Eleven Felonies. One Year. The Psychology Behind a System That Protects Predators | Jesse Butler Case
 How does someone charged with eleven felonies — including rape and strangulation — walk away with a single year of supervision? In Stillwater, Oklahoma, 17-year-old Jesse Mack Butler attacked two teenage girls so brutally one nearly died. Police had video evidence. Doctors confirmed near-fatal injuries. Yet the court called it “rehabilitation.” In this episode, Tony Brueski and psychotherapis...
24m Nov 06, 2025
24m
From Refugee to DA: Thien Ho’s Fight to Bring the Golden State Killer to Justice
Imagine fleeing a war as a child, arriving in America unable to speak the language — and decades later, becoming the prosecutor who takes down one of the nation’s most infamous serial killers. That’s the real-life journey of Thien Ho, Sacramento County’s District Attorney and author of The People vs. The Golden State Killer. In this Hidden Killers exclusive, Tony Brueski sits down with Ho to u...
47m Nov 06, 2025
47m
6-Year-Old School Shooting Trial: Abby Zwerner v. Ebony Parker — Day 5 Part 1
This episode features continuing coverage from inside the civil trial of Abby Zwerner v. Ebony Parker — the case that’s forcing a Virginia courtroom to confront how many warnings were ignored before a teacher was shot by her six-year-old student. Each day’s proceedings bring new testimony, evidence, and revelations about what happened inside Richneck Elementary School on January 6, 2023 — and ...
52m Nov 06, 2025
52m
6-Year-Old School Shooting Trial: Abby Zwerner v. Ebony Parker — Day 5 Part 2
This episode features continuing coverage from inside the civil trial of Abby Zwerner v. Ebony Parker — the case that’s forcing a Virginia courtroom to confront how many warnings were ignored before a teacher was shot by her six-year-old student. Each day’s proceedings bring new testimony, evidence, and revelations about what happened inside Richneck Elementary School on January 6, 2023 — and ...
46m Nov 06, 2025
46m
6-Year-Old School Shooting Trial: Abby Zwerner v. Ebony Parker — Day 5 Part 3
This episode features continuing coverage from inside the civil trial of Abby Zwerner v. Ebony Parker — the case that’s forcing a Virginia courtroom to confront how many warnings were ignored before a teacher was shot by her six-year-old student. Each day’s proceedings bring new testimony, evidence, and revelations about what happened inside Richneck Elementary School on January 6, 2023 — and ...
1hr 2m Nov 06, 2025
1hr 2m
Wendi Adelson’s Immunity Deal EXPOSED: What She CAN’T Be Charged For
In the murder-for-hire case of Florida State law professor Dan Markel, one name still divides the public — Wendi Adelson. She was his ex-wife. The mother of his children. The woman whose family — Donna and Charlie Adelson — now sit behind bars for orchestrating his killing. And yet, Wendi remains free. In this episode, Tony Brueski breaks down the exact words Wendi spoke under oath and what he...
12m Nov 06, 2025
12m
STILL The Perfect Neighbor: Susan Lorincz Prison Letter THREATENS AJ’s Kids!
She killed their mother — and now she wants to sue them. Convicted shooter Susan Lorincz, the woman who fired through a locked door and killed Ajike “AJ” Owens in Ocala, Florida, is back in the headlines after sending a four-page handwritten letter from prison threatening to sue Owens’ children and mother for defamation. In this episode, Tony Brueski breaks down the letter in full — every wor...
20m Nov 05, 2025
20m
Kimberly Sullivan Kept Her Stepson Prisoner For 20 Years. After Escaping, Judge Gave Her HIS NEW Location
In one of the most disturbing cases in modern memory, Kimberly Sullivan stands accused of holding her stepson captive for twenty years inside a locked room in their Waterbury, Connecticut home. When firefighters arrived to battle a blaze in February 2025, they didn’t just find smoke—they found a man who was 5’9” tall and weighed only 68 pounds, a skeletal figure who told police he had set the f...
