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Manhunt: The Murder of Emily Longley

September 16, 2025·1 hr 15 min·5 clips

Elliot Turner demonstrates how he strangled Emily to his parents, caught on police surveillance.

True Crime Obsessed is a true crime comedy podcast hosted by Patrick Hines and Jillian Benzavalli, in which the two hosts review true crime documentaries together and provide commentary. The episode opens with community news — the podcast's YouTube channel has grown to over 70,000 subscribers in three months, with a poop cruise video hitting 50,000 views — before diving into the documentary. Manhunt: The Murder of Emily Longley is a British documentary series that follows a criminal investigation from the detective's perspective. Emily Longley was a young woman whose death appeared to have no obvious cause — no clear external injuries and nothing initially pointing to homicide. The investigative team's challenge was to first establish cause of death and then prove murder rather than accident or illness. The detective on the case describes developing a theory that Emily was killed by her boyfriend and then working methodically to prove or disprove it. A key turning point in the documentary is described as a startling moment in which the suspect was exposed. Both hosts are moved by the documentary's opening sequence, in which Emily's father describes holding her as a newborn — her head in his palm, her feet in the crook of his elbow — a moment they connect to their own experiences of holding infants and becoming parents. The episode is warm, discursive, and frequently diverts into personal anecdotes, which is characteristic of the show's format. Patreon listeners have access to additional episode coverage for this case.

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A blunt, fast-moving look at jealousy, control, and blame-shifting.

The episode tracks Emily Longley's story in a blunt, fast-moving register that keeps jealousy and control front and center in a teenage relationship.

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Jealous-boyfriend rage, terrifying voicemails, and hosts who do not let anyone off the hook.

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