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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. Nancy Guthrie's Abductor Put It In Writing — So Why Is No One Charged?

    5h ago

    Nancy Guthrie's Abductor Put It In Writing — So Why Is No One Charged?

    Everything in the Nancy Guthrie case, in one conversation — and at the center of it, a question that should bother everyone: how is there this much, and still no one in custody? This is a legal breakdown featuring attorney Eric Faddis and retired FBI agent Robin Dreeke. Tony Brueski connects the three pieces that only make sense together. First, the note sent to a Tucson newsroom that didn't ask for money and said something investigators guarded for months — the closest thing this case has to an admission of how it ended, and possibly the spine of a no-body homicide charge. Tony explains how a prosecutor proves a death with no remains, and why felony-murder law could remove the need to prove intent at all. Second, the investigation meant to deliver that case. The sheriff who ran it faces a perjury referral to the state Attorney General. A reporter walked right up to the front door. Searches were stopped. DNA pointed at the wrong man. Tony breaks down how those failures become a defense attorney's roadmap, and whether they've already done damage no prosecutor can repair. Third, the people caught in the blast radius. A cleared family still called guilty. An innocent schoolteacher named online as the figure at Nancy's door, with strangers showing up at his home. The sheriff told him to sue — and nobody, to this day, has filed a thing. Tony lays out who actually has a defamation case, why the math so often keeps these claims out of court, and where the online crowd crosses into conduct a prosecutor can charge. A confession on paper, an investigation in question, and a string of innocent people paying for it. This is the full shape of the Nancy Guthrie case. Listen to the complete breakdown. 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=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 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: #NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #NoBodyHomicide #Perjury #Defamation #Tucson #PimaCounty #FelonyMurder

    54 min
  3. Nancy Guthrie: The Ransom Note Asked for $70K — The Reward Is $1.2 Million

    7h ago

    Nancy Guthrie: The Ransom Note Asked for $70K — The Reward Is $1.2 Million

    The ransom notes in the Nancy Guthrie case demanded one Bitcoin, worth roughly seventy thousand dollars at the time. The reward for information about Nancy’s disappearance stands at 1.2 million dollars. If you actually know where Nancy Guthrie is, you don’t demand a fraction of what you could earn legally by providing real information to the FBI. The math only makes sense if you have nothing to trade. That’s the pattern behind every ransom communication in this case. Notes sent to media outlets instead of the family. No proof of life despite the family begging for it. Deadlines that pass without consequence. Derrick Callella was arrested within 24 hours of sending fake ransom texts — he used a VOIP app linked to his own email, texted the family from his California home, and admitted he had no connection to the case. One anonymous sender told TMZ Nancy was dead in one message, then claimed she was alive in Mexico in the next. Same sender. Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer called it a campaign of terror and said the senders are chasing a single Bitcoin because they’re lying about having real information. Tony Brueski walks through the evidence and the emotional weight of a theory that feeds on hope. 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=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 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:#NancyGuthrie #NancyGuthrieUpdate #HiddenKillers #FindingNancy #TrueCrime #GuthrieCase #NancyGuthrieRansom #TrueCrimePodcast #SavannahGuthrie #TucsonCrime

    15 min
  4. Nancy Guthrie: Who Strangers Decided Was The Man At Her Door

    9h ago

    Nancy Guthrie: Who Strangers Decided Was The Man At Her Door

    For everyone following the Nancy Guthrie case, here's a thread that's gone mostly unexamined: the legal reckoning that may be coming — not for whoever took her, but for the people who turned her family and total strangers into suspects. Joining this legal breakdown are former prosecutor Eric Faddis and retired FBI agent Robin Dreeke. Tony Brueski lays out those roads. Nancy's relatives were cleared early on. Even so, online sleuths zeroed in on a local schoolteacher with no connection to the crime, decided he was the masked figure at her door, and showed up at his home. The sheriff told him plainly to get a lawyer and sue for libel. So why hasn't he — and why hasn't the family? Tony breaks down what a defamation case actually demands, why a private citizen falsely tied to a violent abduction may have a stronger claim than Savannah Guthrie, who as a public figure faces a far higher bar, and why so many of these cases die before they're ever filed. The blunt reality: the loudest accusers are often anonymous and broke, and you can win a lawsuit against them and walk away with nothing. Tony also traces the criminal line — the streamers already arrested outside Nancy's home — and where covering a case from a public street turns into something chargeable. And he sits with the hardest part of it: an innocent man whose name got attached to a violent crime, and a legal system that may not offer him any real way to clean it. This is the human cost of a case the whole country adopted. The people paying it never signed up. The full conversation is inside. 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=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 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: #NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #Defamation #Libel #OnlineSleuths #Tucson #PimaCounty #FalseAccusation

    16 min
  5. Nancy Guthrie: Is Savannah Done Looking for Her Mom?

    11h ago

    Nancy Guthrie: Is Savannah Done Looking for Her Mom?

    The internet thinks so. Savannah Guthrie went back to work. She sat at the desk. She did the job. And the people watching from the other side of their screens decided that was evidence. Evidence that she’d stopped caring. Evidence that she’d moved on. Evidence that the smile she wore to work meant her mother’s disappearance had become background noise. Here’s what the smile actually meant. Savannah told Hoda Kotb: “My joy will be my protest.” She said her mother would’ve told her the same thing she always told her: “Honey, just keep going.” She goes to work every morning knowing NBC has a code word ready — the word that means her mother’s case just broke. She sits at that desk not knowing if today is the day someone walks over and says it. And she chooses to show up anyway. That’s not moving on. That’s survival. But the critics had their version and they weren’t giving it up. She took leave — she was hiding. She came back — too soon. She cried — rehearsed. She smiled — doesn’t care. Her sister Annie had dinner with Nancy the night before she disappeared and that one ordinary evening became the entire prosecution. Law enforcement increased patrols around Annie’s home — not because of a suspect, but because the audience got loud enough to be dangerous. The Pima County Sheriff cleared every Guthrie family member. Publicly. “To suggest otherwise is not only wrong, it is cruel.” The internet kept suggesting. Not one person who accused this family retracted a word after the clearance. Not one person who graded Savannah’s grief ever called the FBI tip line. They just posted. Tony Brueski holds the mirror up. 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 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.#NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #HiddenKillers #GuthrieFamily #TrueCrime #NancyGuthrieMissing #InternetCulture #GriefShaming #TucsonArizona #TrueCrimeToday

    19 min
  6. Nancy Guthrie's Lead Investigator Got Referred For WHAT?!

