The Scream horror franchise has been unsettling audiences for three decades, but one real-life Idaho murder case inspired by the original 1996 movie was even scarier than anything onscreen. Hulu’s three-part docuseries, The Scream Murder: A True Teen Horror Story, which begins streaming on February 11, 2026, revisits the September 2006 killing of 16-year-old Cassie Jo Stoddart and the classmates convicted in her death.
The Scream Murder, available on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+, tells the story of how two Pocatello High School students, Torey Adamcik and Brian Draper, attacked Stoddart in what prosecutors described as a “thrill kill” based on Scream. Two decades after the shocking crime, both Adamcik and Draper speak about Stoddart’s murder in the new three-part docuseries.
Over the years, Adamcik and Draper have attempted to challenge their life imprisonment for first-degree murder, but remain behind bars with no chance of release. Here’s what The Scream Murder reveals—and what we know about their lives today.
Who Are Brian Draper and Torey Adamcik, and Why Did They Kill Cassie Jo Stoddart?
Cassie Jo Stoddart, a 16-year-old junior at Pocatello High School in Idaho, was petsitting at her aunt and uncle’s home in September 2006 when she was confronted by classmates Draper and Adamcik.
Speaking in the 2012 documentary Lost for Life, Draper revealed he was a social outcast who struggled to fit in. He held a fascination with the Columbine High School massacre committed by high school students Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris in 1999. “Columbine kind of created a subculture for disenfranchised, you know, kids who don’t fit in anywhere,” Draper explained. “I saw at the time they transcended their high school for the hour they did what they did. They were in the spotlight, and that’s what I wanted.”
But Adamcik, whom Draper met as a sophomore, had a separate obsession with the 1996 horror movie Scream, directed by Wes Craven and featuring the masked killer now known as “Ghostface.” According to Draper, he spoke of wanting to commit a crime similar to the film in real life.
Adamcik downplayed the extent of their friendship, saying the pair had only hung out for around six weeks. But on September 22, 2006, the two students put their plan in action.
The video footage that Draper and Adamcik taped of themselves the day before the attack and at their high school that morning showed the pair making a “death list” and hinting at an attack on Stoddart. Draper later recalled Stoddart as “a nice person” who joked around in class, but admitted to feeling jilted when she began dating another student from their high school.
“I’m sorry Cassie’s family, but she had to be the one. We have to stick with the plan. And she’s perfect, so she’s gonna die,” Draper says in the video.
What Happened to Cassie Jo Stoddart?
Feeding off each other’s morbid excitement, the pair ambushed Stoddart inside her relatives’ home, where she had been petsitting with her boyfriend, Matt Beckham.
Adamcik and Draper were at the house with the couple during the evening and watched Kill Bill: Volume 2 before claiming they wanted to leave to see another movie, according to Oxygen. However, they never went to the movies. Instead, Adamcik and Draper unlocked doors in the house so they could get back in later, and cut off the power while Beckham was there.
Draper is recorded saying, “The time is 9:50, September 22nd, 2006. Um ... unfortunately we have the grueling task of killing our two friends and they are right in that house just down the street.”
Beckham went home around 11:15 p.m., and Adamcik and Draper returned to the house and attacked Stoddart. Both were wearing white masks covered in painted blood, similar to the fictional “Ghostface” in the Scream franchise.
Stoddart was stabbed 29 times during the attack and all fatal wounds were made with a serrated knife later linked to Draper, according to the Idaho State Journal. Adamcik and Draper then hid evidence in an area near Blackrock Canyon.
What Were Adamcik and Draper Convicted Of?
Because Beckham left fingerprints on the fuse box during the power outage, he was initially named a person of interest. However, he passed a polygraph test and had a firm alibi, leading to a search for other suspects. It was then he told police of Adamcik and Draper’s visit to the house, and Draper admitted to the pair’s involvement upon questioning.
