FBI Behavioral Expert Robin Dreeke On Brendan Banfield's Psychology | Calculated Killer Or Wrongly Accused?
We're going LIVE with retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke — former head of the FBI's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program — for a deep dive into the psychology of Brendan Banfield. Does his behavior match a man who planned an elaborate double murder? Or does the prosecution's theory fall apart under behavioral scrutiny? Dreeke has spent 32 years reading people for a living. He's ...
17m Jan 16
17m
Psychotherapist Exposes Mental Health System Failures in Reiner Case — Why 18 Rehabs Weren't Enough
Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Hidden Killers LIVE to break down the systemic failures that allowed Nick Reiner to cycle through treatment for 30 years without ever being properly helped. We're taking your questions on why the mental health system failed the Reiner family despite unlimited resources. Nick went to 18-plus rehab facilities. He'd stay 30 days, detox, and leave before any rea...
12m Jan 15
12m
LIVE: Psychotherapist on How the Reiner Family Became Trapped — Normalization, Exhaustion & Tragedy
Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Hidden Killers LIVE to break down the family dynamics that trapped Rob and Michele Reiner in a 30-year cycle with their son Nick. We're taking your questions on how families normalize dangerous behavior, why "trying everything" sometimes isn't enough, and what other families can learn from this tragedy. TMZ reported the Reiners had "grown used to" Nick's ala...
18m Jan 15
18m
Nick Reiner's Medication Was Changed ONE MONTH Before the Murders — Therapist Explains What Went Wrong
Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott explains the dangerous psychology behind Nick Reiner's reported mental deterioration in the month before he allegedly killed his parents Rob and Michele Reiner. Sources say Nick was stable on his schizoaffective disorder medication until he complained about weight gain. Doctors changed his meds. He spiraled. TMZ reported he became "erratic and dangerous" in the we...
30m Jan 15
30m
LIVE: Defense Attorney Bob Motta On Nick Reiner's Insanity Defense AND Destroying The Banfield Prosecution
We're going LIVE with defense attorney Bob Motta to break down two of the biggest murder cases in true crime — Nick Reiner and Brendan Banfield. Where does reasonable doubt live? How do you win an insanity defense? How do you destroy a star witness? Bob answers all of it. In the Nick Reiner case, celebrity attorney Alan Jackson walked out with 10 outstanding subpoenas. Nick is now represented ...
1hr 6m Jan 15
1hr 6m
The Part of the Nick Reiner Case Nobody Wants to Talk About
HK LIVE is where cases go when headlines stop explaining them. In this episode, retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke focuses on the most uncomfortable phase of the Nick Reiner case — what happened after the killings. According to publicly reported information, the aftermath did not involve immediate collapse or confusion. There was time, movement, purchases, navigation, and narrative framing...
18m Jan 15
18m
Defense Attorney Bob Motta On Destroying The Star Witness | Banfield Trial Cross-Examination Strategy
We're going LIVE with defense attorney Bob Motta for Part 2 of our deep dive into the Brendan Banfield case. This time: how do you destroy a star witness whose freedom depends on conviction? Juliana Peres Magalhaes is the prosecution's entire case. She spent a year in jail telling police the same story Brendan did — then flipped when she got a deal that sends her home to Brazil. Her sentencing...
20m Jan 14
20m
Defense Attorney Bob Motta Breaks Down The Banfield Case | Where Reasonable Doubt Lives
We're going LIVE with defense attorney Bob Motta to examine the Brendan Banfield case from the perspective prosecutors don't want you to see. Where does this case bleed? Where does reasonable doubt get built? What should the defense be hammering in that courtroom? The prosecution's own digital forensics expert contradicted their catfishing theory — and was transferred out of the unit. The lead...
17m Jan 14
17m
Defense Attorney Breaks Down Nick Reiner's Legal Options After Alan Jackson's Shocking Exit
Defense attorney Bob Motta joins Hidden Killers LIVE to analyze the legal strategy ahead for Nick Reiner following Alan Jackson's surprise withdrawal from the case. We're taking your questions and breaking down what the defense must prove to avoid a murder conviction. TMZ's documentary revealed critical details: Nick reportedly admits killing his parents but believes his incarceration is a con...
30m Jan 14
30m
LIVE: FBI Agent Coffindaffer On Banfield Trial + Nick Reiner Conspiracy Claims
We're going LIVE with retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer for a deep dive into two of the biggest cases in true crime right now. The Brendan Banfield murder trial is underway in Fairfax County — and TMZ just dropped explosive new details about Nick Reiner claiming he's the victim of a conspiracy. Coffindaffer is breaking down both cases and taking your questions in real time. On B...
