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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 psychologists, and legal analysts. Whether it's the latest developments in cases like Bryan Kohberger and Lori Vallow or deep dives into cold cases and unsolved mysteries, we uncover the hidden truths behind the crimes that captivate the world. If you’re obsessed with true crime, forensic psychology, and legal drama, subscribe now to Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski on Apple Podcasts. 🎧 New episodes multiple times a day—stay ahead of the latest crime stories. Join our SubStack: https://HiddenKillers.SubStack.com 📺Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod 📷Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ 💻Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ ⏰Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod/ Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

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    JAN 22

    HOW TO LISTEN to PREMIUM PLUS AD-FREE, ADVANCE Episodes!

    How to Get Ad-Free, Advance Content from True Crime Today and Hidden Killers Podcasts Do you want to enjoy all the content from True Crime Today and Hidden Killers podcasts without ads and before everyone else? Here’s exactly how to do it: Subscribe to True Crime Today PREMIUM PLUS on Apple Podcasts. Choose either a monthly or yearly subscription. Make sure you select True Crime Today PREMIUM PLUS—this is the channel that gives you all the ad-free and advance content. Important: If you’re hearing ads, it means you’re not on the right channel. Double-check that you’ve subscribed to True Crime Today Premium Plus. Follow the True Crime Today PREMIUM PLUS channel on Apple Podcasts. This is a separate channel where all the ad-free and early-access episodes are uploaded. Remember: Regular episodes with ads will still be available on the main channels. To get the ad-free and advance episodes, you must subscribe and follow the True Crime Today PREMIUM PLUS channel. If you’re still getting ads, head over to the True Crime Today PREMIUM PLUS channel and ensure you’re subscribed there! Enjoy your exclusive content!

    1 min
  2. Kouri Richins Trial: Carmen Lauber — Lauber Returns for More Testimony

    1H AGO

    Kouri Richins Trial: Carmen Lauber — Lauber Returns for More Testimony

    Carmen Lauber, Richins' Former Housekeeper, 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 of the most closely watched trials in Utah history. A children's book author. A grieving widow who wrote about "heaven" for kids while allegedly researching untraceable poisons. A husband who may have been killed in his own bed. Hidden Killers brings you complete trial coverage with expert analysis—no sensationalism, just the facts as they unfold. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #KouriRichins #KouriRichinsTrial #EricRichins #UtahTrial #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #FentanylPoisoning #MurderTrial #TrueCrimeCommunity #Justice

    14 min
  3. Kouri Richins Case: What It Reveals About Domestic Poisoning and Justice

    2H AGO

    Kouri Richins Case: What It Reveals About Domestic Poisoning and Justice

    The Kouri Richins murder trial isn't just a courtroom story. It's a case that forces hard questions about how this type of alleged crime operates, why it's so difficult to catch, and what justice looks like when the evidence is entirely circumstantial. Bob Motta and Robin Dreeke take the panel wider than the courtroom in this segment. Eric Richins reportedly told friends he thought his wife was trying to poison him after Valentine's Day. He'd consulted a divorce attorney. His sister had a private investigator looking into things. He knew something was wrong — and he still ended up dead with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl in his system. What does that tell us about how alleged domestic violence of this kind actually operates in plain sight? The panel also tackles the financial motive question head-on. Debt and insurance are central to the prosecution's case — but financial pressure exists in a lot of marriages that don't end in murder. What's the actual line between motive and circumstance? And what does a verdict in either direction say about where the law draws that line? Kouri Richins has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #KouriRichins #KouriRichinsTrial #EricRichins #KouriRichinsVerdict #UtahMurderTrial #FentanylMurder #TrueCrime2026 #HiddenKillers #DomesticPoisoning #MurderTrial2026

