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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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108:45

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

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2026/01/14

Juliana Peres Magalhães, former Banfield au pair, 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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59:38

Au Pair Affair Trial Of Brendon Banfield: Dr. Meghan...

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2026/01/14

Dr. Meghan Kessler, Forensics Pathologist, 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 testify

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21:25

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

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2026/01/14

Michael Gibbons, Fairfax County Police Lt., 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 testify

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27:15

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

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2026/01/14

Zachary Beckner, Fairfax Co. Police Officer, 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 testify

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14:13

"The Conspiracy Was FOR You, Nick" — Tony Brueski...

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2026/01/14

Nick Reiner reportedly believes he's the victim of a conspiracy. Sources say he admits to killing his parents but doesn't understand why he's in jail. He thinks the people who incarcerated him are conspiring against him.Tony Brueski breaks down why Nick is right—just not in the way he thinks.The conspiracy wasn't against Nick Reiner. The conspiracy was FOR him. For 32 years. More than 18 rehabs. Doctors who changed his medication because he didn't like gaining weight. A family so beaten down they'd

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11:06

"She Wrote She Was Heartbroken For Doing This To...

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2026/01/13

Juliana Peres Magalhaes is the prosecution's star witness against Brendan Banfield. She's also a woman who wrote from jail that she was "heartbroken" for what she was doing to him — and that she still loved him. But she wanted to go home to her mother. So she took a deal. Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer returns to Hidden Killers to break down the credibility of a cooperating witness whose freedom depends on conviction. Juliana told police the same story Brendan did for a year: Ryan

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19:54

Au Pair Affair Trial Of Brendon Banfield: Justin Hugh...

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2026/01/13

Justin Hugh, Detective with the Fairfax County PD, 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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21:35

13 Complaints, Zero Action: Families of Idaho Murder...

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2026/01/13

"Mark my word, I work with predators."That's what a Washington State University professor told her colleagues about Bryan Kohberger in the fall of 2022. She warned them. She urged them to remove him from the program. They didn't.Now, the families of all four Idaho murder victims — Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin — have filed a 126-page wrongful death lawsuit against WSU. The allegations paint a picture of institutional failure at every level.According to the

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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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