Kouri Richins Conviction: What the Defense Built — And Why It Wasn't Enough
Kouri Richins has been convicted of aggravated murder. Her defense team called zero witnesses and rested without presenting an affirmative case — betting that the prosecution had failed to meet its burden. The jury disagreed. Tony Brueski, defense attorney Bob Motta, and retired FBI Behavioral Analysis Chief Robin Dreeke examine what the defense accomplished during the prosecution's own case, ...
26m Mar 18
26m
Kouri Richins Found Guilty: What the Prosecution Built — And How It Convicted Her
A jury has convicted Kouri Richins of aggravated murder in the death of her husband, Eric Richins. Tony Brueski, defense attorney Bob Motta, and retired FBI Behavioral Analysis Chief Robin Dreeke examine what the prosecution built and why it worked. The dead man's warning. The insurance timeline a handwriting expert connected to the same period phone records show Kouri contacting her housekeep...
26m Mar 18
26m
Kouri Richins 2026: Eric Said She Might Be Poisoning Him — Bobby Curley Said It Out Loud to a Nurse
Eric Richins told friends after Valentine's Day 2022 that he thought Kouri might be poisoning him. He'd been violently ill. According to testimony, the concern was genuine. A month later, he was dead. This is Part 2 of The Perfect Wife — examining what happens when victims see the truth and still can't escape. Bobby Curley saw it too. On September 22, 1991, he grabbed a nurse's arm in a hosp...
18m Mar 18
18m
Richins, Guthrie, Snelling: A Full Legal and Investigative Panel With Coffindaffer and Dreeke
Three active criminal cases. A murder trial going to the jury. A kidnapping investigation at day forty-one. A manslaughter indictment built on phone evidence and a precise legal threshold. Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer and behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke join True Crime Today for a multi-part panel covering all three with the legal and investigative precision each deserves. T...
1hr 3m Mar 17
1hr 3m
Alex Murdaugh: She Caught the Lies and Ended Up Apologizing — You Know This Pattern
He was the most charming man in the room. Everyone loved Alex Murdaugh. That was the mask. Underneath was a man stealing millions, feeding an opioid addiction, living a double life that required constant crimes to maintain. Part 2 of "The Name" explores covert narcissism — the kind that hides behind charm. The kind that makes you feel special while managing you completely. The kind that makes...
15m Mar 17
15m
Laken Snelling: The Legal Architecture of a Manslaughter Charge Built on Concealment, a Single Word, and a Phone Full of Evidence
The Laken Snelling case is built on a specific legal threshold — first-degree manslaughter, conscious disregard — and the question of whether the evidence as it currently exists can sustain that charge through trial. That is the central legal question this episode addresses. Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer joins True Crime Today alongside Robin Dreeke for a precise legal and pr...
23m Mar 17
23m
Neo Langston Breaks His Silence on D4VD — A Deception Expert Breaks Down Every Word
He wasn't supposed to say anything. For months, Neo Langston stayed quiet — no comments, no posts, nothing. Then on March 13th he opened Instagram Close Friends and let it out. Receipts. Rage. A pointed insult aimed at his former best friend. And screenshots that went everywhere by morning. True Crime Today has the full breakdown. Tony Brueski walks through what Neo actually said, what he car...
16m Mar 17
16m
Kouri Richins Convicted: Fentanyl, Fraud, and a Grief Book That Fooled Everyone
A Utah jury has convicted Kouri Richins of murdering her husband Eric Richins with a lethal fentanyl cocktail — and the case is more disturbing than most headlines captured. The night before Eric died, a text message entered into evidence showed Kouri's boyfriend had already lost hours of consciousness after eating something she gave him. The next morning, Eric was dead from five times the let...
23m Mar 17
23m
Kouri Richins Trial: Moment of Truth — Verdict in Richins Trial
The verdict comes in from the jury. 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 from accidental drug use. True Crime Today delivers rea...
10m Mar 17
10m
Nancy Guthrie: What Nanos' Public Statements Actually Mean — and the Legal and Investigative Framework Building Toward an Arrest
Sheriff Nanos made two carefully worded statements on national television: investigators believe they know why Nancy Guthrie's home was targeted, and the public should not assume they are safe. These are not off-the-cuff remarks. They carry legal and investigative weight — and they deserve precise analysis. Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer joins True Crime Today alongside Robin ...
