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This week on Hidden Killers, we took a hard look at the Charity Beallis case — and what we found doesn't fit the narrative national media rushed to print.

On December 3rd, 2025, Charity Beallis and her six-year-old twins Eliana and Maverick were found dead from gunshot wounds in their Bonanza, Arkansas home. One day earlier, she'd lost a custody battle to Dr. Randall Beallis — the husband she accused of strangling her. No arrest. No named suspect. Autopsy pending. Law enforcement says there's no ongoing threat to the public.

The headlines drew a straight line: abusive doctor kill...

Nick Reiner is broke. Unemployed. Sitting in jail charged with double murder. His parents — Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner — left behind an estate worth $200 million. And under California law, there may be a way he could still get his hands on it.

Wait, what?

The slayer statute is supposed to prevent killers from inheriting from their victims. But it only applies to "felonious and intentional" killings. What happens if Nick is found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity? What if a jury decides he couldn't form intent? Does the statute still apply?

Esta...

Attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis breaks down two of the most chaotic murder cases in the country right now — and explains why both are falling apart before they even reach trial.

Nick Reiner's high-profile defense attorney Alan Jackson just walked off the case after three weeks, citing circumstances "beyond Nick's control." But before he left, he made a stunning statement to reporters: "Pursuant to the laws of California, Nick Reiner is NOT guilty of murder. Print that." Sources say the issue was money. Now public defender Kimberly Greene has inherited a capital murder case with virtually no...

Hidden Killers Podcast concludes its interview series with former FBI special agent Robin Dreeke by examining the hardest question in the Charity Beallis case: What do investigators do when both parties have documented histories of alleged violence?

This isn't a simple case. The documented record shows allegations against both adults — not just one.

Randall Beallis pled guilty to third-degree battery. Charity publicly claimed she feared for her life and the lives of her children. But Charity also had a 2013 arrest for allegedly pointing a firearm at a man. Her own father took her to court cl...

The Mickey Stines case just got a whole lot more complicated — and we brought in defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis to make sense of it.

The defense has filed a motion to recuse Special Judge Christopher Cohron after discovering video footage showing him seated next to Judge Kevin Mullins at a Kentucky Judicial Commission on Mental Health meeting, seven days before Mullins was shot to death in his Letcher County chambers. According to the motion, Cohron sat inches from the victim for roughly two hours. Mullins' widow was in the room. Cohron allegedly never disclosed an...

Alan Jackson spent three weeks investigating the Nick Reiner case. Every waking hour, he said. Ten subpoenas issued and sealed. And then he quit — but not before telling reporters that Nick Reiner is "NOT guilty of murder under California law."

That's not how attorneys typically leave cases. That's a roadmap. And now someone else has to follow it.

This episode breaks down what Jackson's statement actually means and why the path forward is anything but simple. We examine the three distinct legal battles ahead: competency to stand trial, the guilt phase, and the sanity trial wh...

Alan Jackson's final words as Nick Reiner's attorney weren't a goodbye — they were a legal prediction: "Nick Reiner is NOT guilty of murder under California law."

He's signaling an insanity defense. And that defense just became someone else's problem.

Nick Reiner was allegedly being treated for schizophrenia at the time he killed his parents, director Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. Sources tell NBC4 about the schizophrenia diagnosis. TMZ reports schizoaffective disorder. Multiple outlets confirm his medication was changed weeks before the killings, leading to behavior described as "erratic and dangerous."

But here's wh...

The prosecution's case took a devastating hit Thursday. Judge Sid Harle struck Stephanie Hale's entire testimony from the record in the Adrian Gonzales trial. The jury has been instructed to disregard everything the former Robb Elementary teacher said — including her account of seeing the gunman on the south side of campus and her testimony about children arming themselves with safety scissors.

Hale returned to the stand Thursday for cross-examination. Defense attorney Jason Goss exposed inconsistencies between her courtroom testimony and what she told a Texas Ranger four days after the massacre. Hale admitted it was "kind of im...

Alan Jackson walked into court as Nick Reiner's defense attorney. He walked out as his former attorney — telling reporters he had "no choice" but to withdraw due to circumstances "beyond Nick's control." Then he made a stunning declaration: "Pursuant to the laws of California, Nick Reiner is NOT guilty of murder. Print that."

Three weeks. That's how long Jackson's team investigated the case — working "every waking hour," issuing ten subpoenas that are now sealed by the court. Sources tell Deadline that money is the likely reason for the withdrawal. But if that's true, why wasn't it resolved befo...

Nick Reiner is charged with murdering his parents Rob and Michele Reiner. But this tragedy didn’t begin on December 14th. For seventeen years, a family that loved their son desperately tried everything to save him — and a system failed them at every turn.

Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Hidden Killers for an in-depth examination of the Nick Reiner case. This is not a story about bad parenting. This is a story about a family that did everything they could and a mental health system that offered no real answers.

Rob and Michele Reiner paid for eigh...

Hidden Killers Podcast continues its coverage of the Charity Beallis case with former FBI special agent Robin Dreeke, who analyzes what law enforcement's documented actions tell us about this investigation.

It's been over a month. Three people dead from gunshot wounds. No arrest. No named suspect. No official cause of death. But the Sebastian County Sheriff's Office has executed twelve search warrants, brought in federal agencies including the Secret Service and Homeland Security, and processed what they call a "voluminous" number of tips. They've also made a statement worth examining: there's no ongoing threat to the public.<...

Three weeks ago, Nick Reiner had the best criminal defense money could buy. Alan Jackson — the attorney who got Karen Read acquitted, who represented Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey — was building what looked like an insanity defense backed by a two-hundred-million-dollar estate.

Today, Jackson told a Los Angeles judge he had "no choice" but to withdraw. Nick Reiner now has a public defender named Kimberly Greene. She was informed last night. She had thirty seconds to speak with her new client before the hearing.

Sources tell Deadline that money is the likely reason. The deep pock...

Stephanie Hale, a teacher at Robb Elementary, testified today in the Adrian Gonzales trial. Gonzales is charged with 29 felony counts of child endangerment for his response to the 2022 Robb Elementary shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead.

Gonzales was the first officer on scene. Prosecutors say he knew the shooter’s location and failed to act. The defense argues he responded to a chaotic situation and did what he could. The trial continues in Corpus Christi.

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Sources say the Reiner family had been scared of Nick for years. That he had violent outbursts. That Michele told a friend, "I don't know what else we can do." That his behavior was aggressive enough to require private yoga sessions as a child because he was too disruptive for groups.