Among the evidence they hid was a videotape in which the pair verbally confessed to killing Stoddart. “— just killed Cassie! We just left her house. This is not a f—ing joke,” Draper said in a recording just after the murder.
“When it did happen, I was just too shocked to do anything and I just ran from it and hid from it, and I made a lot of mistakes,” Adamcik said in Lost for Life. “But they were, I don’t know, I just think I look at myself now ... and I think how stupid I was at 16. I just think how I feel like I’m paying for somebody else’s mistakes at this point.”
Adamcik and Draper were arrested and charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. They were convicted in separate trials in 2007 and both sentenced to life in prison without parole in August of that year, according to CBS 2 Idaho News.
Where Is Torey Adamcik Now?
Adamcik has maintained he had no direct hand in Stoddart’s stabbing. “I never wanted it to happen, and I want to apologize to Cassie’s family,” he said during a 2015 court appearance.
Now 35, Adamcik has filed multiple challenges to his conviction and punishment. In 2016, following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that in certain cases individuals convicted as minors can challenge their life sentence, his attorney Dennis Benjamin filed a request in Bannock County, Idaho, to reconsider the conviction.
“You can only impose a fixed life sentence on a juvenile when in exceptionally rare cases,” Benjamin said, arguing Adamcik’s Eighth Amendment rights were violated. “Torey just doesn’t fall into that exceptionally rare category.”
However, in 2017, the Idaho Supreme Court affirmed Adamcik’s life sentence without parole. Two years later, Adamcik petitioned a U.S. District Court to vacate his conviction in favor of a new sentence, but was denied.
Adamcik is currently incarcerated in the G Block of the Idaho Maximum Security Institution in Boise, according to the Idaho Department of Correction. This prison may sound familiar, as it’s where Bryan Kohberger, convicted killer of four University of Idaho students, is housed—in the J Block.
Where Is Brian Draper Now?
In September 2011, the Idaho Supreme Court upheld Draper’s first-degree murder conviction and life sentence, but did throw out his conviction for conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, because of erroneous jury instructions during his trial.
Draper, also 35, is now at the Idaho State Correctional Institution Unit 14 in Boise, per the Idaho DOC. In 2023, Draper spoke about his daily routine in prison with It Is What It Is: A True Crime Podcast host ShaMarie Johnson. He revealed some of his favorite recreational activities include writing music and weightlifting.
“I’ve been a janitor for pretty much the entire time I’ve been here. I’ve been a facilitator in our music room, a piano tutor,” Draper said. “I do all kinds of things; I stay busy. I try not to watch a lot of TV. I try to read at least a book a week, and I take notes on everything I read.”
Draper has spoken publicly about his recollection of Stoddart’s murder, including for Lost for Life.
“I really don’t have a lot of vivid memories of the actual incident. I have what they call flashbulb images of that,” he explained. “She’s breathing hard and her eyes are open, and she’s looking off someplace else. And then I remember ... she wasn’t screaming, but in my head I can hear that. I know she screamed before it happened to her. But in my memories I have, she’s screaming.”
How to Watch The Scream Murder: A True Teen Horror Story on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+
The trailer for the new documentary teases the exclusive interviews with Adamcik and Draper, showing footage of the pair on the phone from prison.
“Is there any topic that’s off limits for you?” an offscreen voice asks in a short excerpt.
“No,” Adamcik answers.
Hear both of the convicted killers speak about the Cassie Jo Stoddart case when The Scream Murder: A True Teen Horror Story begins streaming on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ on February 11, 2026.
Tyler Piccotti joined the Biography.com staff as an Associate News Editor and is now the News and Culture Editor. He previously worked as a reporter and copy editor for a daily newspaper recognized by the Associated Press Sports Editors. In his current role, he shares the true stories behind your favorite movies and TV shows and profiles rising musicians, actors, and athletes. When he's not working, you can find him at the nearest amusement park or movie theater and cheering on his favorite teams.
