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Hidden: A True Crime Podcast, explores the hidden motives behind unimaginable crimes, while examining our deepest fears along the way. Join us on a journey into the darkest recesses of the human mind and the unconscious motivations that drive human behaviors, both good and bad, in order to understand the world and ourselves.

Pull up a chair at our dinner table as the dynamic husband and wife duo of Dr. John Matthias, a forensic psychologist, and Lauren Matthias, an investigative journalist, delve into the psychological facets of unthinkable crimes. What are they hiding? What are they hiding from? What remains hidden?

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    • 4.8 • 81 Ratings

Hidden: A True Crime Podcast, explores the hidden motives behind unimaginable crimes, while examining our deepest fears along the way. Join us on a journey into the darkest recesses of the human mind and the unconscious motivations that drive human behaviors, both good and bad, in order to understand the world and ourselves.

Pull up a chair at our dinner table as the dynamic husband and wife duo of Dr. John Matthias, a forensic psychologist, and Lauren Matthias, an investigative journalist, delve into the psychological facets of unthinkable crimes. What are they hiding? What are they hiding from? What remains hidden?

    CHAD DAYBELL TRIAL: Psychologist Dr John assess video of Emma and Chad Daybell

    CHAD DAYBELL TRIAL: Psychologist Dr John assess video of Emma and Chad Daybell

    Hosts and spouses Dr John and Lauren Matthias talk about the bombshell evidence entered into the Chad Daybell trial. Join Hidden True Crime as we follow Chad Daybell's trial beginning to end. Host Lauren Matthias is in the courtroom every day, doing lunch lives on YouTube and summarizing each day and week right here on Hidden: A True Crime Podcast.
    JOHN MATTHIAS is a licensed clinical and forensic psychologist with 30 years’ experience. He serves as an expert witness for the federal government and consults on high-profile cases for District Attorney’s offices and defense attorneys in several states. In the forensic area, Dr. Matthias has developed expertise in personality assessments, hidden behavioral motivations, complex trauma and criminal psychology. In the clinical realm, he has worked with numerous victims. He received his Master’s degree in Marriage, Family and Child counseling, as well his doctorate degree, from the University of Southern California. Dr. Matthias graduated with honors in philosophy from Princeton University, and he won the prestigious McCosh Thesis prize while there. In high school he graduated valedictorian from a large public high school in Chicago where he was chosen to participate in a ground-breaking valedictory study that continues to this day.
    LAUREN MATTHIAS was a television reporter for a decade, and has followed the Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell case since 2019. Lauren and her husband John Matthias, a criminal psychologist, started Hidden True Crime in 2020 with their Season: 'Beyond the Veil' a psychological deep dive into the doomsday murders and prophet.
     A podcast that started at their dinner table has now turned into the dynamic husband and wife duo of Dr. John Matthias, a forensic psychologist, and Lauren Matthias, an investigative journalist, delving into the psychological facets of unthinkable crimes every week.
    Thank you for your support through sponsorships, subscribing, listening, and becoming at Patreon member at Patreon.com/HiddenTrueCrime


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    • 1 hr 12 min
    CHAD DAYBELL TRIAL: Evidence against Chad-Emma in the police car/Chad giving Alex Patriarchal Blessing

    CHAD DAYBELL TRIAL: Evidence against Chad-Emma in the police car/Chad giving Alex Patriarchal Blessing

    On the second week of the Chad Daybell Trial, two major pieces of evidence were shared in court. You can listen to them both on this episode-Chad's daugher Emma talking to her dad after his arrest in June 2020, as well as a Patriarchal church blessing that Chad gave to Alex Cox in November 2019
    Join Hidden True Crime as we follow Chad Daybell's trial beginning to end. Host Lauren Matthias is in the courtroom every day, doing lunch lives on YouTube and summarizing each day and week right here on Hidden: A True Crime Podcast.
    Thank you for your support through sponsorships, subscribing, listening, and becoming at Patreon member at Patreon.com/HiddenTrueCrime


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    • 46 min
    CHAD DAYBELL TRIAL: Dr John assesses opening statements

