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In this episode of Just Wondering with Norm Hitzges, Norm takes a look at two very different stories that somehow share the same theme: risk.First, the future of the Dallas Mavericks under new ownership.The Adelson family didn't buy 73% of the franchise just to sit courtside. Norm walks through what's really at play — the push to legalize casino gambling in Texas, the millions spent on political influence, and the long game behind a potential new arena and entertainment complex once the current lease expires in 2031.The big question isn't whether they want a casino in Dallas.It's whether Texas will ever allow it.Norm breaks down the politics, the timing, and whether the Mavericks are ultimately a basketball investment… or a much larger business play.Then the show pivots to the Winter Olympics — and one of the strangest medal-stand moments you'll ever hear about. A Norwegian biathlete wins bronze and decides the podium is the perfect place to publicly confess to cheating on his girlfriend and beg for forgiveness.Norm asks the obvious:Is there ever a good time for that? And was that it?It's sports, business, politics, ego, and human vulnerability — all in one episode.Sometimes the biggest gambles aren't the ones made with money. ⏱️ Chapters00:01 – Why the show is moving to once a week02:23 – Who really owns the Mavericks now?03:01 – The Adelsons and the casino connection03:57 – Can Texas ever legalize gambling?06:20 – Why legislation keeps failing08:09 – What happens when the lease expires in 2031?09:35 – Sponsor: Bob's Steak & Chop House10:15 – Full Moon Healing Balm11:44 – Winter Olympics recap12:46 – The Norwegian biathlete's podium confession15:41 – The girlfriend responds16:13 – Final thoughts Check us out: patreon.com/sunsetloungedfwInstagram: sunsetloungedfwTiktok: sunsetloungedfwX: SunsetLoungeDFWFB: Sunset Lounge DFW Just Wondering is a long-form sports commentary podcast hosted by longtime broadcaster Norm Hitzges, offering thoughtful, numbers-driven analysis of the NFL, college sports, the NBA, and the business and culture surrounding them. Each episode blends experience, history, and curiosity to explore why things happen — not just what happened. New episodes feature clear-eyed perspective, context you don't hear elsewhere, and questions worth sitting with a little longer.

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Discover a new way to think about global investing. Join Portfolio Managers Max Adelson and Nicolas Bellemare as they introduce Fidelity Global Opportunities Long/Short Fund — a strategy designed to go beyond traditional equity investing. This globally diversified core approach taps into Fidelity's powerful research network to uncover opportunities across regions, sectors and market caps. Recorded on February 3, 2026. At Fidelity, our mission is to build a better future for Canadian investors and help them stay ahead. We offer investors and institutions a range of innovative and trusted investment portfolios to help them reach their financial and life goals. Fidelity mutual funds and ETFs are available by working with a financial advisor or through an online brokerage account. Visit fidelity.ca/howtobuy for more information. For a fifth year in a row, FidelityConnects by Fidelity Investments Canada was ranked #1 podcast by Canadian financial advisors in the 2025 Environics' Advisor Digital Experience Study.

Get 40% off your entire order at https://Lolablankets.com by using code LAWNERD at checkout. Experience the world's #1 blanket with Lola Blankets. #ad Watch the full coverage of the live stream on The Emily D. Baker YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/L-2W7DIsLJ8  Charlie Adelson, the son of Donna Adelson, who were both convicted in the Dan Markell murder case, is seeking a new trial. In this Case Brief, we dive deep into the appellate court arguments, where the court reviews the record and questions the lawyers on the motion for a new trial. This appeal is a slow, nuanced process, and we will continue to monitor the case for an order from the judges. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Three appellate judges heard oral arguments today in Charlie Adelson's bid to overturn his conviction in the murder-for-hire of Dan Markel. Adelson, currently serving life in a South Dakota prison, was not present as his attorneys argued he was denied a fair trial due to nearly a decade of pretrial publicity in Tallahassee. Defense attorney Michael Ufferman told Florida's First District Court of Appeal that 53 of 54 prospective jurors who formed an opinion believed Adelson was guilty before the trial began. He cited jurors discussing the case in violation of court orders and argued the entire panel should have been struck. The state countered that Adelson accepted the jury without objection and never filed a formal change of venue motion. Assistant Attorney General Robert Charles Lee delivered the prosecution's sharpest argument: Adelson is entitled to an impartial jury, not an impartial community. He maintained that any Florida jury would have convicted based on the evidence. The judges pressed both sides with pointed questions but did not indicate when a ruling would come. Adelson was convicted in November 2023 for orchestrating the 2014 murder of his former brother-in-law, an FSU law professor who was shot in his garage after a custody dispute. His mother Donna Adelson, convicted in September 2025, also has an appeal pending. Both are fighting their convictions from separate prisons.#CharlieAdelson #DanMarkel #AdelsonAppeal #TrueCrimeToday #MurderForHire #DonnaAdelson #FloridaCrime #AdelsonCase #TallahasseeMurder #MarkelCaseJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Charlie Adelson wasn't in the courtroom today. He's sitting in a South Dakota prison while his appellate attorneys argued that his murder conviction should be reversed. The hearing before Florida's First District Court of Appeal lasted 40 minutes and centered on one core question: Was the Tallahassee jury pool so poisoned by pretrial publicity that a fair trial was impossible? Defense attorney Michael Ufferman laid out the numbers. Of 130 prospective jurors questioned during voir dire, 54 had formed an opinion about the case. Fifty-three of them believed Charlie was guilty. Jurors were caught talking about the case after being instructed not to. Ufferman argued the fix was simple — strike the panel, move the trial, start over. Instead, the trial proceeded and Charlie was convicted of first-degree murder, conspiracy, and solicitation in the 2014 killing of his former brother-in-law, FSU law professor Dan Markel. The state pushed back forcefully. Assistant Attorney General Robert Charles Lee argued Charlie accepted the jury, never filed a written venue motion, and waived his right to complain. His blunt assessment: any jury in Florida would have reached the same verdict. The judges questioned both sides but issued no ruling. Charlie's mother Donna Adelson also has an appeal pending following her own conviction last year. The Markel case now moves into its final legal chapter.#CharlieAdelson #DanMarkel #AdelsonAppeal #TrueCrime #MurderForHire #DonnaAdelson #FloridaAppeal #AdelsonTrial #MarkelMurder #JusticeForDanJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong examines the disturbing case of Donna Adelson, a domineering and deeply enmeshed mother whose obsessive need for control allegedly culminated in the murder-for-hire of her former son-in-law, Florida State University law professor Dan Markel. What began as a bitter custody dispute following Markel's divorce from Adelson's daughter, Wendi, escalated into a years-long campaign of manipulation, psychological warfare, and resentment fueled by Donna's refusal to accept court-imposed boundaries. Candice explores how enmeshment, entitlement, and an intolerance for loss of control can distort family dynamics; and how a grandmother's fixation on access and dominance ultimately led prosecutors to accuse her of orchestrating a deadly conspiracy that shattered an entire family.Be the first to know about Wondery's newest podcasts, curated recommendations, and more! Sign up now at https://wondery.fm/wonderynewsletterNeed more Killer Psyche? With Wondery+, enjoy exclusive episodes, early access to new ones, and they're always ad-free. Start your free trial in the Wondery App or visit wondery.app.link/TI5l5KzpDLb now.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Charlie Adelson's isn't giving up on his freedom and is expected to have his case seen soon in the appeals court. This STS episode goes beyond the headlines--offering insights and context you won't get anywhere else. Welcome to Surviving the Survivor, the show that brings you the #BestGuests in all of #trucrime. In this Episode STS' Joel Waldman is joined by Attorney Timothy R. Jansen and Law Professor Jo Potuto. They discuss what the defense's oral arguments really mean for the future of the case, how this appeal could influence similar high-profile murder convictions and share their takes on what the judges may be considering behind the scenes. Dan Markel was more than a headline...Dan Markel was a respected law professor, father, and husband whose life was cut short in one of the most chilling murder-for-hire cases in recent U.S. history. As the legal saga continues, STS honors his legacy while amplifying the ongoing call for justice for Dan Markel and closure for his loved ones.Support the show & be a part of #STSNation:Donate to STS' Trial Travel: Https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/GJ...VENMO: @STSPodcast or Https://www.venmo.com/stspodcastCheck out STS Merch: Https://www.bonfire.com/store/sts-store/Joel's Book: Https://amzn.to/48GwbLxSupport the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SurvivingTheSurvivorEmail: SurvivingTheSurvivor@gmail.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A letter about the Nobel Peace Prize. A claim that America needs “complete and total control of Greenland.” And a war that almost started, then didn't. We follow the thread from ego-driven spectacle to real-world consequences, unpacking how image-making can bend strategy and endanger lives. We begin with the Greenland fixation and why it fails every basic test of strategy. Greenland is already protected under NATO via Denmark, and the specter of a Chinese or Russian occupation collapses under logistics and alliance math. So what's left? Legacy. The urge to redraw the map and be remembered becomes a risky compass when it steers policy toward symbolic victories over coherent national interest. From there, the focus shifts to Iran and a night when airspace closed, assets moved, and insiders braced for impact. The order never came. Not because escalation was unthinkable, but because defenses were thin and retaliation looked imminent. Reports point to Netanyahu's warning and U.S. readiness gaps as decisive. That's sobering: it implies delay, not de-escalation, while carriers, interceptors, and air wings redeploy. We also dig into Lindsey Graham's fury at Gulf allies who want to avoid turning their own bases and ports into targets—a reminder that geography and self-preservation shape their decisions more than Washington talking points. Back home, we trace the money and the megaphone. Miriam Adelson's outsized influence, built on massive checks, highlights how single-issue loyalty can purchase foreign-policy outcomes. Pam Bondi's boasts about unprecedented DOJ actions on campus “anti-Semitism” expose the dangerous slide from policing threats to policing dissent. When pro-Palestinian protest and criticism of U.S.-Israel policy are rebranded as bigotry, federal power becomes a cudgel against speech rather than a shield for it. We close with a regime change reality check. Dinesh D'Souza's nostalgia for post-WWII “success” meets Dave Smith's rebuttal: those outcomes were born of total war, mass death, and decades of occupation—conditions America will not, and should not, reproduce. Swapping in “friendlier thugs” isn't strategy; it's a recipe for failed states, insurgency, and endless costs. If this breakdown helps you see the stakes more clearly, subscribe, share the show, and leave a review. What do you think is the biggest risk on the horizon: an Iran strike, a Greenland gambit, or the creeping crackdown on dissent?

