The matriarch of a prominent Princeton family is found stabbed to death in her locked basement in 1989. Why would anyone want to kill Cissy Stuart, one of the Ivy league town’s most well-known characters? The shocking investigation sprawls across decades, as police turn their attention from a serial attacker, to her son, to a group of Princeton University students who said they were at a Grateful Dead concert at the time of the killing.
The hot-blooded investigator sees a conspiracy. Is he way off base? Or does privilege let you get away with murder?
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SOMEONE'S HUNTING US: A new series from the creators of In The Shadow of Princeton
Daysi Calavia-Robertson and Rebecca Everett introduce 'Someone's Hunting Us,' a true crime series investigating a serial killer who targeted Black women, highlighting the victims and the investigators.
28 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT
Coming Soon: Someone's Hunting Us
Here's the trailer for our new podcast, "Someone's Hunting Us," which drops Feb. 10.
In 2016, a serial killer was preying on Black women and girls he thought no one would miss — and getting away with it. Police in New Jersey never suspected that Khalil Wheeler-Weaver, a nerdy-looking, polite young man from a law enforcement family, was the one stalking the streets and dating apps for his next target.The journalists behind “Father Wants Us Dead” — called one of the best true crime podcasts of all time by Entertainment Weekly — bring you a deeply-reported true crime story of a serial killer hiding in plain sight and the women who took him down.
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28 Aug 2024TRANSCRIPT
What to Listen to Next :: Head Number 7
Harvard has a problem - a body snatching problem. The Ivy League community was rocked when Harvard Medical School morgue manager Cedric Lodge was caught selling stolen body parts online to the highest bidder. Head Number 7 explores the case and the ethical questions it raised, not only about what happens when you donate your body to science, but about the shadowy buyers and sellers who trade in human heads, skin, and bones.
17 Jul 2024TRANSCRIPT
This Isn't Over: 8
The reporters come face-to-face with Tony Federico's prime target. And a development: Will modern forensics unlock the answer to who killed Cissy Stuart?
10 Jul 2024TRANSCRIPT
Haunted: 7
There are undeniable holes in this investigation. Was Tony Federico following the facts or seeing only what he wanted?
3 Jul 2024TRANSCRIPT
'The Push': 6
Rebecca and Kevin head from the woods of Maine to Washington, D.C. on a search to understand the FBI's investigations and decode cryptic scribblings about a 2007 meeting.
26 Jun 2024TRANSCRIPT
Showdown: 5
Believing his white whale is in his sights, Capt. Tony Federico confronts alibi witnesses and Cissy's son about what he's learned — and gets some surprising answers.
19 Jun 2024TRANSCRIPT
A New Theory: 4
Fourteen years after Cissy's death, the new cop on the case focuses his attention on an alibi involving a trip to see the Grateful Dead.
12 Jun 2024TRANSCRIPT
Power: 3
Police focus on a relative, despite what they claim is interference from a powerful person. Then, a chance encounter leads to a shocking twist.
5 Jun 2024TRANSCRIPT
Everyone is a Suspect: 2
A young man is suspected of attacking women in Princeton. Police investigate him — and also look much closer to home.
5 Jun 2024TRANSCRIPT
The Death of the Grande Dame: 1
After the shocking discovery of Cissy Stuart’s body, investigators scramble to figure out who would have wanted her dead and how they did it ‘without leaving a trace.’
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21 May 2024TRANSCRIPT
Trailer: In the Shadow of Princeton
From the creators of “Father Wants Us Dead” — one of the top podcasts of 2022 with millions of listens — comes another gripping true crime series, “In the Shadow of Princeton.”
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SOMEONE'S HUNTING US: A new series from the creators of In The Shadow of Princeton
Published 12 Feb 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It's 2016 and there's a serial killer prowling the streets of Newark. One girl disappears, then another, then another, and another. But there was no widespread panic, no scary headlines. People go missing all the time in a city like Newark. Police didn't realize this polite, pleasant young man was systematically murdering young black women. They felt safe with him and obviously he could talk to them enough to feel safe. He looked like a little boy, but I think he's a predator. Just no doubt about it. You commit a heinous crime and you go on about this day or nothing you'd had. Especially the immature and experienced killers will feel that rush and then want it as fast as they can. […]
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