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A grand jury indicted 15 people Tuesday in connection to anti-ICE protests this winter.The charges include “conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers” and stalking. Federal prosecutors say these individuals are members of Direct Action Minnesota, which has ties to antifa — or anti-fascist — groups.To help us better understand what antifa is and what these charges mean, Minnesota Now spoke to Mark Bray. He's a history professor at Rutgers University and leading expert on antifa.

Fifteen people have been charged by the federal government for anti-ICE actions this winter. Prosecutors allege they are part of antifa, a left-wing political movement. A history professor explained what antifa is and how it fits into this moment. The U.S. Supreme Court will soon rule on how law enforcement can track people's locations through their cell phones. We talked to a legal expert.Plus, for the first time in 20 years a new ingredient can go into sunscreen. Doctors say it's better than current options.There wasn't much sunshine Wednesday. We took a look at the rainy forecast with Chief Meteorologist Ben Cathey. This weekend is the 50th annual Grandma's Marathon in Duluth. One runner is preparing to have run all 50. The Minnesota Music Minute was “Everything At Once” by Hippo Campus and “Cherry Picking” by Jumpsuit was the Song of the Day.

Strip away the twelve and a half hours of financial crimes testimony that dominated the first trial. Take out the emotional victim impact that the Supreme Court just called prejudicial. What's left is a circumstantial murder case built on a cell phone video and a lie about being at the kennels. Eric Bland says that might be enough. He also says it might not.Bland built the financial crimes case the prosecution leaned on. He knows which pieces were essential to motive and which were emotional padding. In this interview, he does something nobody's asked him to do on any other show — he walks through what he'd tell Creighton Waters to keep and what to cut if the prosecutor called him for advice.He also tackles the defense's escalating strategy. Harpootlian says they have new evidence. Griffin is pointing to unknown DNA under Maggie's fingernails. The AG has put the death penalty on the table and handed Harpootlian a vindictive prosecution argument on a platter. And Alex Murdaugh may or may not take the stand again.Bland has spent years in discovery on the financial side of this case. He knows what's in those records. The question nobody's asking is whether the defense can reframe anything Bland has seen. He answers it here.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=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX 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.#AlexMurdaugh #MurdaughRetrial #EricBland #TrueCrime #SouthCarolina #HiddenKillers #NewEvidence #DNA #CircumstantialEvidence #MurdaughCase

The Justice Department's pursuit of Prince Andrew over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein became a prolonged game of cat and mouse in which demands for cooperation were followed by denials, competing public statements and virtually no visible resolution. After Andrew declared in his disastrous 2019 BBC interview that he was willing to assist law enforcement, federal prosecutors said they repeatedly contacted his attorneys seeking an interview about Epstein's sex-trafficking operation. In January 2020, then–U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman publicly stated that Andrew had provided “zero cooperation,” directly contradicting the prince's claims of openness. Andrew's lawyers responded that he had offered to speak with investigators several times and accused the Justice Department of misleading the public, while also emphasizing that prosecutors had supposedly described him as a witness rather than a criminal target. The DOJ then escalated the dispute, saying Andrew had repeatedly declined an interview and had attempted to create the false impression that he was eager to help.The result was years of public maneuvering without the decisive confrontation that the seriousness of the allegations appeared to demand. Prosecutors reportedly explored formal legal channels to obtain Andrew's testimony through British authorities, but he was never compelled to sit for the kind of comprehensive interview American investigators said they wanted. Andrew remained protected by geography, royal status, expensive attorneys and the practical complications of forcing a senior British royal to cooperate with a foreign investigation. Meanwhile, each side could blame the other: Andrew maintained that he had offered assistance under appropriate conditions, while the DOJ insisted those offers never amounted to genuine cooperation. That pattern allowed Andrew to avoid a full public accounting while permitting the Justice Department to claim it had pursued him, creating the appearance of pressure without producing meaningful answers about what he knew, what he witnessed or why he remained so closely connected to Epstein after Epstein's conviction.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Former Missouri Senator John Lamping joins Ryan Wrecker and Kim St. Onge to discuss the growing problem of teen takeovers, youth crime, and the role prosecutors play in enforcing the law. Lamping explains why strong laws alone are not enough without prosecutors willing to pursue charges and weighs in on whether parents should face consequences when minors are involved in disruptive incidents. The conversation also turns to Amendment 5 and Missouri's effort to move toward eliminating the state income tax. Lamping discusses the political hurdles facing the proposal, arguments from supporters and opponents, the economic advantages of no-income-tax states, and why Governor Mike Kehoe continues to champion the issue as part of Missouri's long-term economic strategy.

