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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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17:16

FBI Behavioral Expert: "Does Brendan Banfield Act...

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2026/01/16

If Brendan Banfield planned an elaborate double murder, why did he leave a framed photo of himself and his mistress on the nightstand for police to find eight months later? Retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke joins Hidden Killers to answer the question nobody else is asking: does Banfield's behavior actually match the prosecution's theory?Dreeke led the FBI's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program. He's spent his career reading people, detecting deception, and understanding why

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12:17

"30 Days Is Meaningless" — Therapist on Why 18 Rehabs...

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2026/01/15

Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott explains why Nick Reiner cycled through 18-plus rehab facilities over 30 years without ever getting the treatment he actually needed.Dr. Drew said 30-day programs were "almost meaningless" for someone with Nick's history. Alexis Haines said he "belonged in a hospital, not residential treatment." The Reiners paid for the best dual-diagnosis facilities money could buy. None of it worked.Shavaun breaks down why the treatment model is broken, why patient autonomy laws let

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12:40

Au Pair Affair Trial Of Brendan Banfield: Madeline...

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2026/01/15

Madeline Crowley, Senior DNA Analyist, 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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27:23

Au Pair Affair Trial Of Brendan Banfield: Susan...

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2026/01/15

Susan Greenspoon, Forensics Molecular Biologist at the Virginia Dept. of Forensic Science, 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

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49:35

Au Pair Affair Trial Of Brendan Banfield: Kathryn...

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2026/01/15

Kathryn Colombo, Scientist at the Virginia Dept. of Forensics Science, 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

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27:26

Au Pair Affair Trial Of Brendan Banfield: Cara...

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2026/01/15

Cara McCarthy, Supervisor at the Virginia Dept. of Forensics Science, 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

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21:53

The Insanity Defense That Freed a Child Killer—Can...

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2026/01/15

In 2004, David Carmichael crushed sleeping pills into his 11-year-old son's orange juice and strangled him to death. He planned it. He researched murder sentences. He expected prison. Two years later, he walked free. The reason? A legal test written in 1843 called the M'Naghten Rule—the same test that will likely determine Nick Reiner's fate.Nick Reiner is charged with murdering his parents, director Rob Reiner and philanthropist Michele Singer Reiner, in their Brentwood home. He reportedly admits

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18:05

Au Pair Affair Trial Of Brendan Banfield: Douglas...

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2026/01/15

Douglas Gudakunst, Fingerprint Specialist with the Fairfax County Police Department, 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

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91:03

Au Pair Affair Trial Of Brendan Banfield:Terry Leach...

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2026/01/15

Terry Leach, Detective with the Fairfax County Police Department, 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

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14:34

Au Pair Affair Trial Of Brendan Banfield: Kenner...

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2026/01/15

Kenner Fortner, Sgt. with the Fairfax County Police Department, 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

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18:19

"When Does Helping Become Something Else?" —...

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2026/01/15

Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott tackles the hardest question in the Nick Reiner case: At what point does supporting a severely mentally ill adult child stop being love and start being something else?The Reiners paid for 18-plus rehab stays. They housed Nick in their guest house. They brought him to parties because they were afraid to leave him alone. They "tried everything." And it ended with their deaths.Shavaun breaks down the psychology of families trapped in cycles they can't escape—and what

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24:27

Au Pair Affair Trial Day 2: Jail Letters & Netflix...

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2026/01/15

Day 2 of the Brendan Banfield trial focused entirely on cross-examination of star witness Juliana Peres Magalhães. Defense attorney John Carroll attacked her credibility using jail letters in which she promised to protect Banfield and "take the blame for both of us."Magalhães admitted she's been in contact with Netflix and other producers about selling her story, and that media companies are now paying her jail expenses. When asked about a letter to her mother saying "we deserve something," she

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20:57

"Wrong Relationships & Waterfalls of Tears" — Monique...

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2026/01/15

Monique Tepe left her first husband after just seven months of marriage. She moved back to Ohio. She rebuilt her life. She married a dentist named Spencer, had two children, and said in her wedding vows: "I had quite a journey to get to you. Countless bad Bumble dates, wrong relationships, and waterfalls of tears."Eight years later, according to police, that first husband — Dr. Michael McKee, a vascular surgeon — allegedly drove from Illinois to Columbus and shot both Monique and Spencer dead in

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29:42

"He Knows What He Did But Thinks Jail Is the...

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2026/01/15

Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott breaks down the disturbing psychological phenomenon at the center of the Nick Reiner case: a man who reportedly admits killing his parents but believes his incarceration is a conspiracy against him.How does someone hold those two realities simultaneously? Shavaun explains what's happening in the mind of someone with schizoaffective disorder when medication fails and delusion takes over. This isn't denial. This isn't claiming innocence. It's something far more

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17:25

Kouri Richins Trial Update: Judge Drops BOMBSHELL...

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2026/01/15

Kouri Richins is set to stand trial in February 2026 for the alleged fentanyl murder of her husband Eric Richins, and this week Judge Richard Mrazik handed down a cascade of pre-trial rulings that reshape everything. The prosecution wanted to paint Kouri as a woman who ran financial schemes for years before allegedly escalating to murder — but the judge just severed those fraud and forgery charges from the murder trial entirely. The jury won't hear them. The domestic violence expert prosecutors

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37:40

The Au Pair Affair Murder Trial Of Brendon Banfield:...

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2026/01/15

Juliana Peres Magalhaes, former Banfield au pair, continued to be cross-examined on the stand today in the Brendan Banfield murder trial in Fairfax County, Virginia.Banfield, a former IRS Criminal Investigation agent, faces four counts of aggravated murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and child abuse charges in the February 24, 2023 deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan. Prosecutors allege Banfield and the family's Brazilian au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, were

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66:07

Bob Motta: Nick Reiner's Insanity Defense AND...

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2026/01/15

Two murder cases. Two very different defense strategies. One attorney who knows how to find the cracks.Defense attorney Bob Motta joins Hidden Killers for a comprehensive breakdown of Nick Reiner's path to avoiding prison and the prosecution's mounting problems in the Brendan Banfield case. This is the defense perspective on two of the biggest trials in true crime right now.Alan Jackson walked out of the Nick Reiner case with 10 outstanding subpoenas. Nick is now represented by a public defender,

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17:45

Robin Dreeke: This Didn’t Come Out of Nowhere — The...

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2026/01/15

The Nick Reiner case is often framed as sudden and shocking. But when you step back and examine the behavior being publicly reported, a different picture begins to emerge — one built over years, not moments.In this episode of Hidden Killers, retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke joins Tony Brueski to analyze the long behavioral pattern behind the case. We break down decades of instability, repeated rehab stays that ended before sustained psychiatric intervention, and how short-term compliance can

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19:40

"Her Freedom Was The Price Of Her Testimony" —...

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2026/01/14

Juliana Peres Magalhaes is the only reason the prosecution has a case against Brendan Banfield. She's also a woman who lied for a year, flipped when she got a deal, and wrote from jail that she was "heartbroken" for what she was doing to the man she says she helped commit murder.Defense attorney Bob Motta joins Hidden Killers to explain how you tear apart a star witness whose credibility is already in shreds.Juliana's sentencing is scheduled after Banfield's trial — to ensure she continues to

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76:53

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

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2026/01/14

Juliana Peres Magalhaes, former Banfield au pair, continues her testimony 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

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