18m Mar 17
18m
Kouri Richins Trial: The Legal Case Going to the Jury — Tainted Testimony, Evidentiary Gaps, and What Closing Arguments Must Repair
The Kouri Richins murder trial is going to the jury. And the legal case — with all its pressure points intact — deserves a precise breakdown before deliberations begin. Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer joins True Crime Today alongside Robin Dreeke to deliver a prosecutorial and procedural analysis of what this jury has actually been asked to decide — and how difficult that decis...
23m Mar 17
23m
Kouri Richins Trial 2026: Eric Took the Drink Because He Trusted Her — So Did These Men
Eric Richins took the Moscow Mule because his wife made it. That's what trust looks like in a marriage. According to prosecutors, Kouri poisoned it with fentanyl. Michael Wallace took the drinks his wife Stacey made him. So did David Castor. Both dead from antifreeze poisoning in Syracuse, New York — 2000 and 2005. Both while Stacey played the devoted wife, the loving caretaker, the woman who...
14m Mar 17
14m
Kouri Richins Trial Day 14: Brad Bloodworth — State’s Rebuttal And Jury Instructions
Brad Bloodworth gives the prosecution's rebuttal and Judge Mrazik gives the jury final instructions before deliberations. 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. Th...
38m Mar 17
38m
Kouri Richins Trial: What the Evidence Actually Proved — Full Breakdown
The Kouri Richins murder trial is heading into closing arguments with both sides rested. For five weeks, jurors have sat through testimony about a forged life insurance signature, a housekeeper who bought drugs at a gas station, a secret affair, a ghostwritten children's grief book, and a jail cell letter that prosecutors say was a script for false testimony. What did all of it actually prove?...
1hr 13m Mar 16
1hr 13m
Kouri Richins Trial Day 14: Wendy Lewis — Defense Makes Case for Reasonable Doubt
Wendy Lewis, Kouri Richins' Attorney, delivers the Defense's closing arguments. 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 from acciden...
1hr 9m Mar 16
1hr 9m
Alex Murdaugh Was Taught Consequences Are for Other People — You've Seen This Family Before
Alex Murdaugh grew up believing he was untouchable. Four generations of family power made sure of it. From 1920 to 2006, the Murdaughs controlled prosecution in five South Carolina counties. They decided who faced justice and who didn't. They built a dynasty on the belief that their family was different, protected, above the law. And then Alex murdered his wife and son. Part 1 of "The Name" ...
12m Mar 16
12m
Kouri Richins Trial Day 14: Brad Bloodworth — Prosecutor’s Final Push for Conviction Part 2
Brad Bloodworth, chief prosecutor for Summit County, serves up closing arguments in the Kouri Richins trial. 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 mai...
57m Mar 16
57m
When the Defense Goes Silent: What Kouri Richins' Team Just Signaled
In high-stakes murder trials, the decision not to call your client to the stand is one of the most consequential a defense team can make. In the Kouri Richins trial, that decision has been made. The defense rested without putting Kouri Richins in front of the jury. What does that silence communicate — legally, strategically, and behaviorally? Defense attorney Bob Motta and retired FBI Behavio...
43m Mar 16
43m
Kouri Richins Trial Day 14: Brad Bloodworth — Prosecutor’s Final Push for Conviction Part 1
Brad Bloodworth, chief prosecutor for Summit County, serves up closing arguments in the Kouri Richins trial. 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 mai...
1hr 2m Mar 16
1hr 2m
Laken Snelling: Grand Jury Adds Manslaughter — The Cover-Up the Evidence Exposed
Former University of Kentucky cheerleader Laken Snelling has been indicted on first-degree manslaughter in the death of her newborn son, whose body was discovered by her roommates on August 27, 2025, wrapped in a towel inside a black trash bag in the closet of her off-campus Lexington apartment. The Kentucky Medical Examiner confirmed the infant was born alive. Cause of death: asphyxia by undet...
19m Mar 16
19m
Kouri Richins Trial Day 14: Judge Richard Mrazik — Jury Receives Final Instructions
Judge Richard Mrazik gives instructions to the jury in the Kouri Richins Trial. 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 from acciden...
