Sandra Birchmore Murder Case: Cop's Dismissal Motion Rejected — Trial Date Confirmed
A federal judge has rejected former Stoughton police detective Matthew Farwell's bid to have murder charges dismissed in the death of 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore. The October 2026 trial will proceed — and the full story of what allegedly happened to Birchmore is one of the most chilling law enforcement abuse cases in the country. Birchmore was found dead in her Canton, Massachusetts apartment...
14m Mar 10
14m
Kouri Richins: Her Husband's Family Hired a PI — He Handed Prosecutors the Case
When the Summit County Sheriff's Office investigation into Eric Richins' death stalled, his family hired their own investigator. That investigator just finished testifying — and the defense had no answer for him. Todd Gabler spent roughly a year building an independent case before Kouri Richins was arrested. Without a warrant, he obtained phone billing records through Eric's business and disco...
17m Mar 10
17m
1: Kouri Richins Trial: Witness Credibility, Immunity Deals, and the Defense's Theory of the Case
The legal mechanics of the Kouri Richins murder trial raised questions that go beyond the headline details — questions about witness reliability, prosecutorial strategy, and how a defense team constructs a viable theory against five weeks of damaging testimony. True Crime Today examines the trial's legal architecture in this listener Q&A with former FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke and host ...
19m Mar 10
19m
Nancy Guthrie: What a Mixed DNA Profile, No Remains, and a Cash Reward Mean for This Investigation
From a legal and investigative standpoint, several developments in the Nancy Guthrie disappearance carry significant implications that haven't been fully examined. True Crime Today addresses them directly in this listener Q&A with former FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke and host Tony Brueski. The DNA evidence. Investigators have indicated the sample recovered at the scene is a mixture — a p...
26m Mar 10
26m
Nancy Guthrie Case: What the FBI's Second Canvass and Escalating Investigation Actually Signal
Law enforcement doesn't go back to a neighborhood a month later and knock on doors again without a reason. That second canvass in the Nancy Guthrie disappearance is one of several investigative signals that True Crime Today is breaking down in this listener Q&A — alongside former FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke and host Tony Brueski. What prompts a follow-up canvass weeks after the initial...
28m Mar 10
28m
Ruby Franke Case: Narcissistic Mother Psychology and Performance Parenting Explained
Ruby Franke's YouTube channel "8 Passengers" had 2.5 million subscribers watching her parent six children. She posted five days a week for eight years. The world saw a devoted Mormon mother with all the answers. In August 2023, her twelve-year-old son escaped through a window — emaciated, bound with rope, wounds on his wrists and ankles. Police found his ten-year-old sister malnourished in a c...
13m Mar 10
13m
Kouri Richins Trial Day 10: Todd Gabler — Family-Hired Investigator Explains His Probe
The Kouri Richins trial brings Todd Gabler, Private Investigator, to the stand in this segment. The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric d...
1hr 21m Mar 10
1hr 21m
Nancy Guthrie Missing and Kouri Richins on Trial — FBI Agent Analyzes Both Cases in Full
True Crime Today covers the cases that matter most. Right now, these are two of the most closely watched in the country — and we brought in one of the sharpest analytical voices in the space to cover both in depth. Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer joins us for a three-part conversation spanning the Nancy Guthrie disappearance and the Kouri Richins murder trial. For Nancy Guthrie...
57m Mar 09
57m
Kouri Richins Trial Day 10: Detective Jamye Woody — 911 Audio Sets Scene in Court
The Kouri Richins trial brings Jamye Woody, Police Detective, to the stand in this segment. The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died ...
57m Mar 09
57m
Religious Manipulation Explained: The Daybell Case and Spiritual Love Bombing
Before the murders. Before the backyard graves. Before the "zombie" labels and the doomsday beliefs — there was a conference room in Utah and a man who told Lori Vallow she was chosen. This is Part 1 of "The Chosen Ones," a 5-part Hidden Killers series examining the psychology of spiritual abuse through the Vallow-Daybell case. We're not recapping the crime. We're dissecting the religious mani...
13m Mar 09
13m
Kouri Richins Trial Day 10: Matthew Throckmorton —Expert Weighs In on Eric’s Signature
The Kouri Richins trial brings Matthew Throckmorton, handwriting expert, to the stand in this segment. The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains...
