The Hunt for John List (Part 1)

Morbid · Aug 17, 2026 · 50m

In early December 1971, after a month of watching the lightbulbs in the List house slowly burn out one after another, neighbors finally became concerned about the List family and called the Westfield, NJ police to report their suspicions. Acting on the calls, officers arrived at house on the morning of December 7 to perform a wellbeing check, and when no one answered the door, they managed to gain access to the house through a basement window.

When they reached the first floor, the officers found the bodies of the List family—including the couple’s three children—dead from gunshot wounds to…