Sarah Stern

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast filled with nightmares that haunt the daylight. From murders, to crimes, to cryptids, to anything in between, you can learn about what might be going bump in the night.

In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about the horrific murder of Sarah Stern. Sarah was murdered by someone she considered a close friend for $50,000. When Liam McAtasney found out he was getting a much smaller amount than this, he was quick to spill the beans about the entire event, but later pleaded innocence while saying the entire thing was actually a horror movie plot. Still to this day Sarah’s body has not been recovered, and Liam’s parents deem him innocent. 

Our sources for this weeks episodes:

• 20/20, Season 41 Episode 26, “Sarah Stern”

• True Life Crime, "Suicide or Sinister Scheme? The Sarah Stern Case'' by MTV

• Dateline, Season 27 Episode 33, “The Betrayal of Sarah Stern” by NBC

• https://www.app.com/story/news/local/courts/2023/02/03/sarah-stern-death-murder-liam-mcatasney-conviction-upheld/69866758007/

• https://abcnews.go.com/US/mother-jersey-man-convicted-murdering-childhood-friend-sarah/story?id=61365934

• https://abcnews.go.com/US/liam-mcatasney-sentenced-life-parole-murdering-friend-sarah/story?id=63869375

• https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/sarah-stern-new-jersey-college-student-murder-friend-liam-mcatasney-sentence-court-guilty/1537853/