The Case Against Kouri Richins

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Welcome to 'The Case Against Kouri Richins,' your in-depth source for understanding the harrowing and complex tale surrounding the alleged 'Moscow Mule Killer.' This podcast dives into the labyrinth of legal, personal, and psychological elements of a case that has gripped the nation. Each episode, we meticulously unravel the chilling series of events, from the alleged poisoning attempts to the assault on a family member, from the mystery of multiple life insurance policies to the surprising discovery of a changed will. Through interviews, legal documents, and expert commentary, we shed light on the tragedy that befell the Richins family, attempting to answer the crucial question – is Kouri Richins truly guilty? Tune in as we delve into the darkness of deception, betrayal, and murder. 'The Case Against Kouri Richins' – where truth is stranger than fiction

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  1. Jan 22

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  2. 2d ago

    Kouri Richins Got WHAT From the Sheriff Indictments?!

    Kouri Richins is serving life without parole, yet the next fight over her murder conviction reaches beyond her own defense team. Two sheriffs have been indicted on allegations of interfering with the prosecution. Her lawyers pointed to the related investigation when they sought to delay a ruling on a new trial. In September, Richins filed a sealed motion seeking a pause. She argued that an ongoing obstruction inquiry could shed light on whether her trial had been fair. Prosecutor Brad Bloodworth disputed the connection, saying the later filing introduced alleged problems in a closed pretrial hearing even though the existing new-trial argument had challenged the judge’s treatment of the defense at trial.  At the center of the related inquiry is Eric Mainord, a detective who investigated the death of Eric Richins. An anonymous letter containing allegations about Mainord reached prosecutors weeks before Kouri’s trial. Accounts drawn from search warrant affidavits describe an alleged effort to damage Mainord’s candidacy against Wasatch County Sheriff Jared Rigby. Investigators also looked at a recorded jail conversation with a man prosecutors characterized as a supporter and media adviser of Kouri Richins.  Rigby and former Summit County Sheriff Dave Edmunds have pleaded not guilty to felony obstruction charges. Rigby also faces a false-statement misdemeanor charge. Their public charging documents were redacted as a judge prepared to consider releasing them on November 4. None of those charges is itself a finding that Richins received an unfair trial.  Richins was convicted of Eric’s murder and related offenses in March 2026. Her bid to pause the new-trial case was denied and withdrawn. Tony Brueski examines the unusual path from an election-season letter to a convicted murderer’s courtroom strategy, and what the defense still has to prove to get a new trial.  Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292 Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1 Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod  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 #KouriRichinsCase #JaredRigby #DaveEdmunds #EricMainord #RichinsTrial #UtahNews #TrueCrime #ObstructionOfJustice

    Kouri Richins Got WHAT From the Sheriff Indictments?!

  3. Oct 13

    Prosecutors Say Kouri Richins' Trial Was a Bargaining Chip for What

    Kouri Richins' own marketing manager told her on a recorded jail call that he was helping a sheriff's reelection campaign because the lead detective on her case had 'helped create this problem' for her. That call sits inside the obstruction case that produced indictments against two Utah sheriffs, unsealed October 7, and it complicates the story her lawyers want to tell. Wasatch County Sheriff Jared Rigby and former Summit County Sheriff Dave Edmunds pleaded not guilty to obstructing justice in State v. Kouri Richins. Investigators allege Rigby tried to force Detective Eric Mainord out of the sheriff's race by circulating thirteen allegations about him, allegations that would have forced prosecutors to disclose them and weakened Mainord as a witness against Kouri. The envelope, the anonymous letter that Rigby's lawyer says the charges accuse him of sending, the records request in Edmunds' name: all of it is in sworn affidavits and court filings, none of it is proven. Greg Hall met with Rigby for twenty minutes in January and says he offered campaign help for free. Prosecutors seized his phone on day seven of the trial to learn whether he helped use the allegations to hinder it. He has not been charged. Mainord was dropped from the state's witness list, never testified, and appeared only on a video the jury watched of his interview with Carmen Lauber. Kouri's lawyers argue the sheriffs' case supports a new trial whether the allegations are true or false. Prosecutors answer that the witness never testified and the judge screened the material before trial. Her last filing is due October 16, and a November 4 hearing decides whether the blacked-out indictments become public. Tony Brueski weighs whether any of this can touch a conviction built on fentanyl toxicology, a housekeeper's testimony, and a forged insurance policy. Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292 Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1 Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod 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 #JaredRigby #HiddenKillers #EricRichins #DaveEdmunds #EricMainord #SummitCounty #WasatchCounty #TrueCrime #ObstructionOfJustice

    Prosecutors Say Kouri Richins' Trial Was a Bargaining Chip for What

  4. Oct 5

    Kouri Richins' Ally Said WHAT About The Detective?!

