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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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17:54

Au Pair Affair Trial Of Brendon Banfield: Alicia Dale...

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2026/01/13

Alicia Dale, Custodian of Records in Fairfax County, 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

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12:52

FBI Agent Coffindaffer: "They Transferred The Expert...

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2026/01/13

When your own forensic expert contradicts your murder theory, what do you do? According to court testimony in the Brendan Banfield case, Fairfax County Police transferred him out of the unit. Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer joins Hidden Killers to break down an investigation that raises more questions than answers. Officer Brendan Miller analyzed 60 devices and concluded Christine Banfield appeared to control the FetLife account — not her husband. The University of Alabama

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27:34

Au Pair Affair Trial Of Brendon Banfield: Prosecution...

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2026/01/13

The Prosecution & Defense gave opening statements 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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16:35

"Officer, Come In Here!" — Child's Final Words Before...

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2026/01/13

Arnulfo Reyes heard a child in the next classroom call out for help. "Officer, come in here. We're in here." Then he heard more gunshots. He never heard that voice again. On January 12, 2026, Reyes — the only teacher to survive the massacre inside Robb Elementary's connected classrooms — testified in the trial of former Uvalde school district officer Adrian Gonzales. His account was unflinching. He described the gunman as a "black shadow" holding a weapon, fire coming from the barrel, the bullet

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22:46

FBI Agent on Nick Reiner: "That's Not How Psychosis...

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2026/01/13

Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer breaks down what Nick Reiner's reported "conspiracy" beliefs actually mean from a behavioral analysis standpoint. Sources say Nick admits to killing his parents Rob and Michele Reiner but doesn't understand why he's incarcerated—claiming those who put him behind bars are conspiring against him.Is this genuine psychosis from his schizoaffective disorder, or is this the same manipulation pattern Nick has used his entire life? Coffindaffer explains how

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18:43

Brianna Aguilera: Neighbor Heard Screaming Before...

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2026/01/13

Brianna Aguilera was a 19-year-old Texas A&M student who fell 17 stories from a West Campus apartment in Austin on November 29, 2025. Austin Police ruled her death a suicide just five days later — before the autopsy was completed, before toxicology came back, and before a rape kit was even processed. But the family isn't buying it. And neither is the neighbor who heard everything through the walls that night.Dannah Rodriguez lived directly across the hall from the apartment Brianna was

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49:56

Robin Dreeke Analyzes Nick Reiner & Mickey Stines:...

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2026/01/13

Two families saw it coming. Both had direct warnings. Both had the person who would kill them in their lives every single day. Neither survived.Rob and Michele Reiner knew their son Nick was deteriorating. Sources say his schizophrenia medication was changed weeks before the killings and he went off the rails. They watched him unravel at Conan O'Brien's Christmas party — the staring, the interruptions, the argument that sent them home early. Michele told friends they were at their wits' end. By

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33:39

The Banfield Trial Begins: Cops Transferred The...

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2026/01/13

Brendan Banfield's murder trial starts Monday, January 12th. He's accused of killing his wife Christine and a stranger named Joseph Ryan in an elaborate plot involving the family's Brazilian au pair and a sexual fetish website. But the prosecution has a problem they can't explain away.Their own digital forensics expert said the evidence doesn't support their theory.Officer Brendan Miller analyzed 60 devices and concluded Christine Banfield appeared to be the one controlling the FetLife account —

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13:16

Robin Dreeke on Mickey Stines: Why Won't Anyone Say...

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2026/01/12

A lawsuit tying both men to a sexual exploitation scandal. A deposition that pushed Stines to the edge. And fifteen months of silence on motive.Robin Dreeke knows how secrets work. He spent his FBI career studying compromise, leverage, and what happens when powerful people are entangled in something neither can afford to have exposed. This conversation goes where the headlines won't — into the pressure cooker that may have driven Mickey Stines to kill Kevin Mullins, and why nobody official is

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19:15

Tepe Murders: Ex-Husband Surgeon Charged — The...

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2026/01/12

Michael David McKee, a 39-year-old vascular surgeon from Chicago, has been arrested and charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of his ex-wife Monique Tepe and her husband Spencer Tepe. The couple was found shot dead inside their Columbus, Ohio home on December 30, 2025. Their two young children — ages 4 and 1 — were discovered unharmed in another room. McKee and Monique were married in August 2015 but separated after just seven months. Divorce documents obtained through public records

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19:12

Nick Reiner Doesn't Understand Why He's In Jail — Is...

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2026/01/12

TMZ just dropped a bombshell in the Nick Reiner case: sources say he admits killing Rob and Michele Reiner but believes his incarceration is a "conspiracy" against him. He genuinely doesn't understand why he's behind bars. If true, this is either devastating proof of how broken Nick's brain really is — or the most perfectly timed defense narrative leak we've seen in years. Maybe both. Nick Reiner has schizoaffective disorder. His medications were reportedly changed about a month before the murders

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11:45

FBI's Robin Dreeke: The Warning Judge Mullins Got...