They knew something was wrong. They sensed danger. And they stayed.

Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Hidden Killers to examine the psychology of families who live with fear but don't take protective action. She explains what happens cognitively when people minimize danger from someone they...

A video that nobody knew existed has thrown the Mickey Stines murder case into chaos. According to a defense motion filed December 29th, Special Judge Christopher Cohron was captured on video sitting next to Judge Kevin Mullins — the man Stines is accused of killing — at a mental health commission meeting just one week before the shooting. Mullins' widow was reportedly in the room. Cohron allegedly never disclosed any of this to the parties.

Now the defense is demanding Cohron recuse himself, arguing his impartiality cannot be trusted in a case where mental health is literally the entire defe...

Nick Reiner started using drugs at fifteen. By sixteen, he was in his first rehab. By twenty-two, he'd been through eighteen treatment programs. The focus was always addiction. Heroin. Meth. Cocaine. The revolving door of substance abuse treatment.

But according to reports, Nick had schizophrenia. A serious psychotic disorder that was reportedly diagnosed years before the killings — but after years of being treated for the wrong thing.

Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins us to examine what may have been a catastrophic misdiagnosis. She explains what schizophrenia actually is and how it differs from addiction. She describes ho...

Judge Sid Harle denied the defense's mistrial motion Wednesday in the Adrian Gonzales trial, but the battle over teacher Stephanie Hale's testimony isn't over. Harle called the prosecution's failure to disclose information "negligent" and will decide Thursday whether to strike Hale's entire testimony from the record.

Hale testified Tuesday that she saw "a person in all black and a long weapon" on the south side of the Robb Elementary campus — the same area where Gonzales was positioned. The defense says that information was never disclosed and called the trial "a trial by ambush." On Tuesday, the Uvalde Co...

When your own forensics expert contradicts your murder theory, what do you do? According to court testimony in the Brendan Banfield case, Fairfax County Police transferred him out of the unit.

Brendan Banfield stands accused of orchestrating the February 2023 murders of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan with the help of the family's Brazilian au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhaes. Prosecutors claim Banfield created a fake FetLife profile in his wife's name to lure Ryan to their Herndon home as part of an elaborate murder plot. The motive? An alleged affair with the au pair.

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What does it look like when a family loves someone to death — literally?

Rob and Michele Reiner spent nearly two decades trying to save their son Nick from addiction and mental illness. They had every resource imaginable. Two hundred million dollars. Access to the best treatment programs in the country. A willingness to do anything, pay anything, sacrifice anything. They restructured their entire lives around Nick's chaos.

And on December 14th, 2025, they were allegedly stabbed to death by the son they couldn't stop saving.

In this episode, psychotherapist Shavaun Scott examines the Reiner fa...

Defense attorney Bob Motta joins Hidden Killers to break down the seven-month delay in the Sarah Grace Patrick murder trial and what it reveals about the prosecution's case — or lack of one.

Sarah Grace Patrick, 17, is charged as an adult with two counts of murder in the shooting deaths of her mother Kristin Brock and stepfather James Brock in Carroll County, Georgia. The couple was found shot in their bed on February 20th, 2025. Their young daughter discovered the bodies. Sarah called 911. Five months later, she was arrested after the Carroll County Sheriff's Office announced they had "mountains of...

The trial of former Uvalde school police officer Adrian Gonzales has begun in Corpus Christi, Texas. He's charged with 29 counts of child endangerment for his response to the Robb Elementary massacre that killed 19 children and two teachers on May 24, 2022.

Here's what makes this case so infuriating: Gonzales was the first officer on scene. According to CNN's analysis, he arrived more than a minute before the shooter even entered the building. A coach told him where the gunman was heading. He heard the shots. And according to his own recorded statements to investigators, he never pursued the shooter...

The night before he died, Rob Reiner reportedly told friends at Conan O'Brien's Christmas party: "I'm petrified of Nick. I think my own son can hurt me."

He wasn't guessing. He was describing something he'd been living with for years.

An LAPD insider said police had responded to the Reiner home "quite a few" times over the years for incidents involving Nick. A neighbor told the New York Post this wasn't the first time Nick had been violent. Professionals had reportedly warned the family. Nick himself admitted on podcasts to manipulating his parents, gaming rehab...

Mel Kohberger was training to become a mental health therapist when her brother was arrested for murdering four University of Idaho students. In one phone call, her entire life changed. Her job offer evaporated. Tabloids camped outside her parents' house. Online sleuths picked apart every detail of her family's history — including her sister Amanda's appearance in a 2011 horror film that featured stabbings.

For three years, the Kohberger family stayed silent out of respect for the victims' families. Now, in a new interview with The New York Times, Mel is finally telling her side of the story.

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Day one of the Adrian Gonzales trial ended in chaos. The judge halted testimony, sent the jury home, and canceled Wednesday's proceedings after the defense accused prosecutors of withholding evidence from a key witness. Defense attorney Jason Goss called it a "trial by ambush." A mistrial is now on the table.

Before it fell apart, the jury heard gut-wrenching testimony. Gilbert Limones, a funeral home worker across the street from Robb Elementary, described watching the gunman fire into classroom windows while walking "very nonchalantly." He told jurors Gonzales' police vehicle drove past the shooter before he entered...

Alan Jackson doesn't take cases he can't spin. The high-powered defense attorney — fresh off Karen Read's acquittal — is now representing Nick Reiner, charged with murdering his parents Rob and Michele Reiner in their Brentwood home. And he's already laying the groundwork for what's coming.

"Very complex and serious issues." "Restraint and dignity." That's defense attorney code for: we're going with insanity.

Nick was diagnosed with schizophrenia years ago. His medication was reportedly adjusted weeks before the killings. A sealed court order regarding his mental health has already been signed. He appeared at his first hearing in a...

Hidden Killers Podcast sits down with former FBI special agent Robin Dreeke to analyze the documented behavioral patterns in the Charity Beallis case — examining what court records, police reports, and public filings reveal about the two adults at the center of this tragedy.

Charity Beallis and her twins Eliana and Maverick were found dead from gunshot wounds on December 3rd, 2025. The investigation remains open. No arrest has been made. No suspect has been named publicly. Autopsy results are pending.

This case has been framed by many as a clear-cut domestic violence situation. The documented record su...

January 5th, 2026 was supposed to be the day. Jury selection in the Sarah Grace Patrick case. Instead, the trial was delayed seven months to August 3rd — and it was the prosecution, not the defense, that drove the delay.

