Larry Millete's Spellcaster Obsession Exposed
A man pays strangers on the internet to cast magic spells on his wife. He starts with love. He ends with requests for broken bones. He leaves a five-star review. And then — on the same day his wife vanishes — the emails stop completely.This is Episode 2 of the Larry Millete series. In it, we pull apart the most bizarre evidence trail in recent true crime: the spellcaster emails, the subliminal ...
26m Apr 14
26m
Duggar Charges Span Two States — Investigation Still Widening
Joseph Duggar's legal exposure now spans two jurisdictions with fundamentally different stakes. In Bay County, Florida, he faces two charges classified as life felonies under Florida statute — lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim under 12, and lewd and lascivious conduct by a person 18 or older. He posted bond with conditions prohibiting unsupervised contact with any minor, including his...
26m Apr 14
26m
What Nobody in the Duggar House Will Tell Kendra
The recorded jail calls between Kendra and Joseph Duggar tell two stories. The first is a mother breaking down on a Monday call — crying, saying the kids are her only priority, admitting she’s not well, barely eating, barely standing. The second is that same woman days later, her schedule packed with Duggar family visits and ATV rides and worship music, her husband sending Psalms from his cell,...
34m Apr 14
34m
IBLP's Teachings Erased the Concept of a Victim
In most systems, when someone is harmed, the question is what the perpetrator did. Inside the Institute in Basic Life Principles, the question was always what the victim did to cause it.IBLP's central teaching — the "umbrella of authority" — told families that staying under hierarchical authority meant spiritual protection. If harm came to you, it was because you stepped outside the structure, ...
24m Apr 14
24m
Nancy Guthrie Case: Nanos Faces Removal Under Oath
The legal architecture surrounding Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos is tightening on multiple fronts simultaneously — and the Nancy Guthrie investigation is at the center of the pressure. The Board of Supervisors has invoked Arizona Revised Statute 11-253 to compel sworn testimony, with Supervisor Matt Heinz stating publicly that the board would be within its legal rights to vacate the office an...
16m Apr 14
16m
Nancy Guthrie: Can a Prosecution Survive This Sheriff?
Every documented investigative failure in the Nancy Guthrie disappearance carries legal consequences that extend well beyond the search itself. The premature crime scene release, the doorbell footage declared unrecoverable by the sheriff's department and later recovered by the FBI, the evidence routing disputes between agencies, the lead sergeant who had reportedly never worked a homicide — all...
18m Apr 14
18m
Nancy Guthrie and JonBenét Ramsey: How Boulder PD Lost the Case Forever (Part 1)
The Nancy Guthrie investigation raised a question that haunts every major case in this country: were the right people in the room when it mattered most? In Tucson, a homicide sergeant with reportedly no homicide experience was dispatched to handle Nancy's disappearance. Veteran detectives were sidelined. A search plane pilot was reassigned. The people with the qualifications the moment demanded...
24m Apr 14
24m
Duggar Criminal Cases, Bateman FLDS Prosecution, and Behavioral Patterns
This episode examines three distinct but connected legal and behavioral threads. Joseph Duggar faces two felony counts in Bay County, Florida — lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim under twelve and lewd and lascivious conduct — and has pled not guilty. Both Joseph and Kendra Duggar face eight combined misdemeanor counts in Arkansas for second-degree endangering the welfare of a minor and...
1hr 2m Apr 13
1hr 2m
Larry Millete: Maya Saw It Coming and Said It
"If anything happens to me, it was Larry." Maya Millete didn't say it once. She said it to multiple people, in different settings, over the course of weeks leading up to her disappearance. That's not a woman having a bad day. That's a woman building a record.Maya Millete vanished from her Chula Vista home on January 7, 2021 — the same day she contacted a divorce attorney. She was a mother of th...
26m Apr 13
26m
Samuel Bateman FLDS Case: Federal Prosecution and Ongoing Impact
Samuel Bateman, a self-proclaimed prophet of a breakaway FLDS sect, was sentenced in December 2024 to fifty years in federal prison followed by lifetime supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit transportation of a minor for criminal sexual activity and conspiracy to commit kidnapping. According to federal prosecutors, the case involved more than twenty claimed wives, at ...
19m Apr 13
19m
Speaking Directly to Kendra Duggar: Choose Your Family
A family photo without a daughter in it can say more than a courtroom ever will. The Caldwell family — Kendra Duggar’s parents and siblings — posted their first group portrait in years, and for the first time, Kendra is nowhere in it. That silence has a message, and this episode delivers the one that goes with it. Kendra Caldwell married into the Duggar family at nineteen years old. According ...
