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A Trial by Podcast

Whether it"s a true crime case or one of history"s most unsettling stories, we understand that the devil is in the details. In each episode, we comb through the facts, scrutinize the suspects, and deliver the disturbing stories that keep you on the edge of your seat. If you enjoy evidence-driven storytelling with a dash of gallows humor to make the disturbing (somewhat) tolerable, we suspect this is the pod for you. But this is A Trial by Podcast, so we"ll let you be the judge.

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01:24:26

Ep. 107 | The Murders of Christine Banfield and...

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2026/04/07

Listen ad-free on PatreonOn the morning of February 24, 2023, police responded to 911 calls from the Banfield residence in Herndon, Fairfax County, Virginia, where they found Christine Banfield suffering from multiple stab wounds and Joseph Ryan dead from gunshot wounds inside an upstairs bedroom. Brendan Banfield — Christine's husband and a former IRS special agent — and the family's Brazilian au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, initially told police that Ryan had entered the house, attacked

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01:18:03

Ep. 106 | The Sonderkommando Revolt

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2026/03/31

Listen ad-free on PatreonOn October 7, 1944, inside the walls of Auschwitz-Birkenau, a group of prisoners condemned to help carry out mass murder decided they would no longer go quietly. Known as the Sonderkommando, these men were forced to work in the crematoria—handling the bodies of victims and witnessing the full horror of the Nazi killing machine. But when they realized they were next to be executed, they made a choice: to fight back. Smuggling in explosives and risking certain death, they

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01:05:36

Ep. 105 | Dr. Schneeberger: The Lie Beneath the Lab...

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2026/03/24

Listen ad-free on PatreonIn 1992, a young woman named Candy arrived at a small-town hospital shaken after a fight with her boyfriend. Emotional and overwhelmed, she had hoped to find comfort from a close friend who worked there—but her friend wasn’t on shift. Concerned about her distress, hospital staff suggested she see a doctor to help calm her down before going home. Candy agreed. Soon, Dr. John Schneeberger — her longtime physician and the man who had delivered her baby — walked into the

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01:21:42

Ep. 104 | The Many Murders of Mighty Mike Malloy

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2026/03/17

Listen ad-free on PatreonThis is the tale of “Mighty” Mike Malloy — a down-on-his-luck Bronx bar regular who became the world’s most inconvenient murder victim when a group of Prohibition-era "geniuses" formed what they proudly called… the Murder Trust. Their business plan? Take out a life insurance policy on Mike, get him blackout drunk, and quietly collect the payout. Easy. Efficient. Foolproof. Except Mike had other plans. Poisoned drinks? He chugged them. Rotten oysters soaked in methanol

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00:26:32

Ep. 103 | Gisèle Pelicot: The 51 F*** A** Defendants...

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2026/03/16

Listen ad-free on Patreon Joan Kawai, 26 Hassan Ouamou, 30 Charly Arbo, 30 Grégory Serviol, 31 Paul Grovogui, 31 Florian Rocca, 32 Adrien Longeron, 34 Quentin Hennebert, 34 Mahdi Daoudi, 36 Omar Douiri, 36 Saifeddine Ghabi, 36 Andy Rodriguez, 37 Boris Moulin, 37 Hugues Malago, 39 Fabien Sotto, 39 Ludovick Blemeur, 39 Karim Sebaoui, 40 Redouane Azougagh, 40 Nizar Hamida, 41 Nicolas François, 42 Husamettin Dogan, 43 Simoné Mekenes, 43 Vincent Coullet, 43 Lionel Rodriguez,

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01:47:26

Ep. 102 | Gisèle Pelicot: The 51 Defendants [Part 3]

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2026/03/12

Listen ad-free on PatreonJoan Kawai, 26 Hassan Ouamou, 30 Charly Arbo, 30 Grégory Serviol, 31 Paul Grovogui, 31 Florian Rocca, 32 Adrien Longeron, 34 Quentin Hennebert, 34 Mahdi Daoudi, 36 Omar Douiri, 36 Saifeddine Ghabi, 36 Andy Rodriguez, 37 Boris Moulin, 37 Hugues Malago, 39 Fabien Sotto, 39 Ludovick Blemeur, 39 Karim Sebaoui, 40 Redouane Azougagh, 40 Nizar Hamida, 41 Nicolas François, 42 Husamettin Dogan, 43 Simoné Mekenes, 43 Vincent Coullet, 43 Lionel Rodriguez,

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02:01:29

Ep. 101 | Gisèle Pelicot: No Shame, No Silence, No...

