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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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53:42

How Do You Wall Off Someone Like Kouri Richins From...

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2026/07/12

A life sentence without parole keeps Kouri Richins in prison — but it doesn't automatically keep her silent. This look back, with former felony prosecutor Eric Faddis, examines what a convicted killer can still reach beyond the walls, and the legal machinery designed to stop her.The concern isn't abstract. Before sentencing, Kouri wrote a message that landed in the prosecution's filing, vowing to expose nearly everyone connected to her case and warning they hadn't "seen anything yet." Prosecutors

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38:19

What Did Rex Heuermann Reveal About His Kill Cycle In...

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2026/07/12

Have you ever sat with a serial killer before? Rex Heuermann asked that question to a therapist inside Suffolk County Correctional — and the way he asked it told her everything. It wasn't vulnerability. It was a man performing his own legend. What came after was far more revealing. This look back examines what the documentary sessions produced — details no courtroom would have.Heuermann described a four-day cycle he refined over years: preparation, the killing and what he called the aftermath,

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31:40

Barry Morphew Lived Under WHAT Name for Years

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2026/07/11

Barry Morphew spent months living under names that weren't his own while awaiting trial for his wife Suzanne's murder. After the original case against him collapsed and the lead prosecutor was disbarred, Barry left Colorado and settled into a trailer park in Cave Creek, Arizona, more than six hundred miles from where Suzanne's remains were found in a shallow grave near Moffat. A bar manager in Cave Creek knew him as Bruce. A gas station clerk knew him as Lee. Neither one learned who he actually was

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51:18

What Does D4VD's Alleged Post-Crime Behavior Tell...

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2026/07/11

He allegedly released an album two days after prosecutors say Celeste Rivas Hernandez was killed. He toured for months. He performed in Minneapolis the night after her remains were found in his Tesla across the country in Los Angeles. This look back, with retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer, reads that alleged behavior for what it reveals.Coffindaffer examines the profile of someone who allegedly carries something this extreme while functioning publicly at the highest level — the

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35:12

Alex Murdaugh's Star Witness Never Told the Jury WHAT?

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2026/07/11

Alex Murdaugh's legal team is betting the retrial on a piece of evidence SLED collected and then let sit for years: unknown male DNA found under Maggie Murdaugh's fingernails the night she and her son Paul were killed at the family's hunting property. That sample was never run against a genealogy database, and now the defense wants it sent to Othram, the same forensic lab whose genetic work helped identify Bryan Kohberger as a suspect in Idaho. Attorney Jim Griffin argued in court that the

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36:23

Why Won't A Verdict Give The Reiner Family Any Peace?

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2026/07/11

The Reiner siblings are bracing for years of courtrooms — hearings, testimony, their brother's face across the room while lawyers argue over his mental state. This look back examines the position they've been forced into and the harder truth waiting at the end of it.Jake, Romy, and Tracy occupy three roles at the same time: primary mourners with no parents left above them, next of kin with legal standing under victims'-rights law, and family of the accused. All three, permanently. Sources say

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11:12

What Casey Anthony's Mom Changed About Her Story When...

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2026/07/11

Cindy Anthony called 911 and said the car smelled like a dead body. Then she spent three years walking it back. On the witness stand, she told the jury the words were just an expression. She described removing Caylee’s doll from the car and spraying it with Febreze. A mother who knew what she smelled tried to un-know it under oath.George and Cindy held together through the investigation and the trial. Casey’s defense accused George of covering up Caylee’s death and worse. He denied all of it. After

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53:51

Could Heuermann's Confession Get Thrown Out?

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2026/07/11

Rex Heuermann confessed to eight murders in front of his own family, in sessions run by a counselor who had no legal right to be there. Allison Winter now faces eighteen felonies for allegedly posing as a licensed clinical social worker and billing insurance for more than sixty thousand dollars while treating Heuermann for nearly three years. Legal analyst Eric Faddis joins us to explain why that detail might matter more than anyone expected.Faddis walks through a theory his team believes could

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12:19

What Buster Murdaugh Did That Even Alex's Defense...

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2026/07/10

Buster Murdaugh named his baby after Alex Murdaugh. That single fact contains everything you need to know about this episode. Alex was convicted of murdering Buster’s mother and brother. He pled guilty to decades of financial crimes. He staged a botched suicide attempt. And Buster — the surviving son — gave his child his father’s name.But when the SC Supreme Court overturned the conviction and ordered a retrial, two versions of Buster emerged. His father’s attorney said they have a great

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18:22

D4VD's Online Purchases Raise WHAT Questions

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2026/07/10

The D4VD case just cleared another status conference, and a new Hulu documentary dropped right alongside it, putting new pressure on a story that had largely stayed under wraps until charges were filed. Legal analyst Eric Faddis joins us to explain what these pretrial hearings typically cover and why this one is shaping up to be a fight over publicity as much as evidence.Faddis breaks down why the defense may push hard on whether D4VD can even get a fair trial in California, given how far the

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11:08

What 24 Menendez Family Members Did at the Los...

