Killer Instinct

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Savannah Brymer hosts "Killer Instinct", a true-crime podcast that sheds light on horrific events, but more importantly, attempts to bring justice to the many grieving families that these crimes have touched. Every Wednesday, Savannah breaks down the events leading up to the crime, as well as proposes multiple theories as to what could’ve happened, all with the help of listeners and even the victim's families.Get the ad-free version here: https://killerinstinct.supercast.tech/For advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com  We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4 Privacy Policy: https://www.studio71.com/us/terms-and-conditions-use/#Privacy%20Policy

Recent Episodes
  • Holiday Homicide : Charlotte and Brent Springford
    Nov 20, 2024 – 47:20
  • Thanksgiving Massacre : Sitton Family
    Nov 13, 2024 – 35:55
  • Dismembered Parents : Joel and Lisa Guy
    Nov 6, 2024 – 43:00
  • The Man Who Killed Halloween : Ronald O’Bryan : Halloweek 2024 EP 4
    Oct 31, 2024 – 35:12
  • Halloween Horror of Nicole Hutchings : Halloweek 2024 EP 3
    Oct 30, 2024 – 39:11
  • Who Really Killed Teresa Halbach ? : Halloweek 2024 EP 2
    Oct 29, 2024 – 54:45
  • Trick Or Treat Slaying of Peter Fabiano : Halloweek 2024 EP 1
    Oct 28, 2024 – 32:45
  • Shocking Betrayal and Cover Up : Donnah Winger
    Oct 23, 2024 – 47:26
  • Jealous To Death : Sherri Rasmussen
    Oct 16, 2024 – 41:37
  • Teenage Monster Or Mentally Disturbed? : Carly Gregg
    Oct 9, 2024 – 40:06
  • Deadpool Killer : Wade Wilson
    Oct 2, 2024 – 59:40
  • Kidnapped And Missing For Nearly 20 Years : Jaycee Lee Dugard
    Sep 25, 2024 – 01:02:05
  • House Of Horrors : Gary Heidnick
    Sep 18, 2024 – 38:15
  • Held Captive For 8 Years : Natascha Kampusch
    Sep 11, 2024 – 52:13
  • Hitchhiker's Nightmare : Mary Vincent
    Sep 4, 2024 – 38:27
  • The Temptress : Tausha Fields
    Aug 28, 2024 – 48:49
  • Self-Defense or Cold-Blooded Murder? : Ryan Poston
    Aug 21, 2024 – 57:35
  • Craigslist Murder: Miranda Barbour
    Aug 14, 2024 – 41:30
  • Murder In The Shower : Jodi Arias
    Aug 7, 2024 – 01:09:13
  • Celebrity Therapist : Amie Harwick
    Jul 31, 2024 – 40:53
  • Rebecca Schaeffer: Stalked By An Obsessed Fan
    Jul 24, 2024 – 43:31
  • Mary Stauffer: Abucted by A Former Student
    Jul 17, 2024 – 01:01:05
  • Lauren McCluskey: Found Dead On Campus
    Jul 10, 2024 – 45:19
  • Kendra Hatcher: Spying, Jealousy, and Murder
    Jul 3, 2024 – 38:00
  • Cynthia Hoffman: $9 Million Murder
    Jun 26, 2024 – 36:07
  • Heidi Broussard: Stolen Baby
    Jun 19, 2024 – 40:42
  • Shanda Sharer: Burned Alive By A Child
    Jun 12, 2024 – 48:57
  • Colleen Slemmer: Slain by Baby Satan
    Jun 5, 2024 – 45:06
  • Hart Family : Murder / Suicide of a Family of Eight
    May 29, 2024 – 48:05
  • Grant Amato: Obsessed With a Fantasy
    May 22, 2024 – 45:59
  • Moon and Glory: Cooked Remains
    May 15, 2024 – 40:24
  • Bever Family : Broken Arrow Murders
    May 8, 2024 – 39:05
  • Ronald Gene Simmons: Mass Family Murder
    May 1, 2024 – 42:21
  • John Crutchley: Human Vampire
    Apr 24, 2024 – 41:23
  • Sean Vincent Gillis: Living With A Serial Killer
    Apr 17, 2024 – 40:24
  • George Russell: The Charmer
    Apr 10, 2024 – 41:47
  • Donald Gaskins: The Meanest Man In America
    Apr 3, 2024 – 01:01:26
  • Jill Dando: Celebrity Newscaster Shocked Britain
    Mar 27, 2024 – 49:03
  • OJ Simpson: The Trial That Shocked The Nation
    Mar 20, 2024 – 01:00:38
  • Selena Quintanilla: Obsessed To Death
    Mar 13, 2024 – 29:24
  • Natalie Wood : Mysterious Death of a Hollywood Star
    Mar 6, 2024 – 40:43
  • Chara and Henry : Forbidden Love
    Feb 28, 2024 – 37:04
  • Cari Farver : Stalked By A Missing Person
    Feb 21, 2024 – 01:01:53
  • Ian Brady and Myra Hindley : Moors Murderers
    Feb 14, 2024 – 53:05
  • Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo: The Ken and Barbie Murders
    Feb 7, 2024 – 01:01:18
  • Mitrice Richardson: Deceased Woman Spotted In Las Vegas?
