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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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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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21:25

She Never Said His Name — Tepe Murders: The Gun, The...

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2026/01/19

For eight years, Monique Tepe never said her ex-husband's name. She called him "her ex-husband." Like saying it would summon him. Her family called him a monster. Said she talked about emotional abuse, threatening behavior, that she was "willing to do anything to get out." She was always worried. But nobody thought he'd actually do it. On December 30th, 2025, Monique and her husband Spencer were found shot dead in their Columbus home. Their two children — ages 4 and 1 — were alive in separate

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25:06

Robin Dreeke on Brendan Banfield: FBI Behavioral...

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2026/01/19

Brendan Banfield was a trained federal agent. Prosecutors say he used that training to build a months-long murder plot — complete with a fake fetish profile, a groomed patsy, and a staged home invasion. If true, this was a law enforcement officer who believed he could outsmart the system.Robin Dreeke, former FBI special agent and head of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program, joins me to analyze Banfield's alleged behavior — from the planning to the 911 call to the evidence left

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42:02

FBI Behavioral Expert Robin Dreeke On Nick Reiner:...

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2026/01/19

Nick Reiner reportedly admits to killing his parents. That alone should end the conversation. But it doesn't — because what he says next reframes the entire case. Instead of focusing on the act, he reportedly describes his incarceration as a "conspiracy." And that single shift raises questions that can't be ignored.Retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke — who ran the Bureau's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program — breaks down the behavioral patterns emerging from publicly reported

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54:36

FBI Behavioral Expert Robin Dreeke Analyzes JP Miller...

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2026/01/19

Robin Dreeke ran the FBI's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program. He's spent his career studying manipulation, deception, and how predators operate. When he looks at the JP Miller case, he sees a textbook pattern of coercive control — and an indictment that only scratches the surface.According to federal charges, Miller tracked his estranged wife Mica with GPS devices, contacted her more than 50 times in a single day, posted intimate photos of her online without consent, and sabotaged her

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44:48

California's Insanity Defense Doesn't Require "Right...

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2026/01/18

California's insanity standard is different from what most people assume. You don't have to prove the defendant didn't know right from wrong. You only have to prove he didn't understand the "nature and quality" of his actions. TMZ's documentary cited the David Carmichael case — a father who methodically planned his son's killing but was found not criminally responsible because he was operating under a psychotic delusion. Could that same legal standard apply to Nick Reiner? Defense attorney Bob

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36:44

"I Was Heartbroken For What I Was Doing To Brendan" —...

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2026/01/18

From a jail cell, Juliana Peres Magalhaes wrote to her mother that she was "heartbroken" for what she was doing to Brendan Banfield. She said she still loved him. But she wanted to go home.Now she's the prosecution's star witness — and on Day 1 of Banfield's murder trial, she delivered. Magalhaes described in graphic detail how Banfield allegedly shot Joseph Ryan in the head, then stabbed his wife Christine repeatedly in the neck while their 4-year-old daughter waited in the basement.Prosecutors

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41:02

13 Complaints In 3 Months: The Bryan Kohberger...

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2026/01/18

Women on the Washington State University campus built survival systems to avoid Bryan Kohberger. A tally board tracking his comments. Emails with "911" in the subject line. Security escorts to their cars. A door strategy so no one would be trapped alone with him.According to a 126-page lawsuit filed by the families of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin, at least 13 formal complaints were filed against Kohberger in just three months during fall 2022. A professor who

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46:40

Officer Brendan Miller Was Transferred After His...

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2026/01/18

Officer Brendan Miller analyzed 60 devices. His conclusion contradicted the prosecution's entire theory. Then he was transferred out of digital forensics and told he'd never work another case in the unit.Miller's finding was straightforward: Christine Banfield — not her husband Brendan — appeared to control the FetLife account prosecutors claim was used to lure Joseph Ryan to the Banfield home on February 24, 2023. The University of Alabama peer-reviewed his analysis and confirmed it. The lead

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40:21

Monique Tepe Bought Her Own Wedding Ring — Divorce...

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2026/01/18

Monique Tepe bought her own engagement ring. She bought her own wedding ring. She listed both as "Separate Property" in her divorce from Michael McKee, writing "I paid" as the explanation. She never took his name. Seven months after they married in August 2015, she was done with him.Eight years later, she was dead. And her family says they saw it coming.Dr. Michael David McKee, a 39-year-old vascular surgeon, is charged with murdering Monique and her husband Spencer Tepe in their Columbus, Ohio

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42:08

The Boy Who Cried Wolf Problem: Why Nobody Knows If...

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2026/01/17

Rob Reiner's own words haunt this case. Experts repeatedly told the family that Nick was "lying or manipulating them." Eighteen rehab stays. Years of interventions. A fortune spent on dual-diagnosis treatment. And still, his parents couldn't figure out when to believe their son. Now a jury has to solve the puzzle they never could.Nick Reiner reportedly admits he killed his parents. He's not denying it. But according to TMZ sources, he doesn't understand why he's in jail. He allegedly believes his

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43:15

Trajectory Rods Show Shooter Fired DOWNWARD At...

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2026/01/17

Crime scene evidence presented in the Adrian Gonzales trial this week showed exactly how the Robb Elementary shooter killed children who were trying to hide. Former Texas Ranger Juan Torrez testified that investigators placed pink and yellow trajectory rods into bullet cavities throughout Room 111. The rods demonstrated the gunman fired downward — through the desks — at students sheltering underneath.Jurors saw photographs showing pools of blood on the classroom floor, drag marks where bodies were

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41:12

10 Sealed Subpoenas: What Alan Jackson Found Before...

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2026/01/17

Alan Jackson spent three weeks on the Nick Reiner case. Every waking hour, according to his own account. His team issued ten subpoenas — all now sealed by the court. Then he walked into a Los Angeles courtroom and told the judge he had "no choice" but to withdraw. Whatever he discovered, whatever those subpoenas revealed, he says he's legally prohibited from discussing.But Jackson did say one thing on the courthouse steps: Nick Reiner is "not guilty of murder" under California law. That's not a

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