Sarah Grace Patrick is the 17-year-old Georgia teen charged as an adult with murdering her mother Kristin Brock and stepfather James Brock. They were shot in their bed in February 2025. When Sarah was arrested five months later, authorities announced they had "mountains of evidence" against her. But what have they actually shown us?

No murder weapon recovered. No...

Defense attorney Bob Motta breaks down the Sarah Grace Patrick trial delay and the questions surrounding the prosecution's "mountains of evidence" claim.

Sarah Grace Patrick was 16 years old when her mother Kristin Brock and stepfather James Brock were found shot to death in their Carroll County, Georgia home on February 20th, 2025. Their young daughter discovered the bodies. Sarah called 911. She was arrested five months later and charged as an adult with two counts of murder and two counts of aggravated assault.

At the time of her arrest, the Carroll County Sheriff's Office told the press...

The Sarah Grace Patrick murder trial begins January 5th in Carroll County, Georgia. She's seventeen years old, charged with killing her mother Kristin and stepfather James Brock in their sleep. Her little sister—five years old at the time—discovered the bodies. Sarah made the 911 call. Then came the TikToks, the outreach to true crime creators, the eulogy that made investigators uncomfortable. Five months later, she was in handcuffs. Prosecutors say they have "mountains of evidence." Her grandfather says nobody has put the gun in her hand.

In Los Angeles, musician D4VD remains silent while a grand jury...

Justin Duck, Captain with the Department of Public Safety, testified today in the Adrian Gonzales trial. Gonzales is charged with 29 felony counts of child endangerment for his response to the 2022 Robb Elementary shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead.

Gonzales was the first officer on scene. Prosecutors say he knew the shooter’s location and failed to act. The defense argues he responded to a chaotic situation and did what he could. The trial continues in Corpus Christi.

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Jason Shae with the Texas Rangers, testified today in the Adrian Gonzales trial. Gonzales is charged with 29 felony counts of child endangerment for his response to the 2022 Robb Elementary shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead.

Gonzales was the first officer on scene. Prosecutors say he knew the shooter’s location and failed to act. The defense argues he responded to a chaotic situation and did what he could. The trial continues in Corpus Christi.

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Breaking developments in the Nick Reiner case. The 32-year-old charged with murdering Rob and Michele Reiner has been removed from suicide watch at Twin Towers Correctional Facility, just one day before his scheduled arraignment. He remains in high-observation housing but is no longer considered at risk of self-harm. Meanwhile, questions mount about who is paying for his high-profile defense attorney Alan Jackson.

Sources close to the Reiner family tell multiple outlets that estate money is funding Jackson's representation. Jackson reportedly charges upward of $2,000 per hour and his past cases have run into the millions. Karen Read's defense...

February 3rd, 2026. Twenty minutes. Three judges. Charlie Adelson will stand before Florida's First District Court of Appeal and argue that his murder conviction should be thrown out. His 91-page appellate brief claims the jury pool in Tallahassee was poisoned by a decade of media coverage — that of 130 potential jurors, 53 of the 54 who had an opinion already believed he was guilty. He's also arguing that his defense attorney Dan Rashbaum had a conflict of interest that "infected" his trial — the same conflict Charlie himself weaponized to collapse his mother's trial in September 2024 when he revoked his waiver on the morning jury sele...

Robert Morgenroth—D4VD's day-to-day manager, record label GM, and touring company president—testified before a grand jury for days. When he walked out, a reporter overheard him say prosecutor Beth Silverman was "very pushy" about why he didn't call police. His alleged response: it wasn't his responsibility. His job was to keep the tour going.

A female witness failed to appear and now faces a body attachment order—arrest to compel testimony. Within days of police raiding D4VD's Hollywood rental, he allegedly transferred two properties to his mother and broke his $20,000/month lease.

In Part 2...

The prosecution came out swinging in the Adrian Gonzales trial today. Special prosecutor Bill Turner delivered an emotional opening statement in Corpus Christi, laying out a timeline that showed the former Uvalde school cop allegedly knew exactly where the gunman was — before he even entered Robb Elementary — and failed to act.

Turner described how coach Melodye Flores told Gonzales where the shooter was heading. He described the gunman firing into classroom 102. Then 104. Then entering the building. After each moment, Turner repeated: "Adrian Gonzales remains." The prosecutor choked up as he told jurors Gonzales only went inside "after the...

Richard Allen was declared "gravely disabled" by Indiana's own doctors. He'd lost 45 pounds. He was eating feces, drinking toilet water, and banging his head bloody against his cell door. He couldn't tell the difference between dreams and reality.

That's when the confessions started. And Indiana used every single one of them to convict him.

According to the Appellant's Brief filed in Richard Allen's appeal, the man who sat through two police interrogations without breaking—who told detectives "I did not murder two little girls" despite hours of pressure and lies about evidence—collapsed after five months in m...

A chainsaw that was never used. A burn cage incinerator still in the box. A Tesla parked on a residential street for over a month with a teenage girl's body decomposing in the trunk. And a cause of death that remains officially "deferred" while a grand jury hears witness after witness.

The D4VD case has all the hallmarks of a circumstantial prosecution—no eyewitnesses, no confession, no official homicide ruling yet. But prosecutors aren't waiting. They're building something.

In Part 1 of this interview, retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer breaks down what investigators are likely se...

She moved to America for a fresh start. She ended up helping cover up a double murder — according to prosecutors.

Juliana Peres Magalhães was a 22-year-old Brazilian au pair living with the Banfield family in Herndon, Virginia. She cared for their four-year-old daughter. She became part of their home. And prosecutors say she became romantically involved with Brendan Banfield — a federal IRS agent — months before his wife Christine was stabbed to death in their master bedroom.

On February 24, 2023, Christine Banfield and a man named Joseph Ryan were both killed inside the Banfield home. Brendan and Juliana...

Sarah Grace Patrick is weeks away from trial, charged with murdering her mother and stepfather in their Carroll County, Georgia home. Prosecutors claim mountains of evidence. But publicly, we've seen TikTok posts, DMs, and an "odd" eulogy. No confirmed weapon. No motive. No physical evidence disclosed.

Former FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer joins us to analyze what this case actually looks like heading into January. We examine the social media behavior that drew suspicion, the family history buried in court documents, the potential interrogation issues, and whether a six-year-old witness can carry a murder case against her own...

This is the Delphi appeal — start to finish.

Defense attorney Bob Motta walks through the full scope of the case now before the appellate court: a warrant allegedly built on omissions and altered statements, a year of extreme solitary confinement that preceded multiple confessions, and a trial where critical defense evidence was never allowed in front of the jury.

