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Today would have been Nolan Wells' 19th birthday. There will be a prayer rally held today in Biloxi to honor Nolan's life while the family continues to call for the truth about what happened to their son. Attorney Ben Crump and Pastor Jamal Bryant will attend the rally. We will also be joined by Congressman Ro Khanna to discuss Nolan's story and the story of several other young Black people who have died mysteriously.
Nolan Wells' phone has been the subject of much intrigue recently, with all parties involved eagerly awaiting what clues may come from the data thats on Nolan's phone. Attorney Ben Crump has announced that the Wells family and forensic experts are both on standby for a joint inspection of Nolan's phone "any day this week." Also, the family's legal team has grown again, adding Kristen Clarke, General Counsel of the NAACP. Joining us to discuss is Derrick Johnson, CEO of the NAACP.
8.13.2026 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Nolan Wells Family Speaks At NABJ. Jeffries Lays Out Dem Agenda. ICE Spends $20M on Shock Gloves The parents of Nolan Wells, Attorney Ben Crump, and Rev. Al Sharpton discuss the death investigation of Nolan Wells at the National Association of Black Journalist Convention. We'll share the family's side of the story and what Crump says is the main objective is while pursuing justice for Nolan. An attorney general could make history as the first black person to hold statewide office in Nevada if he's successful at the polls in November. He joins us to make his case for governor. A white man threatens to kill black people in a mass shooting and walks away free with no charges. We'll tell you the technicality that got him off the hook. A candidate is running against a racist district attorney in Tarrant County Texas. Can she beat him to bring fairness and justice to the office? We'll talk to her as she tells us her plans on winning the position. Black Star Network Partner: ChapterChapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options. ____ Download the Black Star Network app at http://www.blackstarnetwork.com! We're on iOS, AppleTV, Android, AndroidTV, Roku, FireTV, and SamsungTV. The #BlackStarNetwork is a news reporting platform covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this new episode of THE POLITICRAT daily podcast Omar Moore on David Crowley's win in Wisconsin. Also: Primary night review. And: The race problem that democratic socialists and white progressives have. Plus: The eclipse that eclipsed in Europe. FYI: The official Nolan Wells tip line phone number as published by Attorney Ben Crump is 888-991-1772. Please call if you have any information or saw anything re: Nolan Wells.ADVISORY: This episode contains foul language. Listener discretion is advised.Recorded August 12, 2026.Please donate to the official GoFundMe page for Nolan Xavier Wells: https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memory-of-nolan-xavier-wellsSubscribe on Substack: https://popcornreel.substack.comSubscribe on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@thepoliticratpodBUY MERCH FROM THE POLITICRAT STORE:https://the-politicrat.myshopify.comBUY BLACK!Patronize Black-owned businesses on Roland Martin's Black Star Network: https://shopblackstarnetwork.comBLACK-OWNED MEDIA MATTERS:(Watch Roland Martin Unfiltered daily M-F 6-8pm Eastern)https://youtube.com/rolandsmartin
On this new episode of THE POLITICRAT daily podcast Omar Moore on Tasia Fortune and the imperative of an impartial and fulsome investigation in Mississippi after she was found hanging from a tree last week. Also: Primary preview in five states including Wisconsin and Connecticut. And: Voting - Arizona is the next focus. Plus: Richard "Tricky" Dick Nixon, 52 years on. FYI: The official Nolan Wells tip line phone number as published by Attorney Ben Crump is 888-991-1772. Please call if you have any information or saw anything re: Nolan Wells.ADVISORY: This episode contains foul language. Listener discretion is advised.Recorded August 10, 2026.Please donate to the official GoFundMe page for Nolan Xavier Wells: https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memory-of-nolan-xavier-wellsSubscribe on Substack: https://popcornreel.substack.comSubscribe on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@thepoliticratpodBUY MERCH FROM THE POLITICRAT STORE:https://the-politicrat.myshopify.comBUY BLACK!Patronize Black-owned businesses on Roland Martin's Black Star Network: https://shopblackstarnetwork.comBLACK-OWNED MEDIA MATTERS:(Watch Roland Martin Unfiltered daily M-F 6-8pm Eastern)https://youtube.com/rolandsmartin
Christine Wells-Wonsley wants GPS data, login histories, direct messages, and password reset records from five different tech companies, and Mississippi courts have given those companies twenty-one days to hand it over. That's how far Nolan Wells' mother has had to go to get answers the state hasn't provided on its own. Nolan was eighteen when he went to a July 4 boat party on Horn Island. He was the only one who didn't come home. His body was found two days later in the water, and the sheriff called it no foul play before the autopsy, toxicology, or the FBI's phone examination were finished. Christine wasn't told her son was missing until almost midnight — hours after the boat docked and his friends went home with his phone and keys. When she got that phone back, both of Nolan's Snapchat accounts were completely empty. The independent autopsy the family paid for came back "undetermined," in part because parts of Nolan's throat were missing by the time their pathologist examined the body. The official state autopsy remains sealed, with the DA saying only that a grand jury will eventually review it. On the day they buried Nolan, the family's attorneys sent preservation-of-evidence letters to every institution and individual connected to the case. A contradiction has also surfaced between the boys' account of that night and the account of the girl Nolan allegedly stayed behind to talk to. Attorney Ben Crump represents the family. Five subpoenas, one sealed autopsy, and a mother who isn't waiting on Mississippi's timeline to find out what happened to her son. Join 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/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This 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. HASHTAGS #NolanWells #ChristineWonsley #TrueCrimeToday #TrueCrime #HornIsland #Mississippi #JusticeForNolan #BenCrump #GrandJury #TrueCrimeCommunity
The medical examiner sitting on Nolan Wells' sealed autopsy results has a history worth knowing before those results ever go public. In 2021, Dr. Staci Turner, Mississippi's chief medical examiner, ruled Damien Cameron's in-custody death "undetermined," despite her own autopsy documenting neck injuries consistent with compression from the deputies who restrained him. Three independent forensic pathologists, brought in by the New York Times and Mississippi Today, reviewed the same evidence and reached a different conclusion: homicide. One of them, Dr. Michael Baden, former chief medical examiner of New York City, put it bluntly — "homicide, absolutely." A grand jury used Turner's "undetermined" ruling to decline charges. One of the deputies involved, Hunter Elward, is now in federal prison for his role in the Rankin County "Goon Squad" torture cases — a separate case that exposed exactly the kind of conduct Cameron's family always suspected. Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer examines what that record means now that Turner controls the findings in Nolan Wells' case, why the district attorney sets the timeline for unsealing them with no deadline attached, and why Nolan's mother, Christine Wells-Wonsley, filed subpoenas the same day she buried her son. Attorney Ben Crump represented Cameron's family and now represents the Wells family — the same state, the same examiner, and a family that isn't waiting quietly for answers. Scientifically sound or not, Turner's findings arrive wrapped in a credibility problem the state never addressed the first time. Join 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/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This 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. HASHTAGS #NolanWells #StaciTurner #TrueCrimeToday #TrueCrime #Mississippi #DamienCameron #GoonSquad #JenniferCoffindaffer #JusticeForNolan #MedicalExaminer