1hr 2m Mar 09
1hr 2m
Kouri Richins Trial Live: FBI Agent on Boyfriend Tears, Phone Searches, and the Evidence Juries Actually Remember
The boyfriend took the stand and cried. The housekeeper and the dealer told opposite stories about the same drug buy. The phone showed searches about what poison does to a death certificate. And none of it, individually, proves Kouri Richins killed her husband. That is the challenge of a purely circumstantial case — and potentially, it is also its strength. Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer C...
22m Mar 09
22m
Kouri Richins Trial Day 10: Cody Wright — Who Changed Eric’s Insurance?
The Kouri Richins trial brings Cody Wright, Eric's former business partner, to the stand in this segment. The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense mainta...
1hr 17m Mar 09
1hr 17m
Charity Beallis Autopsy Results: Official Ruling Explained — Key Questions Remain Unanswered
SCSO releases official autopsy findings in the Charity Beallis case. Her manner of death ruled self-inflicted. Twins Eliana and Maverick — homicide. But the death certificate shows multiple gunshot wounds, and the forensic details explaining the ruling haven't been made public. The evidence supporting Randall Beallis's alibi is substantial: Tesla location data, cell phone records, and home sec...
27m Mar 09
27m
Kouri Richins Trial: He Told His Family She Was Going to Kill Him. Then He Died.
Eric Richins didn't just die. According to testimony in his wife's murder trial, he saw it coming — and said so. He told his family to look at Kouri if anything happened to him. He met secretly with a divorce attorney and instructed her not to communicate by email because he was afraid Kouri would read it. He went to an estate planning attorney with concerns about his sons. He was found dead o...
23m Mar 09
23m
Savannah Guthrie's Mom: The FBI's Guide to Finding a Suspect Who Has Been Hiding for Over a Month
The suspect who allegedly took Nancy Guthrie has been unidentified for over a month. He survived the largest missing persons mobilization in recent Arizona history. He's watched his own image circulate nationally — eyebrows visible, mustache visible, pinky ring on. He has been living with whatever happened to an 84-year-old woman since the night he walked up to her front door. And according to...
17m Mar 09
17m
Savannah Guthrie's Mom Missing: FBI Agent Exposes What the Investigation Language Isn't Telling You
Sheriff Nanos told national television his investigators are "definitely closer" to finding Nancy Guthrie. The FBI moved its command center from Tucson to Phoenix. The task force — once hundreds strong — has been reduced to a focused homicide unit. All of that sounds like progress. But what does it actually mean inside a real investigation? Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer — who...
20m Mar 09
20m
Kouri Richins Trial: Forensic Accountant Reveals $7.5M Debt — Medical Examiner Admits Tests Never Done
She allegedly poisoned her husband for the money. The forensic accountant just showed the jury exactly how desperate that financial situation was. Brooke Karrington—a thirty-year expert who reviewed hundreds of thousands of documents—testified that by March 2022, Kouri Richins carried $7.5 million in debt. Monthly payments totaled $80,000. Four payday lenders collected $2,100 from her daily. H...
54m Mar 09
54m
Colin Gray Guilty of Murder — Jury Needed Less Than Two Hours
Breaking verdict in the Colin Gray trial. Guilty on all 29 counts. Second-degree murder. The jury deliberated less than two hours before convicting the first parent in Georgia history for a school shooting committed by his child. Colin Gray gave his fourteen-year-old son an AR-15 for Christmas—seven months after the FBI warned him about online threats Colt made to shoot up a school. No safe. N...
35m Mar 08
35m
Rex Heuermann Murder Document: "Remove Head and Hands" — Daughter Believes He's the Gilgo Beach Killer
A deleted file recovered from Rex Heuermann's basement allegedly contains the Long Island Serial Killer's step-by-step methodology. According to prosecutors, eighty-seven details match how the Gilgo Beach victims were killed. The document—titled HK2002-04—was found on one of fifty-eight hard drives seized from the Massapequa Park home. Created in 2000 and modified through 2002, it allegedly co...