At every stage, the appeal raises the same question: were constitutional protections followed — or bypassed — to secure a conviction?

From the probable cause affidavit…
to the conditions inside Westville prison…
to what jurors were and w...

A young Ohio couple was gunned down inside their own home while their two small children were in another room. Dr. Spencer Tepe, a 37-year-old dentist, and his wife Monique, 39, were found dead on December 30, 2025 after Spencer failed to show up for work at Athens Dental Depot. Coworkers drove to the couple's Weinland Park home in Columbus, heard children crying inside, and discovered Spencer's body through a window. Police found no signs of forced entry. No firearm was recovered. Three 9mm shell casings were collected from the scene. Spencer had multiple gunshot wounds; Monique was shot at least once in...

What do you do when your adult child is severely mentally ill, addicted, and refuses help — and the law won't let you force them into treatment?

Rob and Michele Reiner faced that question every single day. Their son Nick had reportedly been through seventeen rehab programs. He admitted to gaming the system. He convinced his parents the experts were wrong. And California law gave them almost no options to intervene.

Under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, you can't force an adult into treatment unless they're an imminent danger to themselves or others. A 5150 hold gives you 72 hours — then the...

A grand jury is no longer just gathering evidence—it's preparing to indict. Multiple sources confirm prosecutor Beth Silverman believes D4VD was involved in the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose dismembered remains were discovered in the trunk of the singer's Tesla in September 2025.

In this episode, we break down the explosive new developments in the D4VD case, including the discovery of an unused chainsaw and a 1,600-degree burn cage incinerator inside the Hollywood Hills home where the artist was living. Private investigator Steve Fischer, hired by the property owner, shares his chilling assessment: "Whatever ha...

The jury convicted Richard Allen — but the appeal argues they never saw the full picture.

They didn’t see the eyewitness sketch rated “10 out of 10” by the witness who helped create it — a sketch that looked nothing like Allen. They didn’t hear expert testimony challenging the reliability of the State’s bullet-matching evidence. They didn’t hear about alternative suspects, unverified alibis, or investigative paths involving ritualistic elements that were explored and then excluded.

The jury also never heard audio from Allen’s confinement — only muted video — even as prosecutors described his confessions as “logical and organized.” Timeline...

Ashlee Buzzard is now charged with first-degree murder in the death of her 9-year-old daughter Melodee Buzzard. According to prosecutors, Ashlee shot Melodee multiple times in the head and left her body in a remote Utah desert. But the path to this arrest took over two months — and the reason why is infuriating. Investigators knew almost immediately that something was wrong. On October 7th, 2025, Ashlee rented a car and took Melodee on a road trip spanning eight states. Surveillance footage showed both wearing wigs. Ashlee allegedly swapped license plates mid-trip and backed into gas stations to avoid cameras. On October 9th...

Before trial. Presumed innocent. No criminal history.
And yet Richard Allen spent over a year in maximum-security solitary confinement — a unit designed for the most dangerous convicted offenders.

According to the appeal, Allen entered prison coherent and physically stable. Months later, he was psychotic, severely underweight, eating feces, drinking toilet water, and making confessions while asking if he was already dead. The State of Indiana already knew what prolonged solitary does to mentally ill detainees. They’d been sued. They’d settled. They had a 30-day policy meant to prevent exactly this outcome.

Bob Motta breaks...

Sarah Grace Patrick: Mountains of Evidence or Mountain of Speculation?

Sarah Grace Patrick was sixteen when her mother Kristin Brock and stepfather James Brock were found shot to death in their Carroll County, Georgia home. For five months she posted tearful TikToks, messaged true crime creators, and mourned publicly. Then she was arrested and charged with both murders.

The sheriff's office claims mountains of physical and digital evidence. Her grandfather — who lost his own daughter — says there's nothing putting the gun in Sarah's hand. No weapon confirmed recovered. No motive disclosed. What's been made public amounts to s...

Everything in the Delphi case traces back to one document: the probable cause affidavit used to search Richard Allen’s home. According to the appeal, that affidavit didn’t just summarize evidence — it allegedly reshaped it.

Defense attorney Bob Motta walks through claims that witness descriptions were altered, contradictions were omitted, and statements were presented to the judge in ways that made Allen appear far more consistent with “Bridge Guy” than the actual record supports. Key eyewitness descriptions that conflicted with Allen’s age, height, hair, and vehicle were left out. Statements allegedly attributed to Allen about his clothing and...

The Devil’s Den tragedy shocked the nation — but the most revealing accounts aren’t found in police reports. They come from the people who lived those first moments: the 911 dispatcher who heard the terror unfold in real time, and an eyewitness who watched the horror play out before authorities arrived. In this exclusive Hidden Killers episode, Tony Brueski takes you inside those raw, frantic first minutes of the double homicide that forever changed a Kentucky community.

The dispatcher recounts the moment the call came in — the panic in the caller’s voice, the uncertainty, the split-second decisions that can m...

On September 19th, 2024, the justice system in Whitesburg, Kentucky ruptured in the most shocking way imaginable: Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines walked into Judge Kevin Mullins’ chambers and opened fire, killing his longtime friend — just minutes after they’d shared lunch. The entire murder was captured on courthouse surveillance, leaving the community stunned and searching for answers.

In this gripping episode of Hidden Killers, Tony Brueski is joined by psychotherapist and author Shavaun Scott to examine the psychological unraveling behind a sheriff killing a judge on camera. Was this an act of madness? A collapse under pressure? Or something far more c...

Was Kevin Franke a victim of psychological manipulation — or a bystander who found it easier not to look too closely? In this gripping Hidden Killers deep dive, Tony Brueski and psychotherapist Shavaun Scott analyze one of the most troubling dynamics explored in Hulu’s Devil in the Family: a father who insists he never recognized the abuse happening under his own roof.

The episode begins with the psychology of Kevin’s denial. How does a spouse convince themselves that extreme parenting is “discipline” rather than danger? Shavaun Scott breaks down the mechanisms of thought-reform, coercive influence, and the slow erosi...

What would YOU do if a man already accused of dozens of crimes against your child came back and took her again? That’s the impossible question at the heart of the Aaron Spencer case — a story that exposes not only a horrific personal nightmare, but a justice system many say failed at every step.

In this emotional and legally complex episode of Hidden Killers, Tony Brueski and defense attorney Bob Motta walk through the events leading up to the fatal confrontation. According to reports, 67-year-old Michael Foster — already facing multiple charges involving Spencer’s 14-year-old daughter — was released o...