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Nolan Wells documented everything. Eighteen years old, active on Snapchat, the kind of kid whose phone tells a story. So when his mother, Christine Wells-Wonsley, got that phone back after his death, both of his Snapchat accounts being completely empty wasn't nothing — it was a red flag she couldn't ignore. Nolan went to a July 4 boat party on Horn Island, Mississippi. He was the only one who didn't come home. His body was found two days later in the water, and the sheriff ruled out foul play before the autopsy, toxicology, or the FBI's phone examination were complete. Christine didn't even know he was missing until almost midnight — hours after the boat docked and his friends left with his phone and keys. The official state autopsy is still sealed. The DA says a grand jury will eventually review it, with no date attached. The family's independent autopsy came back "undetermined," in part because parts of Nolan's throat were missing by the time their own pathologist examined the body. On the day they buried him, the family's attorneys sent ten-page preservation-of-evidence letters to everyone connected to the case — the friends, their families, the sheriff's office, the DA, the coroner, the state medical examiner. Nine days later, Christine filed court-ordered subpoenas against five tech companies, demanding GPS data, login histories, direct messages, and password reset records, with a twenty-one-day response window. A contradiction has also emerged between Nolan's friends' account and the account of the girl he allegedly stayed behind to talk to. Attorney Ben Crump is involved. Christine isn't waiting for Mississippi to move — she's building her own case, thread by thread. Join 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/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This 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. HASHTAGS #NolanWells #ChristineWonsley #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #HornIsland #Mississippi #JusticeForNolan #BenCrump #GrandJury #TrueCrimeCommunity
Dr. Staci Turner has Nolan Wells' sealed autopsy results in her hands right now, and this isn't the first time her office's conclusions haven't matched the evidence. In 2021, Turner ruled Damien Cameron's in-custody death "undetermined" — despite documenting neck injuries in her own autopsy consistent with compression. The New York Times and Mississippi Today brought in three independent forensic pathologists to review the same file. All three disagreed with her. Dr. Michael Baden, former chief medical examiner of New York City, called it "homicide, absolutely." A Rutgers pathologist said there was nothing undetermined about it at all. A grand jury leaned on Turner's ruling and declined to charge the deputies who restrained Cameron. One of them, Hunter Elward, is now in federal prison — convicted as part of the Rankin County "Goon Squad" torture cases, though not for Cameron's death. Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer joins this episode to break down what Turner's history means for the Wells investigation, why the district attorney — not a court, not a deadline — controls when Nolan's results become public, and why Christine Wells-Wonsley filed subpoenas on the day she buried her son. Attorney Ben Crump represented Cameron's family. He represents the Wells family now, in the same state, in front of the same examiner. Tony Brueski and Jennifer Coffindaffer lay out exactly why this family has reason to doubt the results before they've even seen them. Join 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/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This 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. HASHTAGS #NolanWells #StaciTurner #HiddenKillersLive #TrueCrime #Mississippi #DamienCameron #GoonSquad #JenniferCoffindaffer #JusticeForNolan #MedicalExaminer
On this new episode of THE POLITICRAT daily podcast Omar Moore on the long history of tension and undercutting of progressive Democrats by the Democratic Party Establishment. Plus: The Voting Rights Act, 61 years later. And: Voting, In Alabama - first in a series. Also: Please call Jackson County Sheriff John Ledbetter at 228-769-3024. FYI: The official Nolan Wells tip line phone number as published by Attorney Ben Crump is 888-991-1772. Please call if you have any information or saw anything re: Nolan Wells.ADVISORY: This episode contains foul language. Listener discretion is advised.Recorded August 6, 2026.Please donate to the official GoFundMe page for Nolan Xavier Wells: https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memory-of-nolan-xavier-wellsSubscribe on Substack: https://popcornreel.substack.comSubscribe on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@thepoliticratpodBUY MERCH FROM THE POLITICRAT STORE:https://the-politicrat.myshopify.comBUY BLACK!Patronize Black-owned businesses on Roland Martin's Black Star Network: https://shopblackstarnetwork.comBLACK-OWNED MEDIA MATTERS:(Watch Roland Martin Unfiltered daily M-F 6-8pm Eastern)https://youtube.com/rolandsmartin
On this new episode of THE POLITICRAT daily podcast Omar Moore on Republican cowardice re: Todd Blanche. Plus: At least two pieces of good news from Tennessee's Thursday primaries. And: Voting, in Alaska - the second in a series. (Visit: https://iwillvote.com) Extra: The sex talk that you can't speak. Also: Please call Jackson County Sheriff John Ledbetter at 228-769-3024. FYI: The official Nolan Wells tip line phone number as published by Attorney Ben Crump is 888-991-1772. Please call if you have any information or saw anything re: Nolan Wells.ADVISORY: This episode contains foul language. Listener discretion is advised.Recorded August 7, 2026.Please donate to the official GoFundMe page for Nolan Xavier Wells: https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memory-of-nolan-xavier-wellsSubscribe on Substack: https://popcornreel.substack.comSubscribe on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@thepoliticratpodBUY MERCH FROM THE POLITICRAT STORE:https://the-politicrat.myshopify.comBUY BLACK!Patronize Black-owned businesses on Roland Martin's Black Star Network: https://shopblackstarnetwork.comBLACK-OWNED MEDIA MATTERS:(Watch Roland Martin Unfiltered daily M-F 6-8pm Eastern)https://youtube.com/rolandsmartin
A recent poll by The Associated Press shows that Americans' lives were being impacted by the extreme heat. Giuliana Guarracino's WFUV went out into the Bronx to ask residents how their lives have changed due to the heat, and the impact it is having on them. Several New York families sued the city over last summer's Legionnaires' outbreak in Harlem. Attorney Ben Crump and the Reverend Al Sharpton announced four lawsuits today. WFUV's Sienna Reinders has more. This week in Music News, WFUV's Livia Regina shares some of St Paul and the Broken Bones' interview with the station. Plus, a live album from Bonnie Prince Billy and a new single from Kam Franklin. Host/Producer: Sienna Reinders Editor: Tess Novotny and Lainey Nguyen Reporter: Giuliana Guarracino Reporter: Sienna Reinders Reporter: Livia Regina Theme Music: Joe Bergsieker