14m Nov 05, 2025
14m
GUILTY… But Not Enough: Inside the Sean Grayson Verdict With Bob Motta
After weeks of testimony and emotional bodycam footage, the jury finally spoke: Sean Grayson is guilty of second-degree murder for killing Sonya Massey — the unarmed woman who called 911 for help. But “second-degree” feels like a technicality, not justice. In this Hidden Killers exclusive, Tony Brueski and defense attorney Bob Motta pull apart the verdict, the courtroom strategy, and the dang...
29m Nov 05, 2025
29m
EXPOSING the Jesse Butler Scandal: How a Legal Loophole Let A Predator Free
How does someone accused of extreme violence walk out of court without a day in prison? In this episode of Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski, we expose the loophole that turned outrage into disbelief across Oklahoma. Eighteen-year-old Jesse Mack Butler faced serious felony charges after two teenage girls were brutally attacked. Doctors said one almost didn’t survive. But instead of decades behi...
26m Nov 05, 2025
26m
11 Felonies, No Prison: Inside the Jesse Butler Youthful Offender Scandal
Eleven felony charges. Two teenage victims. One nearly strangled to death. And somehow — not a single day in prison. This episode of Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski exposes how Oklahoma’s justice system transformed a violent felony case into a “rehabilitation” story. Eighteen-year-old Jesse Mack Butler, originally charged with rape, attempted rape, sexual battery, and strangulation, faced dec...
24m Nov 05, 2025
24m
She Called 911 for Help: They Sent A Cop With A Rap Sheet | The Sonya Massey Case
She called 911 for help. And they sent her a bullet. When 36-year-old Sonya Massey phoned the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office on a quiet July night, she thought officers would protect her. Instead, Deputy Sean Grayson — a man with a trail of DUIs, firings, and a dishonorable discharge — shot her in the face inside her own kitchen. In this episode of Hidden Killers, Tony Brueski sits down wit...
27m Nov 05, 2025
27m
The Letter the DOJ Doesn’t Want You to Hear — EXPOSING The Epstein Cover-Up
Tonight, we’re not summarizing — we’re reading it. This is the full, unedited November 3, 2025, letter from Congressman Jamie Raskin to Attorney General Pam Bondi, demanding answers about what he calls a “gigantic cover-up” inside the Department of Justice surrounding the shutdown of the Epstein co-conspirator investigation. In this extraordinary letter, Raskin lays out a timeline that should ...
17m Nov 05, 2025
17m
GUILTY: Ex-Deputy Sean Grayson Convicted in the Killing of Sonya Massey
She called 911 for help. Minutes later, she was dead. In July 2024, 36-year-old Sonya Massey — a Springfield, Illinois mother of two — dialed 911, terrified someone was outside her home. Two sheriff’s deputies arrived. One of them was Deputy Sean Grayson, a man with a record of disciplinary problems, DUIs, and a dishonorable discharge from the Army for misconduct. Within minutes of entering he...
19m Nov 05, 2025
19m
Missing 9-Year-Old Melody Buzzard: FBI Raid Reveals New Clues in Chilling Case
In today’s episode of Break the Case, former FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer takes viewers deep into the troubling disappearance of 9-year-old Melody Buzzard, a case that has captured national attention. What began as a missing person report has unfolded into one of the most unsettling true crime stories of the year — a mother on the run, a child in disguise, and a cross-country trip th...
40m Nov 05, 2025
40m
From Army Misconduct to Badge & Gun: Bob Motta On The Murder Of Sona Massey
Before he killed Sonya Massey, Deputy Sean Grayson was already a walking liability — fired from department after department, discharged from the Army for misconduct, arrested for DUI, and still somehow cleared to wear a badge in Illinois. In this powerful conversation, Tony Brueski, Stacy Cole, and Todd Michaels and attorney Bob Motta expose how that happened — and why it keeps happening. Fro...
55m Nov 05, 2025
55m
Jennifer Coffindaffer Breaks Down the Maya Kowalski Case Twist No One Saw Coming
In a stunning legal reversal that’s shaking the true crime and justice world, the Florida appellate court has overturned the $213.5 million verdict in the Maya Kowalski case — one of the most emotionally charged courtroom battles in recent memory. Former FBI agent and true crime analyst Jennifer Coffindaffer sits down with legal expert Dave Ehrenberg to dissect what went wrong and what comes ne...
