Duggar Family: The Institutional Framework Behind the Pattern
The criminal cases involving members of the Duggar family do not exist in a vacuum. They exist inside a documented institutional framework — and understanding that framework is essential to understanding how these cases developed, why disclosure took years, and why accountability has been so difficult to reach at every level. This week on True Crime Today, Tony Brueski examines the Institute i...
46m Mar 29
46m
Sheriff Nanos: The Deposition Record, the Board Vote, and What It Means for the Guthrie Investigation
In December 2025 — six weeks before Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her Tucson home — Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos gave a sworn deposition. Asked directly whether he had ever been suspended during his law enforcement career, he answered no. El Paso Police Department employment records obtained by the Arizona Republic show eight suspensions and 37 days without pay between 1977 and 1982, includ...
40m Mar 29
40m
Joseph and Kendra Duggar: Florida Life Felonies, Arkansas Misdemeanors, and a Multi-Jurisdiction Case Breaking Down
Two arrests. Two states. Two distinct charging frameworks. The Duggar family is now navigating simultaneous criminal exposure in Florida and Arkansas — and the legal specifics of each case matter in ways that most coverage failed to separate. This week on True Crime Today, Tony Brueski and criminal defense attorney Bob Motta break down the precise legal architecture of both cases. Joseph Dugg...
1hr 3m Mar 29
1hr 3m
Kouri Richins Verdict: The Appeal Record, the Pending Felonies, and What the Jury's Own Words Reveal
A Summit County jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict against Kouri Richins on charges of murdering her husband Eric with a lethal dose of fentanyl. No murder weapon was physically recovered. The state's star witness sustained credibility damage on cross-examination. The defense presented zero witnesses. The jury, by its own public account, walked into deliberations hoping to find innocence ...
29m Mar 28
29m
Joseph Duggar Arrested: Alleged Admissions, Extradition, and a Family's Documented History With Law Enforcement
The arrest of Joseph Duggar on serious charges involving a minor has renewed scrutiny of a documented institutional pattern inside one of America's most publicly visible fundamentalist families — and raises substantive legal and procedural questions that extend well beyond the current charges. This week on True Crime Today, we examine the full legal and evidentiary record. Joseph Duggar, seven...
1hr 10m Mar 28
1hr 10m
Nancy Guthrie Case: Chain of Custody Questions, a Sheriff's Disputed Sworn Record, and a Recall Underway
The disappearance of Nancy Guthrie has produced one of the most procedurally complicated missing persons investigations in recent memory — and a new layer of legal and institutional concern has now been added to an already troubled picture. This week on True Crime Today, we examine the full procedural and evidentiary status of the Guthrie investigation. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos — who co...
40m Mar 28
40m
Kouri Richins Verdict: Immunity Deals, Defense Misconduct Claims, and What the Jury Decided
A Utah jury has convicted Kouri Richins of first-degree murder in the fentanyl poisoning death of her husband Eric Richins. The verdict closed the criminal case. The legal and procedural questions it leaves behind are another matter entirely. This week on True Crime Today, we examine the Richins conviction through the lens of what the trial's final chapter revealed — and what it left unresolve...
36m Mar 28
36m
Why Nobody Could Have Predicted Bryan Kohberger — And What That Costs Us
The people who knew Bryan Kohberger heard his name on the news and reportedly felt not shock but recognition. Of course. A clarity that presented itself as something that had always been there. Except it hadn't. Before his name was connected to what allegedly happened in Moscow, Idaho, those same people were living with discomfort, not certainty. The certainty came after — assembled by a brain ...
17m Mar 28
17m
Nancy Guthrie, Nanos, and Kelsey Fitzsimmons: Legal and Investigative Breakdown
True Crime Today examines the legal and investigative dimensions of two active cases that, together, raise pressing questions about institutional accountability in American law enforcement. On the Nancy Guthrie investigation: Nancy Guthrie, 84, the mother of NBC News anchor Savannah Guthrie, has been missing from her Catalina Foothills, Arizona home since February 1, 2026. The FBI and Pima Cou...
1hr 1m Mar 27
1hr 1m
Jared Bridegan Murder-For-Hire: The Psychology of Why Nobody Stopped It Before It Was Too Late | Pt. 5
In premeditated targeted violence cases, the research is consistent: there are almost always people in the periphery who held information, observed behavior, or carried a feeling they couldn't name that, in hindsight, was a warning sign. Someone knew something was wrong before Jared Bridegan was killed on February 16th, 2022. Part 5 — the finale of One Mile From Home — examines why that knowl...