On this new episode of THE POLITICRAT daily podcast Omar Moore on Dr. Abdul El-Sayed's Democratic primary win in Michigan and a primary recap analysis. Plus: A white woman's racist attacking of Black people in Chicago. And: A House Ethics Committee report recommends censure and finds that Republican congressman Chuck Edwards committed the functional equivalent of sexual harassment - and he hasn't resigned. Nor have at least two other Republicans in the U.S. House. Also: Please call Jackson County Sheriff John Ledbetter at 228-769-3024. FYI: The official Nolan Wells tip line phone number as published by Attorney Ben Crump is 888-991-1772. Please call if you have any information or saw anything re: Nolan Wells.ADVISORY: This episode contains foul language. Listener discretion is advised.Recorded August 5, 2026.Please donate to the official GoFundMe page for Nolan Xavier Wells: https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memory-of-nolan-xavier-wellsSubscribe on Substack: https://popcornreel.substack.comSubscribe on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@thepoliticratpodBUY MERCH FROM THE POLITICRAT STORE:https://the-politicrat.myshopify.comBUY BLACK!Patronize Black-owned businesses on Roland Martin's Black Star Network: https://shopblackstarnetwork.comBLACK-OWNED MEDIA MATTERS:(Watch Roland Martin Unfiltered daily M-F 6-8pm Eastern)https://youtube.com/rolandsmartin
On this new episode of THE POLITICRAT daily podcast Omar Moore looks at Todd Blanche's tricks that fooled or satisfied outgoing Republican senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis. Also: Spike Lee's joint "Mo'Better Blues" turns 36. Plus: Five states hold key primaries on August 4, including Michigan and Missouri. And: Please call Jackson County Sheriff John Ledbetter at 228-769-3024. FYI: The official Nolan Wells tip line phone number as published by Attorney Ben Crump is 888-991-1772. Please call if you have any information or saw anything re: Nolan Wells.ADVISORY: This episode contains foul language. Listener discretion is advised.Recorded August 3, 2026.Please donate to the official GoFundMe page for Nolan Xavier Wells: https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memory-of-nolan-xavier-wellsSubscribe on Substack: https://popcornreel.substack.comSubscribe on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@thepoliticratpodBUY MERCH FROM THE POLITICRAT STORE:https://the-politicrat.myshopify.comBUY BLACK!Patronize Black-owned businesses on Roland Martin's Black Star Network: https://shopblackstarnetwork.comBLACK-OWNED MEDIA MATTERS:(Watch Roland Martin Unfiltered daily M-F 6-8pm Eastern)https://youtube.com/rolandsmartin
On this new episode of THE POLITICRAT daily podcast Omar Moore epilogues on the duping (or buying?) of Republican senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis by Todd Blanche and possibly Donald Trump. And: Five states hold key primaries today. Get out and vote!! Plus: A public private apology. Also: Please call Jackson County Sheriff John Ledbetter at 228-769-3024. FYI: The official Nolan Wells tip line phone number as published by Attorney Ben Crump is 888-991-1772. Please call if you have any information or saw anything re: Nolan Wells.ADVISORY: This episode contains foul language. Listener discretion is advised.Recorded August 4, 2026.Please donate to the official GoFundMe page for Nolan Xavier Wells: https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memory-of-nolan-xavier-wellsSubscribe on Substack: https://popcornreel.substack.comSubscribe on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@thepoliticratpodBUY MERCH FROM THE POLITICRAT STORE:https://the-politicrat.myshopify.comBUY BLACK!Patronize Black-owned businesses on Roland Martin's Black Star Network: https://shopblackstarnetwork.comBLACK-OWNED MEDIA MATTERS:(Watch Roland Martin Unfiltered daily M-F 6-8pm Eastern)https://youtube.com/rolandsmartin
On this new episode of THE POLITICRAT daily podcast Omar Moore plays audio of an important press conference Attorney Ben Crump held for the families of Nolan Wells, Tyler Smith and Daniel Erving. And: Happy 90th Birthday Buddy Guy! (Visit https://buddyguy.net) Note: Please demand answers and a fair, full and impartial investigation into the death of Nolan Wells. Call Jackson County Sheriff John Ledbetter at 228-769-3024. FYI: The official Nolan Wells tip line phone number as published by Attorney Ben Crump is 888-991-1772. Please call if you have any information or saw anything re: Nolan Wells.ADVISORY: This episode contains foul language. Listener discretion is advised.Recorded July 30, 2026.Please donate to the official GoFundMe page for Nolan Xavier Wells: https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memory-of-nolan-xavier-wellsSubscribe on Substack: https://popcornreel.substack.comSubscribe on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@thepoliticratpodBUY MERCH FROM THE POLITICRAT STORE:https://the-politicrat.myshopify.comBUY BLACK!Patronize Black-owned businesses on Roland Martin's Black Star Network: https://shopblackstarnetwork.comBLACK-OWNED MEDIA MATTERS:(Watch Roland Martin Unfiltered daily M-F 6-8pm Eastern)https://youtube.com/rolandsmartin
On this new episode of THE POLITICRAT daily podcast Omar Moore on one way to talk to voters who did not vote in 2024. It is a job we all must do between now and the November midterms. Plus: Paging Jackson County Sheriff John Ledbetter at 228-769-3024. FYI: The official Nolan Wells tip line phone number as published by Attorney Ben Crump is 888-991-1772.ADVISORY: This episode contains foul language. Listener discretion is advised.Recorded July 28, 2026.Please donate to the official GoFundMe page for Nolan Xavier Wells: https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memory-of-nolan-xavier-wellsSubscribe on Substack: https://popcornreel.substack.comSubscribe on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@thepoliticratpodBUY MERCH FROM THE POLITICRAT STORE:https://the-politicrat.myshopify.comBUY BLACK!Patronize Black-owned businesses on Roland Martin's Black Star Network: https://shopblackstarnetwork.comBLACK-OWNED MEDIA MATTERS:(Watch Roland Martin Unfiltered daily M-F 6-8pm Eastern)https://youtube.com/rolandsmartin
A district attorney doesn't send a drowning to a grand jury. So why is that exactly what's happening in the Nolan Wells case? Nolan was eighteen, a wide receiver at Southwest Mississippi Community College from Ocean Springs, Mississippi. On the Fourth of July he went out to Horn Island, an uninhabited barrier island roughly ten miles off the Mississippi coast, with a group of friends. No buildings, no fresh water, no service, just boats until dark, and then everyone heads back to the mainland. His friends made it home. He didn't. A National Park Service ranger found his body in the water off the island's northwestern tip two mornings later, on July 6. Roughly thirteen hours passed before help was requested. A friend reportedly called the Coast Guard that night, and Nolan's mother, Christine Wonsley, called the sheriff's office shortly after. Investigators say they believe Nolan drowned. They've also said they're still working to determine exactly what happened out there. The sheriff's office said early on there was no foul play. His cause and manner of death still haven't been released, and some witnesses have reportedly been too scared to talk about what they saw. None of that explains why the district attorney has now sent the case to a grand jury. Attorney Ben Crump is running a separate, independent investigation for the family, and online, two camps have already dug in — one certain something sinister happened, one certain everyone should calm down. Neither one has seen what the grand jury is about to see. A grand jury doesn't get convened over paperwork. Somewhere between the boat leaving and the ranger finding his body, prosecutors saw something worth putting in front of twelve strangers, and they haven't said what it is. Join 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/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This 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. Hashtags #NolanWells #BenCrump #TrueCrimeToday #TrueCrime #HornIsland #GrandJury #OceanSprings #Mississippi #JusticeForNolan #TrueCrimeCommunity