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2026/07/10

Joan VanderMolen loved her sister Kitty. She also stood at a Los Angeles courthouse in 2024 and said Kitty’s sons — the men who killed Kitty — should be released from prison. More than twenty family members stood behind her.The Menendez brothers have never denied killing their parents. The family’s argument is that the full story includes what José Menendez did to his sons, and that the 1996 conviction happened in a world that was not ready to hear it. A 1988 letter Erik wrote to his cousin

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17:38

Could Heuermann's Confession Get Thrown Out?

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2026/07/10

Rex Heuermann's guilty plea may hinge on a conversation that never should have happened the way it did. His ex-wife and daughter were in the room when he confessed to eight murders, in sessions facilitated by Allison Winter — the counselor now charged with practicing without a license. Legal analyst Eric Faddis lays out a theory that could shape what happens next: if Heuermann pled guilty in part to spare his family from testifying about that confession, and the confession itself was obtained by

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18:28

Rex Heuermann's Therapist Wasn't Even Licensed

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2026/07/10

Allison Winter spent nearly three years inside the Suffolk County Jail, counseling Rex Heuermann and his family session after session. She was there for some of the most consequential conversations of his case. She just wasn't legally allowed to be doing any of it.Winter is now facing eighteen felony charges, including grand larceny, scheme to defraud, and unauthorized practice of a profession, for allegedly posing as a licensed clinical social worker without the credentials New York requires

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12:06

What Jim Bob Duggar Told the Prosecutor When She...

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2026/07/10

Josh Duggar was convicted on federal charges involving illegal material depicting minors. Prosecutors described it as among the worst they had encountered. And his mother Michelle wrote the judge a letter calling Josh “tender-hearted” and asking for the family to be reunited.His father Jim Bob took the stand at a pretrial hearing and fought to keep Josh’s prior conduct with minors out of the record. He refused to answer questions. He was combative with the prosecutor. The judge later described him

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11:36

What the Innocence Project Found When They Opened the...

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2026/07/09

For more than twenty years, Janey Peterson has been saying her brother-in-law Scott did not kill Laci. She hasn’t wavered. She hasn’t changed the core argument. She’s pointed to the same uninvestigated burglary across the street, the same witness sightings, the same evidentiary gaps — and in 2024, the Los Angeles Innocence Project agreed there was enough substance to take the case on.Scott Peterson’s conviction was built on circumstantial evidence: no weapon, no cause of death established at trial,

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14:20

What Chris Watts' Mother Told Reporters About Shanann...

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2026/07/09

Chris Watts pled guilty. He confessed in detail. His daughters’ bodies were recovered from crude oil tanks at his worksite. There is nothing left to dispute. And his parents responded by forgiving him at sentencing, blaming Shanann on camera, and telling reporters there were still unanswered questions.This episode traces the Watts family’s loyalty from the sentencing hearing through the media interviews, the Rzucek family’s furious public response, and Cindy’s declaration that she would fight for

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14:52

What Barry Morphew Called Himself While Out on a...

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2026/07/09

Barry Morphew posted a three-million-dollar bond and walked out of an Alamosa County jail in September 2025. He was fitted with an ankle monitor and ordered to remain in Colorado while awaiting trial for the murder of his wife, Suzanne Morphew. The trial was set for October 13, 2026. It was supposed to last six weeks. Both sides agreed to the date.Then the defense asked for more time. Attorney Alexis Bair-Elson told the court the team couldn’t adequately question witnesses given the volume of

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33:31

What Does The Unsealed Evidence In The Anna Kepner...

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2026/07/09

Unsealed court records lay it out: security footage tracking Timothy Hudson's movements the night Anna Kepner died, a phone that ended up smashed in a trash bin, and DNA testing that points hard in one direction. Anna was found concealed beneath a bed aboard the Carnival Horizon — wrapped in a blanket, covered with life jackets, cause of death mechanical asphyxiation. Ship surveillance reportedly shows one person entering and exiting the stateroom. This look back, with retired FBI Special Agent

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42:12

What Did Rex Heuermann Gain By Bringing Up Karen...

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2026/07/08

During a confidential session before the plea, Rex Heuermann brought up Karen Vergata — a woman he was never charged with killing. Her case was folded into the agreement. No separate prosecution. No public presentation of the evidence against him in her death. This look back examines a plea that wasn't just about admitting guilt — it was about controlling what came out and what stayed buried.The defense attorney called it a calculated pivot. Every pre-trial motion had failed. The DNA was

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34:11

Why Did LAPD Seal The D4VD Autopsy Over The Medical...

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2026/07/08

The medical examiner's office completed its findings on Celeste Rivas Hernandez months before the public ever saw them. Then LAPD sought a court order to seal the report — and the ME's office publicly objected, stating the hold prevented them from serving the community with transparency. The people whose job it is to speak for the dead were told to stay silent. This look back, with retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer, examines what the sealed autopsy revealed once it was finally

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