What happens when a system designed to uncover truth suddenly shuts its own lights off? In this gripping dual-segment episode of Hidden Killers, Tony Brueski and former FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke dig deep into the psychology of institutional protection — and the escalating political pressure surrounding the Epstein network.

In the first half, Robin Dreeke breaks down how organizations drift from accountability into silence. Drawing from decades in counterintelligence, he explains how fear, ambition, and self-preservation turn institutions into shields for the powerful. Using the DOJ’s shutdown of the Epstein co-conspirator probe as a case study — based on con...

Hulu’s Murdaugh: Death in the Family promised to deliver the full story of South Carolina’s most infamous crime dynasty — but how close does it come to the truth? In this explosive Hidden Killers breakdown, Tony Brueski pulls apart the dramatization and compares it to the real events that toppled a century-old legal empire. From the iconic 911 call and Paul’s kennel video to the financial fraud that stretched across generations, the series captures the chaos — but not the full horror.

Tony examines what the show nails, what it glosses over, and, most importantly, what it omits entirely...

In this chilling Hidden Killers deep dive, we confront two disturbing revelations about Bryan Kohberger — the kind that point to hidden behavior far beyond what happened on King Road. Retired FBI Behavioral Analysis Program Chief Robin Dreeke joins Tony Brueski to break down the unsettling possibility that Kohberger maintained secret stashes of weapons, stolen items, and trophies — and that investigators may have only scratched the surface.

First, we explore the “hidey hole” theory: a private cache where Kohberger may have stored the missing KA-BAR knife, clothing, stolen items, or other evidence he didn’t want to destroy. Dreeke draws dire...

The Scott Peterson case has never been short on controversy, but the newest filings from the Los Angeles Innocence Project may be the most explosive revelations yet. In this Hidden Killers investigation, Tony Brueski breaks down two seismic developments that could shake the foundation of one of America’s most famous murder convictions.

First: the alleged destruction of key evidence. According to internal Modesto Police logs cited in the LA Innocence Project’s 600-page petition, detectives met behind closed doors on May 6, 2003, to discuss discovery decisions. By the next day, two major items were reportedly marked for destruction:
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Tonight on Hidden Killers, Tony Brueski reads — in full — the November 3, 2025 letter sent by Congressman Jamie Raskin to Attorney General Pam Bondi, demanding answers about what he calls a “gigantic cover-up” surrounding the shutdown of the Epstein co-conspirator investigation. The claims laid out in this letter are extraordinary, and they raise questions that cut to the heart of how justice works in America.

According to Raskin’s letter, until early 2025 the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York was still pursuing leads involving Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s alleged co-conspirators. Nearly fifty survivors had...

Alex Murdaugh didn’t commit his crimes alone — and today, one of his most essential enablers is finally facing real consequences. In this explosive Hidden Killers breakdown, Tony Brueski unpacks the downfall of Russell Laffitte, the former CEO of Palmetto State Bank and heir to a century-old Lowcountry dynasty, who has now been sentenced in both state and federal court for bank fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy. For years, Laffitte wasn’t just a banker — he was the engine behind Murdaugh’s schemes.

This episode goes inside the financial machinery of the Murdaugh empire. Laffitte approved illegal loans, drained co...

In this 2025 Year-in-Review Hidden Killers special, we bring together the two most explosive pillars of the case against Donna Adelson: the alleged long-term orchestration of a murder-for-hire plot — and the undercover “bump” that may have exposed her entire operation in a single moment.

Tony Brueski sits down with defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis, along with retired FBI Behavioral Analysis Program Chief Robin Dreeke, to deliver the most complete psychological and legal breakdown of Donna Adelson we’ve produced yet.

We start with the big question hanging over the entire trial:
Was Donna Adelson the mast...

🔍 Feel the raw agony of the Idaho murder victims' families as they confront Bryan Kohberger in court with impact statements that shatter souls – in this emotional powerhouse from Hidden Killers 2025 Year in Review – a look back at the biggest cases of the year. During the July 23, 2025, Boise sentencing, where Kohberger copped his guilty plea for four life terms, the #Idaho4 kin unleashed unfiltered fury: Kaylee Goncalves' dad Steve slamming the "cowardly" stabber who stole futures, Xana Kernodle's mom Kristi detailing shattered dreams and endless therapy voids, and Ethan's sister Jazz sobbing over a brother's erased laughter. No dry eyes as they de...

In today’s explosive Hidden Killers episode, we confront two of the most unsettling questions still hanging over the Bryan Kohberger case: Was he stalking other women long before the murders — and did investigators miss critical evidence that could reveal the full scope of his behavior?

Tony Brueski brings together new reporting, behavioral analysis, and expert insight to examine the disturbing possibility that the Moscow murders were not Kohberger’s first intrusion — and may not have been his last attempt at gaining control over women he watched, followed, or targeted.

Unsealed documents now suggest Kohberger may have ent...

The Barry Morphew case isn’t just a mystery about a missing wife — it became a referendum on whether Colorado’s justice system could function at all. When prosecutors charged Barry with Suzanne’s murder in 2021, they promised airtight evidence and a path to certainty. Instead, the case imploded in spectacular fashion: missed discovery deadlines, mishandled digital evidence, withheld DNA pointing to an unknown male, bungled filings, and public statements that violated ethics rules. The collapse became so severe that District Attorney Linda Stanley was ultimately disbarred — a stunning rebuke that turned a high-profile prosecution into a national cautionary tale.

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Long before police lights flashed across Moselle… long before the world knew the Murdaugh name for murder, fraud, and power… one woman saw the truth of that home in its quietest moments. Blanca Turrubiate-Simpson, the family’s longtime housekeeper, has finally broken her silence — and her memoir may be the most important firsthand account in the entire case.

In this powerful Hidden Killers deep-dive, Tony Brueski dissects Blanca’s revelations with the scrutiny they deserve. She wasn’t a juror. She wasn’t a prosecutor. She was inside that home every day — folding the clothes, cooking the meals, fixing the small...

What does a man sound like moments after discovering his wife and son brutally murdered? That question sits at the heart of this Hidden Killers episode, where Tony Brueski analyzes Alex Murdaugh’s very first recorded interaction with law enforcement — a raw, chaotic police-cruiser interview that became a cornerstone of the investigation. Every breath, every hesitation, every unnecessary detail tells a story. But what story? Is Murdaugh a father in shock… or a man already engineering his alibi?