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True Crime Today's week in review covers the Adelson case — Charlie's appeal arguments and Donna's prison transfer to South Florida.Charlie Adelson will be back in court February 3rd, 2026 — not for a new trial, but for twenty minutes to convince three appellate judges that the system got it wrong. His 91-page brief argues pretrial publicity in Tallahassee was so overwhelming that a fair trial was impossible. The numbers are stark: 96 of 130 potential jurors had heard of the case. Of the 54 who formed an opinion, 53 believed Charlie was guilty before testimony began. His team also claims defense attorney Dan Rashbaum had a conflict of interest — the same issue that exploded Donna's trial when Charlie revoked his waiver the morning of jury selection.Meanwhile, Donna Adelson has been transferred to Homestead Correctional Institution in Miami-Dade County. The woman who allegedly funded a contract killing because she couldn't accept her grandchildren living in Tallahassee is now thirty miles from her former life, behind razor wire, serving life without parole. She's filed her own notice of appeal. Criminal appeals succeed around five percent of the time.Five people convicted. Charlie in South Dakota over security concerns. Donna in Homestead. Katherine Magbanua in Ocala. The hitmen locked up. Eleven years from Dan Markel's murder to final judgment.And Wendi Adelson — named by prosecutors as an unindicted co-conspirator, testified under limited immunity at every trial, never charged. State Attorney Jack Campbell said decisions would come "in the coming weeks" after Donna's conviction. That was months ago.#CharlieAdelson #DonnaAdelson #DanMarkel #TrueCrimeToday #WendiAdelson #AdelsonAppeal #MurderForHire #FloridaCrime #WeekInReview #JusticeForDanMarkelJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISDOES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

Our week in review on the Adelson case — Charlie's appeal heading to oral arguments and Donna now housed thirty miles from her former life.Charlie Adelson is heading back to court — but this time, there's no jury. On February 3rd, 2026, Florida's First District Court of Appeal will hear oral arguments in his bid to overturn his life sentence for Dan Markel's murder. His 91-page brief argues pretrial publicity made a fair trial impossible. Of 130 potential jurors, 96 had heard of the case. Of the 54 who formed an opinion, 53 believed Charlie was guilty before opening statements. His team also claims a conflict of interest compromised his own defense attorney — the same conflict that derailed Donna's trial when Charlie revoked his waiver on the morning of jury selection.Donna Adelson has been transferred to Homestead Correctional Institution in Miami-Dade County — exactly where her defense requested she be housed at sentencing, close to her husband Harvey. She's filed her own notice of appeal. Mother and son, both serving life, fighting through the same appellate court, neither willing to testify for the other. Criminal appeals succeed about five percent of the time. Even a "win" rarely means freedom.Charlie is serving his sentence in South Dakota after a 2024 transfer over security concerns. Katherine Magbanua remains at Lowell Annex in Ocala. Five people convicted. Eleven years from murder to final judgment.But one question refuses to die: What about Wendi? Prosecutors named her an unindicted co-conspirator. She testified under limited immunity. She has never been charged. State Attorney Jack Campbell promised decisions "in coming weeks" after Donna's conviction. Months later — silence.#CharlieAdelson #DonnaAdelson #DanMarkel #WendiAdelson #AdelsonAppeal #MurderForHire #FloridaCrime #HiddenKillers #WeekInReview #JusticeForDanMarkelJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISDOES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