    Jan 31, 2024 – 37:21
  • Ashley Summers: Sixteen Years And Counting
    Jan 24, 2024 – 35:48
  • Danielle Imbo and Richard Petrone: A Couple's Bizarre Disappearance
    Jan 17, 2024 – 35:17
  • Michele Harris: Suspicious Disappearance of a Mother of Four
    Jan 10, 2024 – 54:18
  • Matt Trussler: Self Defense or Cold Blooded Murder?
    Jan 3, 2024 – 42:00
Recent Reviews
  • kaydh28
    Frustrating to get through an episode
    Extremely hard to stay interested in the whole episode. The words “ultimately” and “however” are incorrectly used a lot and almost every other word. It makes me cringe and honestly really frustrated. The stories could be done so much better. I keep listening to this because I like your voice and it helps me fall asleep. Also there are so many errors. I’m sorry I think you are a wonderful person spreading awareness of the victims, but please take note of the feedback we are trying to give to you. You always say you want our opinions and want to know how you can improve and we have all given really good feedback that is never listened to. I really enjoy your stories on Snapchat, though! You excel on those. :)
  • Get My Gluck Gluck On
    So Many Ads…
    I like the podcast, but the ads are out of control. It’s almost to the point I don’t want to listen because of all the ads.
  • Quote Unquote1
    I love the show…. however…
    “Quote, unquote” drives me nuts! Can the host of the show just paraphrase the comments instead of quoting the comment verbatim? Please?
  • nashlaw
    I tried. I can’t
    I listened for about two minutes. That’s about all I could take.
  • house of trends
    Love the monthly themes
    I love the ideas of monthly themes. It would be nice to get stories that’s not told on a lot of platforms. I think next month should be killer roommates !
  • Skinwoman
    Love Savannah’s voice
    I seriously don’t mean this as a backhanded compliment: Savannah’s voice is so pleasant, her vocal fry sounds endearing and comforting, like a purring cat — and I love cats!
  • Grac€
    Savannah does a great job
    Good job, Savannah. But your recent stories have been some that we have heard many times on other podcasts. Please find some new stories.
  • AirbrushGary
    Beset True Crime Podcast
    Host of this show does diligent research, is very well spoken, highly organized presentation, and gives the facts before adding her insight. Her episodes are compact yet rich in details as her “flow” presenting the information of each case is top tier. Thank you Savannah for making my workdays go by much better.
  • mggmfnfngmmgmgg
    5 stars
    i prefer watching the youtube version but i’ve been watching/listening for a few years now and it’s so good!
  • ramjam2011
    Completely lacks production value
    I watched a few YouTube videos of this podcast. It isn’t good. Savannah basically just reads the information about the case and shows some photos on YouTube. It’s boring and repetitive. It lacks the features of good investigative journalism you’ll find in typical true crime podcasts. It appears she does no editing either.