34m Apr 13
34m
Bill Gothard: Decades of Allegations Against IBLP’s Founder
Thirty-four women. That's how many came forward with allegations of harassment and misconduct against Bill Gothard, the founder of one of the most powerful fundamentalist Christian organizations in American history. Some were teenagers when the alleged conduct occurred. Many had been personally recruited by Gothard to work at his headquarters. All of them came from families already embedded in ...
19m Apr 13
19m
Duggar Family: Two Brothers, Two Cases, One Systemic Pattern
Joseph Duggar faces two felony counts in Bay County, Florida — lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim under twelve and lewd and lascivious conduct by a person eighteen or older — plus four misdemeanor counts each for both Joseph and Kendra Duggar in Arkansas: second-degree endangering the welfare of a minor and second-degree false imprisonment. Joseph has pled not guilty and was released o...
13m Apr 13
13m
Duggar Case Communications: Legal Implications of Private Statements
Joseph Duggar currently faces two felony charges in Bay County, Florida — lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim under twelve and lewd and lascivious behavior conducted by a person eighteen or older — stemming from allegations of abuse during a 2020 family trip to Panama City Beach. Both Joseph and his wife Kendra Duggar face separate Arkansas charges: four counts each of second-degree end...
31m Apr 13
31m
Heuermann Guilty Plea — Sandra Costilla and the 14-Year Timeline Shift
Rex Heuermann entered guilty pleas to three counts of first-degree murder and four counts of intentional murder in Suffolk County Court. He admitted to killing Karen Vergata — an eighth victim — under a plea agreement requiring cooperation with the FBI's behavioral analysis unit. The sentence: life without parole, three consecutive life sentences, followed by four sentences of 25 years to life....
32m Apr 13
32m
Duggar Legal Exposure — Kendra's Charges, Jailhouse Evidence, and the Michelle Duggar Record
Kendra Duggar, 27, faces four counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a minor and four counts of second-degree false imprisonment in Arkansas — misdemeanor charges carrying a combined maximum of eight years. The charges stem from investigators reportedly finding locks on the exterior of children's bedroom doors during a home search connected to Joseph Duggar's arrest on Florida felon...
37m Apr 12
37m
Heuermann Guilty Plea — Legal Mechanics and the Psychology of Denial
Rex Heuermann entered guilty pleas to three counts of first-degree murder and four counts of intentional murder in Suffolk County Court. He admitted to killing Karen Vergata — an eighth victim — as part of a plea agreement that includes cooperation with the FBI's behavioral analysis unit. The sentence: life in prison without parole, three consecutive life sentences, followed by four consecutive...
42m Apr 12
42m
Joseph Duggar — The Confession Problem and Kendra's Legal Crossroads
Joseph Duggar allegedly admitted to the abuse twice prior to arrest and without counsel present. According to the Bay County arrest affidavit, the victim's father confronted Joseph, who reportedly admitted to the conduct. Tontitown, Arkansas, detectives subsequently arranged a monitored call between the father and Joseph in which he allegedly admitted again with law enforcement listening in rea...
51m Apr 12
51m
Duggar Jail Calls — Boundaries Devotional and the Caldwell Evidence
In the later recorded calls from the Washington County Detention Center, Joseph Duggar describes his solitary cell as a prayer closet. He reports a spiritual breakthrough. He reads his wife Kendra a devotional about boundaries — Moses, Aaron, and Pharaoh and their distinct boundary failures — and describes the content as "really interesting." Joseph faces Florida charges of lewd and lascivious ...
45m Apr 12
45m
Duggar Jail Call Analyzed — Behavioral Patterns and the Doctrine of Silence
The first extended phone call between Joseph and Kendra Duggar from the Washington County Detention Center is now part of the public record. Joseph Duggar — facing charges of lewd and lascivious molestation of a child under 12 in Bay County, Florida — is in solitary confinement, reading the book of Psalms and exercising. Kendra reports physical deterioration — inability to eat, difficulty funct...
56m Apr 12
56m
Joseph Duggar — Alleged Admissions, Home Search Findings, and Jim Bob's Jail Email
Joseph Duggar, 31, faces charges of lewd and lascivious molestation of a child under 12 and lewd and lascivious contact in Bay County, Florida — charges classified as a life felony carrying a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years upon conviction. According to the arrest affidavit, a now-fourteen-year-old girl disclosed to investigators that Joseph allegedly molested her repeatedly during a 202...