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2026/03/10

Story starts around 08:15. For nearly fifty years, Gisèle Pelicot believed she was living an ordinary life — a long marriage, grown children, grandchildren, and a quiet retirement in the south of France. But in 2020, a police investigation revealed a truth so unimaginable it would shock the world. For almost a decade, her husband had been secretly drugging her with powerful sedatives, leaving her unconscious night after night. While she slept, he raped her — and invited dozens of strangers into

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01:52:15

Ep. 100 | Gisèle Pelicot: No Shame, No Silence, No...

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2026/03/03

Story starts at 9:49*****For nearly fifty years, Gisèle Pelicot believed she was living an ordinary life — a long marriage, grown children, grandchildren, and a quiet retirement in the south of France. But in 2020, a police investigation revealed a truth so unimaginable it would shock the world.For almost a decade, her husband had been secretly drugging her with powerful sedatives, leaving her unconscious night after night. While she slept, he raped her — and invited dozens of strangers into their

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01:10:52

Ep. 099 | Child Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church:...

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2026/02/24

In the summer of 2001, newly appointed Boston Globe editor Marty Baron spotted a buried allegation in a court filing: Cardinal Bernard Law had knowingly reassigned a priest, John J. Geoghan, despite prior allegations of child sexual abuse. Baron didn’t hesitate. He handed the lead to the Globe’s elite investigative unit, the Spotlight Team, tasking them with a simple but ominous question: Had the Archdiocese of Boston knowingly protected a child abuser? The team thought they were digging into one

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00:58:39

Ep. 098 | Child Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church:...

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2026/02/17

In the summer of 2001, newly appointed Boston Globe editor Marty Baron spotted a buried allegation in a court filing: Cardinal Bernard Law had knowingly reassigned a priest, John J. Geoghan, despite prior allegations of child sexual abuse. Baron didn’t hesitate. He handed the lead to the Globe’s elite investigative unit, the Spotlight Team, tasking them with a simple but ominous question: Had the Archdiocese of Boston knowingly protected a child abuser? The team thought they were digging into one

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01:13:09

Ep. 097 | House of Cards: Jean-Claude Romand [Part 2]

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2026/02/10

On a freezing January night, a house on the French-Swiss border burned to the ground, leaving behind the bodies of two small children and their mother. Miles away, their grandparents were also found dead. Only one member of the family survived. Jean-Claude Romand—a respected doctor and World Health Organization researcher—was pulled from the flames barely alive, mourned as the tragic victim of an unimaginable loss. Friends believed he had built a beautiful life for his family, bravely battling

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01:31:37

Wife of Crime | Kristen Gilbert: The Killer Nurse

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2026/02/05

On this episode of Wife of Crime I'm telling Russ about a serial killer nurse named Kristen Gilbert! Kristen seemed like an amazing nurse, she had it all together at home and on the job. She was the nurse co workers counted on because she knew her stuff, but when the number of deaths in the ICU started rising every time Kristen worked a few coworkers started noticing a pattern. As her fellow nurses watched more closely they began to ask the unfathomable question ... was Kristen killing the

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01:19:38

Ep. 096 | House of Cards: Jean-Claude Romand [Part 1]

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2026/02/03

On a freezing January night, a house on the French-Swiss border burned to the ground, leaving behind the bodies of two small children and their mother. Miles away, their grandparents were also found dead. Only one member of the family survived. Jean-Claude Romand—a respected doctor and World Health Organization researcher—was pulled from the flames barely alive, mourned as the tragic victim of an unimaginable loss. Friends believed he had built a beautiful life for his family, bravely battling

