This week on the channel +2.9M views this week

Discarded pizza crusts unlock EWU Crime Storytime's cold-case documentary

The Roger Neil Schmidt investigation remains the channel's busiest video during a week without new uploads.

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EWU Crime Storytime Story of November 1, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Killer Realizes He's Been Caught 40 Years Later

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0:46Police obtain Schmidt's DNA from discarded pizza crusts recovered from his trash.
1:34Detectives bring him in under the pretext of investigating package thefts, then build rapport.
10:41Schmidt confesses to the 1984 shooting and assault.
12:55The documentary concludes with his guilty plea to first-degree murder and life sentence without parole.

Detectives obtain Roger Neil Schmidt Sr.'s DNA from pizza crusts recovered from his trash. Later, they offer him pizza in an interview room, building rapport before turning to a murder committed four decades earlier.

That investigative sequence anchors "Killer Realizes He's Been Caught 40 Years Later", which has reached roughly 5.6 million views. EWU Crime Storytime posted nothing new this week, but the documentary remains its most actively watched upload, ahead of the channel's accounts of the Oscar and Dina Munoz case and the Matthew Ponomarenko case.

The film follows the investigation into Terrance "Terry" Arndt's murder and the assault on his girlfriend in Burney, California. Detectives initially bring Schmidt in under the pretext of investigating package thefts. An old case number gradually changes the conversation, which culminates in his confession. The documentary closes with his guilty plea to first-degree murder and a life sentence without parole.

The channel added about 10,000 subscribers over the week, although daily viewing is running at less than half its usual pace. Among nearby true-crime and court channels, 48 Hours and COURT TV drew substantially more weekly viewing, while Bella Fiori and OUTLORE with Eleanor Neale had quieter weeks. For EWU Crime Storytime, the strongest momentum remains with the interrogation that turns discarded evidence into answers.

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