14m Mar 27
14m
Kelsey Fitzsimmons Trial: Assault Charge, Conflicting Accounts, Verdict Pending
The bench trial of former North Andover, Massachusetts police officer Kelsey Fitzsimmons concluded arguments before Essex Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Karp, with a decision expected imminently. Fitzsimmons, 29, faces a single count of assault with a dangerous weapon. She has pleaded not guilty. The charge stems from an incident on June 30, 2025, in which North Andover officer Patrick Noonan sh...
19m Mar 27
19m
Nanos: Fruit of a Poison Tree — Career Built on Fraud?
Pima County Supervisor Matt Heinz — a fellow Democrat — used three words to describe Sheriff Chris Nanos's 42-year career in Pima County: fruit of a poison tree. The argument is straightforward and damning. If Nanos omitted a forced resignation and eight suspensions from his 1984 Pima County job application — and the records now suggest he did — then the career built on that application was com...
16m Mar 27
16m
Cosby Ordered to Pay $59M — The Legal Path That Made It Possible
A California civil jury has delivered the largest judgment Bill Cosby has ever faced. Here's how a case from 1972 made it to a Santa Monica courtroom in 2026 — and what the verdict actually means legally. On March 23, 2026, jurors found Cosby liable for the sexual battery and assault of an intoxicated person under California civil law, awarding plaintiff Donna Motsinger $17.5 million in past n...
28m Mar 27
28m
Nancy Guthrie Case: Institutional Fallout and Where the Investigation Stands
The legal and investigative dimensions of the Nancy Guthrie disappearance have grown increasingly intertwined, and True Crime Today examines what the current conditions mean for the active case. From an investigative standpoint: Nancy Guthrie, 84, the mother of NBC News anchor Savannah Guthrie, has been missing from her Catalina Foothills, Arizona home since early February. The FBI and Pima Co...
19m Mar 27
19m
Nancy Guthrie Case: Nanos, Sworn Testimony, and the Record He Buried
The legal picture surrounding Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has sharpened considerably, and the implications for the Nancy Guthrie investigation are significant. Under sworn testimony, Nanos stated he had never been suspended during his law enforcement career. Documented records from his tenure with the El Paso Police Department indicate otherwise, revealing a history of suspensions and cond...
23m Mar 27
23m
What It Costs To Fit The Kohberger Profile — When You've Done Nothing Wrong
The characteristics assembled around Bryan Kohberger after his arrest — socially awkward, intensely focused, isolated, preoccupied with dark subject matter — describe an enormous population of people who have never harmed anyone and never will. And nobody is talking about what it costs those people when a profile like this gets built. True Crime Today presents Part Four of The Shape of Him fro...
16m Mar 27
16m
The Complete Duggar Psychology Breakdown — System, Perpetrators, and Survivors With Forensic Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott
Two Duggar brothers are facing criminal charges. One is in federal prison. Their father has faced no legal consequences. The organization that produced this family is still running. And a 14-year-old girl is in the middle of an active criminal investigation involving one of the most recognized families in reality television history. In this complete three-part series from Hidden Killers and Tr...
1hr 4m Mar 26
1hr 4m
Jared Bridegan Murder: Kirsten Bridegan's Fight for Justice and the System That Made It Necessary | Pt. 4
When Kirsten Bridegan opened her door on the night of February 16th, 2022 and found Bexley without her father, she faced two things simultaneously: the worst moment of her life, and the accurate knowledge that the case would go as far as she pushed it. She chose to push. Part 4 of One Mile From Home is about what that choice cost her, and what it reveals about the systems surrounding this cas...
12m Mar 26
12m
The Duggar Victims and What Comes Next — A Psychotherapist on Healing From a System Like This
Jill Duggar was one of Josh Duggar's victims. She said on national television as a young adult that her parents handled it correctly. She is now publicly condemning abuse and supporting victims. What happened between those two moments — and what it took to get there — is a story that matters far beyond the Duggar family. In Part 3 of this three-part series from Hidden Killers and True Crime To...
21m Mar 26
21m
Kelsey Fitzsimmons Trial Day 4: Judge Jeffrey Karp — NOT GUILTY!
Judge Jeffrey Karp renders his verdict in the Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial. The Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial is underway in Essex Superior Court in Massachusetts. Fitzsimmons, a North Andover police officer, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon after allegedly pointing her service weapon at fellow officer Patrick Noonan during a restraining order service at her home in June 2025. Prosecutor...