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01:37:55

Ep. 095 | The Powell Family Murders

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2026/01/27

⁠⁠⁠Click here to complete the listener survey!In December 2009, Susan Powell vanished from her Utah home after her husband, Josh Powell, claimed he’d taken their two young sons on a spontaneous, late-night winter camping trip. Almost immediately, his detached demeanor and shifting explanations raised red flags. As investigators looked closer, a darker picture came into focus: a controlling marriage, Susan’s escalating fear, and a handwritten letter she had secretly written—one that warned if

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01:36:53

Ep. 094 | The Victims of Dr. Farid Fata

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2026/01/20

⁠⁠Click here to complete the listener survey!Imagine being told you have cancer—a diagnosis that instantly upends your life—and then enduring months or even years of brutal chemotherapy. Now imagine learning that your doctor forced you to undergo three to four times the standard amount of treatment, or kept you on chemotherapy long after you were in remission, all while you believed you were still fighting for your life. Worst of all, imagine undergoing months or years of chemo, only to later

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01:42:16

Ep. 093 | Unbelievable: The Rape of Marie Adler

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2026/01/13

⁠Click here to complete the listener survey!In August 2008, 18-year-old Marie Adler called 911 in terror, reporting that a masked man had broken into her Lynnwood, Washington apartment, bound her with her own shoelaces, and raped her for hours. At first, police treated the case as a serious violent assault, but as the days passed their focus shifted from finding a suspect to scrutinizing Marie herself. They fixated on minor inconsistencies in her account and on her “flat” emotional response,

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00:55:32

Ep. 092 | 12 Years Confined to a Couch: The Death of...

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2026/01/06

Click here to complete the listener survey!Lacey Fletcher, a 36-year-old woman from Louisiana, died in January 2022 after spending years confined to a couch in her parents’ home, where she suffered extreme neglect. Authorities say she was left sitting in the same position for so long that she developed severe medical complications, including malnutrition, infected wounds, and immobility. Her parents were later charged, accused of failing to provide basic care as Lacey slowly deteriorated and

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01:01:45

Ep. 091 | A Discussion on Domestic Violence [With...

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2025/12/30

Donate to the Cyarah Vince Foundation at the link below:⁠⁠⁠⁠https://cyarahvincefoundation.org/donate/⁠⁠⁠-----A HUGE thank you to Jill and Cara from Lorain County Safe Harbor for joining me. I truly enjoyed this discussion and learned so much from it - I hope you guys did too!Their Info:Website: https://www.genesishouseshelter.org/Instagram: @loraincountysafeharborPodcast (Spotify): Silence Hides Violence-----Find all of A Trial by Podcast's links below:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Click here for all of our

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01:06:23

Ep. 090 | 10 Days from Death: The Torture of Alex...

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2025/12/23

Donate to the Cyarah Vince Foundation at the link below:⁠⁠⁠https://cyarahvincefoundation.org/donate/⁠⁠---In June of 2017, police in Bedfordshire, England responded to repeated domestic disturbance calls and found 21-year-old Alex Skeel injured and bleeding each time - only for him to insist his wounds were self-inflicted and beg officers to leave. On their third visit in just over a week, seeing Alex in daylight for the first time, officers were confronted with a scene so horrific it stayed with

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01:21:26

Ep. 089 | 10 Days from Death: The Torture of Alex...

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2025/12/16

Donate to the Cyarah Vince Foundation at the link below:⁠⁠https://cyarahvincefoundation.org/donate/⁠---In June of 2017, police in Bedfordshire, England responded to repeated domestic disturbance calls and found 21-year-old Alex Skeel injured and bleeding each time - only for him to insist his wounds were self-inflicted and beg officers to leave. On their third visit in just over a week, seeing Alex in daylight for the first time, officers were confronted with a scene so horrific it stayed with them

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