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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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27:17

Kouri Richins: What the Defense Strategy Is Really...

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2026/03/11

Two mistrial motions. Forty prosecution witnesses. A case built entirely on circumstantial evidence. The defense in the Kouri Richins murder trial hasn't shown their full hand yet — but the moves they've already made are saying a lot.Bob Motta and Robin Dreeke step into the panel to break down the defense's strategy from the ground up. Why file mistrial motions in the middle of the prosecution's case? What does fighting for the full retreat journal — not the redacted version — tell us about where

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17:00

Toxic Therapist: How Jodi Hildebrandt Used Coercive...

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2026/03/11

In 2009, Jodi Hildebrandt's niece went to police alleging abuse. Tied up. Duct taped. Forced to sleep outside. The allegations went nowhere.Fourteen years later, Ruby Franke's children were found bound and starving in Jodi's house. By then, Jodi had spent nearly two decades destroying families through a "life coaching" business that former clients describe as cult-like.Part 2 of "The Good Mother" examines how helpers become captors — and what happens when someone you love falls under influence you

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72:28

Guthrie Investigation and Richins Trial: The Full...

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2026/03/10

Hidden Killers delivers the complete listener Q&A — the Nancy Guthrie disappearance and the Kouri Richins murder trial examined back to back with former FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke and host Tony Brueski. This is the investigative and analytical deep-dive both cases have warranted from the beginning.The Guthrie evidence thread runs through a set of details that have been underexamined in the public conversation. The FBI's decision to return to Nancy's neighborhood and canvass again a

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17:16

Religious Narcissism: Inside Chad Daybell's Belief...

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2026/03/10

Chad Daybell kept spreadsheets.Not business records. Not finances. Lists of people — family, friends, his own children — each assigned a "light and dark rating" on a scale he invented.Everyone who dropped below a certain number was declared a "zombie." Everyone declared a zombie ended up dead.This is Part 2 of "The Chosen Ones," Hidden Killers' 5-part psychological examination of spiritual abuse and religious trauma through the Vallow-Daybell case. Today we focus on Chad Daybell: the gravedigger

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13:49

Matthew Farwell's Case Won't Be Dismissed — Sandra...

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2026/03/10

A federal judge has denied former Stoughton police detective Matthew Farwell's motion to dismiss the charges against him in the death of Sandra Birchmore — and the October 2026 trial is locked in.Sandra Birchmore was 23 years old and three months pregnant when she was found dead in her Canton, Massachusetts apartment in February 2021. For years, her death was officially ruled self-inflicted. No charges. No trial. Just a closed file and a grieving family left with nothing but questions.What

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16:44

Kouri Richins: The Family Hired a PI — He Gutted the...

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2026/03/10

The defense in the Kouri Richins murder trial has built its case around one central argument: Eric Richins had a history of substance use, and his death was a tragic accident. On the tenth day of testimony, a private investigator hired by Eric's own family took the stand and systematically dismantled that theory from every angle.Todd Gabler spent roughly a year investigating Eric's death independently before Kouri was arrested. Operating under rules that gave him access law enforcement couldn't get

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19:06

Kouri Richins: Immunity Deals, the Escalation...

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2026/03/10

The Kouri Richins murder trial is built on a stack of evidence that includes text messages, cell tower data, fentanyl receipts, and two witnesses who changed their stories after receiving immunity. Hidden Killers examines the evidentiary architecture of this case in a listener Q&A with former FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke and host Tony Brueski.The escalation detail is one of the most significant in this case. According to prosecutors, after an alleged first attempt failed, Kouri Richins

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25:43

Nancy Guthrie: Pacemaker Data at 2:28 AM, a DNA...

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2026/03/10

The evidentiary details in the Nancy Guthrie case are accumulating — and several of them aren't getting the scrutiny they deserve. Hidden Killers digs into the evidence layer with former FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke and host Tony Brueski in this listener Q&A focused on what the physical and forensic record actually tells us.The pacemaker. Nancy's device last synced at 2:28 in the morning. In a case where the timeline of events that night is still not publicly established with precision,

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28:12

Nancy Guthrie Investigation: The Internet Outage, the...

