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🔎 Daily True Crime Podcast | Criminal Psychology | Ongoing Trials | Expert Analysis Multiple new episodes every day! Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski is your ultimate daily true crime podcast, bringing you real-time updates on criminal investigations, high-profile trials, forensic breakthroughs, and psychological deep dives into the minds of killers. 🎙️ Hosted by veteran journalist Tony Brueski, we go beyond the headlines, featuring exclusive insights from FBI agents, forensic experts, criminal

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73:27

Kouri Richins: The Full Listener Q&A — Behavioral...

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2026/03/16

The evidence is in. The witnesses are done. The jury is about to get the Kouri Richins case. Before they do, we spent three conversations answering every significant question our listeners have sent throughout this trial.What does a forensic document examiner saying that wasn't Eric's signature actually prove? What does the Walk the Dog letter reveal about how Kouri sees the people around her? What does Carmen Lauber's immunity deal actually do to her credibility — and does the defense's attack on

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69:23

Kouri Richins Trial: Wendy Lewis — Defense Fires Back...

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2026/03/16

Wendy Lewis, Kouri Richins' Attorney, delivers the Defense's closing arguments.Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his death. What prosecutors describe as a calculated murder-for-profit scheme, the defense calls a tragic accident involving a man who, they claim, had a hidden drug problem.This is gavel-to-gavel coverage of

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12:07

Alex Murdaugh Dynasty: 86 Years of "We'll Handle It"...

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2026/03/16

The Murdaugh case didn't start with murder. It started with a century of believing the rules didn't apply.From 1920 to 2006, three generations of Murdaughs served as solicitor in South Carolina's 14th Circuit. They controlled who faced prosecution. They built a machine that protected their own. And they raised Alex to believe he could get away with anything.Part 1 of "The Name" explores the generational psychology behind the Murdaugh crimes. How families built on power and image produce people who

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56:54

Kouri Richins Trial: Brad Bloodworth — Prosecutor...

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2026/03/16

Brad Bloodworth, chief prosecutor for Summit County, serves up closing arguments in the Kouri Richins trial.Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his death. What prosecutors describe as a calculated murder-for-profit scheme, the defense calls a tragic accident involving a man who, they claim, had a hidden drug problem.This is

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42:40

Kouri Richins: The Defense Sat Down — Here's What...

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2026/03/16

The Kouri Richins defense has rested. No testimony from Kouri. No alternate explanation for how five times the lethal dose of fentanyl ended up in her husband's body. The cross-examinations are done. The objections are logged. And now twelve jurors are sitting with everything they've seen and heard over three weeks of trial.Defense attorney Bob Motta knows exactly what it looks like when a defense team decides their best move is to stop talking. He joins Tony Brueski alongside retired FBI

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62:41

Kouri Richins Trial: Brad Bloodworth — Prosecutor...

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2026/03/16

Brad Bloodworth, chief prosecutor for Summit County, serves up closing arguments in the Kouri Richins trial.Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his death. What prosecutors describe as a calculated murder-for-profit scheme, the defense calls a tragic accident involving a man who, they claim, had a hidden drug problem.This is

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18:53

Laken Snelling Indicted — What the Evidence Actually...

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2026/03/16

Laken Snelling, 22, the former University of Kentucky STUNT team cheerleader from White Pine, Tennessee, was indicted by a Fayette County grand jury on March 10, 2026, on charges of first-degree manslaughter, abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, and concealing the birth of an infant. She was booked into the Fayette County Detention Center on March 12th. Her arraignment is set for April 10, 2026. If convicted on all counts, she faces a maximum of 31 years.The Kentucky Medical

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28:38

Kouri Richins Trial: Judge Richard Mrazik — Court...

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2026/03/16

Judge Richard Mrazik gives instructions to the jury in the Kouri Richins Trial. Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his death. What prosecutors describe as a calculated murder-for-profit scheme, the defense calls a tragic accident involving a man who, they claim, had a hidden drug problem.This is gavel-to-gavel coverage of

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25:13

Kouri Richins — Death by 1,000 Cuts: The Complete...

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2026/03/16

No smoking gun. No confession. No eyewitness. Just 42 witnesses and a mountain of circumstantial evidence prosecutors say could only point one direction.Kouri Richins stands accused of fatally poisoning her husband Eric with fentanyl in March 2022. She has pleaded not guilty. After three weeks of testimony, her defense team called zero witnesses. She never took the stand. And the question that followed the jury into deliberations is the same one this episode unpacks from the ground up.Tony Brueski

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14:16

Kouri Richins — Closing Arguments and the...

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2026/03/16

The evidence is in. The witnesses have testified. And now the Kouri Richins murder trial moves into its final act — closing arguments and the deliberation room where this verdict will be built or broken.Former FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke joins Tony Brueski for Part 2 of the listener Q&A, focused on what this jury will actually do with three weeks of testimony and how this verdict is likely to take shape.Dreeke opens with deliberation psychology in a circumstantial case. No smoking gun

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17:10

Kouri Richins — The Letter, the Coached Witness, and...