    A recorded jail call connects the pieces of Kouri Richins’ latest post-conviction move — and the trail leads back to someone who sat in her corner at sentencing. Prosecutors are calling her sealed court filing ‘a misleading pretext,’ and the investigation she’s trying to use as ammunition may involve her own associate. Kouri Richins was convicted of aggravated murder for poisoning her husband Eric with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl. She attempted it first on Valentine’s Day with a fentanyl-laced sandwich. Two weeks later, she mixed it into a cocktail. Eric didn’t survive. The jury found her guilty on every count, and she’s now serving life without parole. After conviction, Kouri’s defense filed a motion for a new trial, arguing the judge was biased. When a different judge rejected the bid to disqualify him, the defense owed prosecutors a response on the new trial motion itself. Instead, they filed a sealed motion to pause everything — citing an ongoing obstruction investigation into a local sheriff who allegedly tried to use anonymous allegations against the detective who helped build the murder case. Prosecutors responded publicly. What they revealed: the sealed motion introduces completely new judicial bias claims that have nothing to do with the original new trial arguments. The new claims involve a closed pre-trial hearing — not the conduct the jury saw. Greg Hall — the man prosecutors describe as Kouri’s admirer and media advisor — spoke at her sentencing and told the court she volunteered at soup kitchens. On a recorded jail call, Hall said he helped the sheriff’s reelection campaign ‘primarily because Mr. Mainord helped create this problem with Ms. Richins by investigating her.’ The detective Hall targeted never testified at Kouri’s trial. His credibility was never before the jury. Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292 Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1 Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod 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 #HiddenKillers #truecrime #MisleadingPretext #SealedMotion #fentanyl #ParkCity #lifewithoutparole #postconviction

    Kouri Richins' Ally Said WHAT About The Detective?!

  5. Sep 3

    Kouri Richins Heard WHAT From The Judge?!

    Kouri Richins appeared by video from the Utah State Prison on August 28. A judge told her she owes $1,369,581 — every dollar she collected from her husband’s life insurance policies after poisoning him with fentanyl. Her attorney didn’t challenge the number. The judge sent the balance straight to the state’s debt collection office. The money is already gone. The prosecution’s forensic accountant testified that Kouri spent $1.35 million within three months of receiving it. She had $7.5 million in debt, $80,000 a month in lender payments, and four payday lenders collecting daily. By September 2022, she had $800 to her name. She was declared too poor to hire attorneys. Summit County taxpayers paid for her defense. Prison wages in Utah cap at $1.75 an hour. Working full time at that rate, she could pay off the restitution in about 376 years. And the restitution is only part of what’s ahead. Twenty-six fraud charges are pending in a separate case — prosecutors allege she ran a years-long scheme involving forged documents, laundered money, and a best friend who lost $45,000 and her home. October 9 is the next court date. This episode explains what the restitution order means, where the money actually went, and what the fraud trial is designed to prove about who Kouri Richins was long before the night Eric Richins died.Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292 Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1 Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod 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 #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #Restitution #MurderConviction #SummitCountyUtah #TrueCrimePodcast #JusticeForEric #LifeWithoutParole

    Kouri Richins Heard WHAT From The Judge?!

  6. Aug 6

    Kouri Richins’ Best Friend Didn’t Know THIS

    Everyone knows Kouri Richins poisoned her husband. The jury said so in three hours. She’s serving life without parole. But the murder conviction is one case. The fraud is another. And the fraud case tells a story the murder trial couldn’t fully tell on its own — the story of who Kouri Richins was to every person she touched, not just Eric. Twenty-six felony charges are pending against her in a separate filing in Summit County. Prosecutors allege she secretly drained a quarter million dollars from Eric’s premarital home through a power of attorney he didn’t know she’d used. She allegedly built a house-flipping business on that stolen money, forged his bank documents to secure more loans, and wrote herself bad checks to keep the accounts looking clean. By the end of 2021, according to charging documents, her business owed more than twenty-five lenders and was burning through debt faster than it could generate revenue. Then came the moment that reveals more about Kouri Richins than any verdict can. According to prosecutors, she signed a rent-to-own agreement with her closest friend, collected forty-five thousand dollars as a down payment, spent every dollar on her own debts, and let the friend’s family get evicted when the lender foreclosed. That was January 2022. Two months before Eric was dead. This episode goes charge by charge through the financial operation prosecutors say was running beneath the surface of Kouri Richins’ life — the prenuptial clause, the trust Eric secretly built to protect his sons, and the debt spiral that led to the night he didn’t wake up. END_LINKS: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/TrueCrimePod Disclaimer: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. Hashtags:#KouriRichins #EricRichins #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #FraudCharges #MurderConviction #SummitCountyUtah #TrueCrimePodcast #JusticeForEric #LifeWithoutParole