Nobody has to push someone off a boat for a death to become a crime. Prosecutors may be about to test that with the Nolan Wells case. Nolan was eighteen, a wide receiver at Southwest Mississippi Community College from Ocean Springs, Mississippi. On the Fourth of July, he and a group of friends took a boat out to Horn Island, an uninhabited barrier island roughly ten miles off the Mississippi coast. He was last seen there around three in the afternoon. His friends left without him. A National Park Service ranger recovered his body two mornings later, off the island's northwestern tip. Officials initially said they believed Nolan drowned and that they didn't suspect foul play, before the autopsy was even complete. That same office has since said investigators are working diligently to determine exactly what occurred, a statement that sits uneasily next to the first one. District Attorney Angel Myers McIlrath has told the family the case will go to a grand jury once the investigation wraps. What twelve jurors do with a death that has never been formally classified, and whether leaving a person behind on an island can amount to a crime on its own, is the question at the center of this one. Attorney Ben Crump says Nolan's friends had his phone after leaving the island, and that messages had been deleted by the time the family got it back. Crump's experts and Jackson County investigators have agreed to examine the device together. The family has also arranged its own independent autopsy in Washington, D.C., separate from the one performed by the Mississippi State Medical Examiner's Office. Neither result has been released. Two autopsies, a missing chunk of texts, and a legal theory nobody has tested yet. Join 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/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This 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. Hashtags #NolanWells #BenCrump #TrueCrimeToday #TrueCrime #HornIsland #GrandJury #JacksonCountyMS #MississippiNews #JusticeForNolan #IndependentAutopsy
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Nolan Wells was last seen on Horn Island on the Fourth of July. Help wasn't requested for roughly thirteen hours. Nolan was eighteen, a wide receiver at Southwest Mississippi Community College, out on the island with friends from Ocean Springs. Horn Island sits about ten miles off the Mississippi coast, uninhabited, no buildings, no fresh water, no service. On the holiday it's packed with boats until dark, and then every one of those boats turns back toward the mainland. His friends made it home. He didn't. A National Park Service ranger found his body in the water off the island's northwestern tip two mornings later, on July 6. Investigators say they believe Nolan drowned, but they've also said they're still working to determine exactly what happened out there in those missing hours. A friend has said he called the Coast Guard that night, and that Nolan's mother, Christine Wonsley, called the sheriff's office shortly after. What isn't clear is why so much time passed between the moment Nolan was last seen and the moment anyone outside that group of friends knew he was missing. The sheriff's office said early on there was no foul play, a line that landed before the public had any real answers to weigh it against. His cause and manner of death haven't been released. Some witnesses have reportedly been too scared to talk about what actually happened on that island. Attorney Ben Crump is now running an independent investigation for the family, and the district attorney says the case is headed to a grand jury. Thirteen hours is a long time to be missing on an island with no way to call for help. It's an even longer time for a mother to wait for answers she still doesn't have. Join 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/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This 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. Hashtags #NolanWells #BenCrump #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #HornIsland #OceanSprings #MississippiNews #JusticeForNolan #GulfCoast #TrueCrimePodcast
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There are ninety minutes in the Nolan Wells timeline that nobody has ever fully explained, and they sit right at the center of everything. Nolan was eighteen, a wide receiver at Southwest Mississippi Community College from Ocean Springs, Mississippi. The timeline itself is mostly machine-logged and undisputed. A boat left a dock outside Ocean Springs at 9:56 on the morning of the Fourth of July. The group reached Horn Island by 11:14. The boat left the island at 4:31 that afternoon, passed Fort Bayou near 5:52, reached a dock at 6:06, and was pulled from the water at a launch by 7:19 before heading overland to Biloxi. Between those clean, logged numbers sits the gap. Nolan was last seen on the island around three in the afternoon. Around four, the boat's operator called a towing company to report the boat was taking on water. Investigators haven't publicly explained those ninety minutes. Neither have the friends who were out there. Neither has the family's own legal team. A National Park Service ranger recovered Nolan's body at 8:45 Monday morning off the island's northwestern tip, in the exact patch of water that had turned up nothing during a search the day before. There's a phone left on the dashboard with two competing explanations, an empty photo roll with two competing explanations, and a video that circulated widely with two competing accounts of how it surfaced. Attorney Ben Crump says Nolan's friends had his phone after he was left behind, and that messages had been deleted by the time the family got it back. No agency has released a cause or manner of death. Ninety minutes is a long stretch of ocean to leave unaccounted for. Join 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/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This 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. Hashtags #NolanWells #BenCrump #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #HornIsland #OceanSpringsMS #MississippiNews #JusticeForNolan #ColdCase #TrueCrimePodcast
Search crews covered a patch of water off Horn Island on Sunday and found nothing. A ranger went back Monday morning and found Nolan Wells. Nolan was eighteen, a wide receiver at Southwest Mississippi Community College from Ocean Springs, Mississippi. He was last seen on the island around three in the afternoon on the Fourth of July. About ninety minutes later, the boat's operator called a towing company to report the boat was taking on water. The boat left the island at 4:31, and a National Park Service ranger recovered Nolan's body at 8:45 the next morning, off the island's northwestern tip, in the same general area searched the day before. Robin Dreeke joins Tony Brueski to walk through what that gap between the two searches actually means, and what it doesn't. Currents, timing, visibility, and search patterns can all explain a miss like that. So can other things. Neither of them is claiming to know which one this is. They also dig into the parts of this case that still don't line up: a phone left on the dashboard with two competing explanations, an empty photo roll with two competing explanations, and a video that circulated widely with two competing accounts of how it got out. Attorney Ben Crump says Nolan's friends had control of his phone after he was left behind, and that messages had already been deleted by the time the family got it back. No agency has released a cause or manner of death. The family has arranged its own independent examination in Washington, D.C., separate from the one done by the state, and District Attorney Angel Myers McIlrath says the case is heading to a grand jury once the investigation is complete. Where a body is found, and when, tells its own part of the story. Join 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/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This 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. Hashtags #NolanWells #BenCrump #HiddenKillersLive #TrueCrime #RobinDreeke #HornIsland #OceanSpringsMS #MississippiNews #JusticeForNolan #IndependentAutopsy