11m Mar 26
11m
Larry Millete: Spell Casters, Rohypnol Searches & the Wife Who Said "It Was Him"
Five years ago, Maya Millete disappeared from her Chula Vista home the same afternoon she called a divorce attorney. Her husband Larry sent his last email to a spell caster two minutes before she drove up. A neighbor's camera caught loud banging sounds from the house that night. She was never seen or heard from again. The case investigators built against Larry Millete is one of the most docume...
20m Mar 26
20m
Kelsey Fitzsimmons Trial Day 4: Closing Arguments — The Final Showdown
The Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial brings closing arguments from the Commonwealth and defense. The Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial is underway in Essex Superior Court in Massachusetts. Fitzsimmons, a North Andover police officer, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon after allegedly pointing her service weapon at fellow officer Patrick Noonan during a restraining order service at her home in June...
54m Mar 26
54m
Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial 2026: The Full Story Behind the Duxbury Tragedy
On January 24th, 2023, Patrick Clancy came home to find his wife injured and his three children dead in the basement of their Duxbury, Massachusetts home. Lindsay Clancy — a labor and delivery nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital — is charged with the murders of Cora, five; Dawson, three; and Callan, eight months old. She has pleaded not guilty. Her trial begins July 20th, 2026. The defense...
18m Mar 26
18m
Kelsey Fitzsimmons Trial: She Testified, Both Sides Rested, and a Verdict Could Come Any Time
The Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial reached its most significant moment when Fitzsimmons herself took the stand and testified in her own defense. The former North Andover police officer — charged with assault with a dangerous weapon after a colleague shot her while serving a restraining order — told the court she never pointed her weapon at anyone but herself. That she was in crisis. That she grabbed ...
28m Mar 26
28m
The Duggar Men Through a Forensic Lens — What a Psychotherapist Sees That the Headlines Miss
One Duggar brother is in federal prison. Another was arrested this week on charges he allegedly admitted to — twice. Their father knew about abuse inside his own family since 2002 and has faced no legal consequences. A federal judge has already put his finding about Jim Bob's sworn testimony on the public record: not credible. In Part 2 of this three-part series from Hidden Killers and True Cr...
20m Mar 26
20m
How the Duggar Family's Church Used God to Engineer Silence — A Psychotherapist Who Lived It Explains
The Duggar family didn't exist in a vacuum. They were the most famous product of the Institute in Basic Life Principles — a fundamentalist Christian organization whose doctrine demanded total submission, isolated children from outside institutions, and used the language of faith to make silence feel like obedience. In Part 1 of this three-part series from Hidden Killers and True Crime Today, h...
25m Mar 26
25m
Kelsey Fitzsimmons Trial Day 2: Steven Corr — Secured the Gun But Waited to Talk
The Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial brings Steven Corr, North Andover Police Officer, to the stand in this segment. The Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial is underway in Essex Superior Court in Massachusetts. Fitzsimmons, a North Andover police officer, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon after allegedly pointing her service weapon at fellow officer Patrick Noonan during a restraining order service...
13m Mar 26
13m
After the Guilty Verdict: What's Next for Kouri Richins — and What the Evidence Revealed About Who She Really Is
A Utah mother of three was just convicted of murdering her husband by slipping five times the lethal dose of fentanyl into his drink. But the story of Kouri Richins has never really been about the crime alone. It's been about what she did after. She wrote a children's grief book. Dedicated it to the husband prosecutors say she poisoned. Went on television to talk about healing. Told her housek...
15m Mar 26
15m
Why Kohberger's Red Flags Weren't Enough — The Gap Between Feeling And Fact
Multiple people across multiple years felt something wrong around Bryan Kohberger. A delivery driver. Classmates. Fellow graduate students at Washington State. People who created distance without being able to name what they were moving away from. People who mentioned their discomfort and watched the conversation end there — because a feeling has nowhere to go in a system built to require evide...
17m Mar 26
17m
Duggar Charges, Fitzsimmons Bench Trial, Spencer June Date: Three Active Cases and the Law's Hardest Questions
Three criminal proceedings. Three distinct legal frameworks. And in every one of them, the gap between what the public understands and what the law requires is wider than it looks. Joseph Duggar faces felony child sex abuse charges in Florida and, alongside his wife Kendra, misdemeanor charges in Arkansas. He reportedly made admissions to the victim's father and to Tontitown police detectives ...