29m Mar 16
29m
Kouri Richins Trial Breakdown: Was It Enough to Convict?
The Kouri Richins murder trial produced no smoking gun — no murder weapon recovered, no confession, no eyewitness to the act itself. What it produced instead was 42 witnesses, three weeks of testimony, and a prosecution argument that circumstantial evidence stacked high enough becomes something else entirely. Richins, a Utah mother of three, is accused of poisoning her husband Eric with a leth...
25m Mar 16
25m
Kouri Richins Trial — A Circumstantial Case, Closing Arguments, and the Reasonable Doubt Standard
The Kouri Richins murder trial enters its final legal phase: closing arguments followed by jury deliberations in a case built entirely on circumstantial evidence. Former FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke joins Tony Brueski for Part 2 of the listener Q&A, analyzing the legal and procedural dynamics now shaping how this verdict gets constructed. The prosecution's burden is precise: establish g...
14m Mar 16
14m
Kouri Richins Trial — Defense Rests With No Witnesses: What the Jury Now Holds
In a move carrying significant legal weight, Kouri Richins' defense team rested without calling a single witness — concluding three weeks of prosecution testimony in a first-degree murder case built entirely on circumstantial evidence. Former FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke joins Tony Brueski for a listener Q&A examining the evidentiary landscape the jury is now tasked with assessing. From...
17m Mar 16
17m
Nick Reiner Not Guilty Plea: Three Defense Doors and Why His Siblings Walked Away
Nick Reiner pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances. The death penalty remains on the table. And his siblings are done. This Hidden Killers Week In Review breaks down the legal mechanics most headlines are missing—and examines what brought Jake and Romy Reiner to the point of walking away from their brother's defense. That not guilty plea wasn't a cla...
51m Mar 16
51m
Kouri Richins: If She's Acquitted, What Does That Say About Prosecuting Domestic Poisoning?
Eric Richins suspected something was wrong. His friends knew the marriage was in trouble. His sister hired a private investigator. He'd already met quietly with a divorce attorney. And he still ended up dead. This Hidden Killers Week In Review pulls back from the courtroom to examine what this case forces us to reckon with—and breaks down the document that may decide it. Defense attorney Bob M...
47m Mar 15
47m
Kouri Richins Trial: $7.5 Million in Debt, 40 Witnesses, and Texts That Can't Be Explained Away
Forty witnesses. Recorded jail calls. A boyfriend who broke down on the stand. Text messages that are going to be almost impossible to explain away. And a life story Kouri Richins wrote about herself in the third person at a wellness retreat a year before her husband died. This Hidden Killers Week In Review examines not just the legal arguments—but what the jury is actually absorbing. Defense ...
54m Mar 15
54m
Nancy Guthrie Investigation: What Breaks a Case Like This After 33 Days — FBI Expert Explains
He was on Nancy Guthrie's porch. He survived the largest missing persons response in recent Arizona history. His image—masked, armed, backpack on—has been broadcast nationally. He knows there's a million-dollar reward. He's been living with whatever happened for over a month. He is not static. This Hidden Killers Week In Review examines what happens next—both to the suspect and to the investiga...
35m Mar 15
35m
Kouri Richins Defense Strategy: Two Mistrial Motions Filed as Prosecution Relies on Shaky Witnesses
The prosecution has put nearly forty witnesses on the stand. Two mistrial motions have already been filed. And the defense is about to make their move in one of the most-watched murder trials in the country. This Hidden Killers Week In Review brings together defense attorney Bob Motta, former FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke, and host Tony Brueski to break down what the shape of this defense...
47m Mar 15
47m
Kouri Richins: Judge Blocks Defense Drug Evidence — What's Left of Their Theory?
The defense tried to put Eric Richins on trial. They suggested he had a history with drugs and that the fentanyl that killed him may have come from somewhere other than Kouri. Then the judge blocked their most specific drug evidence. Eric's closest friend and business partner looked a jury in the eye and said he never once saw Eric use drugs. So what's left of this theory? This Hidden Killers W...
40m Mar 15
40m
Nancy Guthrie Update: Pacemaker Synced at 2:28 AM — FBI Expert on What That Timeline Reveals
Nancy Guthrie's pacemaker last synced at 2:28 AM the night she vanished. That's a hard data point in a case with very few of them—and it hasn't gotten nearly enough attention. This Hidden Killers Week In Review brings former FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke and host Tony Brueski together to tackle the questions investigators aren't fully explaining. She's 84 years old, uses a walker, depend...
