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Hidden Killers Live! Daily True Crime News & Breakdowns

Hidden Killers Podcast

Hidden Killers Live! is your daily true crime podcast delivering two hours of nonstop coverage every weekday. Hosted by Tony Brueski & Robin Dreeke this show dives into the most compelling stories in the true crime world — from murder trials and cold cases to criminal psychology, investigations, and the dark motives behind real-life crimes. Each episode brings a mix of breaking crime news, courtroom analysis, and raw conversation that takes you beyond the headlines. Whether it’s exploring how

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24:32

What Nancy Guthrie's Ransom Hoaxer Actually Got

Hidden Killers Live! Daily True Crime News & Breakdowns ·

2026/07/13

Six months into Nancy Guthrie's disappearance, one case connected to it just closed — and it's not the one anyone's been waiting on. A California man pleaded guilty to sending the Guthrie family fake bitcoin ransom demands while the search for Nancy was still active. What he actually got for it is the part that's sparking outrage. The charge was pled down to harassment, which tops out at two years federally, and the resulting sentence was five years of probation, with both counts running

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10:33

D4vd: What Happened After Deputies Went to His Door...

Hidden Killers Live! Daily True Crime News & Breakdowns ·

2026/07/13

D4vd and the system that failed Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Deputies from two sheriff’s departments had David Burke’s name, phone number, and home address in connection with a missing thirteen-year-old girl. They went to his door. They spoke to him face to face. What happened after that visit — and the chain of failures that followed — is the foundation of this three-part investigation.Prosecutors say Celeste was reported missing from Lake Elsinore three separate times. They say Burke allegedly paid a

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12:07

Why Nolan Wells' Case Just Involved A Judge

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2026/07/13

Nolan Wells' case just picked up a complication that has nothing to do with what happened on the water. One of the friends who left him behind on Horn Island is the son of a sitting Jackson County judge — and since that detail surfaced, both the judge and the rest of the friend group have gone completely silent online. That silence is landing differently now that a sitting congressman and a nationally known civil rights attorney, retained by Nolan's parents, are publicly pushing local law

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19:02

What Nolan Wells' Friends Told Police About Leaving Him

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2026/07/13

An eighteen-year-old named Nolan Wells went out to Horn Island for the Fourth of July and didn't come home. He was seen talking to a girl on the island's north end around three that afternoon. When his friends' boat left an hour and a half later, he was still on shore. The official reason his friends gave investigators was that the boat was taking on water. Sit with that for a second — a group decides the safest move is to leave one person behind on an island, alone, rather than make a slower trip

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30:27

Why Was Amber Costello's Case The Key That Unlocked...

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2026/07/13

A truck description sat in a case file for over a decade. A roommate who saw a first-generation Chevrolet Avalanche the night Amber Costello walked out and never came back. A text from a burner phone that read: "That was not nice, so do I get credit for next time." When the Gilgo Beach task force ran that vehicle through registration databases in 2022, Rex Heuermann's name came back. Everything followed from there. This look back examines how the last known victim became the key that unlocked the

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35:10

What Did D4VD Allegedly Do When Celeste's Parents...

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2026/07/12

When Celeste Rivas Hernandez's parents found out and took her phone, prosecutors say David Anthony Burke drove to Lake Elsinore and paid one of her classmates a thousand dollars to deliver a new one. That single allegation — buried in the People's Brief filed this week — tells you everything about the pattern prosecutors are building. This look back, with retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer, examines what that pattern looks like from a federal investigative perspective and how it

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61:29

Nancy Guthrie's Kidnapper Emailed TMZ WHAT?!

Hidden Killers Live! Daily True Crime News & Breakdowns ·

2026/07/12

Nancy Guthrie's case has drawn a mysterious emailer who keeps contacting TMZ from the same address, claiming to have a phone containing video of the 84-year-old grandmother and her alleged kidnapper from what was likely her last day. It's one of several communications investigators are now weighing against each other in a case with no body and no arrest five months after Nancy disappeared from her Tucson home. The FBI has already arrested multiple people for sending fake ransom notes tied to this

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53:42

What Did Kouri Richins' Face Reveal While Her Kids...

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2026/07/12

The judge asked for no outward reactions. Kouri Richins couldn't manage four minutes before the faces started. This look back, with psychotherapist Shavaun Scott, reads what those visible reactions revealed about the person behind the performance during her sentencing.The children — all under fourteen — described locked doors, threats against their pets, and a mother they no longer call "mom." Every one of them asked the judge to put her away for good. And through it, Kouri looked annoyed. Scott

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38:19

Can Victoria Heuermann's Forgiveness Of Rex Heuremann...

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2026/07/12

Victoria Heuermann sat across from her father in a jailhouse room, heard him admit to killing eight women in the house where she grew up, and forgave him on the spot. She asked if he ever thought about her while he was doing it. He said no — the two worlds never crossed. This look back, with psychotherapist Shavaun Scott, examines what that exchange reveals about both the daughter and the father.Scott breaks down what happens psychologically to a child who discovers their parent is a serial killer

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31:40

What Barry Morphew Kept Hidden in His Arizona Safe

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2026/07/11

Barry Morphew kept more than just cash and paperwork in his safe. When investigators searched it, they found an AR-15 and a silencer, sitting alongside the ordinary contents of a man who insists he had nothing to hide. It's one detail among several that prosecutors say points to a defendant who spent years preparing for exactly this moment. Suzanne Morphew's remains were recovered from a shallow grave near Moffat, Colorado, and an autopsy found a wildlife tranquilizer known as BAM in her bone

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51:18

Why Did It Take A Year Between Celeste's...