32m Mar 08
32m
Kouri Richins: Surviving the Fog - Financial Abuse, Flying Monkeys, and Why the Mask Never Cracks
Everyone loves them. Your friends think they're charming. Your family thinks you're lucky. You know what they're really like at home. And you wonder if you're the crazy one. This is Parts 3 and 4 of "Surviving the Fog"—examining financial coercive control and the psychology of the mask through the Kouri Richins case. We're not diagnosing anyone. We're exploring documented patterns that explain...
26m Mar 08
26m
Kouri Richins Trial: Medical Examiner Still Says "Undetermined" — Can the Prosecution Recover?
This is our Week in Review of the Kouri Richins murder trial—and one fact may matter more than everything else the jury has heard. Four years after Eric Richins died with fentanyl in his system, the state's own former Chief Medical Examiner still lists his manner of death as "undetermined." Not homicide. The prosecution is asking a jury to convict Kouri Richins of murder when their own medical...
45m Mar 08
45m
Nancy Guthrie Suspect "Not Incompetent — Baseline" Says FBI Expert — Nanos Untouchable Until 2028
The man who took Nancy Guthrie has been called sloppy, amateurish, incompetent by every talking head on cable news. Former FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke disagrees. After 21 years with the Bureau—including leading the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program—his assessment is clear: what we're seeing on that doorbell footage isn't unusual. It's baseline. The Walmart backpack. The awkwar...
41m Mar 08
41m
Kouri Richins Trial: Phone Forensics Show Deleted Memes, Searches for Luxury Prison
The digital evidence presented in the Kouri Richins trial doesn't need a plea deal or immunity agreement. It speaks on its own. Forensic analyst Chris Kotrodimos testified about data extracted from seven phones in this case. What he showed the jury was damning. Deleted meme thumbnails recovered from Kouri's phone—accessed moments after first responders left the home where Eric Richins lay dead...
50m Mar 07
50m
Nancy Guthrie Update: Pacemaker Search Failed, DNA Has No Match, Suspect Still Unidentified
Every investigative pathway in the Nancy Guthrie case has dead-ended at once. Four weeks after Savannah Guthrie's 84-year-old mother was kidnapped from her Tucson home, there's no suspect in custody, no confirmed identification of the man on camera, and critical evidence has yielded no actionable leads. The DNA should have been a breakthrough. Gloves recovered two miles from the scene containe...
51m Mar 07
51m
Kouri Richins Trial Update: Housekeeper Says She Bought Fentanyl, Defense Attacks Her Credibility
The Kouri Richins murder trial reached a critical moment as prosecutors called their star witness. Carmen Lauber, the former housekeeper who allegedly purchased the fentanyl that killed Eric Richins, testified under immunity agreements and described a months-long drug procurement operation. Lauber told jurors she bought drugs for Kouri four times in early 2022. The requests allegedly escalated...
36m Mar 07
36m
Why Sheriff Nanos Won't Let the FBI Lead the Nancy Guthrie Investigation
Four weeks after Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped from her Tucson residence, the investigation has stalled—and insiders say they know why. Multiple sources within the Pima County Sheriff's Department allege that Sheriff Chris Nanos is refusing to let the FBI take the lead, despite federal agents reportedly wanting to step in. The allegations don't come from outside critics. They come from Nanos's o...
34m Mar 07
34m
How LISK Was Finally Arrested — The Gilgo Beach Killer Caught After 13 Years
Thirteen years of dead ends in the Gilgo Beach case. Every suspect cleared. Then a pizza box changed everything. Today we break down exactly how LISK—the Long Island Serial Killer—was arrested. The Suffolk County task force, the Chevrolet Avalanche tip, the cell tower evidence, the DNA breakthrough, and the pizza crust that allegedly tied it all together. The investigation stalled for years a...
14m Mar 07
14m
Eric Faddis Breaks DownKouri Richins' Finances, Nancy Guthrie's False Accusers, and the Cascio-Jackson Lawsuit
Former prosecutor and defense attorney Eric Faddis covers three major legal developments in one extended interview. The Kouri Richins trial just heard devastating financial testimony. A forensic accountant told jurors she was $1.6 million in debt the day after Eric Richins died. Her business was "imploding." Checks bounced constantly. The prosecution wants the jury to see financial desperation...
