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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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14:09

Kouri Richins Trial: Eugene Richins, Eric's Father...

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2026/02/24

Eugene Richins, Eric's Father, takes center stage in the Kouri Richins trial.Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his death. What prosecutors describe as a calculated murder-for-profit scheme, the defense calls a tragic accident involving a man who, they claim, had a hidden drug problem.This is gavel-to-gavel coverage of one

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17:44

The Wall Around D4VD: His Family, His Friend, His...

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2026/02/24

Every person in D4VD's inner circle is either fighting subpoenas, invoking the Fifth, or refusing to show up — and a Texas appeals court just told his family that's not going to work.The 1st District Court of Appeals in Texas denied three habeas corpus petitions filed by D4VD's father Dawud, mother Colleen, and brother Caleb, who argued that redacted affidavits violated their due process rights. The ruling compels them to testify before a Los Angeles County grand jury investigating the death of

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39:08

Kouri Richins Trial: Attorney Kathryn Nester —...

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2026/02/24

Defense Attorney Kathryn Nester presents opening statements in the Kouri Richins trial.Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his death. What prosecutors describe as a calculated murder-for-profit scheme, the defense calls a tragic accident involving a man who, they claim, had a hidden drug problem.This is gavel-to-gavel

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23:50

Coffindaffer: Is the Guthrie Investigation Building...

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2026/02/23

Three detentions. Three releases. SWAT operations. Road closures. Helicopter searches. Nineteen days of aggressive, highly visible investigative activity — and not one move has produced a suspect, an arrest, or a confirmed connection to whoever took Nancy Guthrie. Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer gives an honest assessment of where this investigation actually stands.Coffindaffer evaluates the detain-and-release pattern and what it reveals about lead quality. She strips away

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27:16

Kouri Richins Trial: Attorney Brad Bloodworth —...

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2026/02/23

Brad Bloodworth, Deputy County Attorney with the Summit County Attorney's Office takes center stage in the Kouri Richins trial.Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his death. What prosecutors describe as a calculated murder-for-profit scheme, the defense calls a tragic accident involving a man who, they claim, had a hidden

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53:59

Robin Dreeke: FBI Analysis of Kouri Richins Trial &...

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2026/02/23

One trial beginning this week. One investigation building toward identification. FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke breaks down what the evidence reveals in both cases.Kouri Richins faces jurors starting February 23rd. The prosecution's case spans years of alleged insurance positioning, the 2020 confrontation when Eric discovered financial fraud, and the compressed timeline of fentanyl procurement and death in February 2022. Robin applies his "Life Arc" framework to ask what behavioral trajectory

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15:05

Guthrie Case: Deputy Union Chief Calls It "An Ego...

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2026/02/23

The jurisdiction fight in the Nancy Guthrie case went public this week when Sgt. Aaron Cross — president of the Pima County Deputies Organization — told the New York Post the case has become about ego. FBI sources say the bureau wants to take over but can't without the family's formal request. Investigators on the ground say they don't know who's in charge.Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer joins Hidden Killers to break down what it means when a department's own union turns on

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16:52

Nancy Guthrie: What the FBI's International Outreach...

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2026/02/23

The FBI reached out to Mexican federal law enforcement. A gun shop owner was shown eighteen to twenty-four names with photos. Investigators are canvassing shops to match a distinctive holster. Tech companies are scratching through overwritten Nest footage. And the nation's leading genetic genealogist called the DNA evidence "extremely hopeful."Robin Dreeke spent his FBI career running counterintelligence operations and decoding investigative patterns. In this Hidden Killers conversation, he

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15:18

Coffindaffer: The DNA in the Guthrie Case May Already...

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2026/02/23

Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer joins Hidden Killers to assess the forensic evidence in the Nancy Guthrie disappearance — and the picture is complicated. DNA inside the home is a mixture still being separated. A glove found miles away hit nothing in CODIS and doesn't match the property samples. Genetic genealogy is now in play, but requires a usable profile that investigators may not yet have.Coffindaffer evaluates whether the glove should even be treated as connected to this case,

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28:24

Anna Kepner: The Blended Family, the Sealed Charges,...

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2026/02/23

Her stepmother called them "the Three Amigos." Her ex-boyfriend says the stepbrother was obsessed with her. Eighteen-year-old Anna Kepner was found dead under a bed on the Carnival Horizon — wrapped in blankets, covered with life vests, in a cabin directly across the hall from her father. Nearly sixteen hours passed before anyone checked on her. The Broward County Medical Examiner ruled it homicide by mechanical asphyxiation — reportedly a bar hold restraint. Her sixteen-year-old stepbrother is the

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52:15

Kouri Richins: The Evidence Is Devastating — But the...

