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🔎 Daily True Crime Stories | Unsolved Mysteries | Criminal Investigations | Cold Cases True Crime Today is your go-to daily true crime podcast, bringing you the latest murder cases, ongoing trials, criminal psychology insights, and shocking unsolved mysteries. Whether it’s breaking crime news, high-profile trials, serial killers, missing persons, or cold cases, we cover it all with expert analysis, investigative storytelling, and real-time updates. 🎙️ Hosted by leading crime analysts, we uncover

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19:27

Samuel Bateman FLDS Case: Federal Prosecution and...

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2026/04/13

Samuel Bateman, a self-proclaimed prophet of a breakaway FLDS sect, was sentenced in December 2024 to fifty years in federal prison followed by lifetime supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit transportation of a minor for criminal sexual activity and conspiracy to commit kidnapping. According to federal prosecutors, the case involved more than twenty claimed wives, at least ten of whom were under eighteen, with the youngest reportedly nine years old. Eleven of his adult

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33:53

Speaking Directly to Kendra Duggar: Choose Your Family

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2026/04/13

A family photo without a daughter in it can say more than a courtroom ever will. The Caldwell family — Kendra Duggar’s parents and siblings — posted their first group portrait in years, and for the first time, Kendra is nowhere in it. That silence has a message, and this episode delivers the one that goes with it.Kendra Caldwell married into the Duggar family at nineteen years old. According to multiple accounts from people close to the family, the system she entered reportedly retaliated against

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18:44

Bill Gothard: Decades of Allegations Against IBLP’s...

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2026/04/13

Thirty-four women. That's how many came forward with allegations of harassment and misconduct against Bill Gothard, the founder of one of the most powerful fundamentalist Christian organizations in American history. Some were teenagers when the alleged conduct occurred. Many had been personally recruited by Gothard to work at his headquarters. All of them came from families already embedded in his system — a system that taught, as its central doctrine, that questioning authority was the spiritual

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12:47

Duggar Family: Two Brothers, Two Cases, One Systemic...

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2026/04/13

Joseph Duggar faces two felony counts in Bay County, Florida — lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim under twelve and lewd and lascivious conduct by a person eighteen or older — plus four misdemeanor counts each for both Joseph and Kendra Duggar in Arkansas: second-degree endangering the welfare of a minor and second-degree false imprisonment. Joseph has pled not guilty and was released on a six-hundred-thousand-dollar bond with a no-contact order with minors. His older brother Josh Duggar

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30:44

Duggar Case Communications: Legal Implications of...

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2026/04/13

Joseph Duggar currently faces two felony charges in Bay County, Florida — lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim under twelve and lewd and lascivious behavior conducted by a person eighteen or older — stemming from allegations of abuse during a 2020 family trip to Panama City Beach. Both Joseph and his wife Kendra Duggar face separate Arkansas charges: four counts each of second-degree endangering the welfare of a minor and four counts each of second-degree false imprisonment, classified as

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31:38

Heuermann Guilty Plea — Sandra Costilla and the...

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2026/04/13

Rex Heuermann entered guilty pleas to three counts of first-degree murder and four counts of intentional murder in Suffolk County Court. He admitted to killing Karen Vergata — an eighth victim — under a plea agreement requiring cooperation with the FBI's behavioral analysis unit. The sentence: life without parole, three consecutive life sentences, followed by four sentences of 25 years to life.Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer examines the investigative significance of the plea. Every

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37:30

Duggar Legal Exposure — Kendra's Charges, Jailhouse...

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2026/04/12

Kendra Duggar, 27, faces four counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a minor and four counts of second-degree false imprisonment in Arkansas — misdemeanor charges carrying a combined maximum of eight years. The charges stem from investigators reportedly finding locks on the exterior of children's bedroom doors during a home search connected to Joseph Duggar's arrest on Florida felony charges. Kendra retained independent legal counsel, bonded out the same day, and subsequently made

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41:50

Heuermann Guilty Plea — Legal Mechanics and the...

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2026/04/12

Rex Heuermann entered guilty pleas to three counts of first-degree murder and four counts of intentional murder in Suffolk County Court. He admitted to killing Karen Vergata — an eighth victim — as part of a plea agreement that includes cooperation with the FBI's behavioral analysis unit. The sentence: life in prison without parole, three consecutive life sentences, followed by four consecutive sentences of 25 years to life.Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta examines the legal architecture that

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50:32

Joseph Duggar — The Confession Problem and Kendra's...

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2026/04/12

Joseph Duggar allegedly admitted to the abuse twice prior to arrest and without counsel present. According to the Bay County arrest affidavit, the victim's father confronted Joseph, who reportedly admitted to the conduct. Tontitown, Arkansas, detectives subsequently arranged a monitored call between the father and Joseph in which he allegedly admitted again with law enforcement listening in real time. Joseph has pleaded not guilty to charges of lewd and lascivious molestation of a child under

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45:02

Duggar Jail Calls — Boundaries Devotional and the...

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2026/04/12

In the later recorded calls from the Washington County Detention Center, Joseph Duggar describes his solitary cell as a prayer closet. He reports a spiritual breakthrough. He reads his wife Kendra a devotional about boundaries — Moses, Aaron, and Pharaoh and their distinct boundary failures — and describes the content as "really interesting." Joseph faces Florida charges of lewd and lascivious molestation of a child under 12 — a life felony carrying a mandatory minimum of 25 years — for allegedly

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55:51

Duggar Jail Call Analyzed — Behavioral Patterns and...

