Brooke Preston // 381

Going West: True Crime

Dark West Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.6 • 10.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In March of 2017, a 21-year-old woman headed back to her old West Palm Beach home to gather her belongings and move up to Buffalo, New York. But after having a conversation with her former roommate, they stabbed her to death, claiming to have been sleepwalking. But was that truly the case? Or was this premeditated murder? This is the story of Brooke Preston. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Brooke's Obituary: https://www.homerfuneralhome.com/obituaries/4173884 2. All That's Interesting: https://allthatsinteresting.com/brooke-preston 3. Sportskeeda: https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/dead-asleep-5-things-know-randy-herman-jr-sleepwalking-murder-case 4. Palm Beach Post: https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2021/12/07/hulu-sleepingwalking-murder-case-brooke-preston-randy-herman-jr-wants-new-trial/8890838002/ 5. Dead Asleep: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15185642/ 6. Palm Beach Post: https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2019/05/08/jury-finds-man-guilty-of-murder-in-alleged-sleepwalking-homicide/5208177007/ 7. WPTV: https://www.wptv.com/news/region-c-palm-beach-county/west-palm-beach/pbso-investigate-death-of-woman-in-suburban-west-palm-beach 8. Alabama.com: https://www.al.com/news/huntsville/2015/04/pennsylvania_murder_suspect_fo.html 9. WNEP: https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/bradford-county/bradford-county-man-guilty-of-roommate-murder-in-florida/523-e3e150f9-576c-4777-831e-a2b21b1dd0c3 10. Times Leader: https://www.timesleader.com/uncategorized/10093/hanover-township-homicide-suspect-found-dead-in-alabama 11. Change.org Petition: https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-brooke-together-we-are-her-voice 12. E News: https://www.eonline.com/news/1334735/murder-victims-sister-asking-hulu-to-remove-dead-asleep-doc-done-without-familys-permission 13. Creepy Kingdom: https://www.creepykingdom.com/post/skye-borgman-interview 14. The Ledger: https://www.theledger.com/story/news/crime/2019/05/09/florida-man-randy-herman-jr-gets-life-for-slaying-he-blamed-on-sleepwalking/5200132007/ 15. The Palm Beach Post: https://www.newspapers.com/image/275386837/?terms=brooke%20preston&match=1 16. NHS: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/sleepwalking/#:~:text=It%20usually%20happens%20during%20a,will%20sleepwalk%20at%20least%20once. 17. Southern California Defense Blog: https://www.southerncaliforniadefenseblog.com/2022/06/is-sleepwalking-valid-criminal-defense.html#:~:text=The%20sleepwalking%20defense%20has%20been,effective%20in%20a%20few%20cases. 18. Palm Beach Post: https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2019/05/06/psychologist-west-palm-area-man-accused-of-murder-may-have-been-sleepwalking/5235936007/ 19. The Palm Beach Post: https://www.newspapers.com/image/275386892/?terms=brooke%20preston 20. The Columbus Dispatch: https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/crime/2019/05/09/killer-s-sleepwalking-defense-fails/5212432007/ 21. Justia Law: https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/fourth-district-court-of-appeal/2021/19-1636.html 22. Miami New Times: https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/randy-herman-jr-florida-man-convicted-in-murder-of-roommate-used-sleepwalking-defense-11321822 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What is going on true crime fans? I'm your host teeth and I'm your host
0:17.6	Daphne and you're listening to going west. Hello everybody big thank you to Sarah and Carol for recommending today's case
0:26.2	Yeah, this is a very perplexing and just overall unbelievable story so thank you to everybody for tuning in today.
0:33.0	Yes absolutely and I want to say in a couple days from now before our next episode even comes out on Thursday February 15th
0:41.0	I am coming out with a new podcast it's called Night Watch. It's hosted by me and it's
0:46.1	going to be full of terrifying true stories. So true crime me in a way but not true crime
0:52.0	in the way that we do going west.
0:54.0	It's going to be so much fun, so please tune in this Thursday and every week after.
0:59.5	And also if you guys want, please go check out the Night Watch Instagram.
1:04.2	You can follow Daphne at Night Watch stories to get updated on new episodes and new content.
1:11.2	Thank you guys so much in advance if you decide to listen, but enough of that, let's dive into today's case.
1:17.0	All right guys, this is episode 381 of going west, so let's get into it Slack presents hands-free conversations.
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