54m Mar 14
54m
Kouri Richins Trial: Eric Said "If I Die, Look at Her" — Kouri Said "If I Die, Eric Did It"
Two people in the same house, both pointing at each other. Before Eric Richins was found dead with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl in his system, he told his family: if I die, look at her. He was secretly meeting with a divorce attorney. Around the same time, Kouri Richins texted a close friend: "If I die, Eric did it." This Hidden Killers Week In Review breaks down the most critical wee...
46m Mar 14
46m
Michael Jackson Cascio Lawsuit: Estate Says Extortion, Accusers Say Trafficking
Twenty-five years of sworn defense. Testimony at the 2005 criminal trial. A memoir declaring innocence. Oprah appearances attacking other accusers. Now the Cascio family—all five siblings—has filed a federal lawsuit alleging Michael Jackson drugged, raped, and trafficked them starting when some were as young as seven. This Hidden Killers Week In Review breaks down the credibility collision that...
42m Mar 14
42m
Nancy Guthrie Update: FBI Relocates Command Center, Task Force Scales Down
The FBI has moved its command center from Tucson to Phoenix. The massive multi-agency task force has scaled down to a focused homicide and FBI unit. Sheriff Nanos says investigators are "definitely closer" and believes Nancy Guthrie is still alive. This Hidden Killers Week In Review breaks down what all of that actually means—and examines the collateral damage this investigation is leaving behi...
35m Mar 14
35m
Ruby Franke's Children: Narcissistic Abuse Recovery After the Conviction
On August 30, 2023, Ruby Franke was arrested. Her son had escaped through a window. The performance was over. For her six children — raised as content, filmed for millions — the work was just beginning. Part 5 of "The Good Mother" examines recovery after narcissistic family abuse. What happens when you finally get out. Who you become when the show ends. Shari Franke, 22, published a memoir a...
14m Mar 14
14m
Kouri Richins Trial: The Defense Theory, the Immunity Problem, and the Paper Trail
Three issues define the Kouri Richins murder trial right now — and each one tells you something different about how this verdict could go. The defense argued the fentanyl in Eric Richins' system may not have come from Kouri. The judge blocked their key evidence. The forensics pointed to street-grade fentanyl. The victim's closest friend said the drug-user the defense described wasn't anyone he...
52m Mar 13
52m
Religious Trauma Syndrome: Surviving the Daybell Case | Lori Vallow's Son Speaks
In October 2024, Colby Ryan posted a recording of a prison call with his mother. She told him she'd be exonerated. That Jesus showed her. That everything was according to Chad Daybell's plan. His siblings are dead. His mother killed them. And she still believes she was right. This is Part 5 of "The Chosen Ones," our final episode examining the psychology of spiritual abuse and religious trau...
15m Mar 13
15m
Kouri Richins and the Paper Trail She Left Behind
In true crime, the most damaging evidence is often the kind the defendant created herself. In the Kouri Richins murder trial, the jury has seen phone searches for "fentanyl poisoning" and instructions on deleting messages. They've seen a jailhouse letter where Kouri allegedly tells family members what to say and how to say it. They've heard testimony that the signature on a life insurance polic...
21m Mar 13
21m
Nancy Guthrie Missing: Why This Case May Never Be Solved
Forty days. No suspect. No arrest. The cadaver dogs have been stood down, the DNA has dead-ended twice, and the Sonoran Desert doesn't give things back. True Crime Today takes the Nancy Guthrie case out of the cable news cycle and into the hard statistical reality of what happens to missing persons cases that don't close in the first thirty days. The answer isn't comfortable — but it's what th...
14m Mar 13
14m
Kouri Richins Trial: Defense Rests Without a Single Witness — What It Means
In one of the most watched murder trials in the country right now, the defense just walked away from the table. No witnesses. No counter-evidence. An hour-long recess, and then two words: the defense rests. Kouri Richins, the Utah mother charged with fatally poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl in 2022, sat through three weeks of prosecution testimony — 42 witnesses, forged documen...