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2026/04/12

The first extended phone call between Joseph and Kendra Duggar from the Washington County Detention Center is now part of the public record. Joseph Duggar — facing charges of lewd and lascivious molestation of a child under 12 in Bay County, Florida — is in solitary confinement, reading the book of Psalms and exercising. Kendra reports physical deterioration — inability to eat, difficulty functioning, loss of emotional baseline. Joseph compares his situation to the Biblical Joseph's imprisonment

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49:53

Joseph Duggar — Alleged Admissions, Home Search...

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2026/04/11

Joseph Duggar, 31, faces charges of lewd and lascivious molestation of a child under 12 and lewd and lascivious contact in Bay County, Florida — charges classified as a life felony carrying a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years upon conviction. According to the arrest affidavit, a now-fourteen-year-old girl disclosed to investigators that Joseph allegedly molested her repeatedly during a 2020 family vacation to Panama City Beach when she was nine. The affidavit states the victim's father

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37:48

Nancy Guthrie Investigation — Staffing Failures, a...

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2026/04/11

Nancy Guthrie, 84, has been missing since February after authorities believe she was abducted from her Catalina Foothills residence near Tucson, Arizona. DNA testing confirmed blood recovered from the front porch as hers. An armed, masked individual was captured on doorbell camera footage. No suspect has been publicly identified. No arrest has been made. The case is in its third month.Reporting now confirms that the Pima County Sheriff's Department sergeant who supervised the initial response had

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37:45

Joseph Duggar — Life Felony in Florida, Misdemeanor...

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2026/04/11

Joseph Duggar faces charges across two states with vastly different legal consequences. In Bay County, Florida, he is charged with lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim under twelve and lewd and lascivious behavior conducted by a person over eighteen — charges classified as a life felony carrying a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years upon conviction. According to the arrest affidavit, a now-fourteen-year-old girl reported to investigators that Joseph allegedly harmed her during a family

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37:07

Rex Heuermann Guilty Plea — Seven Murders, Failed...

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2026/04/11

Rex Heuermann entered guilty pleas to three counts of first-degree murder and four counts of intentional murder in Suffolk County Court. He also admitted to killing Karen Vergata — an eighth victim he was not formally charged with — as part of a plea agreement. The sentence: life in prison without parole, three consecutive life sentences, followed by four consecutive sentences of 25 years to life. He has agreed to cooperate with the FBI's behavioral analysis unit going forward.Defense attorney and

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14:59

Amber Costello: The Text Message That Exposed Gilgo...

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2026/04/11

"That was not nice, so do I get credit for next time." That text message — sent from a burner phone after a failed scam at a West Babylon house in September 2010 — sat in phone records for over a decade. It was sent to Amber Costello, a 27-year-old escort, after her roommate scammed a client out of cash. The next night, the same phone contacted Amber again. She walked out to meet the man. Her roommate saw a dark-colored Chevrolet Avalanche. Amber was never seen again.Episode 7 of "The Seven" — the

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55:48

Rex Heuermann’s Plea and the Duggar Charges: Legal...

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2026/04/10

Two cases with distinct legal landscapes, both producing significant procedural questions.Rex Heuermann, 62, has pleaded guilty in Suffolk County Court to three counts of first-degree murder and four counts of intentional murder in the Gilgo Beach serial killing case. He admitted to intentionally causing the death of Karen Vergata under the plea agreement. Sentencing is set for June — life without parole. He has agreed to cooperate with the FBI’s behavioral analysis unit. A wrongful death civil

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16:06

FLDS Prophet Bateman Gets Fifty Years — Is It Enough?

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2026/04/10

Samuel Bateman is serving fifty years. His follower Ladell Bistline Jr. got life after giving six of his underage daughters to Bateman and participating in their abuse. Torrance Bistline, the financial engine behind the operation, got thirty-five years. Seven of Bateman's adult wives were convicted. In total, all eleven co-defendants in this case have been held accountable — making it one of the most thorough federal prosecutions of cult-based child trafficking in recent history.But accountability

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23:12

Joseph Duggar’s Florida Charges: Pre-Counsel...

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2026/04/10

Joseph Duggar, 31, faces two felony charges in Bay County, Florida — lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim under twelve and lewd and lascivious conduct — stemming from allegations of abuse during a 2020 family vacation to Panama City Beach. He appeared for his first hearing, where bond was set at six hundred thousand dollars. He has pleaded not guilty. His Florida arraignment is pending.The evidentiary record in this case includes what investigators describe as two separate pre-counsel

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14:14

Megan Waterman: How a Pizza Crust Connected Heuermann...

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2026/04/10

A pizza crust. That's what cracked the Gilgo Beach case. Investigators tailing Rex Heuermann watched him eat pizza near his Manhattan office and recovered the discarded crust — legally obtained because he'd tossed it in public. The DNA on that crust matched a male hair found in the burlap around Megan Waterman's remains. And that single match opened the door to warrants, searches, and everything the prosecution is built on.Episode 6 of "The Seven." Megan was 22, from Scarborough, Maine. A mother

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