50m Apr 11
50m
Nancy Guthrie Investigation — Staffing Failures, a Recall, and Historical Parallels
Nancy Guthrie, 84, has been missing since February after authorities believe she was abducted from her Catalina Foothills residence near Tucson, Arizona. DNA testing confirmed blood recovered from the front porch as hers. An armed, masked individual was captured on doorbell camera footage. No suspect has been publicly identified. No arrest has been made. The case is in its third month. Reporti...
38m Apr 11
38m
Joseph Duggar — Life Felony in Florida, Misdemeanor Charges in Arkansas
Joseph Duggar faces charges across two states with vastly different legal consequences. In Bay County, Florida, he is charged with lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim under twelve and lewd and lascivious behavior conducted by a person over eighteen — charges classified as a life felony carrying a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years upon conviction. According to the arrest affidavit, ...
38m Apr 11
38m
Rex Heuermann Guilty Plea — Seven Murders, Failed Motions, No Trial
Rex Heuermann entered guilty pleas to three counts of first-degree murder and four counts of intentional murder in Suffolk County Court. He also admitted to killing Karen Vergata — an eighth victim he was not formally charged with — as part of a plea agreement. The sentence: life in prison without parole, three consecutive life sentences, followed by four consecutive sentences of 25 years to li...
37m Apr 11
37m
Amber Costello: The Text Message That Exposed Gilgo Killer Heuermann
"That was not nice, so do I get credit for next time." That text message — sent from a burner phone after a failed scam at a West Babylon house in September 2010 — sat in phone records for over a decade. It was sent to Amber Costello, a 27-year-old escort, after her roommate scammed a client out of cash. The next night, the same phone contacted Amber again. She walked out to meet the man. Her r...
15m Apr 11
15m
Rex Heuermann’s Plea and the Duggar Charges: Legal and Behavioral Dimensions
Two cases with distinct legal landscapes, both producing significant procedural questions. Rex Heuermann, 62, has pleaded guilty in Suffolk County Court to three counts of first-degree murder and four counts of intentional murder in the Gilgo Beach serial killing case. He admitted to intentionally causing the death of Karen Vergata under the plea agreement. Sentencing is set for June — life wi...
56m Apr 10
56m
FLDS Prophet Bateman Gets Fifty Years — Is It Enough?
Samuel Bateman is serving fifty years. His follower Ladell Bistline Jr. got life after giving six of his underage daughters to Bateman and participating in their abuse. Torrance Bistline, the financial engine behind the operation, got thirty-five years. Seven of Bateman's adult wives were convicted. In total, all eleven co-defendants in this case have been held accountable — making it one of th...
16m Apr 10
16m
Joseph Duggar’s Florida Charges: Pre-Counsel Admissions Under Scrutiny
Joseph Duggar, 31, faces two felony charges in Bay County, Florida — lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim under twelve and lewd and lascivious conduct — stemming from allegations of abuse during a 2020 family vacation to Panama City Beach. He appeared for his first hearing, where bond was set at six hundred thousand dollars. He has pleaded not guilty. His Florida arraignment is pending. ...
23m Apr 10
23m
Megan Waterman: How a Pizza Crust Connected Heuermann to Gilgo
A pizza crust. That's what cracked the Gilgo Beach case. Investigators tailing Rex Heuermann watched him eat pizza near his Manhattan office and recovered the discarded crust — legally obtained because he'd tossed it in public. The DNA on that crust matched a male hair found in the burlap around Megan Waterman's remains. And that single match opened the door to warrants, searches, and everythin...
14m Apr 10
14m
Jesse Butler: What the Marsy's Law Fight Just Exposed
A judge ordered the DA to testify. That alone tells you how this case is going. The Jesse Butler case in Stillwater, Oklahoma has now split open into three simultaneous legal battles — a criminal Marsy's Law challenge that could void his plea deal, a federal civil lawsuit alleging school officials and city employees protected him while a vulnerable student was being assaulted, and ongoing youth...
