you doing over there, Kelly?

1:20.9

How are things in Texas? I hope that it's wonderful. I will actually be in your neck of the woods

1:26.6

in about two weeks because my niece is graduating,

1:29.5

and I'm going to watch that happen.

1:31.5

So I'll be near you, but I'm waving at you on the camera.

1:34.3

Thank you so much for joining my crime family, and you are the difference, as I always say,

1:39.3

and I look forward to speaking with you on our Patreon app.

1:42.8

And then we're going to go to Jacksonville, Florida, where I've got Ms. Helen, and I believe you would say, Kahn or Kohln. Girl, you're going to have to give me a pronunciation on that one because I do not want to mess that one up. But Helen has joined our crime family guys, and we are so happy to have her join our group. Thank you so much, and I'm waving to you, Ms. Helen.

2:21.2

And then last for today, but certainly not least, is Mr. Rick Phillips from Blasburg. What is this? Pennsylvania. Okay. Well, I, again, Mr. Rick, wow, I know I've spoken to you a couple of times. I think you're on my Facebook, too, and you're a follower, and we talk a few times, we've spoken a few times, at least on there.

2:18.0

So, Rick, thank you from the bottom of my heart for joining. Your support means everything to me. It helps me to keep doing everything that I'm doing. And so y'all are today's special people, VIP, and those are your shoutouts. I hope that I got your names right.

2:32.6

And talk to me, chat to me if I did a mispronunciation because I want to get that right.

2:36.4

But we're going to jump right on in. are your shoutouts. I hope that I got your names right. And talk to me, chat to me if I did a

2:34.4

mispronunciation because I want to get that right. But we're going to jump right on in to part two

2:39.3

of this episode about Mr. Chip and Miss Claudia. And where we left off last time, quick recap,

2:46.5

is that the couple were stabbed and disemboweled.

2:52.3

They were an elderly couple.

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