The Sims Family Murders

Not Another True Crime Podcast

Betches

Comedy, True Crime, Society & Culture

3.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

This week, Sara and Danny are back to cover a cold case from the 60's that has remained unsolved to this day: The Sims Family Murders. They start off by breaking down the night in question and the timeline of events as it happened. Then, they talk about why the case has remained unsolved for so long, and go through the list of suspects that has been compiled throughout the years. To end the episode, they put their knowledge of football to the test, to see which of them is going to score a touchdown in the week's game. RESOURCES: https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2016/07/27/suspect-sims-murders-posts-musings-internet/87621126/ https://www.meridianstar.com/news/local_news/murder-mystery/article_eb758e96-ed4f-5856-87a9-b0fdbf641bd9.html https://news.fsu.edu/news/arts-humanities/2016/10/26/fsu-students-break-new-ground-film-cold-case/ https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-sims-family-triple-homicide-6bb55e55b8d3 https://www.indoorclimbing.com/Square_Knot.html https://www.wtxl.com/news/fsu-football-video-may-hold-secrets-in-sims-murder-fallout/article_81d96a94-55d1-11e6-b26d-3b098a751f6e.html https://vimeo.com/189936003?fbclid=IwAR3mvoHzF9N3FOSYUzjrYVDY0bObGRyV69QqW4BffQxWuvvQaxsSC7e5Pf0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Premier League is exciting.
0:04.0	It's exhilarating.
0:07.0	And sometimes it's...
0:11.0	So when you need something to help you ride the highest and loads of all that action,
0:17.0	grab a Coke to keep you in the game.
0:20.0	Time to refresh. Time for a Coke. Coca-Cola,
0:25.0	official partner of the Premier League. On the night of October 22nd, 1966, the people of
0:35.3	Tallahassee were celebrating the victory of FSU over Mississippi State in the local football game.
0:40.3	However, at the Sims family house in mural court, tragedy was taking place.
0:45.3	When 17-year-old Norma Sims returned home, she found a horrific scene with her mother, father, and sister bound and shot.
0:52.3	Investigators have tried for years to find the murderer and reasons for these murders,
0:57.1	but to this day, it remains an open case.
1:00.3	Will we ever find the culprit behind these gruesome murders?
1:08.5	Welcome back to Not Another True Crime Podcast, and that's always the question.
1:13.4	Always, always the question.
1:15.0	Will we know what happened?
1:16.3	Were your partners in whining crime?
1:18.0	I fucked up the intro.
1:19.6	That's just been this month because I was like how, when was the, because I feel like
1:23.8	I haven't recorded with you in nine years, but also yesterday.
1:27.6	And it's like, I don't know what's happening in January.
1:29.9	I know.
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