56m Mar 07
56m
Kouri Richins: The Danger Zone—Escalation, Lethality & Getting Out Safely | Surviving the Fog Part 5
Leaving is the most dangerous time. For victims of coercive control, the moment you start pulling away is the moment risk escalates. The relationship was never about love. It was about control. This is Part 5 of "Surviving the Fog"—examining escalation and lethality through the Kouri Richins case. We're not diagnosing anyone. We're exploring documented patterns. Prosecutors allege Eric was a...
14m Mar 06
14m
Michael Jackson Cascio Lawsuit — Hearing This Week Could Seal or Expose Everything
Twenty-five years of sworn statements defending Michael Jackson. Testimony at his 2005 trial. A book. National television appearances. Now all five Cascio siblings are suing, alleging Jackson drugged, raped, and trafficked them since childhood. The estate is calling it extortion. A hearing this week determines whether this case goes public—or gets sealed in arbitration. Former prosecutor Eric...
18m Mar 06
18m
"Either of Us": The Kouri Richins Text That Changes Everything
Most defendants are brought down by what prosecutors find. Kouri Richins may be brought down by what she wrote. Day 9 of the Utah murder trial shifted squarely onto the text messages and recorded calls Kouri sent to her closest friends in the weeks and months following her husband Eric's death — and what emerged was a pattern that the defense has yet to find an answer for. The phrase that stan...
20m Mar 06
20m
Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping: Innocent Man Detained, Teacher Harassed — Who's Liable?
No suspect. No arrest. No person of interest. But the Nancy Guthrie investigation has already left innocent people facing harassment, detention, and destroyed reputations. One man was handcuffed and questioned for hours after SWAT executed search warrants on his home. Released. His attorney says he has "no link whatsoever" to the kidnapping. An elementary school teacher connected to the Guthri...
15m Mar 06
15m
Kouri Richins' Debt, Fraud, and the Mansion She Bought the Day After Eric Died
A forensic accountant just told jurors that Kouri Richins was $1.6 million in debt the day after her husband Eric died. Her business account was "perpetually in the hole." Checks bounced constantly. Hard money loans with brutal interest rates were stacking up. Even liquidating every asset wouldn't have dug her out. Former prosecutor Eric Faddis joins True Crime Today to explain how the prosecu...
23m Mar 06
23m
LISK's Hunting Pattern: The Gilgo Beach Killer's Burner Phones, Taunting, and the "Box"
"Do you know what I did to your sister?" Amanda Barthelemy was fifteen when she received that call. From her sister Melissa's phone. From a man who called seven times to taunt her about what he'd done to one of the Gilgo Four. Today we break down the alleged Long Island Serial Killer's hunting methodology—the burner phones, the victim selection, the taunting, and the cell tower evidence prose...
14m Mar 06
14m
Kouri Richins Trial Day 9: Allie Staking — After Eric’s Death — Confrontation and Memorial
The Kouri Richins trial brings Allie Staking, friend of Kouri, to the stand in this segment. The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died...
38m Mar 06
38m
Kouri Richins + Nancy Guthrie — Extended Psychology Analysis With Shavaun Scott
True Crime Today extended: Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott provides deep analysis of two cases connected by a single theme — the construction of alternate realities. Kouri Richins has constructed a reality where she's the victim. Charged with murder, she wrote a grief book. Filed estate lawsuits from jail. Punched Eric's sister over the will. The "Walk the Dog" letter prosecutors called witness ...
57m Mar 06
57m
Kouri Richins Trial Day 9: Chelsea Barney — Private Texts and Calls Go Public
The Kouri Richins trial brings Chelsea Barney, Friend of Kouri, to the stand in this segment. The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric die...
1hr 15m Mar 05
1hr 15m
Kouri Richins: The Psychology of The Mask—Public Saint, Private Monster | Surviving the Fog Part 4
Everyone loves them. Friends think they're charming. Family thinks you're lucky. You know what they're like at home. And you wonder if you're the problem. This is Part 4 of "Surviving the Fog"—examining the psychology of the mask through the Kouri Richins case. We're not diagnosing anyone. We're exploring documented patterns. After Eric died, Kouri wrote a children's book about coping with p...
13m Mar 05
13m
Kouri Richins Trial Day 9: Gabe Morin & Joshua Kaze — Breakfast Timeline Comes Into Focus
The Kouri Richins trial brings Gabe Morin, Owner of Mirror Lake Diner & Joshua Kaze, Friend of Eric Richins, to the stand in this segment. The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to...