Somebody on that boat trip knows more than they're saying about what happened to Nolan Wells, and some of them are reportedly too scared to say it. Nolan was eighteen, a wide receiver at Southwest Mississippi Community College from Ocean Springs, Mississippi. On the Fourth of July he went out to Horn Island, an uninhabited barrier island roughly ten miles off the Mississippi coast, with a group of friends. No buildings, no fresh water, no service, just boats and coolers until the sun goes down and everyone heads for the mainland. His friends made it back. He didn't. A National Park Service ranger found his body in the water off the island's northwestern tip two mornings later. Roughly thirteen hours passed before help was actually requested. Investigators say they believe Nolan drowned, and they've also said they're still working to determine exactly what happened out there. A friend reportedly called the Coast Guard that night, and Nolan's mother, Christine Wonsley, called the sheriff's office shortly after. The sheriff's office said early on there was no foul play. His cause and manner of death still haven't been released. Tony sits down with Robin Dreeke to break down what it actually means when witnesses go quiet in a case like this, what a "no foul play" statement does and doesn't prove, and why silence from the people who were physically there is its own kind of evidence. Attorney Ben Crump is running an independent investigation for the family, and the district attorney says this is heading to a grand jury. Some witnesses have talked to investigators. Others reportedly haven't said much at all, and the family wants to know why. Fear doesn't mean guilt. But it doesn't mean nothing, either. Join 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/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This 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. Hashtags #NolanWells #BenCrump #HiddenKillersLive #TrueCrime #RobinDreeke #HornIsland #OceanSprings #Mississippi #JusticeForNolan #TrueCrimePodcast
Attorney Ben Crump, Al Sharpton, and the NAACP continue to push a racial narrative in the Nolan Wells case as the independent autopsy commissioned by the family has come back undetermined on both cause and manner of death. Officer Tatum's bombshell interview with the friend of Nolan Wells and exposes the race grifters . New Jersey confesses about thousands of non-citizen voters and more.#nolanwells #naacp #alsharpton #bencrump #jasminecrockett
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Live, Tony Brueski takes the full mailbag on two cases — Nolan Wells in Mississippi and Lindsay Clancy in Massachusetts.Nolan Wells, eighteen, rode out to Horn Island on the Fourth of July with friends from Ocean Springs. The island is undeveloped, about ten miles off the Mississippi coast, with no shelter, no fresh water, and no reliable way to call anybody. The boats went home without him. A National Park Service ranger found his body in the water two days later. There are two examinations of him and neither has been released. Cause and manner of death remain undetermined. Attorney Ben Crump is running an independent investigation and the district attorney has said the case will go to a grand jury.Lindsay Clancy has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her children — Cora, five, Dawson, three, and eight-month-old Callan — at the family's Duxbury home in January 2023. Her attorney argues she was misdiagnosed and overmedicated and experiencing postpartum psychosis. Prosecutors have pointed to other mothers who lived through the same condition without harming their children. Eighteen jurors are being seated. Patrick Clancy, who publicly forgave his wife, is a defense witness. She has never given law enforcement a statement.The questions on the table: why a boat left an island with a kid still on it, what happens if two autopsies conflict, whether a grand jury can charge anybody, what a jury does when the only person who knows what happened has never spoken, and whether any ending in that Plymouth County courtroom could honestly be called justice.Both cases. Bring your questions.END_LINKS:Join 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/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodDisclaimer:This 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.Hashtags:#NolanWells #LindsayClancy #HiddenKillersLive #HornIsland #ClancyTrial #BenCrump #PatrickClancy #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #ListenerQuestions
Attorney Ben Crump released the findings of an independent autopsy into the death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells during the NAACP National Convention in Chicago. The report concludes the cause of death is undetermined and says a neck injury or foul play cannot be ruled out, raising new questions about the ongoing investigation. Subscribe to our newsletter to stay informed with the latest news from a leading Black-owned & controlled media company: https://aurn.com/newsletter Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Everything in the Nolan Wells case is now stacked behind a grand jury, and that grand jury is waiting on findings nobody has released. Two examinations exist. One from the Mississippi State Medical Examiner's Office, one arranged by the family's attorneys, who sent the eighteen-year-old's body to Washington, D.C. Neither has been made public. Cause and manner of death remain undetermined.Tony Brueski takes the mailbag on the back half of this case — the procedural half, which the audience has turned into something more personal than procedure.The questions go straight at what a grand jury can do with a death that has never been formally classified. Whether leaving somebody behind on a barrier island ten miles offshore is a crime in Mississippi or simply a thing everyone involved has to carry. What happens on the day two examinations of the same young man say two different things.Then the credibility problem: why officials said they believed Nolan drowned and didn't suspect foul play before a completed autopsy existed — and why that same office has since emphasized that investigators are working diligently to determine exactly what occurred.Attorney Ben Crump has said Nolan's friends took his phone with them when they left Horn Island and that messages had been deleted by the time the family got it back. Crump's team and Jackson County investigators agreed to inspect the phone together.District Attorney Angel Myers McIlrath has told the family the case goes to a grand jury once the investigation is complete.Until then, a family in Ocean Springs is waiting on paperwork.END_LINKS:Join 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/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodDisclaimer:This 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.Hashtags:#NolanWells #BenCrump #TrueCrimeToday #JusticeForNolan #JacksonCountyMS #MississippiNews #GrandJury #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #IndependentAutopsy
