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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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16:31

Christa Pike's Own Lawsuit Predicted THIS Would Happen

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2026/10/09

Christa Pike filed suit against Tennessee in January over the way the state planned to kill her. The filing named a blood condition, thrombocytosis, and small veins that would make establishing an IV line difficult, and it asked for a thinner butterfly needle handled by trained medical staff. Tennessee called her veins reliably accessible and said the risk she described did not come close to the legal standard.The execution went ahead on September 30 at Riverbend. Two doses of pentobarbital went

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62:21

Caleb Flynn Said He Didn’t Kill Ashley. His Own...

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2026/10/09

Full sentencing breakdown with psychotherapist Shavaun Scott. Flynn spent four minutes speaking only to his own family and never said Ashley’s name. He apologized for the affair, then told the court he didn’t kill his wife. His parents wrote the judge calling their son a servant. Neither mentioned Ashley. Prosecutors allege he coached his daughters before sentencing. One daughter responded with one question. Every layer is on the table.Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts:

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16:47

Nick Reiner: Self-Made Monster Part 3 - He Looked HOW...

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2026/10/09

On January 7, 2026, Alan Jackson told a Los Angeles courtroom his team had no choice but to leave Nick Reiner's defense. Then he walked outside, found the cameras, and said to take it to the bank that Nick is not guilty of murder under California law. Chapter three of Self-Made Monster: The Nick Reiner Story starts three weeks before that, at 4:15 in the morning at a Santa Monica hotel, with a staffer looking at the man checking in. What that staffer saw is the first fact on the table.Jackson had

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15:21

Caleb Flynn’s Mother Called Him a Leader — She Never...

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2026/10/09

Before Caleb Flynn was sentenced to life without parole, his parents filed letters asking the judge for mercy. His mother listed his accomplishments as too numerous to mention and wrote that he has repented to his Lord. His father said Caleb is not a stereotype of a criminal. Neither parent wrote Ashley Flynn’s name. Neither mentioned the granddaughters. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Tony Brueski to analyze what the letters reveal about the family system that produced Caleb Flynn.Listen

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30:03

Murdaugh's Defense Gave the Prosecution THIS in Writing

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2026/10/08

Jim Griffin emailed lead prosecutor Creighton Waters on January 19, 2023. The double murder trial was days away. Griffin called the State's handling of cell phone discovery "very accommodating and cooperative." He blamed the defense's timing problem on the defense.Three years later, the State filed that email as Exhibit H — evidence against the defense team itself. The October 6 filing says Murdaugh's attorneys have been lying about evidence they received on four separate occasions starting in

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13:46

Caleb Flynn’s Daughter Asked Him One Question He...

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2026/10/08

At Caleb Flynn’s sentencing for the murder of his wife, one of his daughters had a statement read to the court. Prosecutors allege Flynn told his daughters their statements could mean life or death for him and instructed them to deny being coached. Despite that, one of his daughters responded with a question that cut through everything. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Tony Brueski to break down what prosecutors allege and what it took for a child to get to that moment.Listen Anywhere You Get

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34:47

What Caleb Flynn's 10-Year-Old Asked Him at Sentencing

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2026/10/08

Caleb Flynn, the former worship leader at Christian Life Center in Tipp City, Ohio, was convicted on all nine counts in the murder of his wife, Ashley Flynn. Prosecutors alleged he shot Ashley twice in the back of the head while she slept, fifty feet from their daughters' bedroom.At sentencing, Flynn denied it. His ten-year-old daughter asked one question in her impact statement: What did Ashley ever do to make you hate her so much? She prays every single night for him to confess. Her older sister

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15:34

Caleb Flynn Apologized for the Affair — Then Told the...

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2026/10/08

Before a judge sentenced him to life without parole, Caleb Flynn addressed Ashley Flynn’s family. He said he takes accountability for his words and his decisions. He apologized for the affair. Then he told the court he did not kill his wife and quoted a Bible verse about trusting God’s plan. A jury convicted him in roughly two hours on all nine counts. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Tony Brueski to break down what Flynn admitted and what his denial means.Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts:

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18:38

Caleb Flynn Spoke for Four Minutes at Sentencing and...

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2026/10/08

Before a judge sentenced Caleb Flynn to life without parole for the murder of his wife, Ashley Flynn, Flynn addressed the courtroom. He spoke to his daughters, then his parents, then his brother. He told his daughters they were the joy of his life. He told his parents they raised him right. Four minutes of a convicted man talking — and he never once mentioned the woman a jury says he killed. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Tony Brueski to break down the sentencing clips and what Flynn’s choices

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63:07

The Mistress, the Texts, and the Verdict That Took...

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2026/10/08

The full panel breakdown of the Caleb Flynn case. A jury convicted Flynn on all nine counts for the murder of his wife Ashley. Prosecutors argued he shot her in her sleep and staged a home invasion. He had been having an 18-month affair with a church intern and exchanged over 107,000 messages with her. His mistress texted about wanting Ashley dead and replied “so tempting” when he allegedly wrote about hiring someone to take her out, according to testimony. He allegedly texted about ways to kill

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15:41

Nick Reiner: Self-Made Monster Part 2 - What Rob Told...