    CHAD DAYBELL TRIAL: Dr John assesses opening statements

    Hosts and spouses Dr John and Laure Matthias assess the opening statements from both the defense and prosecution. Join Hidden True Crime as we follow Chad Daybell's trial beginning to end. Host Lauren Matthias is in the courtroom every day, doing lunch lives on YouTube and summarizing each day and week right here on Hidden: A True Crime Podcast.
    JOHN MATTHIAS is a licensed clinical and forensic psychologist with 30 years’ experience. He serves as an expert witness for the federal government and consults on high-profile cases for District Attorney’s offices and defense attorneys in several states. In the forensic area, Dr. Matthias has developed expertise in personality assessments, hidden behavioral motivations, complex trauma and criminal psychology. In the clinical realm, he has worked with numerous victims. He received his Master’s degree in Marriage, Family and Child counseling, as well his doctorate degree, from the University of Southern California. Dr. Matthias graduated with honors in philosophy from Princeton University, and he won the prestigious McCosh Thesis prize while there. In high school he graduated valedictorian from a large public high school in Chicago where he was chosen to participate in a ground-breaking valedictory study that continues to this day.
    LAUREN MATTHIAS was a television reporter for a decade, and has followed the Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell case since 2019. Lauren and her husband John Matthias, a criminal psychologist, started Hidden True Crime in 2020 with their Season: 'Beyond the Veil' a psychological deep dive into the doomsday murders and prophet.
     A podcast that started at their dinner table has now turned into the dynamic husband and wife duo of Dr. John Matthias, a forensic psychologist, and Lauren Matthias, an investigative journalist, delving into the psychological facets of unthinkable crimes every week.
    Thank you for your support through sponsorships, subscribing, listening, and becoming at Patreon member at Patreon.com/HiddenTrueCrime


    Our Sponsors:
    * Check out Armoire and use my code HIDDENTRUECRIME for a great deal: http://www.armoire.style
    * Check out My Life in a Book and use my code HIDDENTRUECRIME for a great deal:
    * Check out Ro Body: ro.co/HIDDEN
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    • 1 hr 10 min
    CHAD DAYBELL TRIAL: Uncovering Chad's Belief System with historian Barbara Jones Brown

    CHAD DAYBELL TRIAL: Uncovering Chad's Belief System with historian Barbara Jones Brown

    Join Hidden True Crime as we follow the Chad Daybell's trial beginning to end. Host Lauren Matthias is in the courtroom every day, doing lunch lives on YouTube and summarizing each day and week right here on Hidden: A True Crime Podcast.
    Barbara Jones Brown is the co-author of Vengeance Is Mine, The Mountain Meadows Massacre and Its Aftermath (Oxford University Press, 2023), about the most notorious crime in Mormon history near today's St. George, Utah. In 1857, a group of Mormon settlers massacred more than 100 men, women, and children in a California-bound wagon train: BOOK LINK
    Brown is the director of Signature Books, an indie publisher in Salt Lake City, Utah, which publishes thoroughly-researched books on Utah, Mormon, and Western American History. Previously she was the executive director of the Mormon History Association and historical director of Better Days 2020. Brown holds a Master’s degree in American history from the University of Utah and a Bachelor’s degree in journalism from Brigham Young University.
    LAUREN MATTHIAS was a television reporter for a decade, and has followed the Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell case since 2019. Lauren and her husband John Matthias, a criminal psychologist, started Hidden True Crime in 2020 with their Season: 'Beyond the Veil' a psychological deep dive into the doomsday murders and prophet.
     A podcast that started at their dinner table has now turned into the dynamic husband and wife duo of Dr. John Matthias, a forensic psychologist, and Lauren Matthias, an investigative journalist, delving into the psychological facets of unthinkable crimes every week.
    Thank you for your support through sponsorships, subscribing, listening, and becoming at Patreon member at Patreon.com/HiddenTrueCrime


    Our Sponsors:
    * Check out Armoire and use my code HIDDENTRUECRIME for a great deal: http://www.armoire.style
    * Check out My Life in a Book and use my code HIDDENTRUECRIME for a great deal:
    * Check out Ro Body: ro.co/HIDDEN
    * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com/
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    • 1 hr 53 min
    CHAD DAYBELL TRIAL: Opening Statements, Chad's Defense and Tammy's "Paintball incident"