  • Esquire13
    Top Notch
    I enjoy Killer Instinct over other true crime podcasts because Savannah takes the time to give background on the victims if the background information exists. This makes the victims enjoy a sense of humanity as real people unlike other podcasts who gloss over that and cut right to the crime. You can tell Savannah works really hard in producing the episodes and I appreciate her work ethic. Keep it up Savannah.
  • Aimsed
    Pretty good
    Pretty good but definitely doesn’t proof some things like saying the details are “disclosed” when she means to say “undisclosed” lol among other examples
  • Nullity
    Listening to first episode
    Updated 1/1/24: I think I’m pretty much over this podcast. It’s very average and the host seems like she’s just reading from my script alone in a room. Original review: And I literally had to check if this was on double speed. This is not a speed reading competition! Repeated phases, too, will give this one more shot then I’m out.
  • B.dS7
    It’s ok
    The cases are pretty standard and famous but there’s suuuuuch an insane amount of adverts for the level of actual content. If the cases were more original I’d be fine with that but since they’re all pretty well covered in other podcasts it’s very lame.
  • awesomeappr8r
    I loooove these
    Savannah I’ve been watching you on YouTube since the beginning basically and I still love watching/listening to you! I feel like I know you and we’re going over these cases together, you’re the best!!
  • LH2023!
    average
    i really use to enjoy watching Savannah’s Youtube videos but I like listening to the podcast when driving. I think she should read the reviews and invest in an editor. The repetition of sentences can be extremely annoying once you pick up on it.
  • tellmeatruecrimestorypodcast
    Great job!
    I enjoy listening to your podcast. Thank you and keep it up!
  • Mama_Gwen
    Had to turn it off…
    This show needs an editor! Not only is the grammar atrocious, the host repeats herself so much it was like nails on a chalkboard. I tried…just couldn’t listen to an entire episode.
  • agajsv
    Eh
    I like the story telling but the repeating of every sentence makes it hard to listen to sometimes
  • annieowens
    Flat story telling
    Flat reading of Wikipedia facts plus the vocal fry.
  • tiw5060
    Okay, but speaks with TikTok influencer cadence
    Kinda ruins it
  • mbczzzzzzz
    Alright
    There were so many editing mistakes on the Tanya kache episode
  • jkmkkm
    Finally
    This hostess goes the extra mile to bring us into the story. I love that she actually looks up words that aren't normally used in our common lexicon and explains the meaning. She doesn't pretend to know everything like other podcasters. Thank you. Your casts are easily listened to.
  • karlliez
    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    I like this podcast however she repeats herself, a lot. She says the same thing after saying it already. Like she says something and right after she will repeat it again, either the same sentence or she’ll just phrase it different. Could be something to do with editing, I’m not sure.
  • cassandra & diana
    Def recommend, just skip the ads
    I started listening for about a few months and I would listen EVERY SINGLE DAY , EPISODE AFTER EPISODE and let me tell you, I love this podcast! I listen to it while im working and it just keeps me on my toes. I love hearing about true crimes and Savannah(the host) goes so well in depth in every episode. There are ADS but I just skip them and continue on. I actually started listening to this podcast because It was an ad on another podcast that I listen to called “InTALKxicated” by Kelsi Davis!
  • Sweeteaaa
    Too many ads for low quality reporting
    The ads aren’t worth the bad podcast. Flop!
  • AmyR3y35
    Love her
    I watched her on yt and when I discovered that murder stuff helps me sleep I decided to try her podcast so I can be able to turn off my phone while listening. People are so picky. I would give Savannah 100 star review if I could. I’ve listened to all her podcasts and even replay them.
  • Taylorlauri
    5 stars
    Great story teller
  • Suppercatscratch747
    Ads Ads Ads
    Would give it five stars but for the excessive Ads.
  • ohreally7
    Pretty good
    I love listening to your voice. It’s smooth and flowing. I kind of feel like you could add a few more details to go a touch more in depth and until today when I was listening to some prior podcasts I had been really impressed with this podcast. But today you expressed an opinion and insinuated that everyone should feel the way you do about it. To make it worse it was an opinion not at all relevant to a true crime podcast.
  • Ems052221
    50/50
    I feel like the host is incredibly judgemental. She’s too straight to the point. There’s no actual story. She repeats sentences too much. She has good cases but doesn’t do well on them. This is literally a back up podcast to me at this point.
