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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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50:22

How Would the FBI Evaluate Three Investigations Where...

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2026/06/08

Three active cases. Three different kinds of evidence failures. And the same underlying question: when investigators lose evidence, fail to collect it, or mishandle it, what are the real consequences — for the cases and for the system?In the Aaron Spencer case, a dashcam SD card was handled inconsistently with every other piece of evidence at the scene, in violation of department policy, and lost. A judge found the conduct gave "the appearance of a coverup" and dismissed the murder charge. Spencer

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21:26

Christine Marie Tells Us If Samuel Bateman Knew HE...

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2026/06/08

Christine Marie watched Samuel Bateman every single day for years. She sat at his table. She filmed his sermons. She listened to his wives recite their devotion to him. And she has an answer to the question true crime listeners keep asking about him — was he a true believer, or did he know, deep down, that he was a fraud?She's the one outsider who got close enough to actually know.Christine and her husband Tolga moved to Short Creek with a completely different project in mind, planning to film

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22:16

What Does It Mean When the FBI Can't Account for...

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2026/06/08

From a forensic investigation standpoint, the Anna Kepner case has one of the strongest statistical DNA matches in recent federal prosecution — 120 sextillion to one, pointing to stepbrother Timothy Hudson. The injuries Anna sustained during the alleged attack ruptured both eardrums. The surveillance timeline aboard the Carnival Horizon places Hudson in the stateroom during the window when Anna died. The prosecution's circumstantial framework is substantial.But the gap in the evidence is the kind

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19:37

Did Lonoke County Bury Evidence to Protect Someone...

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2026/06/08

The Aaron Spencer murder case is over. A judge killed it. And the language in his order reads like the opening chapter of a federal investigation that hasn't started yet. Judge Ralph Wilson Jr. found that law enforcement's handling of evidence showed "a pattern of policy and procedure violations" and gave "the appearance of a coverup." Conduct so egregious that dismissal — the most extreme remedy available — was the only option.Spencer found his thirteen-year-old daughter in the truck of Michael

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12:44

How Do You Prove a Car Crash Was Murder When...

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2026/06/08

Building a double murder case without a confession, without testimony, and without a single statement from the defendant requires investigators to let the evidence speak for itself. In Mackenzie Shirilla's case, the evidence was devastating.A car's data recorder showed the accelerator pushed to full capacity with zero braking, approaching a hundred miles per hour aimed at a building. Surveillance footage captured the vehicle driving normally through a residential area before an abrupt, deliberate

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16:01

How Would the FBI Evaluate What Happened to the...

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2026/06/08

When a sitting judge writes that law enforcement conduct gave "the appearance of a coverup" and was "so egregious" that a murder prosecution must be dismissed — how does that language register at the federal level?Aaron Spencer's second-degree murder charge was thrown out after the court found investigators mishandled the one piece of evidence that mattered most: a dashcam SD card from Michael Fosler's truck that was most likely recording during the fatal encounter. The card was handled

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43:25

How Does A Case With This Much Evidence On Nancy...

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2026/06/08

The doorbell camera captured a masked, armed figure at the front door. The FBI recovered the footage. Blood confirmed as Nancy's was on the porch. A pacemaker signal went silent at 2:28 a.m. Her phone, wallet, and daily medication were left inside the house. Discarded gloves were found two miles away. Drones went up. Dogs went out. More than a hundred investigators eventually worked the case. The reward climbed to $1 million. And after all of that — no arrest. No publicly identified suspect. Nancy

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32:55

Why Can't Kouri Richins Stop Producing Stories Even...

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2026/06/07

The behavioral pattern is the case. Every time Kouri Richins faced a new threat, she generated a new story. Not a calculated lie — an automatic response. A narrative reflex that fires before conscious thought arrives, the way your body flinches before your brain decides to flinch.A six-page letter scripting her brother's testimony. Hidden in an LSAT prep book in her jail cell. Found by deputies during a medical episode. When confronted, she didn't deny it. She called it a fictional novel about a

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37:58

Can Trauma Actually Erase Mackenzie Shirilla's Memory...

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2026/06/07

Mackenzie Shirilla says she blacked out and has no memory of the crash that killed two people. The families say she's lying. A fellow inmate says the Mackenzie in the Netflix documentary is an act. The public picked a side before the first episode ended. But Shavaun Scott has spent more than thirty years in trauma work, forensic mental health, and domestic violence — and the clinical answer is more complicated than anyone in this case is willing to hear.Dissociative amnesia is a documented clinical

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37:17

Is Mackenzie Shirilla A Narcissist Or A Teenager...

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2026/06/07

The prosecution presented Mackenzie Shirilla's texts and threats as proof of a cold, calculating killer. A judge called her "hell on wheels." The public sees a narcissist. But Shavaun Scott has spent three decades in forensic mental health treating people who do terrible things, and the clinical picture she identifies doesn't match any of those labels cleanly.Scott — licensed psychotherapist, author of The Minds of Mass Killers, experienced in domestic violence shelters and crisis teams — examines

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43:34

Does Blanca Simpson's Theory Explain Why Alex...