21m Nov 05, 2025
21m
The Fall of “Mr. Crafty Pants”: From DIY Star to Criminal Charges
He called himself Mr. Crafty Pants — a cheerful, family-friendly DIY YouTuber whose tutorials reached hundreds of thousands of homes. Now, that same man, Michael David Booth, is facing felony charges in Kentucky for possession and distribution of illegal material involving minors. In this episode of Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski, we break down exactly what happened — from the first Kik Cybe...
18m Nov 05, 2025
18m
Why the Rex Heuermann Trial Is STILL Delayed: Inside the Legal War Behind Gilgo Beach
The Gilgo Beach murders shocked the nation. The arrest of Rex Heuermann — the quiet Long Island architect accused of being a serial killer — was supposed to bring answers. Instead, it’s brought more questions. Two years later, there’s still no trial date. Why? Because behind the headlines, the justice system is waging a silent war. In this episode of Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski, we dig in...
19m Nov 04, 2025
19m
The Road Trip No One Understands: The Melodee Buzzard Case
Security footage: a nine-year-old in a gray hoodie and wig beside her mother at a Lompoc rental-car counter. Three days later, the mother returns — alone. In this Hidden Killers round-table, Tony Brueski and the team dissect the road-trip timeline that has investigators racing from California to Nebraska and Kansas. Why disguise a child? Why drive 1,500 miles and come home without her? And why...
24m Nov 04, 2025
24m
What Could Trigger Charges For Wendi Adelson?
In the shocking aftermath of Donna Adelson’s life sentence and Charlie Adelson’s conviction, one name still hangs in the air: Wendi Adelson. Dan Markel was murdered in 2014, shot in his Tallahassee driveway amid a vicious custody battle. The plot has been proven. The masterminds have been convicted. The money trail is mapped. And yet, the woman at the center of the motive — Wendi Adelson, Mark...
17m Nov 04, 2025
17m
System Failure: How 9-Year-Old Melodee Buzzard Vanished Under CPS Watch
How does a child disappear while every agency insists it’s “following policy”? Tonight on Hidden Killers, Tony Brueski and the panel trace the bureaucratic breakdown that let Melodee Buzzard, 9, fade from every official record. Complaints were filed. CPS was warned. The school marked her “independent study.” And still, no one saw her for more than a year. We unpack the entire chain of failure...
33m Nov 04, 2025
33m
Inside Diddy’s Darkest Allegation Yet: Desecrating Biggie’s Legacy
Sean “Diddy” Combs built an empire out of power, fame, and the memory of his closest friend — The Notorious B.I.G. But according to a new police report and civil lawsuit, the man once seen as hip-hop royalty may have crossed a line that can never be uncrossed. In this episode of Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski, we break down the disturbing new allegations against Diddy — ones that strike at t...
15m Nov 04, 2025
15m
Melodee Buzzard & The Great Vanishing: How California Lost 150,000 Kids
Melodee Buzzard’s disappearance isn’t an anomaly — it’s the warning sign of a statewide collapse. Between 2019 and 2022, California’s public-school rolls dropped by 270,000 students. Roughly 150,000 of them remain unaccounted for in any school, private affidavit, or relocation record. They didn’t all move — many simply vanished from the data, the same way Melodee vanished from oversight. In t...
57m Nov 04, 2025
57m
6-Year-Old School Shooting Trial: Abby Zwerner v. Ebony Parker — Day 4 Part 1
This episode features continuing coverage from inside the civil trial of Abby Zwerner v. Ebony Parker — the case that’s forcing a Virginia courtroom to confront how many warnings were ignored before a teacher was shot by her six-year-old student. Each day’s proceedings bring new testimony, evidence, and revelations about what happened inside Richneck Elementary School on January 6, 2023 — and ...
