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Hot On The Case

Two Mysterious Deaths, One Mansion, 48 Hours Apart

Hot On The Case

Breanna Heim

True Crime

5714 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

This week on Hot On The Case we dive into one of the most haunting and controversial stories out of Coronado California. In July 2011 Rebecca Zahau and six year old Max Shacknai both died under mysterious circumstances in the same mansion just days apart. What followed was a storm of shocking details conflicting reports and endless debate about what really happened inside the Spreckels Mansion.


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0:00.0

It was supposed to be the perfect summer, a wealthy family, a seaside mansion, and the kind of luxury most people only dream about.

0:09.7

But in July of 2011, that dream was shattered.

0:14.2

I wouldn't waste my time for anybody. I never touched her.

0:18.5

That little guys open your heads in head, and that's not.

0:21.6

Oh, good.

0:22.6

And I don't let your line, because I'm measuring these physical lives

0:26.6

of a finger going on inside.

0:28.6

Inside that mansion, tragedy struck twice, only two days apart.

0:34.6

On Monday, a young boy suffered a fatal fall. On Wednesday, a woman was found dead in a

0:41.8

scene so disturbing and bizarre. To this day, experts still can't agree on what really happened.

0:49.3

So, so, Captain, just to reiterate, she was found with her hands bound, her feet bound, hanging from a

0:56.7

dogmaid, that you have not yet determined that this is a criminal situation?

1:01.5

That's correct.

1:03.2

What board do you need?

1:05.1

One mansion, two mysterious deaths less than 48 hours apart.

1:15.0

These are the suspicious deaths of Max Shacknai and Rebecca Zahau. Welcome to Hot on the Case and thank you so much for joining me for

1:19.8

this week's investigation. This is a case that has never left my mind since I first heard about

1:25.5

it several years ago. Most of you listening have probably

1:28.6

heard of this case before, but I guarantee throughout this week's investigation, I will share

1:35.2

details with you that you have probably likely never heard. But for those of you that I've never

1:40.5

heard of the deaths of Max and Rebecca, you're going to think the story I'm sharing

1:46.5

with you is one of fiction. It's almost too bizarre to even be fiction. This is a real-life

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