About This Episode
What is this episode about?
The episode "Doctor Murdered" from Real Life Real Crime: Woody Overton's Investigator Podcast centers on the fatal stabbing of Dr. Idris Evans, a 46-year-old pediatric critical-care physician at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, who was killed after an intruder allegedly entered his home and attacked him and his wife while they slept. Their two children escaped unharmed. Elijah Hemingway, 32, has been charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, burglary and criminal trespass in the case, which remains in the charging stage rather than a conviction.
Woody Overton opens the episode with updates on the #JusticeForMadison and #JusticeForStephanie campaigns, thanking listeners for tips received after a newly announced reward. He then revisits the 2022 killing of 19-year-old Tamir Jones in Philadelphia, tracing how investigators eventually linked suspects to both his death and another shooting. The episode also runs through true-crime history touching on Machine Gun Kelly, Johnny Lewis, the Charles Sherman Ross kidnapping, the Alabama cell-phone murders, Albert Anastasia, an Indiana State Prison escape and the Phil Spector murder trial. A Worldwide Crime segment covers a stabbing attack at a monastery in Poland, followed by a look at Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike, scheduled for execution September 30 for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer, including her attorneys' clemency efforts and objections to the execution protocol.
Hosts and release
Woody Overton hosts the show, part of the broader Real Life Real Crime catalogue and its recurring True Crime Time For news-roundup format, released September 26, 2026.