19m Mar 13
19m
Kouri Richins: When the State's Star Witnesses All Have Deals
In true crime cases, immunity deals are common. But the Kouri Richins murder trial has a problem that goes beyond any single witness — the prosecution's entire drug supply chain is made up of people who traded their testimony for their freedom. Carmen Lauber, the housekeeper at the center of the case, had her story expand to include fentanyl after detectives told her she was facing serious fed...
14m Mar 13
14m
Kouri Richins: When the Defense Puts the Victim on Trial
In the Kouri Richins murder case, the defense isn't just arguing Kouri is innocent — they're arguing the man she's accused of killing may have contributed to his own death. It's a strategy that shows up in true crime cases more than most people realize, and it almost always carries serious risk. Eric Richins' best friend and business partner testified he never saw Eric use drugs in their entir...
18m Mar 13
18m
Ruby Franke CPS Failure: Why Nobody Stopped the Abuse Despite Years of Reports
In June 2020, CPS visited the Franke home after another report about 8 Passengers. They investigated. They closed the case. Three years later, two Franke children were found bound and starving. Ruby is now serving four to thirty years for aggravated child abuse. Part 4 of "The Good Mother" examines why systems designed to protect children fail — and what the Franke case reveals about the gap ...
16m Mar 13
16m
Kouri Richins: How She Used People, What It Did to a Family, and How She Got Here
Most coverage of the Kouri Richins trial has focused on the evidence. This series focuses on the behavior — and brings in two of the most credentialed voices in behavioral science to work through what the evidence actually describes. Tony Brueski sits down with psychotherapist Shavaun Scott and retired FBI Behavioral Analysis Chief Robin Dreeke for three complete conversations examining the ps...
1hr 9m Mar 12
1hr 9m
Cult Bystanders: Why Nobody Stopped the Daybell Murders | Religious Trauma Psychology
Charles Vallow tried to get help. He reached out to Lori's family. He documented her threats. He told police he was afraid. Nobody intervened. Five months later, he was dead. This is Part 4 of "The Chosen Ones," our psychological examination of spiritual abuse and religious trauma through the Vallow-Daybell case. Today we analyze why people watch abuse unfold in high control religion and don'...
17m Mar 12
17m
Kouri Richins: Generational Cycles, Five Children, and the Psychology of How People End Up Here
This is the question the trial record forces but rarely gets answered: how does someone end up here? Not in terms of evidence or motive — but in terms of who they became and why. And what happens to the children now living in the wreckage of it? Tony Brueski tackles both with psychotherapist Shavaun Scott and retired FBI Behavioral Analysis Chief Robin Dreeke in the final part of this three-pa...
28m Mar 12
28m
Kouri Richins Trial Day 13: Detective Jeff O' Driscoll — Defense Goes Another Round With Investigator
The Kouri Richins trial brings Detective Jeff O' Driscoll, Summit Co. Sheriff's Dept., 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 def...
47m Mar 12
47m
The Walk the Dog Letter Explained: Kouri Richins' Jailhouse Schemes Broken Down
The Walk the Dog letter has been in headlines. But headlines don't explain it. This episode does. Tony Brueski at True Crime Today takes the full six-page jailhouse letter written by Kouri Richins and breaks it down the way it deserves to be broken down — not as a collection of shocking bullet points, but as a document. What does each page actually say? What is each scheme actually designed to...
20m Mar 12
20m
Walk the Dog: What Kouri Richins Allegedly Wrote From Jail Finally Reached the Jury
For weeks, legal arguments kept it out of the courtroom. On day 12 of the Kouri Richins murder trial, the jury finally heard it — a six-page handwritten letter prosecutors say Richins wrote from jail, titled "Walk the Dog!!" and addressed to her mother, laying out what her family needed to say to build her defense from the outside. According to prosecutors, the letter asks her brother to claim...
28m Mar 12
28m
Kouri Richins: The Psychological Cost of Knowing Something Is Wrong
Eric Richins' family knew something was wrong long before a toxicology report confirmed it. They said so. They pushed. They hired a private investigator who logged 936 hours and over $100,000 before this case made it to trial. That kind of fight doesn't come from nowhere — and it leaves marks. Tony Brueski digs into the psychology of that experience with psychotherapist Shavaun Scott and retir...
22m Mar 12
22m