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Delphi Murders: Richard Allen & The Search For The Truth

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Injustice isn’t just a possibility—it’s a reality. Delphi Murders: Richard Allen & The Search For The Truth dives deep into the shocking failures of the investigation into the brutal murders of Abby Williams and Liberty German. Hosted by Tony Brueski, this podcast unpacks the glaring inconsistencies, the ignored evidence, and the disturbing judicial process that led to the conviction of a man who may very well be innocent. Why did investigators shift focus away from Ron Logan, the man whose property was the crime scene? Why was Richard Allen, with no direct physical evidence linking him to the crime, put on trial in what many are calling a sham? And how did law enforcement and prosecutors seemingly manipulate the narrative to fit a conclusion they needed rather than the truth? We explore every angle, every lead that was dismissed, and every questionable move made by those in charge. Featuring exclusive interviews, expert analysis, and in-depth reporting, Delphi Murders: Richard Allen & The Search For The Truth is dedicated to uncovering what really happened—and holding those responsible accountable. If you believe in justice, if you believe in truth, then you need to listen.

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    1 min
  2. Delphi Murders: Richard Allen — Everything Wrong With Indiana's Response

    1D AGO

    Delphi Murders: Richard Allen — Everything Wrong With Indiana's Response

    You've been inside these documents. You know the warrant. You know the confessions. You know what the jury never heard. Now the State has filed their formal answer to the appeal — and we're going through every argument they make, and every argument they avoid, in this complete three-part panel with defense attorney Bob Motta. The frame: 94 pages from the Indiana Attorney General calling this conviction "conclusive and irrefutable." Not one of those pages addresses the documented fact from the defense's brief that Allen told his psychiatrist he shot the girls. They were not shot. Session one covers the State's strategy — procedural waiver to front-load the shutdown before substance is ever reached, the coercion standard as applied to 13 months of solitary confinement, the religious conversion argument, and harmless error as a universal cover for every ruling that went against the defense. Session two covers the two factual problems. The van — surveillance footage and FBI cell phone data suggesting it arrived after Libby German's phone stopped registering movement, met in the State's brief by a procedural objection to the paperwork rather than a dispute of the data. And the wrong cause of death — documented, in the record, and answered by the State with complete silence across 94 pages. Session three covers what happens now — the reply brief, oral arguments, what partial reversal means in practical terms, what this does to the families of Abby and Libby, and what the five percent reversal rate actually tells us about a case with these specific constitutional questions in front of these specific judges. For anyone who has been tracking every development in this case — this is the full analytical picture. 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. #RichardAllen #DelphiMurders #DelphiAppeal #AbbyAndLibby #LibbyGerman #AbbyWilliams #MononHighBridge #WrongfulConviction #BridgeGuy #DelphiCase

    1h 3m
  3. Delphi: Richard Allen — The Road Ahead and What's Really at Stake

    1D AGO

    Delphi: Richard Allen — The Road Ahead and What's Really at Stake

    The State has filed their response. The defense gets a reply. Three appellate judges will evaluate whether this conviction can stand. In this final session of our three-part panel, defense attorney Bob Motta goes forward. Not backward through the evidence — forward through the process. What does the reply brief need to land on to give the Court of Appeals a reason to move? Where did the State leave the most daylight? What does oral argument change when you have a case this factually complicated and this constitutionally dense? We get into what reversal actually looks like — not the single dramatic moment people picture, but the range of outcomes the court can reach. Error found on one issue. Specific proceedings on remand. Narrow reversal versus full retrial. Bob maps all of it in plain terms. We also go into the harder questions. What does this mean for the families of Abby Williams and Libby German, who were told a verdict was finality? What does the five percent reversal rate on direct appeal actually tell us about this case — and what does it miss about what the defense is specifically arguing? Richard Allen is in a prison in Oklahoma right now. The reply brief is coming. Three judges are going to decide whether what happened in Carroll County met the constitutional standard. For anyone who has been inside these documents — who knows what was excluded, what was muted, what was never put in front of that jury — this conversation is about whether that standard was actually met. 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. #RichardAllen #DelphiMurders #DelphiAppeal #AbbyAndLibby #LibbyGerman #AbbyWilliams #IndianaCourtOfAppeals #WrongfulConviction #MononHighBridge #DelphiCase

    17 min
  4. Delphi Murders: Richard Allen — The Detail That Breaks the State's Case