The 1st District Court of Appeal has decided to hold oral arguments in the case of Charlie Adelson, who is seeking a retrial after being convicted for his role in the 2014 murder-for-hire of law professor Dan Markel.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Host Dr. Davide Soldato and guests Dr. Kerin Adelson and Dr. Maureen Canavan discuss JCO article "Association Between Systemic Anticancer Therapy Administration Near the End of Life with Health Care and Hospice Utilization in Older Adults: A SEER Medicare Analysis of End-of-Life Care Quality," highlighting adverse outcomes for patients who receive any type of systemic anticancer therapy(SACT) at EOL (end of life) and the need for better communication between oncologists and patients regarding expected risk and benefits of such treatments to properly align goals-of-care. TRANSCRIPT Dr. Davide Soldato: Hello and welcome to JCO After Hours, the podcast where we sit down with authors from some of the latest articles published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. I am your host, Dr. Davide Soldato, medical oncologist at Ospedale San Martino in Genoa, Italy. Today, we are joined by JCO authors Dr. Maureen Canavan, epidemiologist and associate research scientist at Yale Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy and Effectiveness Research Center; and by Dr. Kerin Adelson, Chief Quality and Value Officer, medical oncologist, and clinical researcher on health services and clinical care delivery at MD Anderson Cancer Center. In the manuscript "Association Between Systemic Anticancer Therapy Administration Near the End of Life With Health Care and Hospice Utilization in Older Adults: A SEER-Medicare Analysis of End-of-Life Care Quality." that you recently published in the JCO, you performed an analysis that included more than 30,000 older adults in the SEER-Medicare database, and you observed that 7.6% of these patients received any systemic anticancer medication within 30 days of death. So, I wanted you to explain why you thought that this was a priority right now, and whether there was any previous data that was published in the literature, and if you think that there was any significant gap in the literature that led you to the research you just published. Dr. Kerin Adelson: We have published a series of articles looking at real-world trends  in patterns of care, particularly related to systemic anticancer therapy at the end of life. This has been gaining increasing focus in recent years because of the understanding that when patients stay on systemic anticancer therapy, that is often a surrogate for a lack of goal-concordant care. So, patients who continue to receive systemic therapy have worse quality of life, are more likely generally to have a medicalized death, and less likely to use hospice. And what our prior work has shown is that more and more we are seeing patients using immunotherapies and targeted therapies towards the end of life. No prior work had really comprehensively examined whether these novel therapies were associated with those same patterns of care increases in acute care utilization and decreases in hospice. Dr. Davide Soldato: So basically, the data that we had up until that point was mostly with cytotoxic chemotherapy, and the emergence of this new treatment, which frequently are thought to be less toxic and so less problematic also in the end of life, led to this research. Is that correct? Dr. Kerin Adelson: Correct. Dr. Maureen Canavan: I would also build on that. I think that as the landscape of cancer care changes, it is important to really understand the availability of treatments, but then also, as Kerin noted, it is important to focus on goal-concordant care. We have established literature, studies we have done and some other studies that have looked at cytotoxic chemotherapy, but with the emergence of these targeted therapies, we really did not know a few things. We did not know the rates of utilization in a large national population, and how that was associated with these elements of medicalized death like ED use, hospitalizations, acute care use. So this was really a question that we had going into it. How can we expand the knowledge base so that both patients and providers can be more cognizant when thinking about goals of care conversations and ensuring that that is in place? Dr. Kerin Adelson: And our work has kind of evolved to answer some critical questions. So, one of our early papers looked at different rates of systemic anticancer therapy at the end of life, and that is where we showed that we were seeing a lot more immunotherapy and targeted therapy. And then we asked the question, well, oncologists generally when they give these treatments, they are hoping that those treatments are going to work and help the patients live longer. So we did another paper where we actually looked at practices who were more aggressive near the end of life and whether they had better overall survival than practices that were less aggressive, accounting for the fact that there could be populations of patients who benefited. And in fact, we showed there was no survival difference. So then this paper sort of answered the question: Well, if it is not having benefit, is this treatment actually doing harm? And this study gets at that question: What are the harms of continuing patients on therapy past the point of benefit? Dr. Maureen Canavan: And I think building off of that, the use of the SEER-Medicare database is a quite robust database. So in this, we have very specific data we can track. We can track the exact type of treatment they had, you know, was it a targeted therapy? Was it immunotherapy? So looking at those subclasses of therapy. We were also able to directly link it within that time frame to the acute care utilization, a limitation that we had in some of our previous work that that data was not always available. So it is more focused in the sense that we were looking at older adults, so patients 66 years of age and older, but we were able to get those individual metrics. So to Kerin's point, we did not see the survival benefit. What do we see then for these medicalized death elements? So the higher rates of all of them across the board. Dr. Davide Soldato: So coming back to the cohort and to the data that you utilized, Dr. Canavan mentioned the use of the SEER system to analyze these data. You already mentioned that you included mostly older adults, so those aged 66 and more. And also there was a little bit of restriction regarding the fact that the patient needed to be covered by Medicare in the last year of death concerning Part A and Part B, and the last 30 days from death concerning Part D. So I just wanted to ask a little bit of a question regarding these findings and whether you think that we also need additional work, especially in the younger population because I think it is something that all of us who work in oncology have seen. The aggressiveness, and this is also something that you showed in your data, tends to increase as the age of the patient tends to decrease. So we tend to be more aggressive towards younger patients. So just a comment on that on the population and generalizability of the findings. Dr. Maureen Canavan: Yeah, I will start with the data question element. Thank you. I think there are a few things to point out for that. So in terms of the restriction to ensure that they had continuous Part D coverage, that was necessary for us to track their oral medication use during that time. So kind of an easy response. The Part A, Part B requirement, it is actually pretty widely used in studies of SEER-Medicare data, and that is you want to establish the patient population, that they are not getting treated with another insurance provider in some way that you are not able to track. So that ensures that we can track not only their systemic anticancer therapy use but also when we are trying to make sure that we are controlling for confounders like chronic conditions and stuff, we are able to track the presence of chronic conditions. So we wanted to make sure we were not biasing the data, so I think that was an important consideration. You do point out very wisely that there are then limitations with the generalizability, and I think we would be lacking if we did not account for that. But I think it is important to establish this baseline relationship association, and then you can step out, we will say, to more diverse populations. So I think we could potentially maybe try to relax the timeline to see if people that might have influx in and out of the Medicare system are still seeing those same rates. I think it is likely they would. But I think to the bigger point that you bring up is that establishing this within the older adults where, you know, we do see as they get older maybe less rates of systemic therapy, extending it to the younger population. There is a challenge with that in that just that data is not available to the robust level that SEER-Medicare is. Both Kerin and I have noted that there is the possibility to look within one specific insurance provider type. Again, recognizing the limitations of the generalizability, but always slowly pushing the needle, finding out more about younger adult populations. And I think this is maybe in an ideal world, but setting the precedent that we really do need to track this on a national scale within younger adults because they do have the need. We do see these higher rates of utilization, and really making sure again with the mindset always of the best interest of patients and the most informative to providers in how we are looking at care. So I think generalizability is definitely a goal. However, there are limitations of the availability of data for younger populations and I think that they are a necessary restraint that all researchers should acknowledge. Dr. Kerin Adelson: Yeah, I think it is important for our audience to understand that health services research and large database research is really limited by what databases are available and what are the characteristics of those databases. So we have done a lot of work in an electronic health record database, and there you can get certain kinds of granularity that you may not be able to get in a payer or a claims-based database. But what you do not get is that comprehensive look at, say, what happens if a patient goes to another practice. Claims-based databases offer you that, but research on US populations is limited by our payment system. So when you look at younger patients, there are so many different insurance companies that when you are trying to get that comprehensive view, it can be hard or very expensive actually. These commercial insurers will sell their data to different databases. So for us, the largest single payer in the United States is the US government, and that is for patients who are over age 65, and that is why you see lots of US-based studies done in the Medicare population. Interestingly, a recent paper by a Canadian group showed very, very similar patterns. It was a significantly smaller study but, right, Canada is a single-payer system and so they were able to really look at all ages, and we did see the same patterns of care in a different payment system. Dr. Davide Soldato: Going back a little bit to the type of treatments that were observed in your manuscript, so we start from a 7.6% of patients who received any type of systemic anticancer therapy within 30 days from death. And when we split the different categories that you analyzed, which I think is a very strong aspect of your manuscript, we see that more or less 50% of the patients received chemotherapy, 20% more or less received immunotherapy, more or less 20% targeted therapy, and then there is a combination of those agents. So just wanted to have a little bit of your opinion compared also to the data that you already published and that you mentioned before. Was this in line with previous data? Was there anything surprising about this? We saw a little bit of a raise in the use of immunotherapy and targeted therapy as you were saying, but still, there is a very high proportion of chemotherapy, 50%. Dr. Kerin Adelson: So I think that really, really reflects the time period in which we studied where immunotherapies were gaining ground. There was tons of excitement and we were seeing this shift. I bet if we do the same study in five years that chemotherapy percent may even go down to half, and we are going to see more and more targeted and immunotherapies, and that is just reflecting the pattern of drug discovery that we are seeing. Dr. Davide Soldato: Coming to the real question that you wanted to answer with this manuscript, so is systemic anticancer therapy associated with worse outcomes in terms of healthcare utilization and use of hospice resources? Was there any hint that for example immunotherapy was related to less of these adverse outcomes? Dr. Kerin Adelson: So I will be honest, I was a little bit surprised that the combination of chemotherapy and immunotherapy was that much more strongly correlated with acute care use at the end of life. You know, I had really thought most likely that what we would see were similar rates. And we did. Each different type of systemic anticancer therapy was associated with significantly higher odds of ending up in the hospital, going to the ICU, dying in the hospital, going to the ED. But that group that got dual therapy was that much higher, you know, over three times the risk. And that surprised me because what it suggested is that there is likely a component of treatment toxicity that is leading to some of the acute care use. It is not simply just a constellation of patients who have not yet transitioned towards hospice or palliative care or end-of-life care who are then more likely to end up in the hospital. But the fact that we see a difference between, say, single-agent immunotherapy and dual combination with chemotherapy does suggest that the treatments are actually contributing to some of what we are seeing. Dr. Davide Soldato: But still, all of the treatments that you evaluated were still associated with higher healthcare utilization. Like there was no signal that, for example, giving immunotherapy at the end of life was not associated with these adverse outcomes. Correct? Dr. Kerin Adelson: Correct. And you will find oncologists out there who will say, actually, these treatments are so good that they might actually lower rates of hospitalization because they keep patients healthy. And certainly, that may be true upstream or earlier in the course of disease, but at the end of life, any form of systemic anticancer therapy is really a surrogate marker for lack of transition towards what is likely appropriate end-of-life therapy. And I just want to point out that time spent in the hospital, going back and forth to invasive procedures, going to the intensive care unit, even going back and forth to an infusion center, that is time that is not spent at home with loved ones for people who have very little time left to live. Dr. Davide Soldato: Thank you very much. That was exactly the point that I wanted you to stress because I think it is really the most important message that we can get as oncologists from this manuscript. Like there is no treatment that is not associated with potentially harming our patient and, as you were saying, taking off time with loved ones in a critical period of the life of these individuals who have been diagnosed and treated for cancer. So, basically what we saw in the paper was a 7.65% utilization of systemic anticancer therapy. And I might imagine that for some oncologists or for some hematologists that might not actually be that much. Like they could potentially say, "Okay, but it is like 7%, it is not that high. I would have expected something higher." So I just wanted a little bit of perspective regarding also quality metrics that we have available for these types of indicators at end-of-life care. What would be the appropriate percentage of people receiving any type of treatment within 30 days from death? Dr. Maureen Canavan: A couple caveats, as a data person I always like to give those. This was among all cancer patients, so not necessarily patients that had been on active treatment. So I think that number was actually quite lower than when we looked in another study about patients that had chemo within the last year, so on, you know, active treatment. So I think that is an element to take into consideration is that those numbers will vary based on who your denominator population is. So that is important to consider. Additionally, the National Quality Forum, they call for reducing rates of systemic therapy at end of life. But I think they, similar to how I would be, are cautious to point out this is the exact number, or it should be zero. Because there are cases where you have to go in line with patient preferences. And if a patient is very adamant that they want to continue treatment, that needs to be a decision that comes between them and their provider. So, you know, the zero, though sounding ideal to us who want to encourage transitions and encourage goals of care conversation is a nice number, it is not a realistic. So, to evade your question completely, I do not think there is a set number. But the goal is to make sure that both patients, providers, everyone is informed and is making the best holistic decision. So there is this natural tendency, I think, to keep fighting both for the patient and the provider to try to beat something, but recognizing the point at which we are beyond a benefit of treatment and what would be most beneficial to the patient in terms of getting back to that idea of, you know, the time with their families and whatnot. So is the number zero? No. Could it probably be lower than we have? I think yes, definitely. Dr. Kerin Adelson: I completely agree with everything Dr. Canavan said. I think one of the other challenges is that this data isn't being tracked and publicly reported across the world. And so what that optimal rate is, is a little unclear. We see different rates also depending on the population included. So one of the things Dr. Canavan said is our database included patients who were likely treated long ago for cancer and cured of their cancer. So they were less likely to die on systemic therapy. But until everybody starts tracking and reporting, it is really hard to know where we are as a country or really as a global population, and then what are the bars that we want to achieve in driving down the rates. I think some data shows that probably something in the range of 10% or below, you know, for patients who have more active cancer is probably where we should be going and driving towards. But until we have more public reporting of these metrics and consistency in how we measure them, it is really hard to come up with a single number. Dr. Davide Soldato: I have the impression that sometimes there is also a little bit of difficulty for the oncologist or the hematologist to really understand who are the patients who are approaching end of life. So there has been some data and you also report some of them in the discussion of the manuscript regarding, for example, prompts inside of the electronic health records or the use of artificial intelligence to try to predict what is the disease course. So just wanted a little bit of perspective if you think that these tools could potentially be helpful and if you think that we will be able at a certain point to implement them in routine clinical care. Dr. Kerin Adelson: I have been working on trying to do this actually at MD Anderson and coming up with a really reliable data tool that will tell us who are the patients who are going to die in short order after receiving systemic anticancer therapy. And it is not that easy, I will say. So, you know, I think we all want this amazing machine learning model that is incredibly reliable. But like any statistical test, there are problems, right? So a very sensitive test that is going to identify high, high risk of dying at the end of life is going to be compromised by false positives. And when an oncologist knows that the test might be a false positive, it becomes very hard for them to take action on it. Similarly, you know, a very, very specific test is going to be compromised by false negatives. So in that case, you could end up having patients who are at risk for dying and still treating them with chemotherapy. And so, you know, I think in the end we need some tools. It will be great if machine learning becomes very reliable and we have the right structured data elements in our electronic health records to give these reliable prediction tools. But I think there are some basic things that we all know, and those are the markers of chronicity of cancer. So patients who have had multiple lines of therapy already, right? Past the point of clinical trial benefit. Patients who have lost significant amounts of weight. Patients who are not getting out of bed and have worse performance status. Patients who are increasingly confused, right? And not mentally engaging the way they did previously. Those markers have been shown in numerous publications by a colleague of mine, David Hui and others, to really be pretty strong predictors, and they resonate with clinicians more than a machine learning score might. You know, I think when clinicians do not understand what the elements in a machine learning tool are, they are less likely to trust it and more likely to say, "Oh, it is a false positive or a false negative." But very few clinicians can argue against the fact that the patient who hasn't gotten out of bed in two weeks is somebody who is less likely to benefit. Dr. Davide Soldato: Dr. Adelson, I would like to close this podcast and I would like to thank you again for joining us today. Dr. Maureen Canavan: Thank you so much. Dr. Kerin Adelson: Thank you so much for having us. Dr. Davide Soldato: Dr. Canavan, Dr. Adelson, we appreciate you sharing more on your JCO article titled "Association Between Systemic Anticancer Therapy Administration Near the End of Life With Health Care and Hospice Utilization in Older Adults: A SEER-Medicare Analysis of End-of-Life Care Quality." If you enjoy our show, please leave us a rating and review and be sure to come back for another episode. You can f ind all ASCO shows at asco.org/podcast. The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. This is not a substitute for professional medical care and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of individual conditions. Guests on this podcast express their own opinions, experience, and conclusions. Guest statements on the podcast do not express the opinions of ASCO. 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The next chapter in the Dan Markel murder saga is about to unfold — in an appellate courtroom with no cameras and no jury. Charlie Adelson's appeal is scheduled for oral argument on February 3rd, 2026. His attorneys will have twenty minutes to convince three judges that his 2023 conviction should be overturned. The arguments: pretrial publicity made a fair trial impossible, jurors discussed the case after being told not to, critical text messages were improperly excluded, and his own attorney had a disqualifying conflict of interest. That last one is especially interesting — because Charlie himself triggered his mother's trial delay by revoking his conflict waiver on the morning Donna Adelson's jury selection was supposed to begin. Now he's arguing that same conflict compromised his defense. Donna, meanwhile, was convicted in September 2025 and sentenced to life. She's filed her notice of appeal but hasn't submitted her full brief yet. Mother and son — both serving life without parole, both fighting through the same appellate court, neither willing to take the stand for the other. We break down what happens next, what Charlie's team is actually arguing, and why the odds of success in criminal appeals hover around five percent. The Markel case isn't over. It's just entering its quietest phase.#CharlieAdelson #DonnaAdelson #DanMarkel #TrueCrimeToday #MurderForHire #AdelsonTrial #FloridaCrime #TrueCrimeNews #TonyBrueski #CourtUpdateJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISDOES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