Hidden Killers Live! Daily True Crime News & Breakdowns ·

2026/07/11

Celeste Rivas Hernandez was reported missing in 2024. Her remains were found in September 2025. David Anthony Burke wasn't arrested until April 2026. Three grand juries heard testimony. The autopsy sat sealed for months. This look back takes your listener questions to retired FBI Behavioral Analysis Chief Robin Dreeke and asks the question everyone keeps coming back to: why did it take so long?Dreeke walks through what the timeline reveals about how investigations of this complexity actually move —

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35:12

Alex Murdaugh's Shirt Evidence Wasn't What Jurors...

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2026/07/11

Alex Murdaugh's defense told a South Carolina judge that the accounts from first responders who reached the Moselle property the night Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were killed don't agree with each other. Attorney Dick Harpootlian raised the discrepancy directly with Judge Debra McCaslin at a hearing that also set the retrial date for April 5, 2027. Harpootlian told the court the defense has received tips from people claiming to have information about who else may have been at the property, forwarded

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36:23

Why Can't The Reiner Siblings Heal Until This Trial...

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2026/07/11

There's a trap waiting for the Reiner siblings, and it's the same one that catches almost every family of a victim: the belief that healing can't begin until the case is over. This look back examines why that belief is so powerful — and why, for Jake, Romy, and Tracy, it may be the very thing keeping their lives on pause.First, where things stood at the time of our reporting. The three siblings carry a role almost no family ever holds together: primary mourners, next of kin with legal standing, and

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53:51

Heuermann's Family Heard THIS From an Impostor

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2026/07/11

Asa and Victoria sat in the room while Rex Heuermann confessed to eight murders. The woman running those sessions, Allison Winter, is now the one facing prison time, charged with practicing as a clinical social worker without a license for nearly three years. Legal analyst Eric Faddis returns to dig into whether that detail gives Heuermann's defense a real opening, starting with the theory that his guilty plea itself may have been built on a fraudulent foundation.Faddis walks through the privilege

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18:22

What D4VD Allegedly Had On His Phone

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2026/07/10

A new Hulu documentary just dropped on the D4VD case, and it's raising as many questions about the investigators as it is about the singer charged in fourteen-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez's death. Legal analyst Eric Faddis joins us to unpack what came out at the latest status conference, why the documentary could complicate jury selection, and whether the defense can use its aggressive framing to their advantage.We start with the publicity problem. Faddis explains why the defense may argue this

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17:38

Heuermann's Family Heard THIS From an Impostor

Hidden Killers Live! Daily True Crime News & Breakdowns ·

2026/07/10

Asa and Victoria sat in the room while Rex Heuermann confessed to eight murders. The woman guiding those family sessions, Allison Winter, is now the one facing prison time for allegedly running the whole arrangement without a valid license. We bring back legal analyst Eric Faddis to dig deeper into what this means, starting with a theory that could actually matter on appeal: did Heuermann plead guilty specifically to protect his family from having to testify about what he confessed, and if that

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18:28

Heuermann's Counselor Heard THIS Before His Confession

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2026/07/10

Rex Heuermann confessed privately to his own family in a room where an unlicensed therapist was sitting in. Allison Winter counseled Heuermann and his family for nearly three years inside the Suffolk County Jail, present around the time of that confession, and she's now facing eighteen felony charges for allegedly practicing without a license and billing insurance for more than sixty thousand dollars.We get into the legal weeds on this one with Eric Faddis, a former prosecutor and current defense

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33:31

Why Is A Death At Sea One Of The Hardest Cases The...

Hidden Killers Live! Daily True Crime News & Breakdowns ·

2026/07/09

The crime scene sails into port. Thousands of people walk off it. The ship is cleaned and reloaded with the next group of passengers within hours. Every piece of physical evidence that isn't recovered before the vessel turns around is gone. This look back, with retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer, examines why a death at sea — like the killing of Anna Kepner aboard the Carnival Horizon — is one of the most difficult scenes federal investigators face.Coffindaffer walks through the

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42:12

Why Did Asa Ellerup Move Back Into Rex Heuermann's...

Hidden Killers Live! Daily True Crime News & Breakdowns ·

2026/07/08

Asa Ellerup heard her ex-husband admit to eight murders. She heard that women were strangled in the basement of the home they shared. And according to a documentary, she moved back into that basement — into the room where it happened — and says she sleeps there now to spiritually honor the victims. The reaction was swift and brutal. People called it proof she knew all along. This look back, with psychotherapist Shavaun Scott, argues they're missing what's actually happening — and what's actually

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34:11

How Did D4VD Allegedly Tour The Country While Celeste...

Hidden Killers Live! Daily True Crime News & Breakdowns ·

2026/07/08

Prosecutors allege David Anthony Burke killed Celeste Rivas Hernandez on April 23, 2025. Two days later, he released his debut album. He launched a world tour. He stood on stages across the country performing for fans who, according to investigators, had no idea what was allegedly behind the scenes. Then on September 8, a tow-yard worker in Los Angeles called police about a foul odor from an impounded Tesla registered to Burke. Inside were Celeste's remains. According to the timeline, Burke took a

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