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2026/06/07

Blanca Turrubiate-Simpson spent twenty years watching Alex Murdaugh operate. She saw how he moved money through other people's hands. How he used relationships as infrastructure. How Curtis Eddie Smith cashed four hundred thirty-seven checks totaling roughly $2.4 million. How a network of enablers kept the machine running for years. Alex Murdaugh never did anything alone. Blanca's question is simple: why would the murders be the exception?Her theory is specific. She believes Alex had a Plan A that

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47:55

Is The Netflix Version Of Mackenzie Shirilla The Real...

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2026/06/07

Mackenzie Shirilla appears in Netflix's The Crash speaking from prison for the first time — soft-spoken, remorseful, insisting she has no memory of the crash that killed Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan. An inmate who spent six months with her describes a completely different person — someone doing her makeup, working the prison social hierarchy, nothing like the woman on camera. The families have their version. One father says he needs the truth so he can grieve. The prosecution says surveillance

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34:52

If Alex Murdaugh Didn't Kill Maggie And Paul — Who Did?

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2026/06/06

Jennifer Coffindaffer built and broke cases like this for a career at the FBI. She's doing something she rarely does with the Murdaugh case: a clean-slate thought experiment. Strip the name off the file. Forget the financial crimes. Forget the public persona. Look at the scene.Two people shot at the dog kennels on a remote hunting property. Two different firearms — a shotgun and a rifle. Neither weapon has ever been recovered. No blood found on the man the prosecution pointed at for six weeks. The

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37:25

Was Kouri Richins Faking Grief Or Actually Living...

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2026/06/06

She wrote a children's book about grief. Went on television to promote it. Talked about helping her boys cope with their dad's "unexpected" death. Fourteen months of a constructed identity that fooled every friend who testified at trial. The whole time, she was the reason those children were grieving.The behavioral question isn't whether Kouri Richins was faking. It's whether she was faking at all. The psychology at work here doesn't perform lies the way most people understand deception. It

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33:32

What Does A Former FBI Agent Think About Anna...

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2026/06/06

Jennifer Coffindaffer spent a career handing cases to prosecutors. She knows what the evidence file looks like when a case is strong. Security footage tracking the defendant's movements. A smashed phone in a trash bin. DNA pointing in one direction. A body concealed beneath a bed on a cruise ship. When the file looks like that and the suspect walks out of the courthouse — she has a reaction.Anna Kepner was eighteen years old, on a Carnival Horizon cruise with her blended family, when she was found

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41:17

How Did Donna Adelson Allegedly Convince Herself She...

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2026/06/06

The behavioral question at the center of the Dan Markel case isn't how a murder-for-hire gets organized. It's how a grandmother, a former schoolteacher, a woman who spent decades projecting devotion to her family allegedly convinced herself that orchestrating the killing of her grandchildren's father was the right thing to do.The psychological framework is narcissistic at its core. Donna Adelson allegedly built an internal narrative over decades where her needs became moral law. Boundaries became

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56:19

Did Mackenzie Shirilla's Family Just Build the Case...

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2026/06/05

Natalie Shirilla called the Russo family "evil people" on a monitored prison call. Steve Shirilla lost his teaching job after appearing on a Netflix documentary defending his convicted daughter. Mackenzie has thirty-six conduct violations, refuses rehabilitation, and told her mother she wants to be a life coach. Defense attorney Eric Faddis asks the question the audience is already asking: is this family helping or hurting her chances at parole?Shirilla was convicted of killing Dominic Russo and

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17:39

How Strong Is the Case in the Anna Kepner Cruise Ship...

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2026/06/05

A federal judge said he would not call the prosecution's case in the Anna Kepner cruise ship death strong — used the words "a much closer call" with "various defenses." The DNA match odds are 120 sextillion to one. An FBI agent testified he cannot connect that DNA to cause of death. Defense attorney Eric Faddis evaluates what the prosecution actually has heading into a September trial.Anna Kepner was eighteen years old when she died aboard the Carnival Horizon during a family cruise in November

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18:10

Could Mackenzie Shirilla's Mother Face Her Own Legal...

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2026/06/05

Natalie Shirilla used a private coded language on recorded prison calls to communicate with her convicted daughter. Prosecutors decoded those calls and presented them as evidence at trial. In one exchange, Mackenzie allegedly asked if they could tell police she had a seizure. On a separate call, Natalie called the Russo family — the family of the man Mackenzie was convicted of killing — "evil people." Defense attorney Eric Faddis addresses whether any of this crosses a legal line.Meanwhile, Steve

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21:10

Can Mackenzie Shirilla's Prison Behavior Keep Her...

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2026/06/05

Mackenzie Shirilla's conduct file at the Ohio Reformatory for Women has thirty-six entries in less than three years — guilty on thirty-two. On recorded prison calls, she refuses rehabilitation, calls herself the third victim, and talks about becoming a life coach. Defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis breaks down what the parole board does with a record like this.Shirilla was convicted of killing Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan in 2023 after driving her car at roughly a hundred miles

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