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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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25:01

Prosecution Rests After Blood Expert Testimony...

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2026/01/21

The Commonwealth has rested its case against Brendan Banfield — and the final witnesses may have sealed the prosecution's narrative. Blood stain pattern analyst Iris Dalley Graff delivered hours of testimony explaining why the forensic evidence at the crime scene doesn't match an interrupted home invasion. Instead, she told jurors, the blood patterns suggest deliberate staging.Graff testified that Joseph Ryan's blood flowed in multiple directions — indicating his body was moved after he was shot

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26:11

Uvalde Officer Adrian Gonzales on Trial: What the 3D...

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2026/01/21

The Adrian Gonzales trial just took a devastating turn. Texas Rangers presented a 3D animation to jurors showing the former Uvalde CISD officer's movements during the Robb Elementary shooting, and what it allegedly reveals is damning. According to investigators, Gonzales arrived on scene before the gunman entered the building, drove past the shooter in the parking lot, parked his vehicle, radioed "shots fired," and then stood outside for approximately three minutes and forty seconds while 117

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23:44

Michael Fosler Faced 43 Felony Charges Including...

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2026/01/21

Michael Fosler was 67 years old. He was facing 43 felony charges including crimes against a minor and child exploitation. He posted $50,000 bond and got a no-contact order. Three months later, just after 1 AM, the 13-year-old victim was missing from her bed — and her father found her in Fosler's truck, heading toward Fosler's house.Aaron Spencer rammed the truck into a ditch. Fired 16 shots. Fifteen hit Fosler. Then Spencer called 911: "Michael Fosler is f---ing dead on the side of the road for

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27:04

Ellen Greenberg: Feds Investigate Pennsylvania's...

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2026/01/21

This is the case that broke the system wide open. Ellen Greenberg — a 27-year-old first-grade teacher — was found dead in her Philadelphia apartment with 23 stab wounds, 10 of them to the back of her neck, a knife buried four inches into her chest. The official ruling? Suicide.For 15 years, her parents fought every institution in Pennsylvania. They were told their daughter did this to herself. Courts called the investigation "deeply flawed" but couldn't grant relief. The original medical examiner

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58:38

Monique Tepe Murder, Michael McKee Psychology &...

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2026/01/21

Former FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer joins Hidden Killers for a comprehensive breakdown of three major cases making headlines right now. First: the investigation into Dr. Michael McKee, charged with the premeditated aggravated murder of his ex-wife Monique Tepe and her husband Spencer in Columbus, Ohio. Police have a preliminary ballistics match, surveillance footage, and video of a hooded figure in the alley at 3:52 AM. But they haven't explained how McKee allegedly got inside with no

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26:15

Paul Caneiro Allegedly Stabbed His 8-Year-Old Niece...

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2026/01/21

The Caneiro brothers were supposed to be best friends. They were each other's best man. They talked every day. They built a business together. But prosecutors say one brother was bleeding the other dry — stealing from his life insurance trust, doctoring bank statements, living a $700,000 lifestyle funded by fraud. When Keith Caneiro finally demanded answers about missing money, prosecutors allege Paul responded by driving to his brother's Colts Neck mansion in the predawn darkness and executing the

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20:51

Brendan Banfield Trial: The 7:37 AM Call — McDonald's...

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2026/01/20

The prosecution's case against Brendan Banfield just got a major boost from a fast food parking lot. McDonald's surveillance video, presented on day three of the murder trial, shows Banfield waiting in the parking lot on the morning his wife Christine and Joseph Ryan were killed. At 7:37 AM, he's seen leaving the bathroom with his phone to his ear. Phone records confirm that's the exact moment Juliana Peres Magalhães called him. According to her testimony, that call was the signal — Joseph Ryan had

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9:15

Au Pair Affair Trial Of Brendan Banfield: Gary Benson...

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2026/01/20

Gary Benson, Christine Banfield's Father, testified today in the Brendan Banfield murder trial. Banfield, a former IRS agent, is charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the February 2023 deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan at their Herndon, Virginia home.Prosecutors allege Banfield plotted the killings with the family's Brazilian au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, with whom he was having an affair. Magalhães has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and is expected to testify

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81:33

Au Pair Affair Trial Of Brendan Banfield: Iris...

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2026/01/20

Iris Dalley-Graff, Forensics Analyst, testified today in the Brendan Banfield murder trial. Banfield, a former IRS agent, is charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the February 2023 deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan at their Herndon, Virginia home.Prosecutors allege Banfield plotted the killings with the family's Brazilian au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, with whom he was having an affair. Magalhães has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and is expected to testify against

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24:51

Why Nick Reiner's Conservatorship Ended: The...

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2026/01/20

The state of California once declared Nick Reiner so mentally ill he couldn't make his own decisions. A judge signed off. A professional conservator was appointed. For one year, Nick could be forced to take psychiatric medication and placed in a locked facility against his will. Then the conservatorship ended in 2021—and it was never renewed.Today on Hidden Killers, we investigate the legal mechanism that was supposed to protect everyone in that Brentwood home and ask the hard question: why wasn't

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114:53

Au Pair Affair Trial Of Brendan Banfield: Iris...