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2026/02/23

Prosecutors say Kouri Richins poisoned her husband Eric with fentanyl, searched for lethal doses online, texted her boyfriend about how perfect life would be without him, and took out nearly two million in life insurance he allegedly didn't know about. Eric had five times the lethal dose in his system. Less than a year later, Kouri was promoting a children's grief book on television. On paper, it looks insurmountable. But Bob Motta says the defense has real weapons. Robert Crozier — the alleged

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77:47

Guthrie Week in Review: A Defense Attorney's Dream...

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2026/02/22

No arrest. A growing list of investigative failures any defense attorney would weaponize at trial. Bob Motta examines the vulnerabilities — early crime scene release, DNA reportedly diverted from Quantico, evidence gloves contaminated by the search team. He explains how chain of custody failures build reasonable doubt before charges exist. Shavaun Scott — thirty years in forensic mental health — takes on the psychological damage. The contradiction between surveillance-level planning and amateur

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43:13

Rob Reiner: Grieving a Son Who Was Still Alive — The...

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2026/02/22

There's a version of your child that no longer exists. You have the photos. You remember exactly who they were before. That person is gone — and you're not allowed to grieve them because they're still breathing. Psychologists call it ambiguous loss. When someone is physically present but psychologically absent. No funeral. No closure. Just an infinite middle where hope and despair take turns destroying you. Rob and Michele Reiner lived inside that for seventeen years. The Nick who existed before

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39:08

Guthrie Case This Week: Suspect Footage, a Desert...

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2026/02/22

A full recap of the most significant week in the Nancy Guthrie investigation. The FBI released doorbell footage of the masked suspect — and retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer explains what it actually reveals about the person's methodology, equipment, and planning. A delivery driver was detained, questioned for hours, and released. A glove was recovered a mile and a half from the home. Investigators requested footage from three weeks before the kidnapping, suggesting the home may have

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67:46

Kouri Richins & Colin Gray Trials: Former Prosecutor...

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2026/02/22

Two murder trials happening simultaneously—and both are asking jurors to define the boundaries of accountability.Kouri Richins stands trial February 23rd for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric with fentanyl. The defense has scored pretrial victories: a recanting drug source, excluded expert witnesses, severed financial charges. But the prosecution's evidence remains formidable—an alleged prior Valentine's Day attempt, a housekeeper testifying about fentanyl requests and "the Michael Jackson

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46:42

The Reiners: When Staying Is the Most Dangerous Thing...

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2026/02/22

Rob Reiner told friends he was afraid his son could hurt him — then brought Nick to a Christmas party because he was afraid to leave him alone. That contradiction is the trap millions of people live inside every day. This episode is about the psychology of staying — the guilt weaponization, the sunk cost, the belief that walking away means you failed. The Reiners did everything right by every measure we're taught. They never gave up. And it cost them their lives. If you've ever stayed with someone

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34:40

Robin Dreeke on Nancy Guthrie: The Blind Spots That...

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2026/02/21

She had a doorbell camera. A pacemaker app. Family nearby. Every layer of modern security we're told should keep us safe. And none of it mattered. Nancy Guthrie vanished from her own home and twelve days later, with more than a hundred investigators and eighteen thousand tips, there is no vehicle of interest, no named suspect, and no confirmed sighting.Former FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke spent twenty-one years inside the Bureau's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program, eventually serving

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32:28

Murdaugh Appeal: The Justices Had Questions — The...

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2026/02/21

The South Carolina Supreme Court heard Alex Murdaugh's double murder appeal today, and the state walked into a courtroom that wasn't friendly. The justices pressed prosecutor Creighton Waters on both tracks of the appeal — Becky Hill's jury tampering and the evidentiary errors at trial — and the exchanges revealed a bench that has serious doubts about what happened below. Justice James opened by asking about the egg juror affidavit that Justice Toal excluded from the evidentiary hearing. Chief

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29:32

Nancy Guthrie: The Prosecution Problem and the Public...

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2026/02/21

The FBI released surveillance footage. They're looking for multiple suspects. A man was detained in Rio Rico for eight hours and released. An imposter ransom demand led to a California arrest. And eighteen thousand tips are now competing with millions of amateur verdicts being rendered in comment sections across the internet. Two experts break down why both sides of this equation — the legal case and the public spectacle — are in trouble. Criminal defense attorney and former felony prosecutor Eric

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16:32

Kouri Richins: The Children's Book, the Jail Letter,...

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2026/02/21

In March 2023, Kouri Richins appeared on television promoting a children's book she'd written. Are You With Me? featured her husband Eric as an angel-winged father watching over their sons. Two months later, she was arrested for his murder. Six months after that, prosecutors found a letter in her jail cell allegedly scripting false testimony for her family.Robin Dreeke's FBI career was built on reading deception in high-stakes situations. His "Tempo Tells" framework identifies the patterns that

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