1hr 17m Mar 25
1hr 17m
Kelsey Fitzsimmons Trial Day 3: Kelsey Fitzsimmons — Kelsey Takes the Stand
The Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial brings Fitzsimmons to the stand in this segment. The Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial is underway in Essex Superior Court in Massachusetts. Fitzsimmons, a North Andover police officer, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon after allegedly pointing her service weapon at fellow officer Patrick Noonan during a restraining order service at her home in June 2025. Pros...
1hr 41m Mar 25
1hr 41m
Jared Bridegan Murder: The Hidden Psychological Cost Paid by the Children in This Case | Pt. 3
In the coverage of the Jared Bridegan murder case, the children are mentioned and then moved past. This episode doesn't do that. Part 3 of One Mile From Home stays with the children — Bexley, who was in the backseat when her father was shot at two years old, and the twins, who grew up moving between two households at war and will spend the rest of their lives integrating what that war allegedl...
15m Mar 25
15m
Kelsey Fitzsimmons Trial Day 3: Lauren Page — Kelsey’s Mother Testifies: “Bang, Bang”
The Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial brings Lauren Page, Kelsey's mother to the stand in this segment. The Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial is underway in Essex Superior Court in Massachusetts. Fitzsimmons, a North Andover police officer, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon after allegedly pointing her service weapon at fellow officer Patrick Noonan during a restraining order service at her home i...
15m Mar 25
15m
Spencer v. State: Trial Date June 22nd — Legal Thresholds, Prosecution Strategy, and Pre-Trial Stakes
Aaron Spencer is scheduled for trial on June 22nd in Arkansas on charges stemming from the killing of Michael Fosler — a man who was released on bond while facing 40 counts of child sexual abuse. The case involved a judicial removal and significant pre-trial public statements from the prosecution, which has indicated that the jury will hear information that contradicts the public's current unde...
24m Mar 25
24m
Kelsey Fitzsimmons Trial Day 3: Maureen Torrisi —Neighbor Grilled Over Social Media Posts
The Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial brings Maureen Torrisi, neighbor of officer, to the stand in this segment. The Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial is underway in Essex Superior Court in Massachusetts. Fitzsimmons, a North Andover police officer, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon after allegedly pointing her service weapon at fellow officer Patrick Noonan during a restraining order service at h...
18m Mar 25
18m
Kelsey Fitzsimmons Trial Update: Cross-Examination Exposes Cracks in the Shooter's Account
The trial of former North Andover police officer Kelsey Fitzsimmons took a significant turn during cross-examination of the officer who shot her — and the inconsistencies that surfaced are exactly the kind a judge remembers when it's time to decide. Fitzsimmons faces one count of assault with a dangerous weapon, accused of pointing her service weapon at Officer Patrick Noonan as he and colleag...
18m Mar 25
18m
Kelsey Fitzsimmons Trial Day 3: Sargent David Strong — State Police Drops the Mic — Prosecution Rests
The Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial brings David Strong with the Massachusetts State Police to the stand in this segment. The Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial is underway in Essex Superior Court in Massachusetts. Fitzsimmons, a North Andover police officer, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon after allegedly pointing her service weapon at fellow officer Patrick Noonan during a restraining order s...
26m Mar 25
26m
Fitzsimmons Bench Trial: Strategy, Evidence Gaps, and the Legal Weight of One Contested Moment
The trial of Kelsey Fitzsimmons — a former North Andover police officer charged with assault with a dangerous weapon — is underway before a judge in Massachusetts. The defendant waived her right to a jury trial. The grand jury declined to return the top charge of armed assault with intent to murder, reducing the case to a single count. The defense team includes Martha Coakley, the former Massac...
22m Mar 25
22m
Joseph Duggar's Two-State Felony Case: Charges, Alleged Confession, and Defense Exposure
Joseph Duggar is facing felony child sex abuse charges in Florida — molestation of a victim under 12 and lewd and lascivious conduct — and is currently in an Arkansas county jail awaiting extradition. He reportedly confessed to the alleged abuse on two separate occasions: once to the victim's father, and again to Tontitown police detectives during what is described as a recorded phone call. He ...
32m Mar 25
32m
Kelsey Fitzsimmons Trial Day 2: Officer Timothy Houston — "She Pointed a Gun and Pulled the Trigger"
The Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial brings Timothy Houston, North Andover Police Officer, to the stand in this segment. The Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial is underway in Essex Superior Court in Massachusetts. Fitzsimmons, a North Andover police officer, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon after allegedly pointing her service weapon at fellow officer Patrick Noonan during a restraining order ser...