46m Jan 14
46m
LIVE: Can The Jury Trust Juliana? FBI Agent Coffindaffer On The Banfield Star Witness
The entire case against Brendan Banfield rests on one witness — and we're going LIVE with retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer to examine whether the jury should believe a word she says. Juliana Peres Magalhaes was arrested for murder. She sat in jail for a year. She told police the same story Brendan did. Then she flipped, took a plea deal for manslaughter with time served, and agre...
11m Jan 13
11m
LIVE: FBI Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer On Banfield Investigation Failures | Trial Day 1
The Brendan Banfield double murder trial starts today and we're going LIVE with retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer to break down the investigation that got us here. This isn't your typical murder case. The prosecution's own digital forensics expert concluded their theory was wrong — and then he was transferred out of the unit. The lead detective who pushed back was reassigned. The ...
13m Jan 13
13m
LIVE: FBI Agent Reacts to Nick Reiner's Conspiracy Claims | Murder Weapon Missing, Autopsy Sealed
Join Tony Brueski, Stacy Cole, and Todd Michaels LIVE as retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer breaks down the explosive new developments in the Nick Reiner case. TMZ's documentary just revealed that sources say Nick admits to killing his parents but believes he's the victim of a conspiracy. His schizoaffective disorder medication was reportedly changed a month before the murders and ...
23m Jan 13
23m
FBI's Robin Dreeke on Nick Reiner & Mickey Stines — Why We Ignore Danger From People We Know
Going live with retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke to break down two cases that share one devastating truth: the people who died knew exactly who was dangerous and still couldn't stop it. Nick Reiner's parents brought him to a Christmas party to keep an eye on him. His mother told friends they'd tried everything. His schizophrenia medication had been changed weeks earlier. Three weeks afte...
50m Jan 13
50m
LIVE: FBI's Robin Dreeke on What Really Made Mickey Stines Snap
A civil lawsuit. A tense deposition. Allegations that touched both the sheriff and the judge. And days later — one of them was dead. We're live with Robin Dreeke to dig into the pressure dynamics behind the Stines killing. What happens when someone feels cornered? How do shared secrets between powerful people become dangerous? And why has nobody officially said why this happened? Questions in...
13m Jan 12
13m
FBI's Robin Dreeke on Mickey Stines — The Red Flags Everyone Missed
Going live with retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke to answer a simple question: how did everyone around Mickey Stines see him unraveling — and do nothing? Robin ran the FBI's behavioral analysis program. He knows why warnings get ignored. He knows what separates stress from danger. And he's taking your questions live. #MickeyStines #RobinDreeke #HiddenKillersLive #FBI #TrueCrimeLive #Kevi...
12m Jan 12
12m
Alan Jackson Quits Nick Reiner Case — FBI Expert Robin Dreeke Breaks Down What Happens Next
Alan Jackson just walked away from the Nick Reiner murder case. Yesterday the high-profile defense attorney told the judge he had no choice but to withdraw — then stepped outside and told reporters that Nick Reiner is not guilty of murder under California law. Print that, he said. Take it to the bank. He spent three weeks investigating every waking hour, and now says circumstances beyond Nick's...
26m Jan 12
26m
Charity Beallis FBI Analysis: Robin Dreeke Examines Violence Documented on Both Sides of This Case
This week's Hidden Killers Live featured former FBI special agent Robin Dreeke breaking down the Charity Beallis case — a three-part analysis of documented behaviors, investigative signals, and why this case resists easy conclusions. On December 3rd, 2025, Charity Beallis and her six-year-old twins Eliana and Maverick were found shot to death in their Bonanza, Arkansas home. Over a month later...
59m Jan 12
59m
Mickey Stines Judge Recusal: Undisclosed Connection to Victim Revealed — FBI Breaks Down What Failed
This week's Hidden Killers Live covered the Mickey Stines case — a recusal motion that's stalled everything and the systemic breakdown that let a sheriff in crisis keep his gun. The defense filed a motion to recuse Special Judge Christopher Cohron after discovering video showing him seated inches from Judge Kevin Mullins at a Kentucky Judicial Commission on Mental Health meeting just seven day...
32m Jan 11
32m
Nick Reiner's Elite Defense Team Gone — Bob Motta Breaks Down Years of Warning Signs Before Parents' Murder
This week's Hidden Killers Live covered the dramatic developments in the Nick Reiner case — and the pattern of warning signs that stretched back years before Rob and Michele Reiner were killed. Alan Jackson is out. The defense attorney told the judge he had "no choice" but to withdraw, citing circumstances "beyond Nick's control." Sources tell Deadline money is the reason. If true, the pattern...