Tony breaks down Murdaugh’s tone, pacing, and body language as he describes finding Maggie and Paul. Why does he immediat...

In today’s explosive Hidden Killers breakdown, we examine the testimony that has completely reshaped the Donna Adelson trial — testimony not from police, not from experts, but from Donna’s own children, whose words now carry some of the greatest weight in the courtroom.

First, we turn to Wendi Adelson, whose strategy has the courtroom buzzing. While her brother Robert delivered blunt, precise answers, Wendi leaned heavily on one phrase:
“I don’t remember.”
 Again. And again. And again.

But is this selective memory a trauma response from years of family pressure, manipulation, and emotional con...

🔍 Why did prosecutors snatch Bryan Kohberger's guilty plea in a heartbeat, dodging a death row spectacle? Top attorney Eric Faddis breaks it down raw – in this can't-miss clip from Hidden Killers 2025 Year in Review – a look back at the biggest cases of the year. Post-July 2025's frantic 48-hour deal landing four life sentences, Faddis exposes the DA's calculus: Ironclad sheath DNA and Amazon premed buys made trial a slam-dunk, but venue woes, jury taint from Dateline leaks, and family fatigue tipped the scale to "closure over carnage." No capital chase meant no spectacle for Kohberger's ego – just locked eternity for the #Idah...

In this explosive Hidden Killers deep-dive, we bring together two of the sharpest minds in criminal profiling—retired FBI Behavioral Analysis Program Chief Robin Dreeke and retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer—to expose how Bryan Kohberger failed at every stage of his crime, his aftermath, and even his attempts at psychological control.

This episode dissects the myth of Kohberger as a “mastermind” and replaces it with the truth: a man who wanted to be feared, studied, and remembered, but instead collapsed under the weight of his own incompetence.

Robin Dreeke breaks down the crumbling psychology beneath...

Power protects itself — and in this gripping Hidden Killers deep dive, Tony Brueski and former FBI behavioral chief Robin Dreeke expose exactly how that protection works. From Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged blackmail ecosystem to federal institutions wired for self-preservation, this episode goes far beyond headlines to reveal the psychology behind why the powerful so rarely fall.

Tony and Robin break down the machinery of institutional corruption: the grooming of enablers, the weaponization of fear, the way predators recruit other predators through leverage rather than loyalty. Dreeke introduces the unsettling concept of “institutional psychopathy,” the point at which organizations stop def...

The disappearance of Suzanne Morphew on Mother’s Day weekend 2020 ignited one of the most polarizing true-crime cases in America — and now, with Barry Morphew newly released on bond and facing a fresh indictment, the battle over guilt versus innocence is entering its most critical stage. In this in-depth Hidden Killers breakdown, Tony Brueski walks listeners through the evolving evidence, the prosecutorial missteps, and the revelations reshaping the case.

Suzanne’s remains were found in a shallow grave in rural Saguache County in 2023, three years after she vanished. When the autopsy report confirmed homicide and revealed traces of a rare...

Just when the world thought the Alex Murdaugh saga had reached its final chapter, the legal firestorm roars back to life. In this explosive Hidden Killers segment, Tony Brueski unpacks the opening shots in the battle for Murdaugh’s appeal — a fight that may determine whether the disgraced attorney gets a second chance at freedom, or whether the original verdict stands as one of the most infamous convictions in South Carolina history.

We dive into the newly filed documents in the South Carolina Supreme Court, examining why prosecutors insist the evidence against Murdaugh was “overwhelming,” while the defense argues t...

The façade of the “sweet grandmother in a cardigan” shattered today. In this hard-hitting Hidden Killers breakdown, we walk through nine of the most devastating revelations from Sergeant Christopher Corbett’s testimony — evidence so precise, so digital, and so tightly woven that it left the courtroom stunned.

These weren’t theories. These weren’t assumptions. These were time-stamped movements, call patterns, incriminating texts, and Donna Adelson’s own words, laid out with forensic clarity.

Among the biggest blows:

• The “Outside your house” text. A message sent at the exact moment prosecutors say Donna was tracking Dan Mark...

🔍 Uncover the eerie post-murder drive Bryan Kohberger took with his dad – and defense lawyer Anne Taylor's raw post-plea verdict on her ex-client – in this bombshell fusion from Hidden Killers 2025 Year in Review – a look back at the biggest cases of the year. True crime scribe Howard Blum drops fresh chills: Kohberger's tense cross-country haul from Idaho to Pennsylvania right after the November 2022 #Idaho4 slayings, where dad sensed "something off" amid small talk masking panic – phone dumps, car wipes, and that white Elantra's forensic ghosts. Was it a father's blind spot or buried clues to premed buys and sheath DNA doom?

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In this gripping Hidden Killers episode, we go inside the fractured world surrounding Bryan Kohberger — from the secret emotional ties he’s maintaining behind bars to the courtroom moment that pierced the last layer of his psychological armor.

Tony Brueski is joined by retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke and defense attorney Bob Motta to dissect the two most unsettling threads emerging from Kohberger’s final days in court: his ongoing conversations with his mother, and the viral victim impact statement delivered by Alivea Goncalves.

We explore why Kohberger’s mother is still communicating with him, what psy...

The Alex Murdaugh case is entering one of its most explosive phases yet. South Carolina prosecutors have filed a massive 182-page brief urging the state supreme court to deny Murdaugh’s push for a new trial — even as jury-tampering allegations against former court clerk Becky Hill continue to shake public confidence. In this episode of Hidden Killers, Tony Brueski breaks down how the State is framing Hill’s alleged misconduct as “foolish and fleeting,” not something that could overturn a double-murder conviction. The prosecution argues that the evidence — the kennel video, the timeline, the lies — was so overwhelming that nothing Hill said coul...

He looked like the guy next door — the dependable architect in a button-down shirt, the dad carrying groceries, the man waving from the driveway. But prosecutors say Rex Heuermann was also living a second life beneath that suburban shell: the man behind the Gilgo Beach murders, one of the most disturbing serial-killer cases in modern history.

In this psychological deep dive, Hidden Killers host Tony Brueski exposes the mental architecture of control, deception, and compartmentalization that behavioral experts say may allow someone to construct two worlds that never touch. From high-functioning psychopathy to strict operational secrecy, Tony explores ho...