February 3rd, 2026. Twenty minutes. Three judges. Charlie Adelson will stand before Florida's First District Court of Appeal and argue that his murder conviction should be thrown out. His 91-page appellate brief claims the jury pool in Tallahassee was poisoned by a decade of media coverage — that of 130 potential jurors, 53 of the 54 who had an opinion already believed he was guilty. He's also arguing that his defense attorney Dan Rashbaum had a conflict of interest that "infected" his trial — the same conflict Charlie himself weaponized to collapse his mother's trial in September 2024 when he revoked his waiver on the morning jury selection was supposed to begin. Donna Adelson, now convicted and sentenced to life, has filed her own notice of appeal. But her brief hasn't been written yet. She's months behind her son in the process. In this episode, we break down what's actually at stake in these appeals, why Charlie didn't testify at his mother's trial, and why even winning an appeal almost never means walking free. The Markel case has been loud for a decade — wiretaps, stings, dramatic arrests, family members turning on each other. But appeals are quiet. No cameras. No jury reactions. Just legal arguments and the slow grind of procedural review. This is where the noise stops and the paperwork begins.#CharlieAdelson #DonnaAdelson #DanMarkel #AdelsonFamily #MurderForHire #TrueCrimePodcast #FloridaJustice #HiddenKillers #TonyBrueski #AppealProcessJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISDOES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

In this 2025 Year-in-Review Hidden Killers special, we bring together the two most explosive pillars of the case against Donna Adelson: the alleged long-term orchestration of a murder-for-hire plot — and the undercover “bump” that may have exposed her entire operation in a single moment. Tony Brueski sits down with defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis, along with retired FBI Behavioral Analysis Program Chief Robin Dreeke, to deliver the most complete psychological and legal breakdown of Donna Adelson we've produced yet. We start with the big question hanging over the entire trial: Was Donna Adelson the mastermind — or a woman unraveling under the weight of her own control? From her children's emotionally distant testimony, to the 44 paychecks she allegedly signed for the intermediary, to the one-way ticket to Vietnam waiting in her drawer, the case is stacked with bizarre behavior, shifting loyalties, and damning digital evidence. Then we go to the moment everything cracked: the undercover FBI “bump.” When investigators handed Donna a flyer implying someone “knew everything,” she didn't panic. She didn't break. She didn't even call her husband. Instead — just 22 minutes later — she quietly phoned her son Charlie. The money flow to the alleged conspirators stopped instantly. Robin Dreeke dissects this reaction, explaining why the lack of visible fear might be the most incriminating behavior of all. A normal grandmother would freeze. Donna recalibrated. And that, he says, is the psychological tell investigators look for. Together, these revelations paint a portrait of a woman who prosecutors claim coordinated, concealed, and controlled every variable — until the moment one piece of paper hit her lap and her mask slipped. Is Donna Adelson a misunderstood mother caught in chaos? Or the architect of a conspiracy now collapsing around her? #DonnaAdelson #DanMarkel #HiddenKillers #RobinDreeke #EricFaddis #MurderTrial #TrueCrime #BehavioralAnalysis #CourtroomDrama #FamilyCrime

In this 2025 Year-in-Review Hidden Killers special, we bring together the two most explosive pillars of the case against Donna Adelson: the alleged long-term orchestration of a murder-for-hire plot — and the undercover “bump” that may have exposed her entire operation in a single moment. Tony Brueski sits down with defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis, along with retired FBI Behavioral Analysis Program Chief Robin Dreeke, to deliver the most complete psychological and legal breakdown of Donna Adelson we've produced yet. We start with the big question hanging over the entire trial: Was Donna Adelson the mastermind — or a woman unraveling under the weight of her own control? From her children's emotionally distant testimony, to the 44 paychecks she allegedly signed for the intermediary, to the one-way ticket to Vietnam waiting in her drawer, the case is stacked with bizarre behavior, shifting loyalties, and damning digital evidence. Then we go to the moment everything cracked: the undercover FBI “bump.” When investigators handed Donna a flyer implying someone “knew everything,” she didn't panic. She didn't break. She didn't even call her husband. Instead — just 22 minutes later — she quietly phoned her son Charlie. The money flow to the alleged conspirators stopped instantly. Robin Dreeke dissects this reaction, explaining why the lack of visible fear might be the most incriminating behavior of all. A normal grandmother would freeze. Donna recalibrated. And that, he says, is the psychological tell investigators look for. Together, these revelations paint a portrait of a woman who prosecutors claim coordinated, concealed, and controlled every variable — until the moment one piece of paper hit her lap and her mask slipped. Is Donna Adelson a misunderstood mother caught in chaos? Or the architect of a conspiracy now collapsing around her? #DonnaAdelson #DanMarkel #HiddenKillers #RobinDreeke #EricFaddis #MurderTrial #TrueCrime #BehavioralAnalysis #CourtroomDrama #FamilyCrime

In today's explosive Hidden Killers breakdown, we examine the testimony that has completely reshaped the Donna Adelson trial — testimony not from police, not from experts, but from Donna's own children, whose words now carry some of the greatest weight in the courtroom. First, we turn to Wendi Adelson, whose strategy has the courtroom buzzing. While her brother Robert delivered blunt, precise answers, Wendi leaned heavily on one phrase: “I don't remember.”  Again. And again. And again. But is this selective memory a trauma response from years of family pressure, manipulation, and emotional control?  Or is it a carefully crafted shield — a strategic fog meant to protect herself, the family, and possibly Donna? Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Tony Brueski to dissect Wendi's demeanor in real time, explaining how adult children of dominant or narcissistic parents often split — one breaking free and telling the truth, the other staying entangled in loyalty, denial, or fear. Jurors watch every pause. Every hesitation. Every dodge. And Shavaun breaks down exactly what those signals mean. Then we shift to Robert Adelson, whose testimony landed like a hammer. Clinical. Direct. Brutally honest. He described Donna's controlling tendencies, her intrusion into major life decisions, and her eerie lack of concern after Dan Markel's murder. His words were not defensive. They were revelatory. Defense Attorney Eric Faddis joins Tony to analyze how jurors absorb testimony when it comes straight from a defendant's own children — one distancing herself through “I don't remember,” the other stepping into the sunlight with uncomfortable truth. Is this character evidence — or is it motive crystallized? Are we watching a family fracture, or a family finally telling the truth about its own internal gravity? This isn't just testimony. This is the Adelson family dynamic cracked open in front of a jury — loyalty, fear, denial, resentment, and survival all colliding in real time. #DonnaAdelson #WendiAdelson #DanMarkel #AdelsonTrial #TrueCrime #CourtroomDrama #ShavaunScott #EricFaddis #FamilyDynamics #HiddenKillers Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

In today's explosive Hidden Killers breakdown, we examine the testimony that has completely reshaped the Donna Adelson trial — testimony not from police, not from experts, but from Donna's own children, whose words now carry some of the greatest weight in the courtroom. First, we turn to Wendi Adelson, whose strategy has the courtroom buzzing. While her brother Robert delivered blunt, precise answers, Wendi leaned heavily on one phrase: “I don't remember.”  Again. And again. And again. But is this selective memory a trauma response from years of family pressure, manipulation, and emotional control?  Or is it a carefully crafted shield — a strategic fog meant to protect herself, the family, and possibly Donna? Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Tony Brueski to dissect Wendi's demeanor in real time, explaining how adult children of dominant or narcissistic parents often split — one breaking free and telling the truth, the other staying entangled in loyalty, denial, or fear. Jurors watch every pause. Every hesitation. Every dodge. And Shavaun breaks down exactly what those signals mean. Then we shift to Robert Adelson, whose testimony landed like a hammer. Clinical. Direct. Brutally honest. He described Donna's controlling tendencies, her intrusion into major life decisions, and her eerie lack of concern after Dan Markel's murder. His words were not defensive. They were revelatory. Defense Attorney Eric Faddis joins Tony to analyze how jurors absorb testimony when it comes straight from a defendant's own children — one distancing herself through “I don't remember,” the other stepping into the sunlight with uncomfortable truth. Is this character evidence — or is it motive crystallized? Are we watching a family fracture, or a family finally telling the truth about its own internal gravity? This isn't just testimony. This is the Adelson family dynamic cracked open in front of a jury — loyalty, fear, denial, resentment, and survival all colliding in real time. #DonnaAdelson #WendiAdelson #DanMarkel #AdelsonTrial #TrueCrime #CourtroomDrama #ShavaunScott #EricFaddis #FamilyDynamics #HiddenKillers Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

In this 2025 Year-in-Review Hidden Killers special, we break down one of the most significant moments to emerge from the Donna Adelson trial: the testimony of Jeffrey LaCasse, Wendi Adelson's former boyfriend, whose words added a new layer of depth — and danger — to the State's narrative. LaCasse took the stand with a calm, steady presence, recounting conversations he had with Wendi in the months leading up to Dan Markel's murder. His testimony struck the courtroom when he recalled Wendi telling him that Charlie Adelson had “looked into all options” to fix the family's custody frustrations. In 2014, it sounded cryptic. In 2025, inside a courtroom where three co-conspirators have already been convicted, those words land like a thunderclap. LaCasse also addressed the infamous “TV repair story,” which prosecutors say was a pre-planned narrative used by members of the Adelson family after the murder. According to LaCasse, Wendi relayed the story to him in a way that felt strangely packaged — a detail prosecutors argue suggests the family crafted alibis and talking points before suspicion even existed. What makes LaCasse's testimony so powerful isn't just what he said — it's how it fits into the broader family pattern prosecutors have spent all of 2025 laying out. His recollections connect personal moments to the alleged conspiracy:  • Wendi sharing unsettling comments about relocation.  • Charlie floating “options” to solve the conflict.  • Donna's influence echoing behind the scenes.  • The family aligning on explanations before anyone asked questions. LaCasse's testimony doesn't point fingers — it illuminates the conversations and dynamics prosecutors say reveal the motive behind Dan Markel's murder. It gives jurors a candid glimpse into how the Adelson family discussed their problems behind closed doors — and how those conversations may tie directly to Donna's role at the center of this case. This testimony wasn't just impactful — it was foundational. #DonnaAdelson #WendiAdelson #JeffreyLaCasse #DanMarkel #TrialCoverage #TVRepairStory #CharlieAdelson #CourtroomDrama #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