    CHAD DAYBELL TRIAL: Opening Statements, Chad's Defense and Tammy's "Paintball incident"

    Lauren goes live during lunch for the opening statements of Chad Daybell's murder trial on Wednesday, April 10th, as well as Day 2, April 11th. Join Hidden True Crime as we follow the Chad Daybell's trial beginning to end. Host Lauren Matthias is in the courtroom every day, doing lunch lives on YouTube summarizing every day and week right here on Hidden: A True Crime Podcast.
    LAUREN MATTHIAS was a television reporter for a decade, and has followed the Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell case since 2019. Lauren and her husband John Matthias, a criminal psychologist, started Hidden True Crime in 2020 with their Season: 'Beyond the Veil' a psychological deep dive into the doomsday murders and prophet.
    A podcast that started at their dinner table has now turned into the dynamic husband and wife duo of Dr. John Matthias, a forensic psychologist, and Lauren Matthias, an investigative journalist, delving into the psychological facets of unthinkable crimes every week.
    Thank you for your support through sponsorships, subscribing, listening, and becoming at Patreon member at Patreon.com/HiddenTrueCrime


    Our Sponsors:
    * Check out Armoire and use my code HIDDENTRUECRIME for a great deal: http://www.armoire.style
    * Check out My Life in a Book and use my code HIDDENTRUECRIME for a great deal:
    * Check out Ro Body: ro.co/HIDDEN
    * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com/
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    • 29 min
    CHAD DAYBELL TRIAL: Jury chosen.

    CHAD DAYBELL TRIAL: Jury chosen.

    Eighteen jurors have been chosen. Opening statements begin Wednesday, April 10th. Join Hidden True Crime as we follow the Chad Daybell's trial beginning to end. Host Lauren Matthias is in the courtroom every day, doing lunch lives on YouTube and summarizing each day and week right here on Hidden: A True Crime Podcast.
    As jury selection begins, we speak with two jurors from Lori Vallow Daybell's trial.
    LAUREN MATTHIAS was a television reporter for a decade, and has followed the Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell case since 2019. Lauren and her husband John Matthias, a criminal psychologist, started Hidden True Crime in 2020 with their Season: 'Beyond the Veil' a psychological deep dive into the doomsday murders and prophet.
     A podcast that started at their dinner table has now turned into the dynamic husband and wife duo of Dr. John Matthias, a forensic psychologist, and Lauren Matthias, an investigative journalist, delving into the psychological facets of unthinkable crimes every week.
    Thank you for your support through sponsorships, subscribing, listening, and becoming at Patreon member at Patreon.com/HiddenTrueCrime


    Our Sponsors:
    * Check out Armoire and use my code HIDDENTRUECRIME for a great deal: http://www.armoire.style
    * Check out My Life in a Book and use my code HIDDENTRUECRIME for a great deal:
    * Check out Ro Body: ro.co/HIDDEN
    * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com/
    * Check out Shopify and use my code hiddentruecrime for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com/


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    • 22 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
81 Ratings

81 Ratings

CanadianAnonymous88 ,

Awesome!

Insightful, personable and interesting!

queenieforbes ,

Exceptional ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Great experts… (Not the usual talking heads who have no idea what they’re talking about.) This is just sooo good. Clever, thoughtful. Love the host

tin crêpes ,

Excellent podcast

Lauren and John do a great job of probing the underlying reasons for appalling aspects of human behaviour. Absolutely fascinating to listen to. I do have to take one star off as it is difficult to listen to Lauren having to work so hard to not offend people who are so grossly uneducated or lack critical thinking/self awareness.
I understand that they don’t want to turn off people who might change their minds given enough gentle stroking and grace, but it is so exhausting to hear. It reminds me of family meals where everyone is falling over themselves to be kind to the most intolerant elderly relative in the hope that they miiiiight stop being awful to the gay nephew while the poor guy has to sit there knowing that everybody being nice is more important than them being treated as less than human. As a European I suspect this is a cultural difference. But if you think about it, everybody being “kind” and “gentle” and not wanting to offend religious people and bigots is what made visions of glory go so far in the first place.

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