    28 min
  4. Nick Reiner's Siblings Cut Him Off — Family Walks Away

    4H AGO

    Nick Reiner's Siblings Cut Him Off — Family Walks Away

    Nick Reiner — son of legendary director Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer Reiner — pleaded not guilty on February 23rd, 2026 to two counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances in the December 14th, 2025 stabbing deaths of his parents at their Brentwood, California home. He is held without bail. The death penalty remains on the table. And his siblings, Jake and Romy Reiner, are done. Sources close to the family told TMZ directly: "Nick's defense is Nick's defense. They're not involved." The high-profile defense attorney they initially funded, Alan Jackson — known for winning the Karen Read acquittal — withdrew from the case in January. Nick now has a public defender. Reports indicate Jake and Romy will not attend the trial. In over two months of incarceration, his only visitor has been his lawyer, Kimberly Greene. Tony Brueski examines what brought two siblings to this point — after eighteen rehabs, a conservatorship, years of police visits to the family home, and a lifetime of absorbing Nick's behavior — and what three other families can teach us about the moment when holding on finally becomes impossible. Peter Lanza walked away from Adam after Sandy Hook and said publicly he wished his son had never been born. The Roof family went largely silent after Dylann Roof murdered nine people at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. Kerri Rawson had to grieve BTK killer Dennis Rader as two separate losses — the father she loved and the monster he was. The question this episode asks isn't whether Jake and Romy were right to step back. It's what it cost them to hold on this long — and what the rest of us can learn from the families who finally stopped. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #NickReiner #RobReiner #RobReinerMurder #NickReinerTrial #ReinerfamilyMurder #JakeRomyReiner #NickReinerDefense #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #MicheleReiner

    21 min
  5. Kouri Richins: The Pattern Behind the Murder Charge

    6H AGO

    Kouri Richins: The Pattern Behind the Murder Charge

    Most coverage of the Kouri Richins trial focuses on the night Eric died. This episode focuses on everything that came before it — and everyone who was allegedly in the way. Trial testimony has produced something more damning than any single piece of forensic evidence: a map of every person prosecutors say Kouri Richins used and what happened to them when they were no longer useful. A husband secretly trying to leave. A best friend who lost her life savings. A boyfriend leveraged for labor and love. A housekeeper turned immunity witness. A family that spent over $100,000 just to force the investigation forward. The forensic accountant's testimony put a number on it: $7.5 million in debt, negative $1.6 million net worth, a real estate business she described under oath as "imploding." According to prosecutors, the people in Kouri's life weren't relationships — they were infrastructure. And when the infrastructure stopped working, they got replaced or exposed. This is the Hidden Killers breakdown of the full human cost — the one the trial record makes impossible to ignore. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #KouriRichins #EricRichins #KouriRichinsTrial #HiddenKillers #UtahMurderTrial #TrueCrime #FentanylMurder #KouriRichinsFinances #WalkTheDogLetter #MurderTrial

    31 min
  6. Kouri Richins: The Texts, the Witnesses, and What the Jury Is Holding

    8H AGO

    Kouri Richins: The Texts, the Witnesses, and What the Jury Is Holding

    The courtroom evidence in the Kouri Richins trial is one thing. What the jury is actually absorbing is another. Bob Motta and Robin Dreeke break down the specific moments and pieces of testimony that are going to follow those twelve jurors into deliberations — and why some of it is going to be nearly impossible to set aside. Two texts are at the center of this discussion. One Kouri sent to her boyfriend roughly two weeks before Eric died: "If he could just go away and you could just be here." One she sent to her friend Chelsea Barney after suspicions arose: "If I die, Eric did it." This panel examines what those texts do to a jury psychologically — and whether any amount of context argument can neutralize them. Also on the table: the retreat journal Kouri wrote about herself in third person, describing a marriage that exhausted her and a life that kept falling apart. The defense put the whole document in front of the jury. What were they hoping it would do — and did it? Plus the Celebration of Life the night after Eric died, where witnesses described the scene as completely normal, and Kouri reportedly tried to open his safe. What does "normal" behavior actually tell a jury in a case like this? Kouri Richins has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #KouriRichins #KouriRichinsTrial #EricRichins #KouriRichinsTexts #UtahMurderTrial #FentanylMurder #TrueCrime2026 #HiddenKillers #KouriRichinsJury #MurderTrial2026