20m Mar 05
20m
Arkansas Dad Wins Sheriff Race While Awaiting Murder Trial | Aaron Spencer Update
Aaron Spencer is now the Republican nominee for Lonoke County Sheriff in Arkansas. He's also facing second-degree murder charges. His trial was supposed to start in January. The judge was removed by the Arkansas Supreme Court forty-eight hours before it was set to begin. Spencer shot and killed Michael Fosler in October 2024 after finding his thirteen-year-old daughter in Fosler's truck at one...
20m Mar 05
20m
Nancy Guthrie Case — Why "Amateurish" Behavior Points Away From Cartels
The cartel theory has dominated online discussion of the Nancy Guthrie disappearance. Coordinated kidnapping crews. Private jets to Puerto Vallarta. Retaliation for U.S. drug policy. But the doorbell footage shows something else entirely. FBI experts have called the suspect's behavior "amateurish." The person didn't know there was a camera. They grabbed weeds from the yard to cover it — on th...
17m Mar 05
17m
Kouri Richins Trial Day 9: Marie Bramwell & Becky Lloyd — Witnesses Describe Conversations With Kouri
The Kouri Richins trial brings Marie Bramwell, Attorney & Becky Lloyd, C&E Stone Masonry, to the stand in this segment. The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The ...
22m Mar 05
22m
Colin Gray Guilty on All Counts: Murder Conviction Exposes Every Warning He Ignored
Colin Gray guilty. All counts. Second-degree murder. Involuntary manslaughter. Cruelty to children. The jury needed less than two hours. Colin Gray guilty of murder makes Georgia history—the first parent in the state convicted for a school shooting committed by his child. The Colin Gray guilty verdict came after two weeks of testimony that destroyed every excuse he offered. The evidence that ...
16m Mar 05
16m
Kouri Richins Murder Trial: The Affair Texts, the Uinta Mountains Question, and the Secret Trust Eric Built to Protect His Kids
Day eight of the Kouri Richins murder trial in Park City, Utah delivered the most emotionally charged testimony of the case so far — and it came not from a forensic expert or a law enforcement officer, but from the man Kouri Richins was in love with while her husband was still alive. Robert Josh Grossman took the stand on the four-year anniversary of Eric Richins' death. He had moved to Utah f...
28m Mar 05
28m
Kouri Richins Psychology — Living in an Alternate Reality While Facing Murder Charges
Charged with murder. Wrote a grief book. Promoted it on television. Filed lawsuits from jail demanding millions from the estate of the man she's accused of killing. Punched her sister-in-law upon learning she'd been cut from the will. Kouri Richins appears to be living in a version of reality that nobody else can see. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins True Crime Today to examine cognitive d...
26m Mar 05
26m
Kouri Richins $500K Financial Fraud — Forged Signatures, Secret Credit Lines Exposed
The murder charges against Kouri Richins get the headlines. But prosecutors have built a parallel case about years of alleged financial exploitation — and the paper trail is damning. Nearly half a million dollars allegedly taken from Eric Richins through forged signatures, unauthorized credit lines, and misdirected tax payments. A $250,000 home equity line prosecutors say was opened without hi...
15m Mar 05
15m
Kouri Richins Trial Day 8: Robert Josh Grossman, Kouri's Lover, Testifies — Texts Revealed
The Kouri Richins trial brings Robert Josh Grossman, Kouri's lover, to the stand in this segment. The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric...
1hr 15m Mar 05
1hr 15m
Gilgo Beach Killer's Family SPEAKS: LISK's Wife Defends Him, Daughter Says Guilty
The Long Island Serial Killer's family is split. The trial is coming. And both women may be victims of the same alleged lie. In today's episode, we examine the Gilgo Beach Killer family fracture—why his ex-wife Asa Ellerup still calls Rex her "hero" while daughter Victoria has publicly stated she believes he's "most likely" guilty of the Long Island murders. According to the Peacock documenta...
16m Mar 05
16m
Kouri Richins Trial Day 8: Kristal Bowman-Carter — Estate Planning Documents Examined
The Kouri Richins trial brings Kristal Bowman-Carter, estate planning attorney, to the stand in this segment. The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense ma...
45m Mar 05
45m