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A second autopsy is supposed to be a backstop. In the Nolan Wells case it has become the whole argument — because the family arranged one, sent their eighteen-year-old's body to Washington, D.C. for it, and still doesn't have an answer.Neither examination has been released. Not the one done by the Mississippi State Medical Examiner's Office, and not the one the family paid for. Cause and manner of death remain undetermined. Attorney Ben Crump initially suggested the independent findings would land quickly, then said he hoped to share them soon.Tony Brueski takes the mailbag on the credibility collapse in this case. Investigators signaled early that they believed Nolan drowned and did not suspect foul play — before there was a finished autopsy to point at. The sheriff's office has since underscored that the work of determining exactly what occurred is ongoing.Then there's the device. Crump has said Nolan's friends carried his phone off Horn Island and that when the family received it, messages had been deleted. Crump's specialists and county investigators agreed to inspect it jointly.The questions in this episode go where nobody official will. What if the two examinations disagree. Who wins that fight. Whether a grand jury can indict anyone for a death that has never been formally classified. District Attorney Angel Myers McIlrath has said the case goes to a grand jury once the investigation is complete.And the harder question under that: whether anything that happened on that island is chargeable at all, or whether the worst outcome here is a young man dying and the law having nothing to say about it.The family already answered one question by shipping their son out of state.END_LINKS:Join 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/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodDisclaimer:This 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.Hashtags:#NolanWells #BenCrump #HiddenKillers #JusticeForNolan #JacksonCountyMS #MississippiNews #GrandJury #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #IndependentAutopsy
Nolan Wells, eighteen years old, rode a boat out to Horn Island on the Fourth of July with friends from Ocean Springs, Mississippi. The boats went home that evening. He wasn't on one. Two days later a park ranger found him in the water.Live and unfiltered, Tony Brueski takes the mailbag on this case — and the volume is on one subject. Not toxicology. Not the timeline. The decision to leave.Understanding why that decision lands so hard means understanding what Horn Island actually is. It's an uninhabited barrier island about ten miles off the Mississippi coast, protected and undeveloped. No structures. No fresh water. No reliable signal. On the holiday it's packed. By nightfall there's nothing out there but sand, pine, mosquitos, and the Gulf.The mailbag keeps asking the same thing in a dozen different handwritings. Did anybody count heads. Did anybody ask. Did anybody say wait. And if somebody genuinely believed he'd catch a ride with another group — what was he supposed to do out there if that ride never came?Jackson County Sheriff John Ledbetter has said one of Nolan's friends was the first to report it, contacting the Coast Guard around eleven that night, with Nolan's mother, Christine Wonsley, contacting the sheriff's office around midnight. Authorities have said they believe he drowned and don't suspect foul play, while also stating investigators are still working to determine exactly what occurred.Cause and manner of death remain unreleased. Attorney Ben Crump is leading an independent investigation. The district attorney intends to present the case to a grand jury.Bring your questions. This one is about the island.END_LINKS:Join 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/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodDisclaimer:This 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.Hashtags:#NolanWells #BenCrump #HiddenKillersLive #HornIsland #OceanSprings #MississippiNews #JusticeForNolan #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #GulfCoast
There are two examinations of Nolan Wells and nobody outside a very small circle knows what either one says. The Mississippi State Medical Examiner's Office handled the first. The family's legal team arranged the second, sending his body to Washington, D.C.Live, Tony Brueski works through the mailbag on that split — and the biggest question is the collision nobody wants to name out loud. If those two examinations don't match, what happens next? Whose science gets believed? Who decides?Neither result has been released. Cause and manner of death for the eighteen-year-old Ocean Springs athlete remain undetermined. Attorney Ben Crump indicated early on that the independent results would come quickly, and later said he hoped to share them soon.Underneath it all is the credibility problem. Officials said they believed Nolan drowned and did not suspect foul play at a point when no completed autopsy existed. The same sheriff's office has stressed that investigators are working diligently to determine exactly what occurred. Those two positions have been sitting side by side for weeks.There's the phone, too — carried off the island by his friends, according to Crump, and returned to the family with messages deleted, also according to Crump. His experts and county investigators agreed to a mutual inspection of the device.District Attorney Angel Myers McIlrath has told the Wells family the case will be presented to a grand jury once the investigation wraps. What charges look like when nobody will officially classify the death — and whether leaving someone behind on a barrier island ten miles out is a crime or just a regret — is what the mailbag keeps circling.Bring your questions. This one is about what's in those two envelopes.END_LINKS:Join 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/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodDisclaimer:This 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.Hashtags:#NolanWells #BenCrump #HiddenKillersLive #JusticeForNolan #JacksonCountyMS #MississippiNews #GrandJury #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #IndependentAutopsy
Nolan Wells was supposed to come home from Horn Island after the Fourth of July. His friends left. He stayed. Two days later, a park ranger found him in the water — and the story the group told investigators started falling apart almost immediately.Multiple friends from the boat trip have given conflicting accounts of what happened on the island. The family says Nolan's Snapchat data was erased after his death. The FBI is conducting forensic analysis on his phone, and death threats tied to the case are under separate investigation. Attorney Ben Crump retained by the family says the case will go to a grand jury.Jennifer Coffindaffer, retired FBI Special Agent, joins Tony Brueski and Robin Dreeke to examine the investigation's biggest vulnerability: the people closest to Nolan Wells cannot agree on what happened. Coffindaffer assesses whether the Snapchat allegation holds investigative weight, what the FBI's role actually is when jurisdiction belongs to the local sheriff despite the island being federal land, and why the public's rush to assign motive — racial or otherwise — may be obscuring what the evidence actually shows.Over sixty witnesses have been interviewed. Two autopsies are pending — one from the state, one independent. And the friends who were on that boat with Nolan Wells have yet to tell a version of events that everyone agrees on.Somebody knows what happened. The question is whether anybody is willing to say it out loud.Join 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/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis 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.#NolanWells #HornIsland #HiddenKillers #JenniferCoffindaffer #FBI #OceanSprings #Mississippi #TrueCrime #Justice #FourthOfJuly