In this gripping episode, we unravel one of the most controversial threads in the Delphi murders investigation: the digital trail leading straight to Kegan Kline and the “anthony_shots” account. For years, the focus remained on the man seen on the Monon High Bridge — but behind the scenes, investigators were digging into something far more alarming. Liberty German was communicating with the fake “anthony_shots” profile in the hours before she vanished, and that profile was linked directly to Kegan Kline, a convicted child predator with a long pattern of online grooming.

Yet despite the urgency of that connection...

In this 2025 Year-in-Review Hidden Killers special, we break down one of the most significant moments to emerge from the Donna Adelson trial: the testimony of Jeffrey LaCasse, Wendi Adelson’s former boyfriend, whose words added a new layer of depth — and danger — to the State’s narrative.

LaCasse took the stand with a calm, steady presence, recounting conversations he had with Wendi in the months leading up to Dan Markel’s murder. His testimony struck the courtroom when he recalled Wendi telling him that Charlie Adelson had “looked into all options” to fix the family’s custody frustrations. In 2014, it soun...

🔍 Pull back the veil on Bryan Kohberger's frantic guilty plea machinations and the raw fury from betrayed victims' families – in this searing exposé from Hidden Killers 2025 Year in Review – a look back at the biggest cases of the year. Dive into defense attorney Anne Taylor's high-stakes chess with prosecutors, where a 48-hour whirlwind deal in July 2025 swapped death row for four life sentences, but at what cost? Leaked insights reveal Taylor's calculated push for no capital trial, citing Kohberger's "complex" psyche and flimsy autism angles, while the DA's office steamrolled family input – leaving the Goncalves and others screaming "dismissed" in court echo...

On December 3rd, 2025, Charity Beallis and her six-year-old twins were found dead from gunshot wounds in their Bonanza, Arkansas home. It happened one day after she lost a custody battle to the husband she'd accused of strangling her. The national media drew a straight line: abusive doctor kills wife and children.

But the documented record tells a different story.

According to a 2021 police report, Charity's own father told investigators that she confessed to shooting her husband's previous wife—a woman who died from a gunshot wound to the forehead in 2012 in a case ruled suicide. That sa...

In this powerful Hidden Killers episode, we examine two sides of the same story: the forensic reality that dismantled Bryan Kohberger’s image of intelligence — and the viral victim impact statement that attacked the last thing he had left: his ego.

Host Tony Brueski and retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke take you inside the psychology, behavior, and unraveling facade of a man who once believed he could outsmart everyone.

First, we break down Alivea Goncalves’ extraordinary statement — a surgical strike aimed directly at Kohberger’s psychological pressure points. Her words didn’t just describe loss. They deconst...

The woman who announced Alex Murdaugh’s guilty verdict is now wearing handcuffs herself. In one of the most shocking reversals in recent courtroom history, former Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill has been charged with obstruction of justice, misconduct in office, and perjury—casting a dark cloud over one of America’s most watched murder trials.

In this explosive Hidden Killers breakdown, Tony Brueski unpacks how Hill allegedly allowed sealed trial evidence to be photographed, violated multiple court orders, and used her powerful role in the Murdaugh trial to promote her own book, Behind the Doors of Jus...

He was in the room. He was off his medication. And now he says he doesn't remember anything. Newly released court documents reveal that the 16-year-old stepbrother suspected in Anna Kepner's death has reportedly told his parents he has no memory of the night she was strangled aboard the Carnival Horizon cruise ship. Text messages entered into evidence show his mother writing to her ex-husband: "He just keeps repeating over and over he can't remember anything." The teen had been prescribed medication for insomnia — medication his mother testified he hadn't taken for two consecutive nights on the cruise, including the ni...

In this powerful breakdown of the Gilgo Beach case, Tony Brueski and retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer take listeners inside the evidence story prosecutors will present to a single jury—now that a judge has ruled all seven murder charges against Rex Heuermann will be tried together. This ruling reshapes the entire strategy on both sides of the courtroom, giving the state a sweeping narrative arc while handing the defense the ammunition to argue prejudice, jury overload, and unfair consolidation.

We begin with the evidence tour: the infamous large doll, the cage, the secret room, the basement st...

In this episode of Hidden Killers Live, we confront two of the most alarming cracks in the Delphi murder case: the collapsing appeal process for Richard Allen and the investigative leads that were sidelined long before this case ever reached a jury. With defense attorney and Defense Diaries host Bob Motta joining the panel, we break down how missing exhibits tied to the controversial 136-page Franks memo were never transmitted into the certified trial record — including documents referencing alternate suspects and investigative inconsistencies. Without those materials, the appellate court is reviewing an incomplete case file, forcing Allen’s team to file...

In this 2025 Year-in-Review Hidden Killers special, we break down two of the most devastating developments in the Donna Adelson trial — the explosive emails prosecutors say reveal her true motives, and the jaw-dropping testimony from her own children and Wendi’s ex-boyfriend that shattered the family narrative she’s tried to control for more than a decade.

First, we examine the emails Donna sent to Wendi during the custody battle, messages prosecutors use to peel back the “sweet grandmother” facade. These emails — strategic, emotional, manipulative — show Donna instructing Wendi how to behave in court, urging her to use psychological tactics, float...

🔍 Unmask the chilling void inside Bryan Kohberger as psychotherapist Shavaun Scott and retired FBI behavior chief Robin Dreeke dissect his narcissistic psyche and "proud" courtroom confession – in this explosive recap from Hidden Killers 2025 Year in Review – a look back at the biggest cases of the year. Locked in four life sentences after his July 2025 guilty plea, Kohberger's dead-eyed stare and fidgety eagerness screamed anything but regret: Experts call it grandiosity-fueled basking, a psychopath's crave for spotlight over the #Idaho4 graves he dug. From criminology obsessions morphing into vengeful stabs to lifelong isolation breeding zero empathy, we probe the wiring—childhood bullying...

Nick Reiner is facing two counts of first-degree murder for allegedly stabbing his parents — legendary director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele — to death in their Brentwood home. His defense attorney is already signaling an insanity plea, pointing to schizophrenia and a medication change weeks before the killings. The narrative being built is that Nick was failed by a broken system.

But Nick's own words tell a different story.

On the Dopey podcast, Nick admitted to gaming rehab — staying sober just long enough to get out, then going right back to using. He described stealing OxyContin from a...

This is it — the day the case finally reached its brutal conclusion. In this special Hidden Killers presentation, Tony Brueski and retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke bring you the full, unedited courtroom video from the July 22, 2025 sentencing of Bryan Kohberger, the man who pleaded guilty to the killings of four University of Idaho students: Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin.

No commentary during the hearing. No interruptions. Just the courtroom, exactly as it unfolded.