Attorney Eric Bland has a problem nobody else in the Alex Murdaugh case has. He built the financial crimes case that prosecutors turned into their motive theory — the argument that Murdaugh killed Maggie and Paul to generate sympathy and buy time as his financial empire collapsed. The jury bought it. The Supreme Court said the prosecution overdid it. And now Bland's clients — the Satterfield family, the financial crime victims who testified — are being told their time on the stand may have done more harm than good.The Supreme Court's twenty-nine-page ruling focused primarily on Becky Hill's jury interference. But tucked inside that opinion was guidance that could reshape the entire retrial. The justices said twelve and a half hours of financial crimes testimony was too much. They called out specific witnesses by name. They said some of that testimony had "obviously high potential for unfair prejudice."The questions he has to sit with are the ones nobody else in this case faces. Did Becky Hill actually change the outcome? Was the financial crimes evidence improper, or did the prosecution just present too much of it? Does Harpootlian's victory lap change the fact that Alex Murdaugh stole from vulnerable people and is still serving decades for it? And what does this ruling mean for the people Bland represents — the ones who already lived through the first trial?On True Crime Today, Bland gives his first long-form reaction to the ruling, the defense's civil rights lawsuit, and what happens next for the families caught in the middle.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=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX 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.#AlexMurdaugh #EricBland #TrueCrimeToday #MurdaughRetrial #BeckyHill #Satterfield #SouthCarolina #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #JuryTampering

Prosecutors made Adam Montgomery an offer at sentencing in the Harmony Montgomery case: reveal where you put your daughter's remains, and we'll recommend a lighter sentence. He sat in the courtroom and said nothing. He walked into his own jury selection smiling. He refused to attend most of his trial. And he has never once told anyone where Harmony is.That silence now sits alongside a unanimous New Hampshire Supreme Court decision reversing Montgomery's second-degree murder conviction on procedural grounds. The court ruled that trying the killing charge and a separate assault charge together in one trial prejudiced the jury. The assault evidence was strong — multiple witnesses, no dispute. The murder evidence depended almost entirely on Kayla Montgomery's testimony, and the court found the jury may not have convicted without the assault case propping it up.The state intends to retry the murder charge. Montgomery remains behind bars on assault, evidence tampering, witness tampering, and what he did to Harmony's remains — hiding her in a duffel bag, a car trunk, a ceiling vent at a homeless shelter, and a walk-in freezer at the pizza shop where he worked. He used lime on his own daughter's body. He rented a U-Haul and drove her remains to a disposal site somewhere between Manchester and Massachusetts. None of those convictions have been disturbed.Tony Brueski traces the full timeline: Montgomery's twenty-one-entry criminal history, the Massachusetts custody decision that put Harmony in his care, the DCYF caseworker who saw bruises and emailed police that everything was fine, and the procedural failure that cracked the one conviction that was supposed to speak for a five-year-old girl who cannot speak for herself.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:#HarmonyMontgomery #AdamMontgomery #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #NewHampshire #MurderConviction #JusticeForHarmony #CrystalSorey #ManchesterNH #TrueCrimePodcast