57m Nov 04, 2025
57m
6-Year-Old School Shooting Trial: Abby Zwerner v. Ebony Parker — Day 4 Part 2
This episode features continuing coverage from inside the civil trial of Abby Zwerner v. Ebony Parker — the case that’s forcing a Virginia courtroom to confront how many warnings were ignored before a teacher was shot by her six-year-old student. Each day’s proceedings bring new testimony, evidence, and revelations about what happened inside Richneck Elementary School on January 6, 2023 — and ...
41m Nov 04, 2025
41m
6-Year-Old School Shooting Trial: Abby Zwerner v. Ebony Parker — Day 4 Part 3
This episode features continuing coverage from inside the civil trial of Abby Zwerner v. Ebony Parker — the case that’s forcing a Virginia courtroom to confront how many warnings were ignored before a teacher was shot by her six-year-old student. Each day’s proceedings bring new testimony, evidence, and revelations about what happened inside Richneck Elementary School on January 6, 2023 — and ...
52m Nov 04, 2025
52m
The Charlie Kirk Assassination: How Do You Defend the “Un-Defendable”?
What happens when the justice system is asked to stay fair in a case that’s already been tried in public? In this episode of Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski, we dive deep into the courtroom storm surrounding Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old accused in the Charlie Kirk shooting at Utah Valley University. Prosecutors say they have digital evidence and statements linking him to the attack. His de...
14m Nov 04, 2025
14m
The Murdaugh Housekeeper Who Exposed Everything: The Truth About Gloria Satterfield
Before the murders, before the boat crash, before the empire collapsed — there was Gloria Satterfield. For more than two decades, Gloria worked for the Murdaugh family in South Carolina. She wasn’t just a housekeeper — she was family. She helped raise their children, managed their home, and held together the daily chaos that fueled one of the South’s most powerful legal dynasties. And then, in...
18m Nov 03, 2025
18m
Epstein’s Web, Fear’s Grip: Robin Dreeke Breaks Down Virginia Giuffre’s ‘Nobody’s Girl’
What happens when the grooming starts long before the predator ever arrives? Virginia Giuffre’s Nobody’s Girl traces that timeline—from a chaotic childhood to the psychological capture engineered by Epstein and Maxwell. Tony Brueski, Stacy Cole, Todd Michaels, and retired FBI behavioral chief Robin Dreeke dissect the emotional architecture of trafficking: the grooming cycles, the normalization...
22m Nov 03, 2025
22m
Why D4vd Can’t Speak — The Impossible Tightrope Between Law and Reputation
In this episode of Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski, we dig deep into one of the most complex and misunderstood stories in music right now — the silence of D4vd. When fifteen-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez was found dead in a Tesla registered to the rising artist, the headlines erupted. Fans demanded answers. Social media exploded. But from D4vd himself? Nothing. No interviews. No statements...
12m Nov 03, 2025
12m
Ignored Warnings: Inside Abby Zwerner Trial — How a 6-Year-Old’s Shooting Became a Case About Adult Failure
A six-year-old walked into class with a 9mm pistol. His teacher, Abby Zwerner, left on a stretcher — shot in the chest and hand while protecting her students. Now, in a Virginia courtroom, that day is being dissected hour by hour. The $40 million civil trial of Abby Zwerner v. Ebony Parker has become a national referendum on what happens when warnings are ignored — when fear, policy, and denia...
22m Nov 03, 2025
22m
Groomed by Fear: Inside Virginia Giuffre’s Final Words | FBI Expert Robin Dreeke
Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir Nobody’s Girl isn’t just another Epstein chapter—it’s a psychological case study in how fear becomes control. In this raw episode of Hidden Killers Live, Tony Brueski sits down with retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke, the former Chief of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program, to unpack how predators like Epstein and Maxwell systematically i...
31m Nov 03, 2025
31m
Diddy’s “Speedy Appeal” Is the Most Delusional Thing He’s Done Yet
Sean “Diddy” Combs wants a speedy appeal. You heard that right — after just over a year behind bars for his federal conviction on prostitution-related charges, Diddy’s lawyers are now begging the appeals court to fast-track his case. The same man who built an empire on control, intimidation, and grandiosity still can’t handle one thing: waiting his turn. In this episode, Tony Brueski breaks do...
