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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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19:59

One Disney Ship, Three Arrests — A 6-Year-Old Caught...

Hidden Killers Live! Daily True Crime News & Breakdowns ·

2026/05/19

One Disney ship. Three crew charged. Two months. That is just the opening page. A Royal Caribbean attendant sentenced to 30 years for secretly recording families inside their cabins. A Celebrity youth counselor who allegedly targeted children for months according to the FBI. Two Princess employees sentenced to a combined 45 years. Carnival leading all operators in reported assault allegations. This is where the scope becomes undeniable. The documented cases from federal filings, DOJ press releases,

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15:57

Why Is the Murdaugh Defense Teasing a Third-Party...

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2026/05/19

The defense attorneys went on the Today show and dropped a phrase designed to land exactly the way it landed: “third parties and potential motives.” They said people have been bringing them information. They said the Supreme Court reversal gives them subpoena power they didn’t have before. Then they stopped talking.Tony Brueski and Robin Dreeke work through the listener question this raises: Why go public with this before filing a single motion? If you have evidence of another suspect, the

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15:43

Is the Murdaugh Family About To Become the...

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2026/05/19

The defense needs the Murdaugh family. A case about whether a man killed his wife and son absolutely requires people who can tell the jury he loved them. In 2023, the family provided that. Buster testified. Brothers spoke publicly. The family showed up.Tony Brueski and Robin Dreeke tackle listener questions about what happens when that same family becomes a weapon for the other side. Buster’s reported fury. The brothers’ silence. Marian Proctor’s devastating testimony about Alex never seeking the

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23:42

Is Alex Murdaugh’s Retrial Really About Justice or...

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2026/05/19

The man running the prosecution of Alex Murdaugh just put the death penalty back in play. He also happens to be the leading candidate for governor in a state where the Murdaugh case dominates every political conversation.Tony Brueski and Robin Dreeke respond to listener questions about the gap between prosecutorial decision-making and political positioning. Alan Wilson wants the trial before he leaves office. The AG candidates lining up to replace him are already competing over who’d go hardest

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54:45

Are Buster Murdaugh and Kouri Richins About To Blow...

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2026/05/18

The Murdaugh retrial has a problem nobody’s solved: Buster. He defended his father the first time, then went silent for three years. Sources say he’s not relieved about the overturned conviction — he’s furious. Both legal teams need him, but for opposite reasons. Jennifer Coffindaffer and retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke examine the strategic nightmare his anger creates, challenge the state’s family annihilation theory on its own terms, and push into the question of what Buster actually

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24:59

Cruise Ship Nightmare! Mother Watched Her Server Get...

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2026/05/18

Twenty-seven cruise ship crew members detained across eight ships in San Diego. According to CBP, all allegedly involved in exploitation material. Not one criminal charge filed. All deported within two weeks. That is the outcome of Operation Tidal Wave — and it raises questions every family deserves answers to. The operation was triggered by intelligence from NCMEC. Agents boarded with names. Ten reportedly worked on the Disney Magic. A passenger named Dharmi Mehta filmed the arrests after watching

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20:30

Did Kouri Richins Just Destroy Her Own Appeal at...

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2026/05/18

The therapists read the words because the boys couldn’t. Locked rooms. Dead animals. A brother sneaking food to a sibling shut away in his bedroom. A childhood built on fear. And every one of Kouri Richins’ children asked the court for the same thing — keep her away from them. Permanently.What Kouri did next is what makes this sentencing hearing different from every other one you’ve seen. She stood up, spoke for forty minutes, and never once addressed what those boys described. Instead she

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17:44

Does the Murdaugh Case Fall Apart Without the Stolen...

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2026/05/18

Strip away the financial crimes and what does the prosecution actually have? That’s not a rhetorical question anymore. The South Carolina Supreme Court made it real when they overturned the conviction and said the twelve hours of stolen-money testimony can’t come back in.Now SLED’s investigation has to stand on its own. The crime scene was rain-soaked and walked through by family. There’s no murder weapon. There’s no DNA linking Alex Murdaugh to the killings. And there’s a housekeeper who says she

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17:04

Could the Prosecution Flip Buster Murdaugh Before the...

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2026/05/18

Three years of silence. Almost no contact with the prison. A quiet marriage built far from the Murdaugh name. And now Buster Murdaugh has to decide whether he walks back into that courtroom for his father — or against him.The South Carolina Supreme Court threw out Alex Murdaugh’s conviction, and that should have been the best news Buster’s heard in years. Instead, sources say he’s angry. He reportedly called his father a “selfish old man.” For a man who sat behind the defense table every day of the

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49:35

Can Prosecutors Win the Murdaugh Retrial Without 12...

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2026/05/18

The prosecution spent twelve and a half hours presenting Alex Murdaugh's financial crimes to the jury at his murder trial. The South Carolina Supreme Court just said that was excessive — and any retrial has to cut it down significantly. The question is whether the State can build the same emotional momentum without the parade of individual theft victims who made Murdaugh look terrible but had no direct connection to why he would allegedly commit murder on June 7th, 2021.Defense attorney Eric Faddis

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49:35

Five Justices Reversed Alex Murdaugh's Conviction,...