41m Jan 11
41m
Sarah Grace Patrick Murder Trial Delayed 7 Months. Why the State Wasn’t Ready. Bob Motta Explains
The Sarah Grace Patrick murder trial was supposed to start this week. It didn't. The prosecution needed more time — seven months of it. Sarah Grace Patrick, 17, is charged as an adult with two counts of murder in the shooting deaths of her mother Kristin Brock and stepfather James Brock in Carroll County, Georgia. The Carroll County Sheriff's Office claimed they had "mountains of evidence" whe...
57m Jan 11
57m
Nick Reiner Insanity Defense Breakdown: Attorney Explains Strategy and System That Failed Rob Reiner
This week's Hidden Killers Live review covered the Nick Reiner case — breaking down the legal strategy and the systemic failures that made this tragedy inevitable. Nick Reiner faces two counts of first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of his parents, filmmaker Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. The defense has made clear mental health is the centerpiece — sources confirm Nick's schizoph...
42m Jan 10
42m
Sarah Grace Patrick Trial Days Away: FBI Breaks Down What Prosecutors Haven't Shown Us Yet
This week's True Crime Today Live review covers the Sarah Grace Patrick case with former FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer as trial approaches January 5th. Seventeen-year-old Sarah Grace Patrick stands accused of murdering her mother Kristin Brock and stepfather James Brock while they slept in their Carroll County, Georgia home. Her five-year-old sister discovered the bodies. For five mo...
49m Jan 10
49m
Eric Faddis On Alan Jackson Quitting The Nick Reiner Case & The Mickey Stines Judge Recusal Bomb
We're going live with attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis to break down two explosive developments in two of the biggest murder cases in America right now. First up: Alan Jackson just withdrew from the Nick Reiner case. Three weeks in, he told a judge he had "no choice" — then walked outside and told reporters that Nick Reiner is "NOT guilty of murder under California law." Sources say ...
43m Jan 10
43m
Eric Faddis Answers YOUR Questions on Mickey Stines Judge Recusal — What Happens Now?
We're going live with defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis to break down the recusal motion that just froze the Mickey Stines murder case — and we're taking your questions. Here's what happened: The defense discovered video showing Special Judge Christopher Cohron seated next to Judge Kevin Mullins at a mental health commission meeting, seven days before Mullins was shot to death...
15m Jan 09
15m
LIVE: Will Nick Reiner's Insanity Defense Work? | Attorney Eric Faddis Breaks Down California Law
"Nick Reiner is NOT guilty of murder under California law." That was Alan Jackson's parting shot — delivered from the courthouse steps after withdrawing as Nick's attorney. He's telegraphing an insanity defense. But does Nick Reiner actually have a case? On this live breakdown, attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis walks us through exactly what it takes to win an insanity defense in Cali...
16m Jan 09
16m
BREAKING: Alan Jackson OUT as Nick Reiner's Lawyer — Attorney Eric Faddis Explains What Went Wrong
It happened fast. Alan Jackson — the high-profile defense attorney who took Nick Reiner's case within hours of his arrest — just withdrew from the case, citing circumstances "beyond Nick's control." Sources point to money. But Jackson's parting words point to something else entirely: "Nick Reiner is NOT guilty of murder under California law. Print that." What does a defense attorney know after...
13m Jan 09
13m
Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott on the Reiner Tragedy — What Families Face When Love Isn’t Enough
We’re going live with psychotherapist Shavaun Scott for a comprehensive conversation about the Nick Reiner case — not to assign blame, but to understand what millions of families are facing when someone they love is struggling with severe mental illness. Rob and Michele Reiner tried everything. They had resources most families can only dream of. And it still wasn’t enough. That’s not their fai...
59m Jan 09
59m
How Do You Know When Someone Is Dangerous? Shavaun Scott on the Reiner Warning Signs
We're going live with psychotherapist Shavaun Scott to talk about violence risk — how it's assessed, how it's missed, and why families often can't see danger from the people closest to them. The Reiner family saw the warning signs. Sources say they had been scared of Nick for years. That he had violent outbursts. That his behavior was unpredictable and aggressive. The night before the killings...
18m Jan 08
18m
What Is Schizophrenia? Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott Explains Nick Reiner's Diagnosis
We're going live with psychotherapist Shavaun Scott to talk about the mental illness at the center of the Nick Reiner case. Multiple outlets have reported that Nick was diagnosed with schizophrenia years before the killings. That he was under psychiatric care. That his medication was changed three to four weeks before December 14th. And that after that change, sources say he was "erratic and d...