19m Apr 10
19m
After Heuermann’s Plea: Wrongful Death Lawsuit, FBI Cooperation, and Unresolved Questions
Rex Heuermann’s guilty plea resolves the criminal charges. It does not resolve everything else. A wrongful death lawsuit filed by the son of victim Valerie Mack names Heuermann, his ex-wife Asa Ellerup, and their daughter Victoria as defendants. The suit alleges the family profited from a Peacock documentary about the case and showed callous disregard for victims’ families. Ellerup’s attorney,...
13m Apr 10
13m
Rex Heuermann Pleads Guilty: Three First-Degree Counts and FBI Cooperation
Rex Heuermann, 62, has pleaded guilty in Suffolk County Court to three counts of first-degree murder and four counts of intentional murder in the Gilgo Beach serial killing case. He also admitted under the terms of the plea agreement to intentionally causing the death of Karen Vergata, whose case will not result in a separate charge. In exchange for the guilty plea and full cooperation with the...
20m Apr 10
20m
Melissa Barthelemy: How Heuermann Allegedly Taunted a Teen After Gilgo Kill
The calls came from Madison Square Garden. From Times Square. From packed Midtown locations where surveillance cameras are useless. A man, using Melissa Barthelemy's phone, calling her 15-year-old sister Amanda. Five calls over five weeks. Each under three minutes — as if the caller knew exactly how long law enforcement needs to trace a signal. Vulgar. Mocking. Controlled. In the final call, he...
14m Apr 10
14m
Heuermann Plea and Duggar Charges: Psychology of Family Denial
Rex Heuermann, 62, is charged with seven counts of murder in the Gilgo Beach serial killings and is reportedly expected to enter a guilty plea. If accepted, he faces life without the possibility of parole. His ex-wife Asa Ellerup shared nearly three decades with him and has maintained she would have known if something was wrong. Prosecutors allege he timed the crimes for when his family was awa...
1hr 1m Apr 09
1hr 1m
Fingers Through the Slats: How Bateman Was Caught
A routine traffic stop in Flagstaff, Arizona, became the beginning of the end for Samuel Bateman when a trooper found three girls locked inside an unventilated cargo trailer. But "the end" took longer than it should have — and cost more than it needed to. Bateman was arrested and bonded out. He returned to Colorado City and immediately began instructing followers to destroy evidence. The FBI r...
24m Apr 09
24m
Michelle Duggar reportedly knew about Josh's abuse of her own daughters as early as 2002. She and Jim Bob reportedly sent him to manual labor for a family friend rather than professional treatment. Weeks later, she wrote a national parenting magazine arti
The record on Michelle Duggar is not ambiguous. According to police reports and her own statements, she was aware that her eldest son Josh was sexually abusing her daughters as early as 2002. She and Jim Bob reportedly sent Josh to a program that was not licensed counseling but manual labor for a family friend. Josh Duggar was subsequently convicted in federal court in 2021 for possession of ch...
15m Apr 09
15m
Maureen Brainard-Barnes: The Gilgo Four Mother Heuermann Allegedly Targeted
Maureen Brainard-Barnes was a songwriter. An artist. A mother of two fighting to keep her kids. And on the night of July 9, 2007, she walked out of a Midtown Manhattan hotel to meet a client and never came home. She was 25 years old, four feet eleven, and desperate enough to take the train from Connecticut to the city because the eviction notice was real and the custody hearing was coming. Epi...
14m Apr 09
14m
The Law May Finally Reach Jim Bob Duggar
Jim Bob Duggar has spent two decades on the protected side of expired statutes and managed silence. That position is no longer guaranteed. When his son Joseph was arrested on allegations of molesting a child during a 2020 family vacation — and allegedly confessed twice — it didn't just expose Joseph. It reopened the question of what the patriarch knew and when. The documented record from the J...
24m Apr 09
24m
Kendra Duggar Charges: The Psychology of Religious Conditioning
Joseph Duggar, 31, faces charges in Bay County, Florida, of lewd and lascivious molestation of a child under twelve and lewd and lascivious conduct by a person eighteen or older — stemming from an alleged 2020 incident during a family vacation in Panama City Beach. According to the arrest affidavit, a now-fourteen-year-old victim disclosed that Duggar allegedly molested her when she was nine. T...
24m Apr 09
24m
Rex Heuermann Plea: Psychology Behind Asa Ellerup's Denial
Rex Heuermann, 62, is charged with seven counts of murder in connection with the Gilgo Beach serial killings — women who vanished between 1993 and 2010 along Long Island's south shore. He is reportedly expected to enter a guilty plea, which, if accepted by the court, would result in a sentence of life without the possibility of parole and eliminate the scheduled September trial entirely. The l...