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2026/01/20

Iris Dalley-Graff, Forensics Analyst, testified today in the Brendan Banfield murder trial. Banfield, a former IRS agent, is charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the February 2023 deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan at their Herndon, Virginia home.Prosecutors allege Banfield plotted the killings with the family's Brazilian au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, with whom he was having an affair. Magalhães has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and is expected to testify

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17:01

Monique Tepe's Family Knew Michael McKee Was...

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2026/01/20

Her family says they weren't shocked when police arrested Dr. Michael McKee. They'd suspected him from the moment Monique Tepe and her husband Spencer were found murdered in their Columbus home. They just couldn't say anything — they were protecting the investigation. But here's the part that should keep everyone up at night: Monique's family knew. They'd known for years that McKee was a threat. And the system still couldn't act until she was dead. There were no restraining orders on file. No 911

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29:03

Tepe Family Murders: Surgeon Michael McKee "Just...

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2026/01/20

Michael David McKee knew how to vanish. When a Las Vegas attorney tried to serve him with a malpractice lawsuit, he encountered fake addresses, a fax machine instead of a phone number, and colleagues who had no idea where McKee had gone. "He just disappeared," one told the attorney in October 2025. Two months later, McKee allegedly resurfaced — driving 300 miles to Columbus, Ohio, where prosecutors say he shot and killed his ex-wife Monique Tepe and her husband Spencer in their home.The marriage

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21:11

Monique Tepe Case: No Forced Entry, No Restraining...

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2026/01/20

Columbus police say they have their man. Dr. Michael McKee — a vascular surgeon who practiced in Chicago — is charged with the premeditated aggravated murder of his ex-wife Monique Tepe and her husband Spencer. The preliminary ballistics match is in. The surveillance footage shows his vehicle at the scene. Police say he's the hooded figure in that alley at 3:52 AM. But there's a gap in this investigation that nobody has explained: there was no forced entry at the Tepe residence. No broken windows

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65:31

Robin Dreeke: The Nick Reiner Pattern AND The Brendan...

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2026/01/20

Two cases that refuse simple explanations. One FBI behavioral expert who's spent his career figuring out what people are really thinking.Retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke joins Hidden Killers for a comprehensive analysis of Nick Reiner and Brendan Banfield. Both involve killings. Both involve questions about accountability. But the behavioral evidence points in very different directions.Nick Reiner reportedly admits to killing his parents — then describes his incarceration as a "conspiracy."

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56:59

Inside the Minds of Alleged Killers: FBI Expert Robin...

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2026/01/20

Brendan Banfield was a trained federal agent. Prosecutors say he spent months building a murder plot designed to look like a home invasion — complete with a fake profile, a groomed stranger, and a staged crime scene. His star witness lied for a year before flipping. Now a jury has to decide if she's telling the truth or saving herself.Dr. Michael McKee was a successful vascular surgeon. According to police, he allegedly waited eight years after his divorce to drive hundreds of miles and kill his

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13:36

Defense Wants Gilgo Charge DROPPED — Rex Heuermann...

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2026/01/20

Rex Heuermann's defense just made their biggest move yet. A 178-page motion filed January 12, 2026 demands the Sandra Costilla murder charge be dismissed — and points directly at another convicted killer who may have been responsible for deaths attributed to their client.Sandra Costilla was murdered in 1993. The prosecution's entire case linking Heuermann to her death rests on a single hair found on the outer layer of her shirt. Not on her skin. Not in his vehicle. Not in his home. Defense attorney

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19:26

Inside the Mind of a Wound Collector: Ex-FBI Agent on...

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2026/01/19

Monique Tepe left her first husband after seven months of marriage. She didn't fight. She didn't make a scene. She just got out. She rebuilt her life, married Spencer Tepe, had two children, and thought the nightmare was behind her.Eight years later, according to police, Dr. Michael McKee allegedly drove hundreds of miles in the middle of the night and killed both Monique and Spencer in their Columbus home. Their children were asleep down the hall.Why would someone wait eight years to act? How does

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26:03

The 1967 Law That Left Rob & Michele Reiner...

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2026/01/19

Rob Reiner reportedly told friends he was "petrified" of his own son. Michele Reiner had allegedly grown increasingly worried about Nick's deteriorating mental state. They had money, connections, access to the best treatment in the world — and none of it mattered.Because in California, families cannot force treatment on an adult who refuses it. They can't initiate conservatorships. They can't compel long-term psychiatric care. All they can do is call 911, watch their loved one get held for 72

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13:08

Robin Dreeke on Juliana Magalhães: FBI Expert...

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2026/01/19

She lied for a year. She promised to protect Brendan Banfield. Then she flipped, took a plea deal, and testified against him in open court. Now she's negotiating with Netflix and media producers are paying her jail expenses.Juliana Peres Magalhães is the prosecution's star witness — and the defense is trying to destroy her credibility. Former FBI special agent Robin Dreeke joins me to break down what her behavior reveals. How do you evaluate a witness who changed her story after a year? Does

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