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2026/03/10

The details in the Nancy Guthrie case that aren't getting enough attention are precisely the ones that matter most to understanding what happened and who's responsible. Hidden Killers brings you a deep-dive listener Q&A with former FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke and host Tony Brueski — going beyond the press conference talking points and into the evidence.The night Nancy vanished, the internet in her neighborhood went out. Was that a coincidence? Was it targeted? And if someone cut it

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13:30

Narcissistic Mother Signs: Ruby Franke and the...

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2026/03/10

Ruby Franke built a parenting empire on YouTube. 2.5 million subscribers watched her raise six children. She looked like exactly what she was selling: a devoted mother with answers for everything.Her children experienced someone different.Part 1 of "The Good Mother" examines narcissistic mother psychology through the Ruby Franke case — the parent whose public warmth masked private cruelty, whose love was conditional on compliance, whose children learned early that their value was measured by how

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81:43

Kouri Richins Trial: Todd Gabler — Family-Hired...

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2026/03/10

Todd Gabler, Private Investigator, takes center stage 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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57:26

Nancy Guthrie and Kouri Richins — An FBI Special...

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2026/03/09

One is a missing persons investigation that has consumed the country for over a month with no arrest and one suspect still unidentified. The other is a murder trial built entirely on circumstantial evidence, currently anchored by two immunity witnesses who cannot agree on what drug was sold. Jennifer Coffindaffer — who spent years as an FBI Special Agent working the kinds of cases most people only follow in the news — has important things to say about both.This episode covers all three segments of

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57:21

Kouri Richins Trial: Detective Jamye Woody — 911 Call...

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2026/03/09

Jamye Woody, Police Detective, takes the stand 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 one of

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13:08

1: Spiritual Love Bombing: How Chad Daybell's...

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2026/03/09

How do you recognize spiritual abuse before it's too late?It starts with feeling chosen. Someone tells you that you're special — that they can see your divine purpose, that you were set apart before birth, that the rules don't apply to someone at your level.That's how it started for Lori Vallow. A religious conference. A man named Chad Daybell. A claim that they'd been married in a past life.Within a year, her husband was dead. Within fourteen months, her children were buried in Chad Daybell's

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62:29

Kouri Richins Trial: Matthew Throckmorton — Was It...

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2026/03/09

Matthew Throckmorton, handwriting expert, takes center stage 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

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21:33

Kouri Richins Trial: Retired FBI Agent Exposes the...

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2026/03/09

Nine days of testimony. A housekeeper who says she sold fentanyl. A dealer who says it was oxycodone. A boyfriend's intimate texts read aloud in court. Phone searches asking what poison does to a death certificate. A case built entirely on circumstantial evidence — and a retired FBI Special Agent who knows exactly where it holds and where it doesn't.Jennifer Coffindaffer breaks down the Kouri Richins murder trial from a trained investigative standpoint — starting with the fundamental problem the

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77:52

Kouri Richins Trial: Cody Wright — Unapproved...

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2026/03/09

Cody Wright, Eric's former business partner, takes center stage 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

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27:11

Charity Beallis Autopsy Results Released: Official...

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2026/03/09

The Sebastian County Sheriff's Office has released the official autopsy results in the Charity Beallis case. Her manner of death has been ruled self-inflicted. Her six-year-old twins, Eliana and Maverick — homicide.Three months of investigation involving the FBI, Homeland Security, Secret Service, and Arkansas State Police. The alibi evidence for Randall Beallis is verified across multiple independent sources: Tesla location data, cell tower records, and home security system logs all confirm he

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23:07

Kouri Richins Trial: The Lie She Told the Woman Who...

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2026/03/09

Days after Eric Richins was found dead, his housekeeper called his wife with one question: please tell me those pills were not for him. According to testimony, Kouri Richins answered without hesitation. Eric died of a brain aneurysm, she said.That lie — delivered calm and clean to the one person who knew exactly what those pills were — is the moment prosecutors say tells you everything about how Kouri Richins allegedly operated. Not with panic. With management.The woman she lied to is now immunized

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17:00

Nancy Guthrie: The FBI Knows Someone in His Life Is...

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2026/03/09

The suspect on Nancy Guthrie's porch has visible eyebrows. A visible mustache. A pinky ring. He was on camera. And according to retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer — who built a career inside the Bureau working cases exactly like this — someone in that man's life knows who he is.That person has been sitting on that knowledge for over a month.In this episode, Coffindaffer focuses on the dimension the media rarely covers in depth: not the forensic evidence, not the command center

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