23m Apr 09
23m
Nancy Guthrie Investigation Follows a Terrifying Historical Pattern
The Nancy Guthrie case has drawn national scrutiny — not just for the disappearance of an 84-year-old woman from her Tucson home, but for mounting questions about whether the investigation was compromised from the start by the leadership overseeing it. Tony Brueski pulls the lens back and places the Guthrie case alongside four of the most notorious law enforcement failures in modern American h...
17m Apr 09
17m
Duggar Felony Defense and Heuermann Plea: Legal Breakdown
Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta provides precision legal analysis on two major cases in a single episode. Joseph Duggar faces Florida felony charges of lewd and lascivious behavior — molestation of a victim under twelve — after allegedly confessing to the abuse before retaining counsel. According to the Bay County arrest affidavit, Duggar admitted to the conduct when the victim's father co...
1hr 7m Apr 08
1hr 7m
How Two Civilians Took Down FLDS Prophet Bateman
The FBI couldn't get inside. Police had questioned Bateman twice and left empty-handed. The FLDS community was built over a century to resist outside scrutiny, and it was working. The formal institutions designed to protect children had failed to penetrate the wall. So two people who weren't part of any institution did it instead. Christine Marie is a cult researcher who moved to Short Creek w...
16m Apr 08
16m
Heuermann's Expected Gilgo Beach Plea Analyzed
Rex Heuermann, 62, the former Massapequa Park architect charged with seven counts of murder in connection with the Gilgo Beach serial killings, is reportedly expected to change his plea from not guilty at his next scheduled court appearance. Sources familiar with the case indicate victims' families and Heuermann's own family have been notified. The expected sentence is life without the possibil...
18m Apr 08
18m
Jessica Taylor: The Surgical Drape Linking Heuermann to Gilgo
A surgical drape. Found underneath the body of a 20-year-old woman in the woods of Manorville, Long Island. A hair on that drape matched Rex Heuermann's DNA profile, according to prosecutors. That single forensic detail tells you something critical about what prosecutors allege happened to Jessica Taylor — this wasn't impulsive. Someone came prepared. Episode 3 of "The Seven." This one centers...
17m Apr 08
17m
Joseph Duggar's Arrest and the Caldwell Family Questions Nobody Will Ask
Kendra Duggar's own parents are crowdfunding for legal representation and emergency housing. The home they'd been living in — once transferred to them by Joseph and Kendra — was quietly deeded back months before the arrest made headlines. From a jail phone, Kendra confirmed her family's move-out timeline. And Paul Caldwell, the Baptist pastor who officiated Joseph and Kendra's wedding, went fro...
31m Apr 08
31m
Duggar Family Statements Fuel Prosecution's Record
The legal exposure in the Duggar case extends well beyond the defendant. Kendra Duggar, 27, faces separate misdemeanor charges in Arkansas — four counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a minor and four counts of second-degree false imprisonment — filed after a home investigation reportedly discovered exterior locks on the children's bedroom doors. She retained independent counsel an...
23m Apr 08
23m
Joseph Duggar's Felony Defense Meets Alleged Confessions
Joseph Duggar faces Florida felony charges of lewd and lascivious behavior — molestation of a victim under twelve — stemming from allegations during a 2020 family vacation in Panama City Beach. According to the arrest affidavit filed by the Bay County Sheriff's Office, the victim disclosed the abuse through a forensic interview after her father confronted Duggar directly. Law enforcement states...
27m Apr 08
27m
Three Juries All Agreed — Lori Vallow Daybell Is Guilty
She's been convicted three times. In two states. By three different juries. She's serving seven life sentences. And Lori Vallow Daybell is still trying to find a way out. Her Idaho appeal is now fully briefed and sitting before the state Supreme Court. Five constitutional claims. A fifty-nine-page prosecution response. And a reply brief that tries to repackage the same arguments the state alre...
15m Apr 08
15m
FBI Behavioral Expert Analyzes All of Joseph Duggar's Jail Communications
Ret. FBI Behavioral Unit Chief Robin Dreeke and Tony Brueski break down every piece of communication from Joseph Duggar's time at Washington County across a three-part series. Jim Bob's email compares Joseph to King David and edits the alleged victim out entirely. The first call reveals Joseph doing workouts and comparing Bible translations while Kendra can barely function — and confusing his ...
59m Apr 07
59m