In this 2025 Year-in-Review Hidden Killers special, we break down one of the most significant moments to emerge from the Donna Adelson trial: the testimony of Jeffrey LaCasse, Wendi Adelson's former boyfriend, whose words added a new layer of depth — and danger — to the State's narrative. LaCasse took the stand with a calm, steady presence, recounting conversations he had with Wendi in the months leading up to Dan Markel's murder. His testimony struck the courtroom when he recalled Wendi telling him that Charlie Adelson had “looked into all options” to fix the family's custody frustrations. In 2014, it sounded cryptic. In 2025, inside a courtroom where three co-conspirators have already been convicted, those words land like a thunderclap. LaCasse also addressed the infamous “TV repair story,” which prosecutors say was a pre-planned narrative used by members of the Adelson family after the murder. According to LaCasse, Wendi relayed the story to him in a way that felt strangely packaged — a detail prosecutors argue suggests the family crafted alibis and talking points before suspicion even existed. What makes LaCasse's testimony so powerful isn't just what he said — it's how it fits into the broader family pattern prosecutors have spent all of 2025 laying out. His recollections connect personal moments to the alleged conspiracy:  • Wendi sharing unsettling comments about relocation.  • Charlie floating “options” to solve the conflict.  • Donna's influence echoing behind the scenes.  • The family aligning on explanations before anyone asked questions. LaCasse's testimony doesn't point fingers — it illuminates the conversations and dynamics prosecutors say reveal the motive behind Dan Markel's murder. It gives jurors a candid glimpse into how the Adelson family discussed their problems behind closed doors — and how those conversations may tie directly to Donna's role at the center of this case. This testimony wasn't just impactful — it was foundational. #DonnaAdelson #WendiAdelson #JeffreyLaCasse #DanMarkel #TrialCoverage #TVRepairStory #CharlieAdelson #CourtroomDrama #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

In this 2025 Year-in-Review Hidden Killers special, we break down two of the most devastating developments in the Donna Adelson trial — the explosive emails prosecutors say reveal her true motives, and the jaw-dropping testimony from her own children and Wendi's ex-boyfriend that shattered the family narrative she's tried to control for more than a decade. First, we examine the emails Donna sent to Wendi during the custody battle, messages prosecutors use to peel back the “sweet grandmother” facade. These emails — strategic, emotional, manipulative — show Donna instructing Wendi how to behave in court, urging her to use psychological tactics, floating a $1 million bribe to Dan Markel, and making relocation “non-negotiable.” As defense attorney Bob Motta explains, emails are powerful because they don't stutter, they don't forget, and they don't rewrite history. They sit in black-and-white, revealing a matriarch prosecutors say was accustomed to controlling every variable. Then we turn to the testimony that rocked the courtroom.  Wendi Adelson, testifying under subpoena and immunity, admitted her mother coached her relentlessly during the divorce and custody battles — everything from religion to courtroom performance. Robert Adelson followed, describing Donna as controlling, intrusive, and disturbingly detached after Dan's murder. He recalled her saying, “I don't know and I don't care,” when asked what she thought happened to Markel. And then came Jeffrey Lacasse, whose testimony lit the courtroom on fire. He recounted Wendi telling him: “The only way I'll ever relocate is if something happens to Danny.”  He also described Charlie discussing “all options,” including hiring a hitman. Prosecutors argue this trio of testimony exposes Donna not as a passive parent, but as the architect of a conspiracy powered by resentment, control, and entitlement — with her own family now delivering the evidence. This is the most revealing window yet into the Adelson family's internal dynamics — a portrait of loyalty cracking under the weight of truth. #DonnaAdelson #WendiAdelson #DanMarkel #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #BobMotta #CourtroomDrama #MurderForHire #TrialCoverage #CrimeNews Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

In this 2025 Year-in-Review Hidden Killers special, we break down two of the most devastating developments in the Donna Adelson trial — the explosive emails prosecutors say reveal her true motives, and the jaw-dropping testimony from her own children and Wendi's ex-boyfriend that shattered the family narrative she's tried to control for more than a decade. First, we examine the emails Donna sent to Wendi during the custody battle, messages prosecutors use to peel back the “sweet grandmother” facade. These emails — strategic, emotional, manipulative — show Donna instructing Wendi how to behave in court, urging her to use psychological tactics, floating a $1 million bribe to Dan Markel, and making relocation “non-negotiable.” As defense attorney Bob Motta explains, emails are powerful because they don't stutter, they don't forget, and they don't rewrite history. They sit in black-and-white, revealing a matriarch prosecutors say was accustomed to controlling every variable. Then we turn to the testimony that rocked the courtroom.  Wendi Adelson, testifying under subpoena and immunity, admitted her mother coached her relentlessly during the divorce and custody battles — everything from religion to courtroom performance. Robert Adelson followed, describing Donna as controlling, intrusive, and disturbingly detached after Dan's murder. He recalled her saying, “I don't know and I don't care,” when asked what she thought happened to Markel. And then came Jeffrey Lacasse, whose testimony lit the courtroom on fire. He recounted Wendi telling him: “The only way I'll ever relocate is if something happens to Danny.”  He also described Charlie discussing “all options,” including hiring a hitman. Prosecutors argue this trio of testimony exposes Donna not as a passive parent, but as the architect of a conspiracy powered by resentment, control, and entitlement — with her own family now delivering the evidence. This is the most revealing window yet into the Adelson family's internal dynamics — a portrait of loyalty cracking under the weight of truth. #DonnaAdelson #WendiAdelson #DanMarkel #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #BobMotta #CourtroomDrama #MurderForHire #TrialCoverage #CrimeNews Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

The Trial of Donna Adelson took an even more complex turn today as Robert “Rob” Adelson, Donna's eldest son, stepped into the witness box. Unlike the investigators and outside witnesses, Rob brought jurors a deeply personal perspective, one that intersects family loyalty with the gravity of a murder trial. Rob's testimony centered on family communications and interactions around the time of Dan Markel's murder. He fielded questions about his mother's involvement, the family's frustrations over Wendi's custody battle, and whether Donna ever spoke openly about solutions to “fix” the problem. While carefully measured in his answers, his presence underscored that even those closest to Donna cannot escape the courtroom spotlight. This testimony matters because it highlights how prosecutors are drawing a circle of influence around the Adelson family. By calling Rob, the State aimed to show that this wasn't just a distant plot—it was something that touched the entire household. His words gave the jury insight into how family conversations may have shaped Donna's state of mind, and whether her alleged desperation was evident to those closest to her. For the jury, Rob's appearance added another dimension. Seeing a son testify while his mother faces life-altering charges creates a powerful visual: a family divided by allegations of murder, betrayal, and conspiracy. His testimony may not have been explosive, but it painted another piece of the picture prosecutors want jurors to see—a family dynamic steeped in pressure, resentment, and control. The trial is no longer just about evidence and timelines; it's about family bonds unraveling in front of the world. #DonnaAdelson #RobAdelson #DanMarkel #TrueCrime #CourtroomDrama #FloridaJustice #MurderTrial #AdelsonTrial #FamilyTestimony #TrialCoverage Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video?  Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

The Trial of Donna Adelson took an even more complex turn today as Robert “Rob” Adelson, Donna's eldest son, stepped into the witness box. Unlike the investigators and outside witnesses, Rob brought jurors a deeply personal perspective, one that intersects family loyalty with the gravity of a murder trial. Rob's testimony centered on family communications and interactions around the time of Dan Markel's murder. He fielded questions about his mother's involvement, the family's frustrations over Wendi's custody battle, and whether Donna ever spoke openly about solutions to “fix” the problem. While carefully measured in his answers, his presence underscored that even those closest to Donna cannot escape the courtroom spotlight. This testimony matters because it highlights how prosecutors are drawing a circle of influence around the Adelson family. By calling Rob, the State aimed to show that this wasn't just a distant plot—it was something that touched the entire household. His words gave the jury insight into how family conversations may have shaped Donna's state of mind, and whether her alleged desperation was evident to those closest to her. For the jury, Rob's appearance added another dimension. Seeing a son testify while his mother faces life-altering charges creates a powerful visual: a family divided by allegations of murder, betrayal, and conspiracy. His testimony may not have been explosive, but it painted another piece of the picture prosecutors want jurors to see—a family dynamic steeped in pressure, resentment, and control. The trial is no longer just about evidence and timelines; it's about family bonds unraveling in front of the world. #DonnaAdelson #RobAdelson #DanMarkel #TrueCrime #CourtroomDrama #FloridaJustice #MurderTrial #AdelsonTrial #FamilyTestimony #TrialCoverage Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video?  Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

In one of the most emotionally charged moments of the Donna Adelson trial, Wendi Adelson took the stand — and the courtroom shifted. This wasn't just another witness testifying about timelines and documents. This was the daughter of the accused, the ex-wife of the victim, and the woman whose family turmoil prosecutors say fueled a murder-for-hire plot that stunned the nation. Wendi walked jurors through her bitter divorce from FSU law professor Dan Markel, the custody battles that stretched on for years, and the deep frustration her parents felt about her being “stuck” in Tallahassee instead of living near them in South Florida. She acknowledged how often her mother — defendant Donna Adelson — expressed resentment about the situation. Prosecutors seized on those statements, arguing they reveal the emotional pressure cooker they say ignited the plan to eliminate Markel. Her testimony didn't just support the prosecution's theory; it humanized it. While investigators like Jason Newlin brought the evidence, Wendi brought the context — the conversations, the tension, the unspoken expectations inside a family prosecutors allege was willing to cross unthinkable lines to get what it wanted. For jurors, this wasn't just information. It was a window into the dynamic the State says became the motive. And then there was the emotional weight: Wendi, testifying under oath, while her mother sat only feet away. Every pause, every careful wording, every sideways glance carried a gravity no piece of paper could ever convey. This was a daughter navigating loyalty, truth, and survival — all with the eyes of the courtroom locked on her. Wendi Adelson's testimony may ultimately be remembered as a turning point. It exposed fractures in the family, added credibility to the State's narrative, and placed jurors squarely inside the Adelson home — a place where prosecutors claim resentment and desperation led to murder. #DonnaAdelson #WendiAdelson #DanMarkel #TrialCoverage #AdelsonTrial #FamilySecrets #MurderForHire #TrueCrimeCommunity #CourtroomDrama #HiddenKillers Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

