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Murdered at First Sight

  • 2022 – 2025
  • Returning Series
  • Documentary · Crime
  • ~46m / ep
  • 3 seasons

Most killers know their victims but recently there has been an alarming rise in 'stranger murders'. This is the shocking stories of people who were killed by someone they had never met.

Latest: Season 3 · 2025

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  1. E1. Where Mercy Died: Sean McKay

    Aug 18, 2025 · 45m

    23 year old Sean McKay is randomly stabbed to death in Dalry, Scotland, in 2021 by violent criminal Gary McVey. After killing him, McVey bragged to a friend about the act with no remorse.

  2. E2. A Mother's Absence: Michelle Gunshon

    Aug 18, 2025 · 45m

    In December 2004, security guard Michelle Gunshon vanishes after her shift in Birmingham. Years later, DNA ties violent offender Martin Stafford to her murder, though her body is still missing.

  3. E3. In Plain Sight: Breck Bednar

    Aug 18, 2025 · 45m

    14-year-old Breck Bednar is murdered in 2014 by online predator Lewis Daynes, who groomed him via a gaming group. Breck's family believed the friendship had ended, until it was too late.

  4. E4. Taken: Carlie Brucia

    Aug 18, 2025 · 45m

    In 2004, 11-year-old Carlie Brucia is kidnapped while walking home in Sarasota, Florida. Her body is found days later. The killer is Joseph Smith was a released convict on probation.

  5. E5. Uninvited: The Petit Family

    Aug 18, 2025 · 45m

    After being followed from a store, the Petit family are targeted in a brutal home invasion in Cheshire, Connecticut. Three family members are murdered, and only the father survives the horrifying ordeal.

  6. E6. Without a Trace: Kelsey Smith

    Aug 18, 2025 · 45m

    In Overland Park, Kansas, 18-year-old Kelsey Smith vanishes after a routine shopping trip. Her body is later found, revealing a horrific case of stranger violence by Edwin Hall.

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