19m Jan 08
19m
Why Couldn't the Reiners Say No? Psychotherapist Examines the Family Pattern Behind the Tragedy
Rob Reiner once said he wanted his children to "find their own way" and didn't want them feeling like they didn't have to work. But Nick never worked. Nick never found his own way. Nick lived in his parents' guest house at thirty-two, collected a ten-thousand-dollar monthly allowance, and had every bill paid for him. The gap between what Rob said he valued and how the family actually functione...
22m Jan 08
22m
Defense Attorney Bob Motta on Sarah Grace Patrick Trial Delay + Reiner Murders System Failure | Your Questions Answered
Defense attorney Bob Motta joins us live to break down two cases dominating headlines — the Sarah Grace Patrick trial delay in Georgia and the Reiner murders in California — and take your questions in real time. Sarah Grace Patrick, 17, is charged as an adult with murdering her mother Kristin Brock and stepfather James Brock in Carroll County, Georgia. The trial was set for January 5th, 2026. ...
58m Jan 08
58m
The Reiner Murders: Years of Warning Signs — and a System That Failed to Intervene
In recent months, Southern California has seen a disturbing pattern emerge: multiple cases in which adult sons are accused of killing their fathers—or both parents. The Reiner case is one of several now drawing public attention, alongside cases involving the Cordes family, Juan Gonzalez in Perris, and Joshua Bonilla in Lake Balboa. These cases are not identical. But together, they raise a broa...
13m Jan 07
13m
Nick Reiner’s Insanity Defense Explained: What Alan Jackson Is Really Building | Bob Motta
Nick Reiner is expected to be arraigned Tuesday on two counts of first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of his parents, filmmaker Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. From the outset, his defense team—led by high-profile attorney Alan Jackson—has made one thing clear: mental health will be central to this case. Jackson has described the killings as a “devastating tragedy” involving “very ...
21m Jan 07
21m
Defense Attorney Reacts to Sarah Grace Patrick Trial Delay — “Mountains of Evidence,” But No Trial?
Defense attorney Bob Motta joins Hidden Killers to break down the seven-month delay in the Sarah Grace Patrick murder trial—and what that delay may reveal about the prosecution’s case. Patrick, 17, is charged as an adult with two counts of murder in the shooting deaths of her mother, Kristin Brock, and stepfather, James Brock, inside their Carroll County, Georgia home. The couple was found sho...
25m Jan 07
25m
Sarah Grace Patrick Trial Delayed | D4VD Grand Jury Update | FBI Analysis with Jennifer Coffindaffer
Two cases. Two teenagers. Two very different paths through the justice system—both now marked by delay and uncertainty. Seventeen-year-old Sarah Grace Patrick was expected to head toward trial in Carroll County, Georgia, accused of killing her mother, Kristin, and stepfather, James Brock, while they slept in their home. Instead, her case has been delayed—prolonging questions that have lingered...
56m Jan 07
56m
Why the Inner Circle Matters: Grand Jury Pressure in the D4VD Case
D4VD has not spoken publicly since Celeste Rivas’s body was discovered in his Tesla. But the people around him have—some by choice, others under compulsion. His manager, Robert Morgenroth, reportedly spent days testifying before a grand jury and was allegedly overheard saying his priority after learning about the body was keeping the tour moving—not contacting police. A key female witness fail...
17m Jan 06
17m
Inside the Evidence: What Investigators Found in the D4VD–Celeste Rivas Case
A chainsaw that appears never to have been used. A burn-cage incinerator still sealed in its box. A Tesla left parked on a quiet residential street for weeks—containing the decomposing body of a teenage girl. And a cause of death that remains officially deferred as a grand jury hears testimony behind closed doors. The case surrounding Celeste Rivas is, at least publicly, almost entirely circum...
13m Jan 06
13m
Sarah Grace Patrick: Inside the Evidence — FBI Breakdown with Jennifer Coffindaffer
Sarah Grace Patrick is headed toward a January trial, accused of killing her mother and stepfather inside their Carroll County, Georgia home. Prosecutors insist the evidence is overwhelming. But what the public has actually seen raises serious questions. There’s no confirmed murder weapon. No publicly disclosed physical evidence. No clear motive. What has surfaced are TikTok videos, private me...
26m Jan 06
26m
The Delphi Appeal — Did the System Fail Richard Allen at Every Step?
This is the Delphi appeal — start to finish. Defense attorney Bob Motta walks through the full scope of the case now before the appellate court: a warrant allegedly built on omissions and altered statements, a year of extreme solitary confinement that preceded multiple confessions, and a trial where critical defense evidence was never allowed in front of the jury. At every stage, the appeal r...