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2026/01/12

Someone told Kevin Mullins that Mickey Stines was falling apart. Told him directly. Said Stines "couldn't take the pressure." Advised Stines to get a mental health evaluation. And Mullins — the eventual victim — did nothing.Robin Dreeke spent twenty years at the FBI studying exactly this. Why people dismiss warnings about someone they know. Why familiarity breeds blind spots. Why the threat you trust is the threat you don't see.This conversation digs into the behavioral dynamics of the Stines case

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26:30

They Hid Under Their Desks. He Shot Through Them |...

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2026/01/12

The first week of testimony in the Adrian Gonzales trial ended with prosecutors bringing the jury inside Room 111 — the classroom where the Uvalde massacre happened. Former Texas Ranger Juan Torrez testified about photographing the scene hours after the May 24, 2022 shooting that killed 19 children and 2 teachers at Robb Elementary School.Torrez described the room as "in disarray" with "a lot of shell casings, a lot of blood, a lot of blood swipes." Jurors saw photographs showing pools of blood,

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46:13

The Charity Beallis Case: FBI Expert Robin Dreeke's...

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2026/01/12

Hidden Killers Podcast presents the complete three-part interview with former FBI special agent Robin Dreeke on the Charity Beallis case — a comprehensive examination of the documented evidence, investigative signals, and complexities that make this case impossible to reduce to simple headlines.Charity Beallis and her six-year-old children Eliana and Maverick were found shot to death December 3rd, 2025. The investigation remains open. No arrest has been made. No suspect has been named publicly.Many

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25:36

Nick Reiner Warning Signs: FBI Behavioral Expert on...

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2026/01/12

The night before Rob and Michele Reiner were stabbed to death in their Brentwood home, their son Nick was at Conan O'Brien's Christmas party making guests uncomfortable. He stared at people. Interrupted conversations. Asked guests if they were famous. Got into a shouting match with his father loud enough for the room to hear. His parents brought him specifically because they were worried. His mother had been telling friends for weeks they were at their wits' end. We've tried everything, she

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58:43

Charity Beallis: Her Father's Contradicting...

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2026/01/12

Our week in review on the Charity Beallis case — an exhaustive FBI behavioral analysis of a case where documented evidence shows violence on both sides of a relationship.Charity Beallis and her twins Eliana and Maverick were found shot to death on December 3rd, 2025, in Bonanza, Arkansas. Over a month later: no arrest, no named suspect, no cause of death released. Federal agencies are assisting. The investigation remains active.The media framed this as a domestic violence tragedy with a clear

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42:50

Adelson Case Update: Charlie's Appeal Arguments...

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2026/01/12

Our week in review on the Adelson case — Charlie's appeal heading to oral arguments and Donna now housed thirty miles from her former life.Charlie Adelson is heading back to court — but this time, there's no jury. On February 3rd, 2026, Florida's First District Court of Appeal will hear oral arguments in his bid to overturn his life sentence for Dan Markel's murder. His 91-page brief argues pretrial publicity made a fair trial impossible. Of 130 potential jurors, 96 had heard of the case. Of the 54

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32:01

Mickey Stines: Video Shows Judge Seated Near Victim...

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2026/01/11

Our week in review on the Mickey Stines case — a recusal motion that's frozen everything, and the systemic failures that allowed an elected sheriff to spiral unchecked.Special Judge Christopher Cohron abruptly adjourned court days before a critical hearing. The defense had discovered something: video footage showing Cohron seated inches from Judge Kevin Mullins at a Kentucky Judicial Commission on Mental Health meeting — seven days before Mullins was shot to death in his chambers. Cohron never

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41:24

Nick Reiner Now Has Public Defender After Alan...

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2026/01/11

Our week in review on the Nick Reiner case — the dramatic attorney shakeup and the years of warning signs that led to December 14th.Alan Jackson, the million-dollar attorney who got Karen Read acquitted, told a Los Angeles judge he had "no choice" but to withdraw from Nick Reiner's defense. Sources point to money. Nick now has Deputy Public Defender Kimberly Greene — who was informed last night, had thirty seconds to meet her client, and carries nineteen years of experience into a case that will

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56:33

Sarah Grace Patrick Murder Trial Delayed 7 Months....

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2026/01/11

Defense attorney Bob Motta joins us to break down the seven-month delay in the Sarah Grace Patrick murder trial and what it reveals about the prosecution's case.Sarah Grace Patrick, 17, is charged as an adult with two counts of murder in the shooting deaths of her mother Kristin Brock and stepfather James Brock in Carroll County, Georgia. The couple was found shot in their bed on February 20th, 2025. Their young daughter discovered the bodies. Sarah called 911. Five months later, she was arrested

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