In one of the most emotionally charged moments of the Donna Adelson trial, Wendi Adelson took the stand — and the courtroom shifted. This wasn't just another witness testifying about timelines and documents. This was the daughter of the accused, the ex-wife of the victim, and the woman whose family turmoil prosecutors say fueled a murder-for-hire plot that stunned the nation. Wendi walked jurors through her bitter divorce from FSU law professor Dan Markel, the custody battles that stretched on for years, and the deep frustration her parents felt about her being “stuck” in Tallahassee instead of living near them in South Florida. She acknowledged how often her mother — defendant Donna Adelson — expressed resentment about the situation. Prosecutors seized on those statements, arguing they reveal the emotional pressure cooker they say ignited the plan to eliminate Markel. Her testimony didn't just support the prosecution's theory; it humanized it. While investigators like Jason Newlin brought the evidence, Wendi brought the context — the conversations, the tension, the unspoken expectations inside a family prosecutors allege was willing to cross unthinkable lines to get what it wanted. For jurors, this wasn't just information. It was a window into the dynamic the State says became the motive. And then there was the emotional weight: Wendi, testifying under oath, while her mother sat only feet away. Every pause, every careful wording, every sideways glance carried a gravity no piece of paper could ever convey. This was a daughter navigating loyalty, truth, and survival — all with the eyes of the courtroom locked on her. Wendi Adelson's testimony may ultimately be remembered as a turning point. It exposed fractures in the family, added credibility to the State's narrative, and placed jurors squarely inside the Adelson home — a place where prosecutors claim resentment and desperation led to murder. #DonnaAdelson #WendiAdelson #DanMarkel #TrialCoverage #AdelsonTrial #FamilySecrets #MurderForHire #TrueCrimeCommunity #CourtroomDrama #HiddenKillers Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

In this powerful Hidden Killers special, we bring together two of the most revealing conversations ever recorded about the Adelson family — the psychological roots of the crime and the stunning courtroom collapse that followed. This is the full story behind the guilty verdict, built from expert behavioral insight and razor-sharp legal analysis. Retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke returns to break down what he calls one of the most disturbing dynamics he's ever studied: the enmeshed, codependent, emotionally fused relationship between Donna Adelson and her son, Charlie. This wasn't maternal affection — it was psychological domination. Dreeke explores how Donna's patterns of guilt, fear, and emotional punishment shaped Charlie into an unquestioning extension of her will, even into his 40s. This is the framework, he argues, that made him the perfect participant in a murder-for-hire plot he may never have fully challenged. We discuss emotional incest (not sexual, but psychological), the roles Wendi and Harvey played in Donna's internal hierarchy, and how decades of control can warp judgment, loyalty, and identity. The result? A generational collapse — a family built on dependency now crumbling in the glare of national scrutiny. Then, defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis joins Tony, Todd, and Stacey for a complete breakdown of what happened when the jury returned its decision: • Donna's courtroom outbursts and unraveling demeanor • The jailhouse informants who helped secure the conviction • Devastating testimony from Wendi, Robert, and Jeffrey LaCasse • Whether Wendi Adelson could now be facing legal danger • What Charlie may try to bargain — and what Harvey's future may hold • And Donna's grim reality inside a Florida women's prison It took jurors just three hours to convict her. But the story of why it happened — and what led to this moment — is far deeper. This episode exposes the psychology, the evidence, and the family rot that prosecutors say fueled one of Florida's most notorious murder conspiracies. #DonnaAdelson #CharlieAdelson #WendiAdelson #DanMarkel #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #RobinDreeke #EricFaddis #FamilyDynamics #CourtroomDrama Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

In this 2025 Year-in-Review Hidden Killers special, we examine one of the most explosive family implosions in any modern true-crime case: the unraveling alliance between Donna Adelson and her daughter Wendi, and why that break may define the future of the Dan Markel murder trial. This combined episode covers two of the biggest developments of the year. First: the seismic moment when Wendi Adelson refused to testify for her mother. Donna's defense team attempted a high-risk maneuver by subpoenaing her to the stand — but Wendi fought back, and the judge quashed it. Her refusal is more than a legal decision; it marks a profound fracture in a family once united by control, privilege, and secrecy. While Charlie Adelson — already convicted — remains fiercely loyal to his mother, Wendi has stepped away, choosing her own survival over Donna's defense. Then there's Donna herself. Unlike most defendants facing overwhelming evidence and three prior co-conspirator convictions, Donna insists she will testify. Against the strong advice of her attorneys, she believes she can charm, persuade, or out-talk the jury. But is that confidence grounded in strategy — or in denial, ego, and the need to maintain control at all costs? Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott and defense attorney Bob Motta join Tony Brueski to analyze what these decisions reveal psychologically: • Why Wendi's silence may be the loudest message of the entire trial. • Why Charlie's loyalty may be more about identity than innocence. • How Donna's need for dominance could lead her to self-destruct on the stand. • And what this intergenerational collapse means for the Markel children, now old enough to understand the tragedy woven into their family name. This is not just a trial update — it's the psychological autopsy of a family once built on unity and now shattered in the public eye. Loyalty, silence, betrayal, survival — all playing out in real time. #DonnaAdelson #WendiAdelson #DanMarkel #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #MurderTrial #FamilyPsychology #BobMotta #ShavaunScott #CourtroomDrama Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

In this powerful Hidden Killers special, we bring together two of the most revealing conversations ever recorded about the Adelson family — the psychological roots of the crime and the stunning courtroom collapse that followed. This is the full story behind the guilty verdict, built from expert behavioral insight and razor-sharp legal analysis. Retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke returns to break down what he calls one of the most disturbing dynamics he's ever studied: the enmeshed, codependent, emotionally fused relationship between Donna Adelson and her son, Charlie. This wasn't maternal affection — it was psychological domination. Dreeke explores how Donna's patterns of guilt, fear, and emotional punishment shaped Charlie into an unquestioning extension of her will, even into his 40s. This is the framework, he argues, that made him the perfect participant in a murder-for-hire plot he may never have fully challenged. We discuss emotional incest (not sexual, but psychological), the roles Wendi and Harvey played in Donna's internal hierarchy, and how decades of control can warp judgment, loyalty, and identity. The result? A generational collapse — a family built on dependency now crumbling in the glare of national scrutiny. Then, defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis joins Tony, Todd, and Stacey for a complete breakdown of what happened when the jury returned its decision: • Donna's courtroom outbursts and unraveling demeanor • The jailhouse informants who helped secure the conviction • Devastating testimony from Wendi, Robert, and Jeffrey LaCasse • Whether Wendi Adelson could now be facing legal danger • What Charlie may try to bargain — and what Harvey's future may hold • And Donna's grim reality inside a Florida women's prison It took jurors just three hours to convict her. But the story of why it happened — and what led to this moment — is far deeper. This episode exposes the psychology, the evidence, and the family rot that prosecutors say fueled one of Florida's most notorious murder conspiracies. #DonnaAdelson #CharlieAdelson #WendiAdelson #DanMarkel #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #RobinDreeke #EricFaddis #FamilyDynamics #CourtroomDrama Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

In this 2025 Year-in-Review Hidden Killers special, we examine one of the most explosive family implosions in any modern true-crime case: the unraveling alliance between Donna Adelson and her daughter Wendi, and why that break may define the future of the Dan Markel murder trial. This combined episode covers two of the biggest developments of the year. First: the seismic moment when Wendi Adelson refused to testify for her mother. Donna's defense team attempted a high-risk maneuver by subpoenaing her to the stand — but Wendi fought back, and the judge quashed it. Her refusal is more than a legal decision; it marks a profound fracture in a family once united by control, privilege, and secrecy. While Charlie Adelson — already convicted — remains fiercely loyal to his mother, Wendi has stepped away, choosing her own survival over Donna's defense. Then there's Donna herself. Unlike most defendants facing overwhelming evidence and three prior co-conspirator convictions, Donna insists she will testify. Against the strong advice of her attorneys, she believes she can charm, persuade, or out-talk the jury. But is that confidence grounded in strategy — or in denial, ego, and the need to maintain control at all costs? Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott and defense attorney Bob Motta join Tony Brueski to analyze what these decisions reveal psychologically: • Why Wendi's silence may be the loudest message of the entire trial. • Why Charlie's loyalty may be more about identity than innocence. • How Donna's need for dominance could lead her to self-destruct on the stand. • And what this intergenerational collapse means for the Markel children, now old enough to understand the tragedy woven into their family name. This is not just a trial update — it's the psychological autopsy of a family once built on unity and now shattered in the public eye. Loyalty, silence, betrayal, survival — all playing out in real time. #DonnaAdelson #WendiAdelson #DanMarkel #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #MurderTrial #FamilyPsychology #BobMotta #ShavaunScott #CourtroomDrama Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

The verdict dropped — and the courtroom snapped to attention. In this full, uncut Hidden Killers upload, you'll see the exact moment Donna Adelson reacted to being found guilty, followed immediately by the judge warning her she would be removed from the courtroom if the behavior continued. No edits, no cuts, no commentary layered over the moment itself — just the raw courtroom footage exactly as it unfolded. After the clip, Tony Brueski breaks down the legal mechanics behind what you just witnessed:  • Why judges issue removal threats  • What qualifies as disruptive courtroom conduct  • How jurors interpret emotional outbursts at the precise moment of a verdict  • And how the defense may attempt to frame her reaction later We also walk through the critical evidence and themes emphasized during closings — the motive, the timeline, the financial trail, the digital patterns — and how those elements likely connected to the jury's decision. If you've followed this case since day one, this gives you the final puzzle piece. If you're joining now, this is the clearest entry point into understanding why the verdict unfolded the way it did. Finally, we look ahead to what happens next:  • Post-verdict motions  • The path to sentencing  • What grounds (if any) exist for appeal  • How the court handles a defendant who reacts poorly at critical procedural moments This is a clean, factual, legally grounded explainer — no speculation, no dramatization, no graphic content. Just the reality of what happens when a high-profile defendant hears the verdict that will shape the rest of her life. Drop your questions below — we're pulling viewer comments for the next live breakdown. #DonnaAdelson #AdelsonTrial #DanMarkel #Verdict #CourtroomDrama #HiddenKillers #TrialAnalysis #Justice #TrueCrime #LegalCommentary Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