  • Shaggy3001
    Awesome!
    Savannah is really good at this! One of my favorite things is, unlike the majority of podcasts, she gets right into it. You don’t have to listen to 8 mins worth of b/s before getting to why you started listening in the first place.
  • Oliviademourax3
    Love this podcast
    I love listening to savannah but it definitely gets to me that she constantly uses the word “however”. At this point I legit just know when she is going to say it lol. I wish this podcast had the “Played” and “Unplayed” section bc scrolling all the way through over 200 podcast to find ones that I haven’t listen to yet is brutal lol
  • baisdnsb
    meh
    Ads are ridiculous. No other podcast i listen to has that many ads. if i thought the podcast was good maybe i’d sit through them in support but…no. can’t stand the way she talks and episodes are short and can tell not much effort put into it. don’t waste your time here and go support Kendall Rae instead.
  • karosaenz
    Straight to the point
    If you're in the mood to listen to cases with just the facts and very little additional commentary, this is a great podcast. Even though she doesn't add a ton of her own thoughts, it is still interesting to listen to.
  • theplantslayer
    Paid subscriber but still getting ads
    Weird that I’m getting ads when I’ve paid for the subscription for a year???
  • dogeisbetterthangabe
    Love this podcast!
    Love how she gets straight to the point! Her YouTube channel is 🔥 also so happy I found this 💙💙
  • JChrismond
    Closet light
    A true mental case, family connected, knew the unusual detail that the closet light in the little girl’s room was on. HELLO
  • Objective Voice
    Too fast story telling.
    I listen to strictly true crime podcasts-just what my interest is. I tried this one today after hearing it advertised. It’s really rushed, fast talking, lots of run on type sentences etc. It has a bit of an unprofessional vibe to me. Having said all of this, I didn’t make it through the first episode. It could get better.
  • RapMon3
    Gross
    It’s absolutely disgusting that you make everything seem like Cameron Hooker’s fault when Janice Hooker was just as culpable as he was. Blaming everything on him and letting her get away scot free with everything she did to help him is disgusting and disrespectful to the victims. Do better
  • Cdawn83192
    Meh
    Good story telling but literally half of the episodes are advertising
  • Drea2550
    Add more voices
    One voice nonstop is very irritating. The subject matter is good, but I can’t take just one voice on and on I’m out of here
  • edithhxo
    :)
    Love this podcast, listen to it every day at work!! Just started from the very first one you put on ! Been listening since YouTube 🫶🏽 love love it!!!
  • Meme123$
    Okay but could use improvement
    While the selection is good the show really needs a better production team if it even has one. Savannah should check the pronunciation of words before she reads the script and try to keep a cadence. It’s just distracting and I had to stop listening after a while.
  • kaseylittlebwen
    Too many ads
    I get this is your job, but I use to listen regularly and I constantly have to skip thru the ads. At this point it’s like trying to listen to a tv and it’s frustrating.
  • momma hippie
    Love this podcast!!
    I love Savannah!! I love this podcast! I listen to alot of podcasts, have for about 12 years! I just can’t believe I didn’t find this podcast until now.! I am binging don’t know what I will do when I have to wait each week for a new episode! Please keep them coming and don’t change a thing!! Thank you and everyone involed with getting this out there! When I found it I instantly became a Patreon!! Love it and y’all. Thanks again! Mommaa Hippie
  • BobZilla999
    No Research
    I listened to the Bricca episode.. 39 minutes? And at least 10 minutes were ads. If any research were done on this it would take 2 hours. Disappointing.
  • Kewaunee Gal
    Grammar issues
    A good speaking voice but I also had to stop listening because of grammar issues. “He” or “She” is the subject of a sentence. You never start a sentence with “him” or “het”. Also, if what you are talking about is plural you should say “there are…” not “there is…”
  • Neebonator
    Could be good…
    Your grammar is awful “He had gave” and I challenge you to count every time you start a sentence with “Now…” Lazy! You can do better!
  • UNC4224
    However
    Please, I beg you, stop using the word “however” 600 times an episode. Find other ways to deliver your story.
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