In the early hours of September 29th, 2021, seventeen-year-old Benjamin Elliott called 911 sobbing, saying,

“I just killed my sister… I thought it was a dream.”

When police arrived, they found Benjamin covered in blood, clutching a knife, and his twin sister, Meghan dead in her bed.

What followed was one of the most haunting and divisive murder cases Texas has ever seen. Benjamin claimed he was sleepwalking when he stabbed his twin, and expert witnesses argued that parasomnia — a rare sleep disorder — could explain everything.

But prosecutors saw it differently. Two stab wounds. No sleep disorder diagnosis. And one quiet “hmm” when told his sister was gone.

Was this a tragic accident committed by a brain on autopilot? Or the coldest cover story imaginable?

In this episode of Serial Napper, we dive deep into the science, the psychology, and the heartbreak of a case that asks one impossible question:
How much control do we really have over ourselves?

Sources:

https://www.courttv.com/news/tx-v-benjamin-elliott-sleepwalking-twin-murder-trial/

https://www.kens5.com/article/news/crime/murder-trial-houston-man-twin-sister-death/285-66c1d559-4f1c-419e-bf88-10cb4a0e3f6a

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/jury-rejects-sleepwalking-defense-of-man-who-fatally-stabbed-his-twin-sister-in-the-neck-with-survival-knife/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/benjamin-elliott-texas-twin-sister-sleepwalking-murder-trial-48-hours/

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