13m Nov 03, 2025
13m
Predators, Power & the Machinery of Silence | Virginia Giuffre x Robin Dreeke
Virginia Giuffre’s memoir Nobody’s Girl doesn’t just tell a story—it indicts an entire system built on power, grooming, and silence. In this episode of Hidden Killers Live, Tony Brueski, Stacy Cole, and Todd Michaels sits down with FBI veteran Robin Dreeke to map out how the Epstein-Maxwell machine turned trauma into obedience and money into immunity. Dreeke unpacks every psychological layer: ...
53m Nov 03, 2025
53m
Florida Court Overturns $213 Million “Take Care of Maya” Verdict — What Really Happened? -WEEK IN REVIEW
A Florida appeals court has overturned the $213.5 million verdict once awarded to Maya Kowalski and her family — the same case that inspired the Netflix documentary Take Care of Maya. In 2016, Maya Kowalski, then just ten years old, was admitted to Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital for complications related to Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), a rare and debilitating pain condition. H...
28m Nov 03, 2025
28m
Inside the Cover-Up: How a School Let a 6-Year-Old Pull the Trigger-WEEK IN REVIEW
A 6-year-old brought a gun to class. His teacher, Abby Zwerner, ended the day in a hospital — shot through the chest and hand in front of her first graders. But what’s unfolding now inside a Virginia courtroom is almost more shocking than the shooting itself. This isn’t just a story about a child with a gun — it’s a story about four separate warnings ignored by school officials who had every ...
21m Nov 02, 2025
21m
Predators, Power & the Machinery of Silence | Virginia Giuffre x Robin Dreeke-WEEK IN REVIEW
Virginia Giuffre’s memoir Nobody’s Girl doesn’t just tell a story—it indicts an entire system built on power, grooming, and silence. In this episode of Hidden Killers Live, Tony Brueski, Stacy Cole, and Todd Michaels sits down with FBI veteran Robin Dreeke to map out how the Epstein-Maxwell machine turned trauma into obedience and money into immunity. Dreeke unpacks every psychological layer: ...
53m Nov 02, 2025
53m
How Larry Krasner Failed Kada Scott — and Every Victim in Philadelphia-WEEK IN REVIEW
Kada Scott should still be alive. But under Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, justice isn’t blind — it’s asleep. In this in-depth investigation, Tony Brueski breaks down the horrific chain of failures that allowed Keon King, a man already charged with kidnapping and strangulation, to walk free on low bail… and allegedly kill Kada Scott just months later. This episode exposes how L...
19m Nov 02, 2025
19m
The Wig, the Rental Car, and the Missing Child – Inside the Melodee Buzzard Investigation-WEEK IN REVIEW
Nine-year-old Melodee Buzzard vanished after a mysterious three-day road trip with her mother, Ashlee Buzzard, in early October 2025. Surveillance footage shows Melodee wearing a dark wig and hoodie at a California car-rental counter on October 7. Ashlee rented a white Chevy Malibu (plate CA 9MNG101), drove more than 1,500 miles to Nebraska, and returned alone on October 10. Four days later, o...
20m Nov 02, 2025
20m
When Justice Fails | Bryan Kohberger’s Profits & The Abby Zwerner Trial-WEEK IN REVIEW
Two stories. One broken system. In Idaho, Bryan Kohberger could legally make money off his own murders. In Virginia, a first-grade teacher named Abby Zwerner was shot after four separate warnings were ignored. Both stories show how America’s justice system has traded accountability for excuses — and how law, morality, and bureaucracy keep collapsing under their own contradictions. Tony Brueski...
52m Nov 02, 2025
52m
The True Horror of Amityville: DeFeo Family Murders-WEEK IN REVIEW
Before there was a “haunted house,” there was a family. And before The Amityville Horror became a pop-culture phenomenon, there was a very real crime scene — six members of the DeFeo family, murdered in their beds on November 13, 1974. In this Hidden Killers deep-dive, Tony Brueski strips away the myth and exposes the true story of Ronald DeFeo Jr. — the 23-year-old son who turned a picture-pe...