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2026/03/16

Three weeks of testimony. A letter written from jail. A witness whose testimony arrived pre-damaged. And then the defense sat down without calling a single person to the stand.The Kouri Richins murder trial just hit its most consequential moment — and former FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke joins Tony Brueski to dig into what the prosecution actually built, what the defense failed to dismantle, and what twelve jurors are now sitting with in that room.The "Walk the Dog" letter is the

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50:48

Nick Reiner: His Siblings Are Done — After 18 Rehabs,...

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2026/03/16

Jake and Romy Reiner are done. Sources close to the family told TMZ directly: "Nick's defense is Nick's defense. They're not involved." The high-profile defense attorney they initially funded—Alan Jackson, known for winning the Karen Read acquittal—withdrew from the case in January. Nick Reiner now has a public defender. Reports indicate his siblings won't attend the trial. In over two months of incarceration, his only visitor has been his lawyer. This Hidden Killers Week In Review examines what

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47:29

Kouri Richins Walk the Dog Letter: What Each Page...

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2026/03/15

The Walk the Dog letter has been in headlines. But headlines don't explain it. This Hidden Killers Week In Review takes the full six-page jailhouse letter written by Kouri Richins and breaks it down the way it deserves—not as shocking bullet points, but as a document that prosecutors intend to use as evidence of consciousness of guilt.Tony Brueski explains exactly how the witness narrative is constructed. The level of scripted detail for Ronney. The instruction to meet in person rather than by

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53:54

Kouri Richins: "If He Could Just Go Away" — The Texts...

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2026/03/15

Two texts are going to define this case: "If he could just go away" and "If I die, Eric did it." How does any defense attorney argue context around those? This Hidden Killers Week In Review brings together defense attorney Bob Motta and former FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke to examine what the jury is actually absorbing—and what's going to be sitting in that room when deliberations start.The legal arguments matter. But this panel digs into something different: the psychology of forty

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34:33

Nancy Guthrie: FBI Says Suspect Behavior Was Amateur...

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2026/03/15

The suspect didn't know there was a doorbell camera. They grabbed weeds from the yard to cover it on the spot. They carried a weapon in what FBI experts have publicly called an "unprofessional manner." When we see that level of improvisation and lack of preparation, what does it tell us about who this person likely is? This Hidden Killers Week In Review brings together psychotherapist Shavaun Scott and retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer to examine both the suspect and the public's

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46:32

Kouri Richins: When Immunity Witnesses Contradict...

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2026/03/15

Carmen Lauber came in meth-positive. Robert Crozier contradicted his own sworn affidavit. Both are immunity witnesses the prosecution is leaning on hard—and both changed their accounts under prosecutorial pressure. At what point does that dynamic create more risk for the prosecution than the defense? This Hidden Killers Week In Review brings together former FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke, defense attorney Bob Motta, and host Tony Brueski for the panel discussion no one else is having.The

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40:07

Kouri Richins Defense Tried to Blame Eric for His Own...

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2026/03/15

The defense in the Kouri Richins murder trial tried something that doesn't always work—putting the dead man on trial. They suggested Eric Richins had a history with drugs and that the fentanyl that killed him may have come from somewhere other than Kouri. Then the judge blocked their most specific drug evidence before they could even use it. And Eric's closest friend looked a jury in the eye and said he never once saw Eric use drugs. This Hidden Killers Week In Review examines why this strategy is

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54:04

Nancy Guthrie: The DNA Mixture Means More Than One...

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2026/03/14

Law enforcement has confirmed the DNA sample at the Nancy Guthrie scene is a mixture—meaning it may involve more than one person. That changes everything about who's been keeping this secret for over a month. This Hidden Killers Week In Review brings former FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke and host Tony Brueski together for a deep dive into the details that demand a real conversation.Robin breaks down what that behavioral picture looks like when two people are carrying this together versus one

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45:57

Kouri Richins Was $1.6 Million in Debt the Day After...

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2026/03/14

The prosecution just laid bare Kouri Richins' finances in open court. Bounced checks. Hard money loans stacking up. A real estate business a forensic accountant called "imploding." By March 5, 2022—the day after Eric Richins died with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl in his system—Kouri was $1.6 million in the red. Even liquidating everything wouldn't dig her out. This Hidden Killers Week In Review examines the financial motive prosecutors spent two weeks building—and the warning Eric gave

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41:47

Cascio Family vs. Jackson Estate: $200 Million...

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2026/03/14

The Cascio family spent 25 years as Michael Jackson's most vocal defenders. They attacked other accusers. They called themselves his "second family." Frank Cascio declared on Oprah and in his memoir that Jackson's love for children was innocent. Now all five siblings claim Jackson trafficked and sexually abused them starting when some were as young as seven. This Hidden Killers Week In Review examines the legal collision that's testing the limits of credibility and timing.The Jackson estate calls

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