The story of Donald Trump's court battles over the past few days has felt less like a legal calendar and more like a rolling constitutional stress test, and listeners, you and I are watching it in real time. In New York, the hush money criminal case continues to cast a long shadow. After the jury's guilty verdict on dozens of felony counts related to falsifying business records, the focus lately has shifted from what happened at trial to what comes next: sentencing and appeals. Reporters from the New York Times and CNN have described Trump's legal team rushing to frame the conviction as legally flawed and politically motivated, laying the groundwork for an appeal that could stretch well into the presidential campaign season. At the same time, court watchers like those on Court TV have emphasized how unusual it is to see a former president, and active candidate, facing potential probation or even a custodial sentence from a New York judge. Down in Florida, in the federal classified documents case, the action over the past several days has largely been on paper, but the stakes are enormous. According to coverage from the Washington Post and Politico, Judge Aileen Cannon has been wrestling with a blizzard of motions: Trump's lawyers pushing to dismiss the indictment, to limit what prosecutors can show a jury under the Classified Information Procedures Act, and to delay any trial date deeper into the election cycle. Prosecutors tied to Special Counsel Jack Smith, as reported by NBC News, have pushed back hard, arguing that no citizen, even a former president, can store national defense documents at a private club and then refuse to give them back. The judge's most recent hearings, summarized by legal analysts at Lawfare and Just Security, suggest a cautious, methodical pace, one that has critics accusing the court of slow‑walking the case and supporters saying it is simply giving the defense the process any defendant would get. In Washington, D.C., the federal election interference case is mostly frozen while the Supreme Court weighs in on Donald Trump's sweeping claim of presidential immunity. SCOTUSblog and Oyez have detailed how Trump's attorneys argued that many of the acts underlying the indictment, from pressuring officials to challenging the vote count, were “official acts” insulated from prosecution. Justice Department lawyers responded that immunity has never covered a president's attempt to overturn an election. Over the past week, commentators on MSNBC and Fox News alike have focused on one thing: the clock. Every day the Supreme Court takes to finalize its opinion is another day the D.C. trial cannot realistically start, and many analysts now say it is increasingly unlikely that listeners will see a full trial there before the next Election Day. Back in Georgia, in Fulton County, the state racketeering case over efforts to overturn the 2020 result has been dominated by fights over District Attorney Fani Willis. According to the Atlanta Journal‑Constitution, recent hearings have revisited questions about her past relationship with a special prosecutor and whether that creates a conflict of interest strong enough to derail the case. Trump's lawyers have used those allegations to call the entire prosecution tainted, while Georgia legal experts quoted by the Associated Press point out that even if Willis were removed, the charges themselves would not automatically disappear. But the practical effect is delay; jury selection that once seemed imminent now looks distant. Put together, these last few days in Trump's legal world have been about timing, positioning, and perception rather than dramatic witness testimony. Appeals are being prepared in New York. Motions are grinding forward in Florida. The Supreme Court's looming immunity decision hovers over Washington. And procedural battles in Georgia test how far a state court can go in holding a former president to account. Listeners, however you feel about Donald Trump, the court system is quietly answering a question it has never quite faced before: how to treat a man who is simultaneously a criminal defendant, a former president, and a leading candidate for the White House. That tension is why every small filing, every scheduling order, every judicial comment has been dissected so intensely over the last few days by outlets from Reuters to CBS News. Thank you for tuning in. Come back next week for more. This has been a Quiet Please production, and for more, check out Quiet Please dot A I. Some great Deals https://amzn.to/49SJ3Qs For more check out http://www.quietplease.ai

What does it take to build safer communities from the inside out? In this episode, Barrett Gruber sits down with Jenny Desch — prosecutor, community advocate, and candidate for South Carolina House — for a substantive, policy-rich conversation that covers domestic violence reform, healthcare access, education funding, and the rapid growth reshaping Fort Mill.Jenny opens up about her path to law and what drew her toward criminal justice and prosecution. She shares the realities of building a domestic violence unit from the ground up — identifying the gaps in the system, understanding the cycle of abuse, and designing interventions that balance accountability for offenders with real support for survivors. It's a candid, informed perspective that goes far beyond talking points and into the mechanics of how the legal system succeeds and fails victims every day.The conversation expands into healthcare, where Jenny makes the case that access to mental and physical health resources isn't just a quality of life issue — it's a public safety issue. Her philosophy is straightforward: "Healthy kids grow into healthy adults." She outlines specific initiatives she'd champion in the SC House to close the gaps in healthcare access that leave too many South Carolina families behind.Education funding gets a similarly detailed treatment, with Jenny addressing the inequitable distribution of resources across districts and what equitable, outcomes-focused education policy could look like in practice. The episode also tackles Fort Mill's explosive growth — the infrastructure pressures, development concerns, and community safety challenges that come with being one of the fastest-growing areas in South Carolina.Whether you're a Fort Mill voter, a policy wonk, or someone who wants to understand what thoughtful local leadership looks like, this episode is required listening.Topics Covered:Jenny Desch's background and path to criminal prosecutionBuilding a domestic violence unit and addressing systemic gapsUnderstanding the cycle of domestic violence and intervention strategiesBalancing accountability and rehabilitation in the justice systemHealthcare access and mental health initiatives in South CarolinaEducation funding and equitable resource distribution across districtsFort Mill's rapid growth and development concernsCommunity safety and law enforcement collaborationCampaign strategy and Jenny's vision for SC HouseDesch For House | FacebookDesch for House | InstagramJenny Desch for SC State House 26Barrett Gruber | LinktreeThe All About Nothing: Podcast | LinktreeClick here for Episode Show Notes!As always, "The All About Nothing: Podcast" is owned and distributed by BIG Media LLC!Check out our network of fantastic podcasts!Click Here to see available advertising packages!Click Here for information on the "Fair Use Copyright Notice" for this podcast.Mentioned in this episode:Check Your Voter RegistrationVisit https://theallaboutnothing.com/voter to check your registration! It takes less than 2 minutes. Do it now!ZJZ DesignsCheck out the 4th of July Heart Designs for this Independence Day! Visit zjzdesigns.com!ZJZ DesignsBIG Media Copyright 2026BIG Media LLC