    Kouri Richins’ Best Friend Didn’t Know THIS

  7. Jul 28

    What Kouri Richins' Lawyers Filed To Overturn Her Conviction

    Kouri Richins wants a new trial. She was convicted of aggravated murder, attempted murder, insurance fraud, and forgery in the fentanyl poisoning of her husband Eric Richins. She was sentenced to life without parole on what would have been Eric's forty-fourth birthday. Her three sons asked the court to keep them safe from her. And seven weeks later, her attorneys filed a fourteen-page motion claiming the judge and the prosecution denied her a fair trial. Tony Brueski goes through the entire filing. The defense says Judge Mrazik acted as "a second adversary." They say prosecutors violated pretrial guardrails on financial evidence. They compare the case to Alex Murdaugh's overturned conviction in South Carolina. The episode shows why that comparison fails — the Murdaugh ruling rested on jury tampering by a court officer that has no parallel in the Richins case. The judge has stepped aside from ruling on the motion. A new judge will decide whether the conviction stands. The episode covers what that means, what happens next, and what the motion reveals about who Kouri Richins actually is when the system doesn't give her the answer she wants. Inside: the three prongs of the filing, the financial evidence the defense calls prejudicial and the prosecution calls the murder's motive, the text Kouri sent an admirer after the guilty verdict, the courtroom footage from sentencing day, her forty-five-minute speech, and the twenty-six financial felonies pending in a separate case. Eric's sons used her first name in their statements. One said what she did was "very sick." Another said he would never feel safe if she were free. 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 #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #KouriRichinsNewTrial #JusticeForEric #NewTrialMotion #ParkCityUtah #AlexMurdaugh #LifeWithoutParole

    What Kouri Richins' Lawyers Filed To Overturn Her Conviction

  8. Jul 12

    Why Did Kouri Richins Roll Her Eyes As Her Children Described Their Fear?

    Kouri Richins sat in a courtroom while her own children — all under fourteen — described locked doors, threats against their pets, and a mother they no longer call "mom." Every one of them asked the judge to put her away forever. And Kouri rolled her eyes. This look back, with psychotherapist Shavaun Scott, sits with what those reactions revealed. The judge had asked for no outward reactions. She couldn't hold it for four minutes. As Eric's sister Amy described having urged her brother to leave the marriage, Kouri mouthed "what?" to her lawyers and made faces. As her own family stood to call her a good person, the tears came — reserved, it seemed, entirely for herself. Scott reads each reaction: what the contempt means, what the eye-rolling reveals, and what it tells us when a mother's response to her children's fear looks indistinguishable from her response to a minor annoyance. Then the boys' words, read by their counselors. The youngest said hearing her name makes him feel "hateful and ashamed." The oldest, just nine when his father died, wants her locked away because he's afraid she'll come for them. The middle son, prosecutors said, was a material witness whose account of that night contradicted hers. And through all of it, the woman convicted of poisoning their father looked annoyed. We revisit where the case stood at the time of our reporting, with Scott's analysis framed as professional insight into behavior rather than a clinical diagnosis. This is what it looks like when someone reveals themselves without saying a word. 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 #ShavaunScott #RichinsSentencing #VictimImpact #UtahMurder #TrueCrime #BehavioralAnalysis #ParkCity #TheRichinsCase

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Welcome to 'The Case Against Kouri Richins,' your in-depth source for understanding the harrowing and complex tale surrounding the alleged 'Moscow Mule Killer.' This podcast dives into the labyrinth of legal, personal, and psychological elements of a case that has gripped the nation. Each episode, we meticulously unravel the chilling series of events, from the alleged poisoning attempts to the assault on a family member, from the mystery of multiple life insurance policies to the surprising discovery of a changed will. Through interviews, legal documents, and expert commentary, we shed light on the tragedy that befell the Richins family, attempting to answer the crucial question – is Kouri Richins truly guilty? Tune in as we delve into the darkness of deception, betrayal, and murder. 'The Case Against Kouri Richins' – where truth is stranger than fiction

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