In this 2025 Year-in-Review Hidden Killers special, Tony Brueski breaks down one of the most talked-about courtroom moments of the year: the opening statements in the high-stakes murder-for-hire trial of Donna Adelson. From the prosecution's meticulously crafted narrative to the defense's chaotic stumble out of the gate, this episode captures the full shockwave of a trial Florida—and the nation—can't stop watching. Prosecutors came out swinging, painting Donna not as a grieving grandmother swept into family conflict, but as the driving force behind the plot to kill Florida State law professor Dan Markel. They laid out motive, money, resentment, and years of escalating family turmoil. Emails revealed Donna's relentless pressure to relocate her daughter Wendi and the grandchildren to South Florida—pressure she once described as something she would “never, never, never give up” on. When persuasion failed, the State argues, she turned to a six-figure murder contract. The prosecution previewed phone records, financial trails, incriminating communications, and Donna's attempted one-way trip to Vietnam—presented not as coincidence, but as a calculated escape once the walls began to close in. Then came the defense. Their opening statement—highly anticipated after the State's precision—landed with a thud. Instead of offering a coherent counter-narrative, the defense drifted, circled, and repeated the same hollow refrain: “There is no evidence.” Attorney Jackie Fulford attempted to cast Donna as an innocent grandmother caught in her son Charlie's orbit, but the argument lacked structure, clarity, and force. Jurors appeared disengaged. Moments meant to reassure instead highlighted inconsistencies the prosecution is eager to exploit. This unified breakdown captures the full scope of a pivotal moment in the 2025 trial landscape: a prosecution ready for battle and a defense already fighting to regain footing. Is Donna Adelson the mastermind prosecutors claim—or is the defense simply outmatched from day one? #DonnaAdelson #DanMarkel #HiddenKillers #MurderTrial #CourtroomDrama #TrialCoverage #FloridaCrime #TrueCrimeCommunity #JusticeForDan Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

In this 2025 Year-in-Review Hidden Killers special, Tony Brueski breaks down one of the most talked-about courtroom moments of the year: the opening statements in the high-stakes murder-for-hire trial of Donna Adelson. From the prosecution's meticulously crafted narrative to the defense's chaotic stumble out of the gate, this episode captures the full shockwave of a trial Florida—and the nation—can't stop watching. Prosecutors came out swinging, painting Donna not as a grieving grandmother swept into family conflict, but as the driving force behind the plot to kill Florida State law professor Dan Markel. They laid out motive, money, resentment, and years of escalating family turmoil. Emails revealed Donna's relentless pressure to relocate her daughter Wendi and the grandchildren to South Florida—pressure she once described as something she would “never, never, never give up” on. When persuasion failed, the State argues, she turned to a six-figure murder contract. The prosecution previewed phone records, financial trails, incriminating communications, and Donna's attempted one-way trip to Vietnam—presented not as coincidence, but as a calculated escape once the walls began to close in. Then came the defense. Their opening statement—highly anticipated after the State's precision—landed with a thud. Instead of offering a coherent counter-narrative, the defense drifted, circled, and repeated the same hollow refrain: “There is no evidence.” Attorney Jackie Fulford attempted to cast Donna as an innocent grandmother caught in her son Charlie's orbit, but the argument lacked structure, clarity, and force. Jurors appeared disengaged. Moments meant to reassure instead highlighted inconsistencies the prosecution is eager to exploit. This unified breakdown captures the full scope of a pivotal moment in the 2025 trial landscape: a prosecution ready for battle and a defense already fighting to regain footing. Is Donna Adelson the mastermind prosecutors claim—or is the defense simply outmatched from day one? #DonnaAdelson #DanMarkel #HiddenKillers #MurderTrial #CourtroomDrama #TrialCoverage #FloridaCrime #TrueCrimeCommunity #JusticeForDan Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

The verdict dropped — and the courtroom snapped to attention. In this full, uncut Hidden Killers upload, you'll see the exact moment Donna Adelson reacted to being found guilty, followed immediately by the judge warning her she would be removed from the courtroom if the behavior continued. No edits, no cuts, no commentary layered over the moment itself — just the raw courtroom footage exactly as it unfolded. After the clip, Tony Brueski breaks down the legal mechanics behind what you just witnessed:  • Why judges issue removal threats  • What qualifies as disruptive courtroom conduct  • How jurors interpret emotional outbursts at the precise moment of a verdict  • And how the defense may attempt to frame her reaction later We also walk through the critical evidence and themes emphasized during closings — the motive, the timeline, the financial trail, the digital patterns — and how those elements likely connected to the jury's decision. If you've followed this case since day one, this gives you the final puzzle piece. If you're joining now, this is the clearest entry point into understanding why the verdict unfolded the way it did. Finally, we look ahead to what happens next:  • Post-verdict motions  • The path to sentencing  • What grounds (if any) exist for appeal  • How the court handles a defendant who reacts poorly at critical procedural moments This is a clean, factual, legally grounded explainer — no speculation, no dramatization, no graphic content. Just the reality of what happens when a high-profile defendant hears the verdict that will shape the rest of her life. Drop your questions below — we're pulling viewer comments for the next live breakdown. #DonnaAdelson #AdelsonTrial #DanMarkel #Verdict #CourtroomDrama #HiddenKillers #TrialAnalysis #Justice #TrueCrime #LegalCommentary Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

In this full-length Hidden Killers special, Tony Brueski brings together the complete story of Donna Adelson, the woman prosecutors say sat at the center of one of Florida's most cold-blooded murder-for-hire conspiracies. With three co-conspirators already convicted—including her son Charlie—Donna is now the final alleged architect heading toward trial, and this episode lays out the entire case: the family pressure, the money trail, the coded prison calls, and the psychology of a matriarch accused of pulling the strings. We begin with the internal dynamics of the Adelson family, where prosecutors argue Donna exercised powerful influence over major decisions, including the bitter custody dispute with Dan Markel. We examine the alleged $1 million relocation offer, the threatening language about religious upbringing, the burst of phone calls on the day of the murder, and the suspicious financial pipeline prosecutors say flowed from the Adelsons to Katherine Magbanua—all pieces the state will use to argue Donna wasn't a bystander, but a driving force. Tony, alongside legal analyst Eric Faddis, breaks down the prosecution's likely strategy: emphasizing the established conspiracy convictions of others, introducing Donna's coded language on jail calls, highlighting the abrupt Vietnam one-way ticket, and showing jurors a pattern of decisions that point to intent. At the same time, we explore how the defense may try to reframe Donna as a sympathetic grandmother swept into chaos she didn't create. We also dive into Donna's public and private narrative control—interrogating her recorded jail calls, emotional shifts, strategic omissions, and the way she shapes conversations with family members still outside the system. Even from behind bars, her influence continues. Finally, we look ahead to the fallout: the psychological toll on the Markel children, the Adelson grandchildren's future, the long-term identity fracture of carrying a notorious last name, and the intergenerational trauma that will ripple long after the verdict is read. This is more than evidence. This is a story of power, manipulation, loyalty, and the catastrophic consequences of a single decision that changed two families forever. #DonnaAdelson #DanMarkel #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #CharlieAdelson #KatherineMagbanua #FloridaCrime #ProsecutionStrategy #EricFaddis #FamilyDynamics Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

In this full-length Hidden Killers special, Tony Brueski brings together the complete story of Donna Adelson, the woman prosecutors say sat at the center of one of Florida's most cold-blooded murder-for-hire conspiracies. With three co-conspirators already convicted—including her son Charlie—Donna is now the final alleged architect heading toward trial, and this episode lays out the entire case: the family pressure, the money trail, the coded prison calls, and the psychology of a matriarch accused of pulling the strings. We begin with the internal dynamics of the Adelson family, where prosecutors argue Donna exercised powerful influence over major decisions, including the bitter custody dispute with Dan Markel. We examine the alleged $1 million relocation offer, the threatening language about religious upbringing, the burst of phone calls on the day of the murder, and the suspicious financial pipeline prosecutors say flowed from the Adelsons to Katherine Magbanua—all pieces the state will use to argue Donna wasn't a bystander, but a driving force. Tony, alongside legal analyst Eric Faddis, breaks down the prosecution's likely strategy: emphasizing the established conspiracy convictions of others, introducing Donna's coded language on jail calls, highlighting the abrupt Vietnam one-way ticket, and showing jurors a pattern of decisions that point to intent. At the same time, we explore how the defense may try to reframe Donna as a sympathetic grandmother swept into chaos she didn't create. We also dive into Donna's public and private narrative control—interrogating her recorded jail calls, emotional shifts, strategic omissions, and the way she shapes conversations with family members still outside the system. Even from behind bars, her influence continues. Finally, we look ahead to the fallout: the psychological toll on the Markel children, the Adelson grandchildren's future, the long-term identity fracture of carrying a notorious last name, and the intergenerational trauma that will ripple long after the verdict is read. This is more than evidence. This is a story of power, manipulation, loyalty, and the catastrophic consequences of a single decision that changed two families forever. #DonnaAdelson #DanMarkel #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #CharlieAdelson #KatherineMagbanua #FloridaCrime #ProsecutionStrategy #EricFaddis #FamilyDynamics Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872 Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

00:00:55 — War With Venezuela Begins as Congress AbdicatesKnight warns that a U.S. naval blockade of Venezuela is already underway, while Congress refuses to restrain executive war-making. 00:07:37 — Trump Admits the War Is About OilHe dissects Trump's demand that Venezuela “return our oil,” exposing naked colonialism behind regime-change rhetoric. 00:14:02 — The CIA as the World's Largest Drug CartelKnight argues the “narco-terrorism” narrative masks the CIA's historic role in trafficking, coups, and covert wars. 00:22:44 — Ukraine as a Doomed Proxy WarCiting John Mearsheimer, Knight argues diplomacy is impossible because Ukraine exists as a battering ram against Russia. 01:00:54 — France Begins Mass Cattle Slaughter Under Police GuardKnight describes armed escorts and tear gas as veterinarians euthanize entire herds in the name of disease control, echoing COVID-era coercion. 01:03:19 — Vaccines Without Challenge Tests Are a Scientific FraudHe claims authorities never test vaccines against real exposure, calling modern virology a controlled sham. 01:08:13 — PCR Tests Justify Wiping Out Entire HerdsKnight explains how a single PCR “case” is used to exterminate valuable livestock with no sick animals present. 01:11:06 — The Three Pillars of Tyranny: Depopulation, Vaccination, Movement ControlHe links livestock policy directly to COVID lockdown logic, calling it rehearsal for population control. 02:01:05 — Banks Quietly Debanked Individuals and IndustriesKnight explains how major banks restricted services not just to industries but to individuals, using financial power as political enforcement. 02:05:12 — Usury Replaces Law as Credit Card Rates ExplodeHe argues modern interest rates are criminal usury made legal by repealing consumer protections. 02:35:15 — Adelson's $250 Million Offer Exposes Political ProstitutionKnight details allegations that Trump was offered massive funding to pursue a third term, framing it as open corruption. 02:46:38 — The $18 Trillion Tariff LieHe proves Trump's repeated tariff revenue claims are mathematically impossible and deliberately deceptive. Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code KNIGHT Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support.