    22 min
  7. Kouri Richins: What the Defense Strategy Is Really Telling Us

    10H AGO

    Kouri Richins: What the Defense Strategy Is Really Telling Us

    Two mistrial motions. Forty prosecution witnesses. A case built entirely on circumstantial evidence. The defense in the Kouri Richins murder trial hasn't shown their full hand yet — but the moves they've already made are saying a lot. Bob Motta and Robin Dreeke step into the panel to break down the defense's strategy from the ground up. Why file mistrial motions in the middle of the prosecution's case? What does fighting for the full retreat journal — not the redacted version — tell us about where the defense thinks their best argument lives? And in a case where the prosecution's own immunity witnesses came in with credibility problems, is that a gift to the defense or a trap? Carmen Lauber was meth-positive when she testified. Robert Crozier signed a sworn affidavit saying the drugs were OxyContin — then reversed course at trial. Both are central to the prosecution's chain of evidence. This panel goes deep on what happens to a circumstantial case when the witnesses anchoring the means evidence are this compromised — and whether the defense can actually capitalize on it. Kouri Richins has pleaded not guilty to the alleged fentanyl poisoning of her husband Eric Richins. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #KouriRichins #KouriRichinsTrial #EricRichins #KouriRichinsDefense #UtahMurderTrial #FentanylMurder #TrueCrime2026 #HiddenKillers #MurderTrial2026 #CarmenLauber

    27 min
  8. Toxic Therapist: How Jodi Hildebrandt Used Coercive Control on Ruby Franke's Family

    20H AGO

    Toxic Therapist: How Jodi Hildebrandt Used Coercive Control on Ruby Franke's Family

    In 2009, Jodi Hildebrandt's niece went to police alleging abuse. Tied up. Duct taped. Forced to sleep outside. The allegations went nowhere. Fourteen years later, Ruby Franke's children were found bound and starving in Jodi's house. By then, Jodi had spent nearly two decades destroying families through a "life coaching" business that former clients describe as cult-like. Part 2 of "The Good Mother" examines how helpers become captors — and what happens when someone you love falls under influence you can't reach. Jodi built ConneXions Classroom for Mormon families seeking guidance. The methodology: daily accountability calls, labeling emotions as "addictions," shame-based correction, cutting off anyone who questioned the program. Seven former clients told NBC News she "methodically separated spouses" and destroyed marriages. Ruby met Jodi in 2019. Within two years, Jodi had moved into the Franke home, pushed out Kevin, and established herself as sole authority. Ruby stopped listening to anyone except Jodi. Her family tried to intervene. All were cut off. Labeled "toxic." Told they were "living in deception." Coercive control doesn't require physical force. It requires isolation, dependency, and a framework that makes the victim believe everyone else is the enemy. After arrest, separated from Jodi for the first time in years, Ruby reflected in a jail call: "Being gone and not hearing her has cleared a lot of things up for me." Jodi showed no such reflection. She reportedly continues recruiting vulnerable people from prison. This episode examines the psychology of coercive control, the warning signs, and why people who see it can't always stop it. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #JodiHildebrandt #RubyFranke #CoerciveControl #ToxicTherapist #ConneXions #CultTactics #8Passengers #CultPsychology #MindControl #TrueCrime

    17 min
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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 psychologists, and legal analysts. Whether it's the latest developments in cases like Bryan Kohberger and Lori Vallow or deep dives into cold cases and unsolved mysteries, we uncover the hidden truths behind the crimes that captivate the world. If you’re obsessed with true crime, forensic psychology, and legal drama, subscribe now to Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski on Apple Podcasts. 🎧 New episodes multiple times a day—stay ahead of the latest crime stories. Join our SubStack: https://HiddenKillers.SubStack.com 📺Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod 📷Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ 💻Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ ⏰Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod/ Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

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