An eighteen-year-old went to Horn Island with friends on the Fourth of July. His friends came home. He didn't. When his body was found two days later, the questions started — and the answers from the people who were with him kept shifting.Nolan Wells' family alleges his Snapchat accounts were wiped clean after his death. The FBI is examining digital evidence. More than sixty witnesses have been interviewed. And the friends who left Nolan on a federally protected barrier island without a phone, water, or any way off are providing investigators with accounts that don't match each other.Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer breaks it down with Tony and Robin. She digs into why conflicting accounts from witnesses this early in an investigation are a red flag, what the FBI's involvement actually looks like when the local sheriff maintains primary jurisdiction, and whether the public's polarization — some calling it a tragic accident, others pointing to something deliberate — is helping or hurting the search for truth.Attorney Ben Crump has launched an independent investigation after his team identified contradictions in the case. Crump announced the findings will go before a grand jury. Meanwhile, the cause and manner of Nolan Wells' death still have not been released.The friends who were there that day hold the answers. The question is whether their answers will ever match.Join 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/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis 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.#NolanWells #HornIsland #HiddenKillers #JenniferCoffindaffer #FBI #OceanSprings #Mississippi #TrueCrime #Justice #FourthOfJuly
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Smelly BBL horror, Michigan AD Warde Manuel about to lose his job, Nolan Wells misinformation floods social media, Amanda Bynes new business venture, Clavicular v. 2wo25, Greta Thunberg's sister is very different from her, and Tom Segura splits with his wife. Donald Trump wants Lindsey Graham's sister to fill his Senate seat. Jay Z's concert was delayed 4 hours due to some unruly fans storming Yankee Stadium. Sacha Baron Cohen showed up to Wimbledon dressed as Ali G. JLo showed up to Wimbledon dressed as a complete idiot. Mick Jagger sat down with Conan O'Brien for a podcast. John Lennon totally spoiled Mick's opportunity to meet Elvis Presley. There was an awesome brawl at the San Francisco Giants/Colorado Rockies game that led to some arrests and total banishment from Oracle Stadium. Popcorned Planet has a documentary coming out on the nasty battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. Carl Isom-McDaniel took on a bison and lost. He'll be fine. YMH Studios may be in jeopardy as Tom Segura and wife Christina Pazsitzky are on the outs. Tom's rider on tour is ridiculous. Tom totally thinks he's hot now. Nolan Wells' GoFundMe is raking in the dough. The entire case is being investigated, debated and tried online. Attorney Ben Crump is out posting misinformation on Instagram. Ever hear about prostate cults? Today in History: July 13th, 1971... Tom Mazawey fell in love with baseball. Creepy Virginia High School football coach, Travis Turner, is still missing. Nancy Grace is convinced he's alive and on the run. BBL's stink. People are popping off online about the horrors of BBL surgery. Ava Louise's BBL attracted the wrong men. Madonna has the #1 album on the Billboard 200. She is SO pissed at Michael Jackson as his biopic is crushing it while hers is stalled. Kathy Griffin pretended to date a 22-year-old for attention. Amy Schumer is still trying to be hot online. Stop it. Amanda Bynes has a new gold grill and is working on a bag line. Bryce Harper did a Cameo for gambling addict, Terry Thompson, thanks to FanDuel. Terry lost everything. Oops. Simon Kaggwa Njala is the best Cameo you can buy. Clavicular vs 2wo25. We're #Team225. Ron Bennington is cranking out podcasts and interviews while being treated with chemo. Kamala Harris attended a WNBA game and gave a fantastic post-game speech to the LA Sparks. Greta Thunberg and her sister are a little bit different. One is an activist, one is kind of a skank. Ariana Grande is too skinny. Ethan Slater threw everything away to nail her for a bit. AD Warde Manuel is on the hot seat and may be BLOWN OUT of Michigan soon. Dave Landau and Karl from WATP will join us tomorrow. If you want to check out a former radio show now a podcast, check us out... and then check out Scorch TV too. Merch, yo. Check it. If you'd like to help support the show… consider subscribing to our YouTube Channel, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (Drew Lane, Marc Fellhauer, Trudi Daniels, Jim Bentley, BranDon, and Roberto).
7.10.2026 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Florida STOP WOKE Act Struck Down. Ben Crump Speaks On Nolan Wells. Black Scholarship Saved_ For free and unbiased Medicare help, dial (724) 264-8281 to speak with my trusted partner, Chapter, or go to https://askchapter.org/roland *Paid Partnership*_Download the Kalshi app and use code Soccer10 to get $10 when you trade $10. You can also sign up at kalshi.com/r/soccer10, which auto-applies the code at checkout. Kalshi. Trade What's Next_ A federal judge strikes down part of Florida's STOP WOKE Act. We'll talk with the Florida A&M law professor who sued the state to stop it. The Trump administration fires the three remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission -- the latest in the GOP attack on Black America. Nolan Wells' family spoke for the first time publicly today about their son's mysterious death.Attorney Ben Crump will join us... The University of North Carolina-Wilmington said a scholarship for Black students would have to be changed. The Black family, who gave the money, said NOPE, and now the $1 million endowment is probably headed to Howard. The alums of the South's oldest HBCU, North Carolina's Shaw University, believe the school administration is not making the best financial decisions. We'll talk to the founder of one alum group who fears they may end up like Saint Augustine's University. Also, more of our exclusive coverage of the VA Democrats Blue Commonwealth Gala -- we'll show you my one-on-one with Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones. Black Star Network Partner: ChapterChapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options.____Download the Black Star Network app at http://www.blackstarnetwork.com! We're on iOS, AppleTV, Android, AndroidTV, Roku, FireTV, XBox and SamsungTV. The #BlackStarNetwork is a news reporting platform covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Attorney Ben Crump and Nolan Wells' parents are calling for a full investigation into the teenager's death. Plus, Bryan Johnson revealed he has been diagnosed with autoimmune gastritis, an incurable condition that affects his ability to absorb key nutrients, but said the diagnosis has strengthened his commitment to researching ways to fight disease and extend healthy lifespan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Flakey Me-Me-Meghan decides to go to England, Justin Baldoni boringly breaks his silence, RIP Bonnie Tyler, the crazy death of Looksmaxxer Connor Murphy, Lorena Bobbitt's new dong, Maz back from vacation, Chris Brown owes his maid $13 million, and Jim's Picks: Top 10 Underrated Beatles Songs. The Detroit Tigers are roaring. RIP Bonnie Tyler. Kevin Bacon has broken his silence...for some reason. RIP Looksmaxxer Connor Murphy. Justin Baldoni breaks his silence about Blake Lively...Kind of. Joe Rogan had Rupert Lowe on his podcast and he's catching crap for it. Lorena Bobbitt has a new man...And he allegedly STILL has a wiener. A black kid drowned around white kids. It must have been foul play. Attorney Ben Crump is on the scene to get to the bottom of it. Brand new Bonerline. San Antonio Spurs play by play guy Jacob Toney got busted hooking up with a player's sister. Bye bye, job. Things are not looking very promising for Bryan Callen. Maz checks in after his vacation. Chris Brown is a piece of crap. His former maid was FINALLY awarded a nice chunk of change for Brown's dog mauling her. He'll probably never pay her. Meghan Markle is now headed to the UK to hang out with Harry. And she's bringing the kids. This is going to be great! Jim's Picks: Top 10 Most Underrated Beatles Songs. Merch, yo. Check it. If you'd like to help support the show… consider subscribing to our YouTube Channel, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (Drew Lane, Marc Fellhauer, Trudi Daniels, Jim Bentley, BranDon, and Roberto).