    15h ago

    Nancy Guthrie's Lead Investigator Got Referred For WHAT?!

    Long before anyone has been charged in the Nancy Guthrie case, the investigation into her disappearance has built a defense attorney's opening argument for them. Joining this legal breakdown are former prosecutor Eric Faddis and retired FBI agent Robin Dreeke. Tony Brueski takes the other side of the table. Start with the man who ran it: the sheriff leading the search testified under oath that he'd never been suspended as a law enforcement officer, and then records emerged suggesting otherwise — enough that his own Board of Supervisors voted to refer possible perjury to the state Attorney General. Tony breaks down what a defense lawyer does with a lead official whose own honesty is now a question for prosecutors. From there it compounds. A crime scene loose enough that a reporter strolled to the front door. Cadaver-dog searches stopped. A DNA result that pointed at the wrong man entirely. A turf war between the local department and the FBI over who controlled the evidence and where it got tested. Each one, on its own, is survivable. Stacked together, they become a theme — and themes are what juries remember. This is a hard conversation about a hard truth: the goal of an investigation isn't just to find who did it, it's to build something that survives a courtroom. Tony lays out where this one may have already failed that test, which problems get evidence thrown out before trial, which ones simply hand a jury a reason to doubt, and what it could all mean for whoever eventually stands accused. Guilty or innocent, everyone gets the same Constitution. This is what that looks like in practice. Listen to the full episode. 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=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 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: #NancyGuthrie #ChrisNanos #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #PimaCounty #Perjury #CriminalDefense #ReasonableDoubt #Tucson #SavannahGuthrie

    21 min
  7. Nancy Guthrie: The Second Note Wasn't A Ransom Demand

    17h ago

    Nancy Guthrie: The Second Note Wasn't A Ransom Demand

    Nancy Guthrie has been declared legally dead. No one has found her. For the people trying to hold someone responsible for what happened inside her Tucson home, that creates a problem most people assume is fatal to a case — and it isn't. This is a legal breakdown featuring attorney Eric Faddis and retired FBI agent Robin Dreeke. Tony Brueski lays out how a prosecutor actually builds a homicide case with no body, no named suspect, and a pile of circumstantial evidence. Blood confirmed to be hers on the porch. A pacemaker that went dark in the middle of the night. A masked figure caught reaching for the camera. A backpack you can only buy in one store. None of it, on its own, names anyone. Together, it might be enough. Then there's the note — the one mailed to a local newsroom that didn't ask for money and instead said something investigators took seriously enough to keep quiet for months. What that note appears to admit may be the closest thing this case has to a confession, and how a prosecutor uses it could decide everything. This is a clear-eyed look at the machinery that grinds behind a high-profile disappearance: the grand jury, the sealed warrants, the lab work that can't be rushed, and the legal theory that could let the state win without ever proving anyone meant for an 84-year-old woman to die. Tony also gets into why the silence the public reads as failure can be exactly what a careful prosecution looks like from the inside. The question isn't whether this case is hard. It's whether hard is the same as impossible. Listen to the full breakdown. 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=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 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: #NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #NoBodyHomicide #FelonyMurder #Tucson #PimaCounty #RansomNote #ColdCase

    17 min
  8. Alex Murdaugh’s Key SLED Witness Just Got Fired

    1d ago

    Alex Murdaugh’s Key SLED Witness Just Got Fired

    Ryan Kelly left SLED after more than a decade and took a job running internal affairs at the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office. He was the person responsible for investigating misconduct allegations against other officers. On June 8, 2026, the sheriff fired him for harassment, unbecoming conduct, and improper procedures. The man who policed the police could not survive scrutiny of his own conduct.At SLED, Kelly was the lead investigator on Alex Murdaugh’s staged roadside shooting — the September 2021 incident prosecutors used at trial to argue Murdaugh had a pattern of deception following the murders of his wife Maggie and son Paul. Kelly testified as one of the prosecution’s final witnesses, walking the jury through how Murdaugh arranged for Curtis Smith to shoot him so Buster could collect on a life insurance policy.Kelly’s termination adds to a growing credibility problem for the original prosecution. SLED’s lead murder investigator, David Owen, admitted at trial that he gave inaccurate testimony to the grand jury about blood evidence. Court clerk Becky Hill pleaded guilty to perjury and obstruction of justice. The South Carolina Supreme Court overturned Murdaugh’s convictions and ordered a new trial. The first retrial hearing is June 29.Defense attorney Dick Harpootlian told the Post and Courier his team needs to investigate developments that have happened since the original trial. Every name that falls from the prosecution’s witness list weakens the foundation the state built the first time around. Maggie and Paul Murdaugh deserve a case that holds up. Whether this prosecution can deliver one is the question heading into the courtroom. 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:#AlexMurdaugh #RyanKelly #HiddenKillers #MurdaughRetrial #SLED #TrueCrime #SouthCarolina #DickHarpootlian #MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

    21 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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