Before the footage begins, Tony and Robin provide essential context — the legal stakes, the emotional weight, and what this...

Sean “Diddy” Combs is no longer fighting from the top of a music empire — he’s fighting from a federal prison cell. And the battles are piling up faster than he can keep his story straight. In this explosive Hidden Killers breakdown, Tony Brueski analyzes two major developments shaking the already-fragile foundation of Diddy’s legal future: new allegations of witness tampering and a pattern of early prison violations that reveal a deeper psychological unraveling.

First, Danity Kane alum Dawn Richard has filed a stunning new court document accusing Combs of interfering with a key witness while incarcerated. Her attorn...

The Gilgo Beach case just took a seismic turn. A judge has ruled that all seven murder charges against Rex Heuermann will be combined into one massive, high-stakes trial — a decision that reshapes the legal battlefield and raises the pressure on everyone involved. In today’s episode, Tony Brueski and defense attorney/former prosecutor Eric Faddis break down what this ruling really means for the prosecution, the defense, and the jury tasked with navigating one of the most disturbing serial murder cases in American history.

We examine why combining the charges could create a devastating narrative advantage for pros...

This episode pulls back the curtain on two of the most controversial and emotionally charged elements of the Delphi murders case: the evidence linked to Ron Logan that jurors never heard, and the personal devastation endured by Richard Allen’s wife, Kathy Allen, in the aftermath of his conviction.

We start with the Logan file — an FBI affidavit outlining a falsified alibi, phone data placing Logan near the crime scene, past incidents of violence, and physical characteristics some believed matched the figure seen on the Monon High Bridge. Investigators executed a full search of Logan’s property, yet none o...

The Trial of Donna Adelson took an even more complex turn today as Robert “Rob” Adelson, Donna’s eldest son, stepped into the witness box. Unlike the investigators and outside witnesses, Rob brought jurors a deeply personal perspective, one that intersects family loyalty with the gravity of a murder trial.

Rob’s testimony centered on family communications and interactions around the time of Dan Markel’s murder. He fielded questions about his mother’s involvement, the family’s frustrations over Wendi’s custody battle, and whether Donna ever spoke openly about solutions to “fix” the problem. While carefully measured in his answ...

🔍 Discover how Bryan Kohberger's twisted mind plotted a perfect getaway from the Idaho murders – only to unravel spectacularly – in this mind-bending analysis from Hidden Killers 2025 Year in Review – a look back at the biggest cases of the year. Post his July 2025 guilty plea and four life sentences, psychotherapist insights peel back the layers: A criminology whiz who studied killers, yet botched basics like phone pings, Amazon traces, and that damning Ka-Bar sheath DNA left at the #Idaho4 scene. What fueled his god-complex arrogance? Childhood isolation, academic ego, and a fatal underestimation of forensic tech – all dissected in raw detail.

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The Alex Murdaugh story is not finished — in fact, the most consequential chapter may be the one unfolding right now. Three final filings have landed before the South Carolina Supreme Court, and they paint two radically different versions of justice. Prosecutors insist the evidence against Murdaugh was overwhelming: the kennel video timeline, the lies about his whereabouts, the destroyed credibility, and what they describe as a mountain of circumstantial proof. The defense, however, says the entire 2023 double-murder trial was fundamentally corrupted — built on juror influence, untested forensics, and weeks of prejudicial financial-crime testimony that turned a criminal defendant into a cari...

Sean “Diddy” Combs wants out — urgently. After barely a year behind bars, he’s demanding the appeals court speed up his case, framing the delays as an injustice rather than a natural consequence of the crimes he admitted to. But this episode of Hidden Killers reveals what’s really driving his desperation: narcissistic collapse, loss of control, and a man who has never learned to live without power.

Tony Brueski breaks down how Diddy’s “fast-track appeal” isn’t just legal strategy — it’s psychological exposure. Joined by former prosecutor Eric Faddis, we analyze how Combs’ behavior follows the exact trajectory exp...

Step inside the darkness investigators uncovered in the Massapequa Park home of alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann. In this episode, we break down five of the most disturbing pieces of evidence seized from inside that ordinary-looking suburban house—items that paint a chilling psychological portrait of a man prosecutors say lived a double life for decades. From the child-sized doll encased in glass to the portrait of a bruised woman, the 87-entry “kill plan” digital file, the nearly 300-gun basement vault, and the massive collection of extreme digital content, each object reflects themes of control, violence, secrecy, and fantas...

This episode exposes one of the most disturbing and overlooked elements of the Delphi murders investigation: the psychological collapse Richard Allen allegedly suffered while held in prolonged solitary confinement before trial. Listeners will hear how isolation, lack of human contact, and extreme mental distress pushed Allen into a fragile, deteriorating state where he made confused, desperate statements on recorded jail calls — statements his family insists were not true and were the direct result of unbearable psychological pressure.

Rather than illuminating guilt, Allen’s recorded admissions reveal the devastating impact that severe confinement can have on a person who has...

In one of the most emotionally charged moments of the Donna Adelson trial, Wendi Adelson took the stand — and the courtroom shifted. This wasn’t just another witness testifying about timelines and documents. This was the daughter of the accused, the ex-wife of the victim, and the woman whose family turmoil prosecutors say fueled a murder-for-hire plot that stunned the nation.

Wendi walked jurors through her bitter divorce from FSU law professor Dan Markel, the custody battles that stretched on for years, and the deep frustration her parents felt about her being “stuck” in Tallahassee instead of living near the...

Witness the gut-wrenching moment Bryan Kohberger confessed to the Idaho student murders in open court, sealing his fate with a plea deal that dodged the death penalty – all in this raw recap from Hidden Killers 2025 Year in Review – a look back at the biggest cases of the year. On July 23, 2025, in a Boise courtroom thick with family anguish, the criminology PhD student cracked: "Guilty on all counts." Voice trembling, he locked in four life sentences, closing the #Idaho4 nightmare started November 2022. Remorse, or a slick sidestep from execution?

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This essential segment from Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski combines the two most explosive angles of the Bryan Kohberger case: the dark psychological ideology that drove him and the shocking, raw justice delivered during his final court appearance.

First, we confront the terrifying truth of incel-inspired violence. We trace the direct path from Elliot Roger's 2014 rampage to the rise of militant misogyny that creates individuals like Kohberger. This deep dive into incel culture and the "Black Pill" reveals the pattern of entitlement, rage, and weaponized loneliness that transformed a criminology student into a monster.

Then, we...