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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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19:06

Jesse Butler: What the Marsy's Law Fight Just Exposed

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2026/04/10

A judge ordered the DA to testify. That alone tells you how this case is going. The Jesse Butler case in Stillwater, Oklahoma has now split open into three simultaneous legal battles — a criminal Marsy's Law challenge that could void his plea deal, a federal civil lawsuit alleging school officials and city employees protected him while a vulnerable student was being assaulted, and ongoing youthful offender supervision with an August expiration date that could erase everything. Butler pleaded no

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12:47

After Heuermann’s Plea: Wrongful Death Lawsuit, FBI...

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2026/04/10

Rex Heuermann’s guilty plea resolves the criminal charges. It does not resolve everything else.A wrongful death lawsuit filed by the son of victim Valerie Mack names Heuermann, his ex-wife Asa Ellerup, and their daughter Victoria as defendants. The suit alleges the family profited from a Peacock documentary about the case and showed callous disregard for victims’ families. Ellerup’s attorney, Robert Macedonio, has called the lawsuit reckless and stated that the individual responsible acted alone

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20:24

Rex Heuermann Pleads Guilty: Three First-Degree...

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2026/04/10

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 also admitted under the terms of the plea agreement to intentionally causing the death of Karen Vergata, whose case will not result in a separate charge. In exchange for the guilty plea and full cooperation with the FBI’s behavioral analysis unit, Heuermann will be sentenced to life without parole — three consecutive

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14:09

Melissa Barthelemy: How Heuermann Allegedly Taunted a...

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2026/04/10

The calls came from Madison Square Garden. From Times Square. From packed Midtown locations where surveillance cameras are useless. A man, using Melissa Barthelemy's phone, calling her 15-year-old sister Amanda. Five calls over five weeks. Each under three minutes — as if the caller knew exactly how long law enforcement needs to trace a signal. Vulgar. Mocking. Controlled. In the final call, he told Amanda her sister was dead and he was going to watch her rot.Episode 5 of "The Seven." Melissa was

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61:00

Heuermann Plea and Duggar Charges: Psychology of...

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2026/04/09

Rex Heuermann, 62, is charged with seven counts of murder in the Gilgo Beach serial killings and is reportedly expected to enter a guilty plea. If accepted, he faces life without the possibility of parole. His ex-wife Asa Ellerup shared nearly three decades with him and has maintained she would have known if something was wrong. Prosecutors allege he timed the crimes for when his family was away, maintained violent content and checklists on his devices, and operated with a level of

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24:19

Fingers Through the Slats: How Bateman Was Caught

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2026/04/09

A routine traffic stop in Flagstaff, Arizona, became the beginning of the end for Samuel Bateman when a trooper found three girls locked inside an unventilated cargo trailer. But "the end" took longer than it should have — and cost more than it needed to.Bateman was arrested and bonded out. He returned to Colorado City and immediately began instructing followers to destroy evidence. The FBI raided his home, arrested him again, and placed nine children in state custody. None of the girls disclosed

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14:40

Michelle Duggar reportedly knew about Josh's abuse of...

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2026/04/09

The record on Michelle Duggar is not ambiguous. According to police reports and her own statements, she was aware that her eldest son Josh was sexually abusing her daughters as early as 2002. She and Jim Bob reportedly sent Josh to a program that was not licensed counseling but manual labor for a family friend. Josh Duggar was subsequently convicted in federal court in 2021 for possession of child sexual abuse material and is currently serving a twelve-and-a-half-year sentence. Michelle Duggar

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14:24

Maureen Brainard-Barnes: The Gilgo Four Mother...

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2026/04/09

Maureen Brainard-Barnes was a songwriter. An artist. A mother of two fighting to keep her kids. And on the night of July 9, 2007, she walked out of a Midtown Manhattan hotel to meet a client and never came home. She was 25 years old, four feet eleven, and desperate enough to take the train from Connecticut to the city because the eviction notice was real and the custody hearing was coming.Episode 4 of "The Seven." Maureen was the first of the Gilgo Four to disappear and the last to be formally

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24:06

The Law May Finally Reach Jim Bob Duggar

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2026/04/09

Jim Bob Duggar has spent two decades on the protected side of expired statutes and managed silence. That position is no longer guaranteed. When his son Joseph was arrested on allegations of molesting a child during a 2020 family vacation — and allegedly confessed twice — it didn't just expose Joseph. It reopened the question of what the patriarch knew and when. The documented record from the Josh era is damning on its own terms: church elders consulted instead of police, a family friend in law

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23:43

Kendra Duggar Charges: The Psychology of Religious...

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2026/04/09

Joseph Duggar, 31, faces charges in Bay County, Florida, of lewd and lascivious molestation of a child under twelve and lewd and lascivious conduct by a person eighteen or older — stemming from an alleged 2020 incident during a family vacation in Panama City Beach. According to the arrest affidavit, a now-fourteen-year-old victim disclosed that Duggar allegedly molested her when she was nine. The victim's father confronted Duggar, who allegedly admitted to the abuse. Detectives reportedly monitored

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23:16

Rex Heuermann Plea: Psychology Behind Asa Ellerup's...