    1D AGO

    Delphi Murders: Richard Allen — The Detail That Breaks the State's Case

    You know the van timeline. You know the cause of death discrepancy. Now get the legal analysis. The prosecution's most important argument was that Richard Allen's confession contained something only the killer could know — that he saw a van drive past during the attack on Abby Williams and Libby German. They traced it to a real neighbor. They called it corroboration. They called it proof the confession was genuine, not psychotic. According to the defense's brief, surveillance footage shows that van arriving significantly after Libby German's phone stopped registering movement at 2:32 pm. FBI cell phone data points to an even later arrival. The State's response to the appeal doesn't dispute the footage or the data. Their answer is that the defense's paperwork wasn't filed with the correct evidentiary foundation at trial. If you've been inside these documents, you understand exactly what that means — and what it doesn't say. And the State says nothing — zero — about the documented fact in the defense's brief that Allen told his psychiatrist he shot the girls. They were not shot. Defense attorney Bob Motta goes through both of these problems with the precision they deserve. The legal implications of a wrong cause of death in a confession. The evidentiary significance of a timeline that doesn't match the State's witness. Dr. Wala's credibility after admitting she may have been wrong and destroying her notes. And what it means for an appellate court evaluating a conviction with no DNA, no murder weapon, and no direct eyewitness identification of the defendant specifically. This is the detail-level breakdown the Delphi case deserves. 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. #RichardAllen #DelphiMurders #DelphiAppeal #AbbyAndLibby #LibbyGerman #AbbyWilliams #FalseConfession #VanTimeline #MononHighBridge #WrongfulConviction

    25 min
  5. Delphi Murders: Richard Allen — What the State's Brief Won't Touch

    1D AGO

    Delphi Murders: Richard Allen — What the State's Brief Won't Touch

    You've read the headlines on the State's response brief. Here's what they actually mean. The Indiana Attorney General filed 94 pages telling the Court of Appeals that Richard Allen's conviction is solid and the trial was fair. The brief calls the evidence "conclusive and irrefutable." It leans on procedural waiver to shut down most of the appeal before the court ever has to evaluate the substance. It describes Allen's solitary confinement conditions as something less than the coercion standard requires. It offers his religious conversion as the explanation for the confessions. And it attaches "harmless error" to every evidentiary ruling that went against the defense. What it never does — across all 94 pages — is address the documented fact from the defense's brief that Allen told his psychiatrist he shot the girls. They were not shot. Defense attorney Bob Motta goes through the State's strategy argument by argument in this session — what Indiana is hoping the Court of Appeals accepts, where the brief is strongest, where it's thinnest, and what the decision to stay silent on the wrong cause of death tells you about how the AG's office actually views the vulnerability of this case on appeal. If you've been inside these documents, this conversation gives you the analytical framework to understand what the appellate court is actually going to weigh. 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. #RichardAllen #DelphiMurders #DelphiAppeal #AbbyAndLibby #LibbyGerman #AbbyWilliams #MononHighBridge #WrongfulConviction #BridgeGuy #DelphiCase

    21 min
  6. Richard Allen Delphi Appeal: The State's Response Has a Problem

    2D AGO

    Richard Allen Delphi Appeal: The State's Response Has a Problem

    You've been following every development in the Richard Allen appeal. This is the one you've been waiting for. Indiana's Attorney General just filed the State's formal response brief — their full argument for why Allen's 130-year conviction should stand without any intervention from the Court of Appeals. They call the evidence "conclusive and irrefutable." They say the trial was fair. They say the confessions were voluntary. They say everything the jury never heard was properly kept from them. We go through every major argument. And we show you the cracks. The one the State never answers: according to the defense's brief, Richard Allen told his prison psychiatrist that he shot the girls. Abby and Libby were not shot. They were killed with a blade. The State's response is silent on this. Ninety-four pages, and not one addresses why the man they say was confessing from memory got the cause of death wrong. We also walk through the van timeline in detail — the surveillance footage and FBI data the defense obtained showing Brad Weber's van arriving significantly later than his testimony suggested, and the State's answer that the paperwork wasn't filed correctly, not that the data is wrong. The sketch Betsy Blair rated a perfect ten that the jury never saw. The bullet methodology that, according to trial testimony, initially came back without a match. The 15 prison videos played muted at trial. And we break down what "harmless error" actually means in this context — and whether the State is using it as a legal doctrine or a way to avoid harder questions. The defense reply brief is coming. This appeal is not over. This episode is essential. 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. #RichardAllen #DelphiMurders #DelphiAppeal #AbbyAndLibby #LibbyGerman #AbbyWilliams #MononHighBridge #BridgeGuy #DelphiCase #WrongfulConviction

    17 min
  7. Judge Frances Gull Retires: The Delphi Rulings That Buried Richard Allen's Defense Are Now Under Appeal