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2026/10/08

At Thanksgiving 2018, Rob Reiner lifted a turkey leg at the head of a table for twenty and asked everyone what they were grateful for. One of the guests later told a newspaper what that dinner was like: air freshener in the billiard room, screaming and cursing, and a longtime household employee who had threatened to quit because Nick's outbursts had become so violent. Seven years later Rob sat down in a public radio studio and was asked about that son. What he answered opens chapter two of

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16:53

What Caleb Flynn’s Phone and Apple Watch Revealed the...

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2026/10/08

The digital evidence in the Caleb Flynn case told a story the defendant allegedly tried to erase. ChatGPT was uninstalled from Flynn’s phone on February 15. GroupMe and Instagram were deleted after 1 a.m. on February 16. Prosecutors argued Flynn was wiping the trail he’d left during an 18-month affair with a 24-year-old church intern: 107,000 messages, AI-generated love songs, and searches about deleting data. Investigators recovered the deletion timestamps, the messages, Apple Watch activity data,

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21:18

The Words Judge Pratt Had for Caleb Flynn Before...

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2026/10/07

Judge Jeannine Pratt addressed Caleb Flynn directly before sentencing him in a Miami County courtroom. She told him his actions were abhorrent. She said the layers of deceit and cruelty were impossible to fathom and noted that he used his own father to manipulate others. She told him Ashley died in her own home — that he could have separated, walked away, let Ashley be with the people who loved her. She said through greed and lust he decided to take her life. She told him he was the person who was

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16:29

How Twelve Jurors Convicted Caleb Flynn in Two Hours...

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2026/10/07

The Caleb Flynn jury deliberated roughly two hours before convicting on all nine counts. No weapon was found. No residue on the defendant. No fingerprints. The defense said the state had nothing but an affair. Prosecutors argued Flynn shot Ashley Flynn twice in the back of the head as she slept and staged the crime as a break-in. Their daughters were in the house. The prosecution built its case on 107,000 text messages, digital forensics from Flynn’s phone and Apple Watch, deleted apps, and the

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21:19

The Letter Ken Urker Wrote Gypsy Rose After Her HBO...

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2026/10/07

Ken Urker watched an HBO documentary about Gypsy Rose Blanchard in 2017 and made a decision that would define the next nine years of his life. He wrote her a letter at Chillicothe Correctional Center, where she was serving time for her part in killing her mother.The letters became visits. The visits became a proposal in October 2018. She said yes from the other side of a visiting room. He’d never known her outside of one.He ended the engagement ten months later. His own words, years after: outside

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16:55

Why Caleb Flynn Chose Murder Over Leaving Ashley

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2026/10/07

Caleb Flynn was convicted on nine counts including aggravated murder for the shooting death of his wife Ashley. Prosecutors argued he killed her while she slept and staged the scene as a burglary. Divorce was available to him at every stage. He chose murder, the prosecution argued. Flynn had been carrying on an 18-month affair with a 24-year-old church intern and exchanged over 107,000 texts. In one, he allegedly wrote he was up until 4 a.m. thinking of ways to kill his wife and not go to jail. He

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13:48

What Alleigha Botner Texted Caleb Flynn About Ashley...

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2026/10/07

Alleigha Botner was the prosecution’s star witness in the Caleb Flynn murder trial. She helped put Caleb away for shooting his wife Ashley in her sleep. But the 107,000 messages she read aloud from the stand included her own words about wanting Ashley dead. When Flynn allegedly wrote about hiring someone to take Ashley out, Botner’s reply, according to testimony, was “so tempting.” She admitted she coached Flynn on deleting data from his devices multiple times during the affair. She destroyed

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64:06

Gypsy Rose and Christa Pike: Facts That Don't Add Up

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2026/10/07

Ken Urker was found dead in bed on his birthday in Raceland, Louisiana. A handgun, syringe, shot glasses, and powdery substance surrounded him. Before the autopsy was done, Gypsy Rose Blanchard was giving exclusives and launching a cyberbullying petition. Four days earlier in Tennessee, the state gave Christa Pike two doses of pentobarbital with a physician who had already failed once — and who the state told the court did not need to be qualified. Pike tried to help them find a vein. They still

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15:25

Nick Reiner: Self-Made Monster Part 1 - Five Words...

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2026/10/07

Rob and Michele Reiner sat in a circle of chairs at a Malibu treatment center in 2009 for every family session their 15-year-old son was given, and the boy across the circle remembers them for it. He remembers Nick Reiner for something else. Danny Svilar, Nick's roommate that summer, told a reporter in 2026 why the arrest in the Rob Reiner murder case didn't surprise him, and his reason opens chapter one of Self-Made Monster: The Nick Reiner Story.Svilar says the facility ran about $60,000 a month

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17:55

Christa Pike Helped Find the Vein — and They Still...

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2026/10/07

Christa Pike cooperated with her own execution. According to her attorneys, she tried to help the IV team locate a vein in her arm. They still could not carry out the procedure. Two doses of pentobarbital. Multiple needle attempts. Arms swollen, burned, and blistered. Pike still breathing on the gurney. May Martinez, the mother of Pike's victim Colleen Slemmer, was reportedly in or near the witness room on September 30. She came to watch the state fulfill a promise that was thirty-one years old

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