15m Nov 02, 2025
15m
Trauma, Fear, and Accountability: Shavaun Scott on the Psychology of ‘The Perfect Neighbor’ Killer-WEEK IN REVIEW
When Ajike Owens was killed through a closed door, her four children lost their mother — and a nation faced the consequences of unchecked paranoia. In this exclusive episode, psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Tony Brueski, Stacy Cole, and Todd Michaels to dissect the mental chain reaction behind that fatal moment. Scott explores how chronic resentment, fear scripting, and entitlement converg...
51m Nov 01, 2025
51m
Virginia Au Pair Murder Plot: Husband, Fetish Site & Double Homicide-WEEK IN REVIEW
In a quiet Virginia suburb, what looked like a perfect family hid something unthinkable. When police walked into the Banfield home in Herndon, they found 37-year-old nurse Christine Banfield stabbed to death and 39-year-old Joseph Ryan shot in the head. Her husband, former IRS agent Brendan Banfield, claimed it was self-defense — that Ryan had broken in and attacked his wife. But investigators...
18m Nov 01, 2025
18m
Inside Diddy’s Prison Countdown: 921 Days Until He Walks Free-WEEK IN REVIEW
Sean “Diddy” Combs — the man who once ruled hip-hop, fashion, and nightlife — now faces a very different kind of countdown: 921 days until freedom. Federal Bureau of Prisons records confirm Diddy’s expected release date as May 8, 2028, following his 50-month sentence for charges of transportation to engage in prostitution. But the real story isn’t about a date — it’s about survival. In this H...
15m Nov 01, 2025
15m
15 People Saw Laci Peterson Alive!! NONE Were Heard in Court!-WEEK IN REVIEW
Imagine fifteen people—five of whom personally knew Laci Peterson—telling police they saw her alive, walking her golden retriever, after her husband had already left for his solo fishing trip. Now imagine every single one of them ignored. That’s the picture painted by the LA Innocence Project in its new 600-page petition for a new trial. The filing lists more than a dozen witnesses who saw a p...
1hr 10m Nov 01, 2025
1hr 10m
The Genesis of Control: How Donna Adelson Became Donna Adelson-WEEK IN REVIEW
Before Donna Adelson was a headline — before the mugshots, the trials, the whispers about murder-for-hire — she was a woman built for control. In this episode of Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski, we trace how Donna Adelson became Donna Adelson — from her 1950s New York upbringing to the mindset that would one day define her downfall. What happens when an entire generation is raised to believe...
13m Nov 01, 2025
13m
Bryan Kohberger’s Secret Trial Plan: The Survivors He Planned to Call for His Defense-WEEK IN REVIEW
Before Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to the brutal murders of four University of Idaho students, his defense team was quietly preparing a courtroom strategy that would have shocked the nation. According to newly unsealed court filings, Kohberger planned to call friends of the victims — and even the survivors themselves — as defense witnesses. Among them: Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke, the...
13m Nov 01, 2025
13m
Letters from the Dark: Donna Adelson’s Prison Plea & Chad Daybell’s Ghost Confession-WEEK IN REVIEW
In this full episode of Hidden Killers Live, Tony Brueski, Stacy Cole, and Todd Michaels take you inside the minds of two of America’s most notorious convicted murderers — Donna Adelson and Chad Daybell — through the words they wrote themselves. Segment 1: Donna Adelson’s Prison Letter From a Florida jail cell, Donna Adelson wrote a 2024 letter to her husband Harvey describing how her heart “...
1hr 9m Nov 01, 2025
1hr 9m
Austin Drummond: Four Dead, One Baby Left Behind — And He’s Still Playing Games
Four people murdered in cold blood. A baby left sitting in a car seat in a stranger’s yard, alone. And somehow, the man accused of doing it — Austin Drummond — is still trying to control the narrative from behind bars. This is what happens when evil gets too comfortable with itself. Drummond isn’t some unhinged mystery; he’s a career predator who’s been testing limits since the day the system...
15m Oct 31, 2025
15m