    JAN 23

    Judge Frances Gull Retires: The Delphi Rulings That Buried Richard Allen's Defense Are Now Under Appeal

    The judge who controlled what the jury saw and heard in Richard Allen's trial just announced her retirement. Frances Gull will step down from the bench at the end of 2026 after nearly thirty years. Her press release talks about Drug Court, veterans, and "second chances." It says nothing about Delphi. Nothing about Abby and Libby. Nothing about Richard Allen. But the 113-page appellant's brief filed last month says plenty. According to the defense, Gull excluded Betsy Blair's composite sketch—the one where Bridge Guy is described as young, in his twenties, with poofy brown hair. Allen was 44 with short hair. The jury never saw it. She excluded William Tobin, a forensic expert with nearly 300 cases who could have challenged the bullet methodology the State relied on. She made the defense mute the audio on videos showing Allen screaming, delusional, and psychotic in solitary confinement. The jury saw strange behavior but never heard the context. She excluded Dawn Perlmutter's testimony explaining the crime scene as a possible ritual killing—even though law enforcement investigated that theory from day one. She excluded all evidence of Brad Holder and Patrick Westfall, alternative suspects with documented ties to pagan rituals and the victim herself. She excluded evidence that police recorded over interviews and ignored tips. But she admitted a Google search conducted during trial to rehabilitate the prosecution's timeline. Now she's walking away. The appeals court will decide if what she built can stand. #JudgeGull #FrancesGull #Delphi #DelphiMurders #RichardAllen #AbbyAndLibby #LibbyGerman #AbbyWilliams #DelphiTrial #DelphiIndiana 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/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872 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.

    31 min
  8. Richard Allen's Confessions EXPOSED: Wrong Details, Psychotic Episodes, and What the Jury Never Heard

    JAN 6

    Richard Allen's Confessions EXPOSED: Wrong Details, Psychotic Episodes, and What the Jury Never Heard

    The state's case against Richard Allen came down to his confessions. Without them, there's no eyewitness identification, no DNA, and a bullet "match" that even the state's own expert admitted is subjective. The confessions were everything.So let's talk about what those confessions actually looked like.According to the Appellant's Brief filed in December 2025, Richard Allen confessed while declared "gravely disabled" by Indiana's own doctors. He confessed while smearing feces on himself. While drinking toilet water. While asking if he was dead. While claiming he'd started World War III and rambling about "old bear claw" hypnotizing him.He said he shot the girls. Abby and Libby were stabbed, not shot. He confessed to molesting his sister and daughter—both women denied it. He said a van scared him off mid-attack. According to defense evidence, that van arrived 25 minutes after the phone data suggests the attack ended. Days after confessing to the prison psychologist, he asked her if he had confessed. He couldn't remember doing it.Before five months in maximum-security solitary confinement, Allen sat through two interrogations without breaking. "I did not murder two little girls." After solitary—after losing 45 pounds, after being placed in conditions that violated Indiana's own 30-day policy for mentally ill inmates—he was eating pages from his Bible and banging his head until his face was black and blue.The jury saw videos of Allen in this state. Judge Gull ordered the audio muted. They never heard him screaming. Never heard him incoherent. The prosecution told them his confessions were "logical and organized."Today we examine every confession, every wrong detail, and what the science says about false memories formed in isolation.#DelphiMurders #RichardAllen #DelphiAppeal #AbbyAndLibby #JudgeGull #FalseConfession #DelphiCase #LibbyGerman #AbbyWilliams #DelphiTrialJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISDOES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen 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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Injustice isn’t just a possibility—it’s a reality. Delphi Murders: Richard Allen & The Search For The Truth dives deep into the shocking failures of the investigation into the brutal murders of Abby Williams and Liberty German. Hosted by Tony Brueski, this podcast unpacks the glaring inconsistencies, the ignored evidence, and the disturbing judicial process that led to the conviction of a man who may very well be innocent. Why did investigators shift focus away from Ron Logan, the man whose property was the crime scene? Why was Richard Allen, with no direct physical evidence linking him to the crime, put on trial in what many are calling a sham? And how did law enforcement and prosecutors seemingly manipulate the narrative to fit a conclusion they needed rather than the truth? We explore every angle, every lead that was dismissed, and every questionable move made by those in charge. Featuring exclusive interviews, expert analysis, and in-depth reporting, Delphi Murders: Richard Allen & The Search For The Truth is dedicated to uncovering what really happened—and holding those responsible accountable. If you believe in justice, if you believe in truth, then you need to listen.

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