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2026/05/17

The South Carolina Supreme Court didn't split on this. All five justices agreed — Becky Hill's comments to the jury during Alex Murdaugh's murder trial were improper enough to reverse the conviction. The court found Hill told jurors not to be fooled by defense evidence, to watch Murdaugh's body language, and that deliberations shouldn't take long. Her motive, according to the ruling: a book deal that needed a guilty verdict to sell. Hill pled guilty to perjury in December 2025 for lying about her

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64:17

Why Did Kouri Richins Message an Admirer After...

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2026/05/17

Kouri Richins was just sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for poisoning her husband Eric with fentanyl. The jury convicted her in under three hours. Her three sons had therapists read their statements because they're too young to stand at the podium themselves. And after all of it, Kouri sent a message to an admirer that ended with a winking emoji and a promise: "They haven't seen anything yet."Tony Brueski walks through what happened during the five-hour sentencing hearing and

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42:22

Was the Nancy Guthrie Crime Staged to Look More...

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2026/05/17

The doorbell camera was allegedly concealed with foliage. The ransom demands referenced Bitcoin. The scene had the surface-level appearance of someone who planned ahead. But retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer says the behavioral evidence may tell a different story. The foliage was allegedly ripped from Nancy Guthrie's own yard. The visor and gloves allegedly didn't fit properly. The cloud backup survived because whoever interfered with the camera apparently didn't understand how the

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50:05

Who’s Mystery White Truck Was at the Murdaugh...

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2026/05/17

There was a white Ford F-150 at the Murdaugh property on the day of the murders. Blanca Simpson saw it from inside the house and assumed it was Paul’s. She didn’t think twice about it — Maggie had told her Alex asked Paul to come home. It wasn’t until later that Blanca learned Paul’s truck was in the shop. That truck has never been publicly identified.In this segment of her interview with Tony Brueski, Blanca also describes a tractor with a front-end bucket crossing the old landing strip toward the

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47:25

Why Did Delphi Investigators Record Over a Suspect...

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2026/05/17

The Delphi defense identified an alternative suspect. According to the appeal, that suspect's interview was recorded over by investigators. His weapon was never collected. His phone was never searched. Those aren't things that happen by accident in a case where two girls were found dead and a community spent years waiting for answers. And now three judges at the Indiana Court of Appeals are looking at the full record — including what investigators did and didn't do with the leads that didn't point

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48:33

Was Alex Murdaugh Trying To Pin Murder On Paul’s...

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2026/05/16

After the staged roadside shooting, Alex Murdaugh sat down with a sketch artist and helped create a composite of the person he said attacked him. According to James Lasdun's new book The Family Man, the portrait looked like Anthony Cook — one of the survivors of the boat crash that killed Mallory Beach. Alex had a bullet wound in his head and was still allegedly trying to direct investigators toward specific people tied to the boat case. That's not panic. That's a pattern.The book documents

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58:10

Jim Bob Duggar Called Joseph’s Alleged Crimes...

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2026/05/16

Jim Bob Duggar's email didn't call it a crime. According to records, he allegedly called the felony charges against his son Joseph "terrible decisions" — then pivoted to getting Kendra's charges dropped. Not a question about the nine-year-old girl who reportedly told investigators what happened. Not a demand for accountability. The alleged focus was damage control: protect the family member facing charges, manage the legal exposure for the wife, and keep everything routed through attorneys.Tony

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33:32

The FBI Went Public on Nancy Guthrie — Critical...

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2026/05/16

The FBI director doesn't publicly criticize an active investigation unless private channels already failed. In the Nancy Guthrie case, that's exactly what happened — and retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer says the implications go deeper than a press disagreement. She explains what the public rupture between agencies actually means for the evidence, the timeline, and the realistic chances of recovering an 84-year-old woman who requires medication to survive.Coffindaffer walks through

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41:26

Inside the $30 Million Judgement That May Have...

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2026/05/16

Maggie Murdaugh asked a direct question about $30 million. Alex gave her just enough of an answer to stop her from pressing further — then moved on. That pattern repeated itself for months inside the Murdaugh household, and Blanca Simpson watched it happen from closer than almost anyone alive. She’d been the family’s housekeeper for fifteen years. She was trusted enough to hear the conversations that never made it outside the house.In this sit-down with Tony Brueski, Blanca walks through the full

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54:30

Alex Murdaugh’s Murder Case Starts Over: The Full...

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2026/05/15

How did the conviction fall? What evidence survives? And what does a second trial actually look like? Eric Faddis answers all three in a comprehensive legal analysis of the Murdaugh reversal and retrial.The ruling came down unanimously. Five justices found that Becky Hill’s comments to jurors destroyed the integrity of the verdict and that former Chief Justice Toal applied the wrong legal framework in denying the new trial motion. Faddis explains each of Toal’s errors and why the court went so far

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