Silent Night, Deadly Night: The Covina Christmas Massacre

Silent Night, Deadly Night: The Covina Christ...

Up next

Driven to Murder: Why Ellen Pakkies Killed Her Own Son

In 2007, Ellen Pakkies strangled her drug-addicted son after six years of abuse, theft, and violence. Her trial revealed a childhood of neglect, institutional failures, and a community ravaged by tik. The judge gave her a suspended sentence. Today, she campaigns for Cape Town may ...  Show more

Unsolved: The Servant Girl Annihilator

In 1880s Austin, Texas, a serial killer stalked domestic servants, brutally murdering eight people with axes before vanishing into history. The police failed spectacularly, private detectives proved useless, and two husbands faced murder trials. Was the killer a local man named N ...  Show more

Recommended Episodes

EP. 48 CALIFORNIA - A Christmas Massacre: The 2008 Covina Santa Shooting
Murder In America

On Christmas Eve in 2008, 9 members of a family were slaughtered in cold blood by a man dressed as Santa Claus who showed up to their annual family gathering with multiple loaded pistols and a home made flamethrower... This is one sad and disturbing story. Listener discretion is ...  Show more

82. Killer Santa’s Christmas Day Massacre
Outlore with Eleanor Neale

Today's episode is on the christmas day massacre - a killing spree committed by Aziz Yazdanpanah while dressed as santa claus. This case is also known as the santa slaying and the grapevine massacre.Trigger Warning: suicideResources: https://linktr.ee/usualdisclaimer Learn more a ...  Show more

The Mysteries of Christmas
Bedtime Stories

In this last week before Christmas, we’re bringing you not one, but two episodes filled with mysterious and sometimes downright creepy occurrences, all of which happened over the festive period. So, plug in your earphones, maybe grab yourself a glass of mulled wine, sit back, rel ...  Show more

The Covina Christmas Massacre | The Case of the Ortega Family | UNSEEN
Unseen

“He shot my daughter in the face!” On Christmas Eve 2008, just before midnight, 911 operators scramble as every phone rings off the hook in the city of Covina, California. All the callers frantically report a massive explosion on East Knollcrest drive—the Ortegas' family home. I ...  Show more