51m Jan 06
51m
What the Delphi Jury Never Heard — Evidence the Judge Kept Out
The jury convicted Richard Allen — but the appeal argues they never saw the full picture. They didn’t see the eyewitness sketch rated “10 out of 10” by the witness who helped create it — a sketch that looked nothing like Allen. They didn’t hear expert testimony challenging the reliability of the State’s bullet-matching evidence. They didn’t hear about alternative suspects, unverified alibis, o...
19m Jan 05
19m
Delphi Murders: Inside Westville — How Solitary Confinement Broke Accused Richard Allen
Before trial. Presumed innocent. No criminal history. And yet Richard Allen spent over a year in maximum-security solitary confinement — a unit designed for the most dangerous convicted offenders. According to the appeal, Allen entered prison coherent and physically stable. Months later, he was psychotic, severely underweight, eating feces, drinking toilet water, and making confessions while a...
15m Jan 05
15m
The Delphi Warrant — Did Police Mislead the Judge to Get Richard Allen?
Everything in the Delphi case traces back to one document: the probable cause affidavit used to search Richard Allen’s home. According to the appeal, that affidavit didn’t just summarize evidence — it allegedly reshaped it. Defense attorney Bob Motta walks through claims that witness descriptions were altered, contradictions were omitted, and statements were presented to the judge in ways that...
17m Jan 05
17m
Murdaugh Appeal BOMBSHELL: Prosecutors Hit Back Hard — Jury Tampering ‘Didn’t Matter’? | 2025 True Crime
The Alex Murdaugh case is entering one of its most explosive phases yet. South Carolina prosecutors have filed a massive 182-page brief urging the state supreme court to deny Murdaugh’s push for a new trial — even as jury-tampering allegations against former court clerk Becky Hill continue to shake public confidence. In this episode of Hidden Killers, Tony Brueski breaks down how the State is f...
28m Dec 31, 2025
28m
Nick Reiner And Sheriff Mullins: Why NOBODY Could Stop Them! Ret FBI Coffindaffer Breakdown
Two cases. Two different outcomes. One shared question the system still can’t answer. In California, police say they moved quickly after Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner were found stabbed to death — confident they had enough evidence to arrest their son, Nick Reiner, within hours. The legal fight now centers on schizophrenia, medication changes, and whether mental illness excuses violence...
37m Dec 24, 2025
37m
FBI Expert Coffindaffer Breaks Down the Failure That Let a Sheriff Kill a Judge
Court filings in the Mickey Stines case reveal a chilling reality: everyone saw the breakdown coming — and no one had the power to stop it. An elected Kentucky sheriff spiraled publicly. He called dead relatives on his phone. Lost weight rapidly. Stopped sleeping. Displayed paranoia. His own staff pushed him to see a doctor. The diagnosis? Acute stress reaction. The response? Send him home — w...
11m Dec 23, 2025
11m
Schizophrenia, Insanity, and the Law — Can Nick Reiner Avoid Responsibility?
Nick Reiner was diagnosed with schizophrenia years ago. He was in treatment. Expensive treatment. According to multiple reports, his medication was changed just weeks before his parents were stabbed to death. His defense attorney, Alan Jackson — fresh off a major acquittal in another high-profile case — is already calling this case “very complex.” Translation: the insanity defense is coming. ...
13m Dec 23, 2025
13m
Inside the Reiner Crime Scene — The Evidence Police Say Seals Nick Reiner’s Fate
By the time Romy Reiner walked into her parents’ Brentwood home Sunday afternoon, it was already over. Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner had been stabbed multiple times in their master bedroom. Their son, Nick Reiner, was gone. Investigators believe the killings happened hours earlier — giving Nick time to leave the house, check into a Santa Monica hotel, and eventually wander near USC, wher...
13m Dec 23, 2025
13m
FBI Expert Robin Dreeke Breaks Down Two Cases of Family Destruction — Nick Reiner and Pastor JP Miller
Retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke, who ran the Bureau's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program, joins us to analyze two cases that expose how predatory and crisis behavior escalates inside families while the people closest to it feel powerless to intervene. First, the Nick Reiner case. The son of legendary director Rob Reiner now faces two counts of first-degree murder in the sta...
57m Dec 23, 2025
57m
Former FBI Agent Robin Dreeke Breaks Down the JP Miller Indictment — What Mica Miller's Case Reveals
Former FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke — who ran the Bureau's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program — joins me to break down the psychology behind the JP Miller case and what the federal indictment reveals about predatory behavior and coercive control. A federal grand jury just indicted Myrtle Beach pastor JP Miller on charges of cyberstalking and making false statements to investigat...
32m Dec 22, 2025
32m