Post Mortem | The Boy Who Killed His Twin

48 Hours

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True Crime, News Commentary, News, Tv & Film, Cbs

3.9 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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48 Hours correspondents Anne-Marie Green and Erin Moriarty discuss the case of Ben Elliott, who admits to stabbing his twin sister when they were teenagers, but has an unusual defense: he was sleepwalking when he killed her. They discuss the science of sleepwalking, Ben’s strange demeanor in his police interrogation, and Erin’s interview with Ben in jail. 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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0:34.2	Welcome back to postmortem. I'm your host, 48 hours correspondent, Anne-Marie Green, and joining me today to discuss the season premiere episode of 48 hours is 48-hours correspondent, Erin Moriarty.
0:47.6	Erin, how many seasons has it been for you now?
0:50.1	Okay, I was trying to count, and I think it's 35, which means isn't this your first full season?
0:56.8	It is.
0:57.7	It is.
0:57.7	It is.
0:57.7	I'm working out and I'm working on it.
1:02.5	Still, with all those seasons under your belt, this is quite an episode.
1:06.6	I don't know if you've done anything like this one before.
1:08.8	It's the perplexing case of Ben Elliott.
1:12.6	He murdered his twin sister, Megan, in 2021. They were both just 17 years old at the time.
1:18.7	Now, Ben maintains his innocence. He admits that he stabbed his sister, but he says he was sleepwalking,
1:25.7	and he did not intend to harm her. So this is one of those episodes,
1:30.9	Aaron, that throughout the hour my mind kept on changing about whether or not, you know,
1:36.3	I felt it was intentional. I felt that, you know, whether or not he was guilty. I just, I couldn't
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