About this episode

The episode discusses the Bali Suitcase Murder involving Heather Mack and her boyfriend's plot to kill her mother for inheritance.

In August 2014, 19 year old Heather Mack was on vacation with her mother, Sheila von Weise in Bali, Indonesia. Little did Sheila know, Heather had purchased her boyfriend, 21 year old Tommy Schaefer, a plane ticket to Bali. When Schaefer arrived, the couple executed a plan they had been concocting: they were going to kill Heather’s mother to get her inheritance. After brutally murdering Sheila, they placed her body in a suitcase to try to conceal the crime, leading to this becoming infamously known as the Bali Suitcase Murder. Click here to join our Patreon. Connect with us on Instagram and join our Facebook group. To submit listener stories or case suggestions, and to see all sources for this episode: https://www.inhumanpodcast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Host: Inhuman Podcast

Topics covered

• murder
• inheritance
• vacation crime
• Bali
• true crime
• family betrayal

Keywords

• Bali Suitcase Murder
• Heather Mack
• Sheila von Weise
• Tommy Schaefer
• inheritance
• true crime
• murder

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Bali, Indonesia

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