38m Mar 25
38m
Kelsey Fitzsimmons Trial Day 2: Michael Bonasoro — Firearm Expert: What the Gun Actually Showed
The Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial brings Lieutenant Michael Bonasoro with the Massachusetts State Police to the stand in this segment. The Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial is underway in Essex Superior Court in Massachusetts. Fitzsimmons, a North Andover police officer, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon after allegedly pointing her service weapon at fellow officer Patrick Noonan during a rest...
59m Mar 25
59m
Kelsey Fitzsimmons Trial Day 2: Patrick Noonan — The Officer Who Pulled the Trigger
The Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial brings Officer Patrick Noonan to the stand in this segment. The Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial is underway in Essex Superior Court in Massachusetts. Fitzsimmons, a North Andover police officer, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon after allegedly pointing her service weapon at fellow officer Patrick Noonan during a restraining order service at her home in June...
1hr 12m Mar 25
1hr 12m
Kelsey Fitzsimmons Trial Day 1: Patrick Noonan — The Officer Who Pulled the Trigger
The Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial brings Officer Patrick Noonan to the stand in this segment. The Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial is underway in Essex Superior Court in Massachusetts. Fitzsimmons, a North Andover police officer, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon after allegedly pointing her service weapon at fellow officer Patrick Noonan during a restraining order service at her home in June...
40m Mar 25
40m
Bryan Kohberger Was A Bullied Kid First — Here's What That Did To Him
Long before Bryan Kohberger was a name in a headline, he was a kid in a small Pennsylvania town who didn't fit — and who absorbed years of bullying and social rejection without the tools or support to address what that was doing to him. Part Two of The Shape of Him examines that period not to excuse what allegedly followed, but to understand what chronic social rejection actually does to the ar...
17m Mar 25
17m
Kelsey Fitzsimmons Trial Day 1: Justin Aylaian — "I Feared for My Son": The Ex-Fiancé Speaks
The Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial brings Justin Aylaian, North Andover Firefighter, to the stand in this segment. The Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial is underway in Essex Superior Court in Massachusetts. Fitzsimmons, a North Andover police officer, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon after allegedly pointing her service weapon at fellow officer Patrick Noonan during a restraining order service...
30m Mar 25
30m
Duggar Family Charges, IBLP Legal Questions, and Nancy Guthrie: What the Law Is Watching
On True Crime Today, we're presenting a comprehensive legal and procedural overview of three active cases — the criminal charges facing Joseph and Kendra Duggar, the institutional accountability questions surrounding the Institute in Basic Life Principles, and the documented investigative developments in the Nancy Guthrie disappearance. In the Duggar matter, new criminal charges have been file...
1hr 5m Mar 24
1hr 5m
Kelsey Fitzsimmons Trial Day 1: Courtney Aylaian — Restraining Order to Gunshots
The Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial brings Courtney Aylaian, Justin Aylaian's sister, to the stand in this segment. The Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial is underway in Essex Superior Court in Massachusetts. Fitzsimmons, a North Andover police officer, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon after allegedly pointing her service weapon at fellow officer Patrick Noonan during a restraining order service...
17m Mar 24
17m
Jared Bridegan Murder-For-Hire: The Psychology of a Man Who Inherited Someone Else's Hatred | Pt. 2
The most psychologically disturbing detail in the Jared Bridegan murder case isn't the method. It's this: the man who allegedly arranged the murder had no personal reason to want Jared Bridegan dead. Mario Fernandez had no shared custody dispute with Jared. No financial conflict. No personal grievance. No history. He came into this story as Shanna Gardner's husband — and he allegedly left it a...
13m Mar 24
13m
Kelsey Fitzsimmons Trial Day 1: Lieutenant Sean Daley — "Kelsey, Don't Do It" — Then Gunfire
The Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial bringsLieutenant Sean Daley, North Andover Police Department, to the stand in this segment. The Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial is underway in Essex Superior Court in Massachusetts. Fitzsimmons, a North Andover police officer, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon after allegedly pointing her service weapon at fellow officer Patrick Noonan during a restraining o...
1hr 28m Mar 24
1hr 28m
Nancy Guthrie: FBI Canvass Activity, Law Enforcement Credibility, and the Unaddressed Timelin
On True Crime Today, we're walking through the procedural and legal dimensions of the Nancy Guthrie disappearance investigation at the seven-week mark — including what the reported FBI canvassing signals about investigative direction, the legal implications of documented law enforcement credibility issues, and what the family's public outreach campaign indicates about where this case stands pro...
18m Mar 24
18m