The Author Events Series presents Ben Crump | Worse Than A Lie First 100 people to arrive onsite receive a free copy of the book. It's the night of November 4, 2008. America's first Black president has just been elected. And fifty-three-year-old Hollis Montrose-a Black ex–police officer from the suburbs of Chicago-has become the latest victim of a brutal attack. As the result of a traffic stop gone wrong, Hollis is shot ten times in cold blood, by four white men who could have been his colleagues back in his police days. Beau Lee Cooper was born serious, as if on an urgent mission with little time to waste. Raised in the tumultuous world of 1970s Texas, he always dreamed of becoming a lawyer and fighting for what's right, ever since he was a little boy reading To Kill a Mockingbird. And now, ten years into running his own law firm with his best friend and partner in crime, Nelson ''Nellie'' Rivers, and his suave right-hand-man, Brent ''Cape'' Capers, he feels he's finally making a difference. When Beau Lee learns about Hollis's situation, he's determined to help. Miraculously, Hollis survives the encounter, but the Chicago police department has already spun the narrative in its favor, and Hollis is given a wrongful prison sentence with an unreasonable bail. What really happened that night the car was pulled over? Was it random or was Hollis targeted? Beau Lee knows he's treading in dangerous waters, and finding evidence of the truth will be his biggest challenge yet, but with troubling powers at play, one innocent man's life hangs in the balance. Named to the TIME100 list of the 100 most influential people in 2021 and The NNPA Top Black Newsmaker of the 21st Century in 2026, Attorney Ben Crump is known as "Black America's Attorney General" and has established himself as one of the nation's foremost lawyers and advocates for social justice. He has represented families in the most high-profile cases in the country, including Trayvon Martin, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Tyre Nichols, and Henrietta Lacks in a landmark medical reparations case. Crump is co-founder of DreamFi, a financial empowerment platform, and author of Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People and debut novel Worse Than a Lie. As founder of Ben Crump Law, he continues fighting for justice nationwide. Because you love Author Events, please make a donation when you register for this event to ensure that this series continues to inspire Philadelphians. All tickets are non-refundable. (recorded 3/10/2026)
“I didn't want to be any attorney. I wanted to be a second chance attorney for our people,” Jade Mathis shares in a Detroit is Different conversation that moves from Black Bottom ancestry to courtroom advocacy and City Hall leadership. Jade's Detroit story begins with grandparents who migrated from Little Rock and Tuscaloosa during the Great Migration, met in Black Bottom, and built family roots on Dexter and Philadelphia, where her grandmother gardened, fed neighborhood children, and kept beauty alive on the block. Jade carries that same community care into her legal journey. After illness shifted her path from journalism to law, Jade pushed through LSAT setbacks, law school rejection, and taking the bar six times before becoming the attorney she promised God she would be. Her work included the Project Clean Slate, expungements, NAACP service, GED tutoring, and civil rights cases with Attorney Ben Crump traveling the nation, representing families struggling from police killings and fighting through litigation, protest, and grief. Now leading Detroit's Civil Rights, Inclusion & Opportunity Department, CRIO, Jade brings those lessons home: clean records, recognize grassroots leadership, defend rights, and make government answer to the people's future. Detroit is Different is a podcast hosted by Khary Frazier covering people adding to the culture of an American Classic city. Visit www.detroitisdifferent.com to hear, see and experience more of what makes Detroit different. Follow, like, share, and subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes, Google Play, and Sticher. Comment, suggest and connect with the podcast by emailing info@detroitisdifferent.com Find out more at https://detroit-is-different.pinecast.co
One of the biggest highlights is attorney Ben Crump teaming up with LL Cool J to launch a financial literacy platform aimed at underserved communities, offering tools and education to help close the wealth gap and support unbanked Americans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Rickey Smiley Morning Show delivers a lively mix of inspiration, headlines, and culture—starting with a powerful prayer to set the tone before diving into conversations that blend community impact with trending entertainment news. One of the biggest highlights is attorney Ben Crump teaming up with LL Cool J to launch a financial literacy platform aimed at underserved communities, offering tools and education to help close the wealth gap and support unbanked Americans. The show also unpacks Gayle King’s headline-making interview, where her ex-husband publicly apologized for cheating with one of her close friends years ago—a deeply personal story she says many women can relate to, even after time and healing. On the entertainment side, the crew reacts to K. Michelle making it clear she has no interest in collaborating musically with her fellow Real Housewives castmates, saying she’s focused on her own established career and not “dabbling” outside her lane. Meanwhile, hip-hop fans have something to look forward to as Lil Wayne confirms that Tha Carter VII is “coming soon,” though he admits the title and timing are still up in the air as he continues to stack new music. Website: https://www.urban1podcasts.com/rickey-smiley-morning-show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Family of Coma patient Terry Mitchell hires Attorney Ben Crump. Audio from conservative interviewer asking questions at a liberal event. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeir on Open Ai and plenty more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Family of Coma patient Terry Mitchell hires Attorney Ben Crump. Audio from conservative interviewer asking questions at a liberal event. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeir on Open Ai and plenty more!
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Join us this week for a great conversation with renowned attorney, Ben Crump! We have a great conversation about his recent novel and what were the many inspirations behind this New York Times bestseller!
Kicking off with escalating national tensions, today’s Rickey Smiley Morning Show highlights the major shift in federal enforcement as ICE and DHS agents in Minneapolis move to immediate body‑camera requirements after public outrage over two fatal shootings in the city. Officials say the mandate will expand nationwide as funding allows, with both bipartisan support and scrutiny shaping the rollout. Meanwhile, daytime TV gets another shake‑up as Sherri Shepherd’s syndicated talk show is officially canceled after four seasons. Producers emphasize that the decision reflects the changing daytime landscape—not a decline in the show’s performance—and say they are already exploring digital‑platform opportunities for its future. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump joins the RSMS crew, bringing insight shaped by decades of landmark advocacy. Recently named the Top Black Newsmaker of the 21st Century due to his impact on major civil rights cases—from George Floyd to Breonna Taylor—Crump continues expanding his reach through justice‑oriented initiatives and national conversations about constitutional rights and government overreach. The show closes on a deeply urgent note as the FBI intensifies its search for Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother, Nancy Guthrie, who authorities believe was abducted from her Arizona home. Investigators report forced entry, hundreds of active leads, and an urgent need to locate her due to life‑sustaining medication requirements. Website: https://www.urban1podcasts.com/rickey-smiley-morning-show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump joins the RSMS crew, bringing insight shaped by decades of landmark advocacy. Recently named the Top Black Newsmaker of the 21st Century due to his impact on major civil rights cases—from George Floyd to Breonna Taylor—Crump continues expanding his reach through justice‑oriented initiatives and national conversations about constitutional rights and government overreach. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump joins the show to discuss his latest legal battles and advocacy work, continuing his role as a leading voice for justice in high-profile cases. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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