00:00:55 — War With Venezuela Begins as Congress AbdicatesKnight warns that a U.S. naval blockade of Venezuela is already underway, while Congress refuses to restrain executive war-making. 00:07:37 — Trump Admits the War Is About OilHe dissects Trump's demand that Venezuela “return our oil,” exposing naked colonialism behind regime-change rhetoric. 00:14:02 — The CIA as the World's Largest Drug CartelKnight argues the “narco-terrorism” narrative masks the CIA's historic role in trafficking, coups, and covert wars. 00:22:44 — Ukraine as a Doomed Proxy WarCiting John Mearsheimer, Knight argues diplomacy is impossible because Ukraine exists as a battering ram against Russia. 01:00:54 — France Begins Mass Cattle Slaughter Under Police GuardKnight describes armed escorts and tear gas as veterinarians euthanize entire herds in the name of disease control, echoing COVID-era coercion. 01:03:19 — Vaccines Without Challenge Tests Are a Scientific FraudHe claims authorities never test vaccines against real exposure, calling modern virology a controlled sham. 01:08:13 — PCR Tests Justify Wiping Out Entire HerdsKnight explains how a single PCR “case” is used to exterminate valuable livestock with no sick animals present. 01:11:06 — The Three Pillars of Tyranny: Depopulation, Vaccination, Movement ControlHe links livestock policy directly to COVID lockdown logic, calling it rehearsal for population control. 02:01:05 — Banks Quietly Debanked Individuals and IndustriesKnight explains how major banks restricted services not just to industries but to individuals, using financial power as political enforcement. 02:05:12 — Usury Replaces Law as Credit Card Rates ExplodeHe argues modern interest rates are criminal usury made legal by repealing consumer protections. 02:35:15 — Adelson's $250 Million Offer Exposes Political ProstitutionKnight details allegations that Trump was offered massive funding to pursue a third term, framing it as open corruption. 02:46:38 — The $18 Trillion Tariff LieHe proves Trump's repeated tariff revenue claims are mathematically impossible and deliberately deceptive. Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code KNIGHT Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-david-knight-show--5282736/support.

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Donna Adelson is officially back in South Florida — just not the way she planned. According to Florida Department of Corrections records, the convicted mastermind behind the Dan Markel murder-for-hire has been transferred from the Ocala reception center to Homestead Correctional Institution in Miami-Dade County. It's the exact placement her defense team requested at sentencing, when Judge Stephen Everett recommended she be housed close to her husband Harvey. The woman who allegedly funded a contract killing because she couldn't accept her grandchildren living in Tallahassee is now thirty miles from her former life, behind razor wire, serving life without parole. Her son Charlie Adelson is serving his own life sentence in South Dakota after being transferred in 2024 over security concerns. Katherine Magbanua remains at Lowell Annex in Ocala.  The hitmen are locked up. Five people convicted. Eleven years from murder to final judgment. But one question refuses to go away: What about Wendi? Prosecutors identified Dan Markel's ex-wife as an unindicted co-conspirator in court documents. She testified at every trial under limited immunity. She has repeatedly and consistently denied any involvement in or knowledge of the plot. She has never been charged. State Attorney Jack Campbell said his office would "make decisions in the coming weeks" after Donna's conviction — and months later, no decision has been announced. Meanwhile, Donna's "jailhouse daughter" has been talking publicly about the family fractures behind bars, the strain between mother and daughter, and Donna's fears about Harvey's deteriorating health. The Markel family is still fighting for access to their grandchildren under the Markel Act — the law that exists because of this case. This is where the story sits. For now. #DonnaAdelson #DanMarkel #WendiAdelson #HomesteadPrison #MurderForHire #TrueCrime #AdelsonFamily #FloridaCrime #JusticeForDanMarkel #TrueCrimeNews Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

Donna Adelson is officially back in South Florida — just not the way she planned. According to Florida Department of Corrections records, the convicted mastermind behind the Dan Markel murder-for-hire has been transferred from the Ocala reception center to Homestead Correctional Institution in Miami-Dade County. It's the exact placement her defense team requested at sentencing, when Judge Stephen Everett recommended she be housed close to her husband Harvey. The woman who allegedly funded a contract killing because she couldn't accept her grandchildren living in Tallahassee is now thirty miles from her former life, behind razor wire, serving life without parole. Her son Charlie Adelson is serving his own life sentence in South Dakota after being transferred in 2024 over security concerns. Katherine Magbanua remains at Lowell Annex in Ocala.  The hitmen are locked up. Five people convicted. Eleven years from murder to final judgment. But one question refuses to go away: What about Wendi? Prosecutors identified Dan Markel's ex-wife as an unindicted co-conspirator in court documents. She testified at every trial under limited immunity. She has repeatedly and consistently denied any involvement in or knowledge of the plot. She has never been charged. State Attorney Jack Campbell said his office would "make decisions in the coming weeks" after Donna's conviction — and months later, no decision has been announced. Meanwhile, Donna's "jailhouse daughter" has been talking publicly about the family fractures behind bars, the strain between mother and daughter, and Donna's fears about Harvey's deteriorating health. The Markel family is still fighting for access to their grandchildren under the Markel Act — the law that exists because of this case. This is where the story sits. For now. #DonnaAdelson #DanMarkel #WendiAdelson #HomesteadPrison #MurderForHire #TrueCrime #AdelsonFamily #FloridaCrime #JusticeForDanMarkel #TrueCrimeNews Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

Donna Adelson has officially been transferred to her new home: Homestead Correctional Institution in Miami-Dade County — and STS is breaking down what this major move means for one of the most notorious defendants in Florida right now. Convicted for her role in the murder of her ex–son-in-law, FSU law professor Dan Markel, Donna is now beginning what could be the rest of her life behind bars. In this Surviving the Survivor episode, Emmy Award-Winning Host Joel Waldman and the #BestGuests take you inside what Donna can expect at Homestead. Dan Markel was gunned down in his Tallahassee driveway in 2014 in a planned murder-for-hire plot tied to a bitter child-custody battle. For years, the case twisted through shocking allegations, wiretaps, informants, and arrests — ultimately leading to Donna's conviction.Support the show & be a part of #STSNation:Donate to STS' Trial Travel: Https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/GJ...VENMO: @STSPodcast or Https://www.venmo.com/stspodcastCheck out STS Merch: Https://www.bonfire.com/store/sts-store/Joel's Book: Https://amzn.to/48GwbLxSupport the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SurvivingTheSurvivorEmail: SurvivingTheSurvivor@gmail.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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As part of our Hidden Killers 2025 Year in Review series, this full-length special brings together all four parts of our deep investigation into the case of Donna Adelson — the grandmother, mother, and alleged mastermind at the center of one of Florida's most shocking murder-for-hire conspiracies. This is the complete, unbroken story — from the private family dynamics that prosecutors say sparked a deadly plot, to the public trial that could end with Donna spending the rest of her life behind bars. We begin inside the Adelson family, where Donna's influence allegedly shaped everything — including her children's decisions and the years-long feud with Florida State law professor Dan Markel. The state claims Donna's control and obsession with family “image” turned toxic, driving the financial schemes, the $1 million relocation bribe offer, and the custody-fueled resentment that ultimately led to murder. Next, we break down Donna's public and private narrative control — from the coded language in her jail calls to her tone-shifting conversations designed to manipulate both family and public perception. Even behind bars, her words carry weight, painting herself as a misunderstood matriarch while sidestepping accountability. Then comes her biggest gamble yet — the possibility of testifying in her own defense. Alongside Defense Attorney Eric Faddis, we explore the psychology, confidence, and potential ego behind that decision. Could Donna's instinct for control be the very thing that exposes her to devastating cross-examination? We also examine how prosecutors plan to connect the dots — from the financial transactions to Katherine Magbanua, to Luis Rivera's testimony about “the lady” ordering the hit, to the one-way ticket to Vietnam that speaks louder than words. Finally, we look at the aftermath: the intergenerational trauma facing the Adelson grandchildren, the moral collapse of a family once built on privilege and perception, and the lasting stain this case leaves on every name attached to it.

As the justice system tightens its grip on the Adelson family, Donna Adelson, Charlie Adelson, and three others are now behind bars for the murder of Florida State Professor Dan Markel—a case that continues to captivate the nation. For Donna, this marks her first holiday season in prison, facing the reality of a life sentence for her role in the murder-for-hire plot that shattered her own family and shocked Tallahassee. In this STS episode, Emmy Award-winning host Joel Waldman is joined by #BestGuests, including formerly incarcerated women, who pull back the curtain on what really happens behind prison walls. They reveal what first-timers like Donna Adelson can expect—from housing units and daily routines to inmate politics and the emotional crash that hits hardest during the holidays. Our experts also detail what life looks like now for long-term inmates like Katherine “Katie” Magbanua, who has been living this reality for years. We break down the psychological toll, the power struggles, the silence, the surveillance, and the stark difference between county jail and state prison. If you follow the Adelson case, prison life realities, or major true-crime breakthroughs, you won't want to miss this one. You can support and help Drina get back on her feet here via an Amazon Wish List: Https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls...Support the show & be a part of #STSNation:Donate to STS' Trial Travel: Https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/GJ...VENMO: @STSPodcast or Https://www.venmo.com/stspodcastCheck out STS Merch: Https://www.bonfire.com/store/sts-store/Joel's Book: Https://amzn.to/48GwbLxSupport the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SurvivingTheSurvivorEmail: SurvivingTheSurvivor@gmail.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.