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2026/04/09

Rex Heuermann, 62, is charged with seven counts of murder in connection with the Gilgo Beach serial killings — women who vanished between 1993 and 2010 along Long Island's south shore. He is reportedly expected to enter a guilty plea, which, if accepted by the court, would result in a sentence of life without the possibility of parole and eliminate the scheduled September trial entirely.The legal resolution, however, leaves the case's most psychologically complex question unanswered: how did Asa

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16:40

Nancy Guthrie Investigation Follows a Terrifying...

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2026/04/09

The Nancy Guthrie case has drawn national scrutiny — not just for the disappearance of an 84-year-old woman from her Tucson home, but for mounting questions about whether the investigation was compromised from the start by the leadership overseeing it.Tony Brueski pulls the lens back and places the Guthrie case alongside four of the most notorious law enforcement failures in modern American history. A Long Island police chief convicted of federal crimes who kept the FBI away from the Gilgo Beach

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67:06

Duggar Felony Defense and Heuermann Plea: Legal...

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2026/04/08

Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta provides precision legal analysis on two major cases in a single episode.Joseph Duggar faces Florida felony charges of lewd and lascivious behavior — molestation of a victim under twelve — after allegedly confessing to the abuse before retaining counsel. According to the Bay County arrest affidavit, Duggar admitted to the conduct when the victim's father confronted him and again during a monitored phone call. He filed a written not-guilty plea, posted $600,000

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16:23

How Two Civilians Took Down FLDS Prophet Bateman

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2026/04/08

The FBI couldn't get inside. Police had questioned Bateman twice and left empty-handed. The FLDS community was built over a century to resist outside scrutiny, and it was working. The formal institutions designed to protect children had failed to penetrate the wall. So two people who weren't part of any institution did it instead.Christine Marie is a cult researcher who moved to Short Creek with her filmmaker husband Tolga Katas in 2016. They came to help — Christine started a nonprofit supporting

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18:25

Heuermann's Expected Gilgo Beach Plea Analyzed

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2026/04/08

Rex Heuermann, 62, the former Massapequa Park architect charged with seven counts of murder in connection with the Gilgo Beach serial killings, is reportedly expected to change his plea from not guilty at his next scheduled court appearance. Sources familiar with the case indicate victims' families and Heuermann's own family have been notified. The expected sentence is life without the possibility of parole.Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta provides legal analysis of the plea's strategic

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16:38

Jessica Taylor: The Surgical Drape Linking Heuermann...

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2026/04/08

A surgical drape. Found underneath the body of a 20-year-old woman in the woods of Manorville, Long Island. A hair on that drape matched Rex Heuermann's DNA profile, according to prosecutors. That single forensic detail tells you something critical about what prosecutors allege happened to Jessica Taylor — this wasn't impulsive. Someone came prepared.Episode 3 of "The Seven." This one centers on the planning document — the all-caps digital file prosecutors say they found on a hard drive in

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31:11

Joseph Duggar's Arrest and the Caldwell Family...

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2026/04/08

Kendra Duggar's own parents are crowdfunding for legal representation and emergency housing. The home they'd been living in — once transferred to them by Joseph and Kendra — was quietly deeded back months before the arrest made headlines. From a jail phone, Kendra confirmed her family's move-out timeline. And Paul Caldwell, the Baptist pastor who officiated Joseph and Kendra's wedding, went from family patriarch to a man asking the public for help keeping his children housed.The alleged victim in

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22:40

Duggar Family Statements Fuel Prosecution's Record

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2026/04/08

The legal exposure in the Duggar case extends well beyond the defendant. Kendra Duggar, 27, faces separate misdemeanor charges in Arkansas — four counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a minor and four counts of second-degree false imprisonment — filed after a home investigation reportedly discovered exterior locks on the children's bedroom doors. She retained independent counsel and was released on $1,470 bond.Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta provides precision legal analysis of the

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26:40

Joseph Duggar's Felony Defense Meets Alleged Confessions

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2026/04/08

Joseph Duggar faces Florida felony charges of lewd and lascivious behavior — molestation of a victim under twelve — stemming from allegations during a 2020 family vacation in Panama City Beach. According to the arrest affidavit filed by the Bay County Sheriff's Office, the victim disclosed the abuse through a forensic interview after her father confronted Duggar directly. Law enforcement states Duggar admitted to the conduct during that confrontation and again during a subsequent phone call

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15:21

Three Juries All Agreed — Lori Vallow Daybell Is Guilty

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2026/04/08

She's been convicted three times. In two states. By three different juries. She's serving seven life sentences. And Lori Vallow Daybell is still trying to find a way out.Her Idaho appeal is now fully briefed and sitting before the state Supreme Court. Five constitutional claims. A fifty-nine-page prosecution response. And a reply brief that tries to repackage the same arguments the state already dismantled. The defense says the court took her lawyer, violated her rights while she was incompetent,

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