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Mackenzie Shirilla's parole eligibility date is September 2037. Her institutional record at the Ohio Reformatory for Women raises substantial questions about whether that date will produce a different outcome than continued incarceration.In under three years of imprisonment, Shirilla has accumulated thirty-six conduct violations — guilty findings on thirty-two. Documented infractions include unauthorized medication, altered prison-issued clothing, contraband possession, and refusal of work assignments. The most notable entry involves more than one hundred video visits conducted with a former inmate who was not an approved visitor, performed under another individual's name. Shirilla has declined participation in institutional rehabilitation programs. On recorded prison calls, she has characterized herself as the third person harmed in what she continues to describe as a car accident. She has expressed her intention to pursue work as a life coach upon release.Defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis examines the parole board's evaluative framework. Ohio's parole system weighs institutional conduct, program participation, demonstrated accountability, and risk assessment. An inmate who refuses rehabilitation, accumulates violations at this rate, and maintains a characterization of the offense inconsistent with the court's findings presents a specific profile that parole boards are structured to evaluate — and typically to deny.The family dimension introduces additional complications. Prosecutors decoded calls in which the defendant and her mother Natalie communicated in a fabricated language designed to circumvent monitoring. In one decoded exchange, the defendant allegedly proposed telling law enforcement she experienced a seizure prior to the crash. Those communications were admitted as evidence at trial. Natalie Shirilla was separately recorded characterizing the family of victim Dominic Russo as "evil people." Steve Shirilla's contract at Mary Queen of Peace School was not renewed by the Diocese of Cleveland following his appearance in Netflix's The Crash, during which he expressed comfort with his daughter's substance use.Faddis examines whether the family's public statements and recorded communications are actively undermining the defendant's prospects, what legal exposure Natalie faces, and whether Shirilla's current trajectory makes the 2037 date functionally meaningless.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=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX 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.#MackenzieShirilla #TheCrash #TheCrashNetflix #DominicRusso #DavionFlanagan #EricFaddis #ShirillaParole #NatalieShirilla #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime

The presiding judge in the Anna Kepner case stated from the bench that he would not characterize the government's case as strong, using the phrase "a much closer call" with "various defenses." That assessment — from a federal judge in a first-degree murder case carrying a potential life sentence — establishes the evidentiary landscape heading into the September trial.The statistical DNA evidence is substantial: the probability of a random match to Timothy Hudson is reported at 120 sextillion to one. However, an FBI agent testified on the record that he is unaware of any DNA directly connecting Hudson to the mechanism that caused Anna Kepner's death. The distinction between identification-level DNA — establishing Hudson's presence — and cause-of-death DNA — establishing his connection to the act of killing — is the evidentiary gap defense attorney Eric Faddis identifies as the central battleground for trial.The unsealed detention hearing transcript, spanning approximately one hundred forty-five pages, disclosed the prosecution's complete theory. The timeline is built on CCTV footage, phone records, and Snapchat activity showing Anna posting at 8:14 p.m. Prosecutors allege she and Hudson were alone in their shared cabin for approximately three hours before he was observed leaving. The transcript also confirmed that a second juvenile male had contact with Anna aboard the vessel — the FBI tested his DNA and excluded him. The defense has indicated it will present this at trial.The reported pre-incident behavioral history introduces additional complexity. Public reporting documents that Anna's ex-boyfriend stated Hudson attempted to climb on top of her during a FaceTime call, was allegedly fixated on her, and reportedly carried a large knife. Anna's aunt stated publicly that Anna did not want to go on the cruise and was afraid of Hudson. Despite these reported warnings, Anna was placed in a shared stateroom with no parental presence.Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer addresses the prosecution's "without any warning" characterization against the reported behavioral pattern and examines the forensic significance of deliberate concealment paired with claimed memory loss. Faddis assesses whether the unsealed transcript provided the defense with the prosecution's complete strategy months before trial.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=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX 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.#AnnaKepner #TimothyHudson #CarnivalHorizon #CruiseShipCase #DNAEvidence #FederalTrial #EricFaddis #JenniferCoffindaffer #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime

Steve Shirilla lost his teaching job after defending his convicted daughter on Netflix. Natalie Shirilla was recorded on a prison call telling Mackenzie that Dominic Russo's family are "evil people." Prosecutors decoded calls where mother and daughter spoke in a private made-up language to evade monitoring — and in one decoded exchange, Mackenzie allegedly asked if they could tell police she had a seizure before the crash. Those calls were introduced as evidence at trial.Eric Faddis examines whether this family is helping Mackenzie or building the record against her. Steve went on a podcast and challenged anyone to produce evidence his daughter acted deliberately — while a judge's written findings sit in the public record. On camera for Netflix, he acknowledged being comfortable with his daughter's substance use while teaching at a Catholic elementary school. The Diocese of Cleveland confirmed his contract at Mary Queen of Peace was not renewed. Natalie's "evil people" characterization of the family whose son was killed in the crash — made on a monitored call — is exactly the kind of statement a parole board reviews.Mackenzie's institutional record tells its own story. Thirty-six conduct violations in under three years at the Ohio Reformatory for Women. Guilty on thirty-two. Unauthorized medication. Altered prison clothing. Contraband. Refusing work assignments. More than a hundred video visits with a former inmate who wasn't approved, conducted under someone else's name. She refuses rehabilitation programs. She refers to herself as the third person harmed in what she still calls a car accident. She told her mother on a monitored call she wants to become a life coach when she gets out.Her parole eligibility is September 2037. Faddis breaks down what the parole board actually weighs when they sit across from someone with this institutional record — whether violations push eligibility back, what program refusal signals about readiness for release, whether the recorded statements on monitored calls are quietly becoming the prosecution's exhibit file for a future parole hearing, and what legal exposure Natalie could face for the decoded calls that were used as evidence at trial.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=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX 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.#MackenzieShirilla #TheCrash #TheCrashNetflix #SteveShirilla #NatalieShirilla #DominicRusso #EricFaddis #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #ShirillaParole

The unsealed transcript from the February detention hearing in the Anna Kepner case runs a hundred and forty-five pages and lays out the prosecution's full theory for the first time. CCTV footage tracking Timothy Hudson's movements aboard the Carnival Horizon. Phone records. Snapchat activity showing Anna was still posting at 8:14 in the evening. Prosecutors say she and Hudson were alone in their shared cabin for roughly three hours before he was seen leaving. The transcript also confirmed a second juvenile male had an encounter with Anna aboard the ship — the FBI tested his DNA and excluded him. The defense is already signaling they'll use this at trial.But the judge's words from the bench cut against the prosecution's confidence. He said he would not call the government's case strong. He used the phrase "a much closer call" with "various defenses." The DNA odds pointing at Hudson are 120 sextillion to one. An FBI agent admitted on the record he is unaware of any DNA directly connecting Hudson to what killed Anna. That gap — between identification-level DNA and cause-of-death DNA — is where defense attorney Eric Faddis says the trial will be decided.The reported pre-incident history adds a layer the prosecution's filings don't fully address. Anna's ex-boyfriend reportedly told investigators Hudson tried to climb on top of her during a FaceTime call. He was allegedly fixated on her, reportedly wanted to date her despite their step-sibling relationship, and allegedly always carried a large knife. Anna's aunt said Anna didn't want to go on the cruise and was afraid of him. Despite those reported warnings, Anna was placed in a shared stateroom with Hudson with no parental presence.Jennifer Coffindaffer examines why prosecutors would use "no warning" language when public reporting suggests a documented pattern. She addresses how the FBI reads a crime scene showing deliberate concealment — body beneath a bed, wrapped in a blanket, covered with life preservers — alongside a suspect who reportedly claims total memory loss. Faddis explains whether prosecutors just gave the defense their entire strategy months before trial by unsealing this transcript.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=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX 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.#AnnaKepner #TimothyHudson #CarnivalHorizon #CruiseShipCase #DNAEvidence #FederalTrial #EricFaddis #JenniferCoffindaffer #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime

Prosecutors decoded calls where Mackenzie Shirilla and her mother Natalie spoke in a private made-up language to evade prison monitoring. In one decoded exchange, Mackenzie allegedly asked if they could tell police she had a seizure before the crash. Those calls were introduced as evidence during the trial that convicted her of killing Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan.That decoded conversation sits at the center of two questions Eric Faddis examines. First: what legal exposure does Natalie Shirilla face for participating in communications designed to circumvent monitoring — communications that contained what prosecutors characterized as an attempt to fabricate evidence? Second: is this family collectively building a record against the very person they're trying to free?Natalie was recorded on a separate monitored call telling Mackenzie that Dominic Russo's family are "evil people." Steve Shirilla lost his teaching position at Mary Queen of Peace School after the Diocese of Cleveland declined to renew his contract following his appearance on Netflix's The Crash. On a podcast, he challenged anyone to produce evidence his daughter acted deliberately — while a judge's written findings documenting exactly that sit in the public record. On camera, he said he was comfortable with his daughter's substance use while employed at a Catholic elementary school.Inside the Ohio Reformatory for Women, Mackenzie's institutional record has grown to thirty-six conduct violations in under three years — guilty on thirty-two. Unauthorized medication. Altered clothing. Contraband. Refusing work assignments. Over a hundred video visits with an unapproved former inmate conducted under someone else's name. She refuses rehabilitation programs. She refers to herself as the third person harmed. She told her mother she wants to be a life coach.Faddis breaks down what a parole board sees when an inmate's institutional file looks like this, whether the monitored calls are building the case against her own release, and whether September 2037 is a date that still means anything given the record she's compiling.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=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX 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.#MackenzieShirilla #TheCrash #TheCrashNetflix #NatalieShirilla #SteveShirilla #DominicRusso #EricFaddis #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #DecodedCalls

The DNA odds pointing at Timothy Hudson are 120 sextillion to one. An FBI agent admitted on the record he is unaware of any DNA directly connecting Hudson to what killed Anna Kepner. That's not a contradiction — it's a gap. And it's the gap where the September trial will be won or lost.The judge overseeing the case said from the bench he would not call the government's case strong. He used the words "a much closer call" with "various defenses." That language from a federal judge — in a first-degree murder case carrying life — tells defense attorney Eric Faddis something specific about how the court is reading the evidence. Faddis explains how a defense attorney exploits the space between astronomical identification odds and what that DNA can actually prove about cause of death.The unsealed detention transcript — a hundred and forty-five pages — revealed the prosecution's timeline. Snapchat activity shows Anna posting at 8:14 in the evening. Prosecutors say she and Hudson were alone in their shared cabin for roughly three hours. CCTV tracked his movements. A second juvenile male had an encounter with Anna aboard the ship — the FBI tested his DNA and excluded him. The defense is already signaling they'll use that at trial.Jennifer Coffindaffer brings the FBI lens. The reported behavioral pattern preceding the cruise is documented in public reporting: Anna's ex-boyfriend said Hudson tried to climb on top of her during a FaceTime call. He was allegedly fixated on her. He reportedly carried a large knife. Anna's aunt said she was afraid of him and didn't want to go. Despite those warnings, the adults placed an eighteen-year-old in a shared cabin with a sixteen-year-old stepbrother and no parents present.Coffindaffer examines why prosecutors framed this as happening "without any warning" when the reported pattern suggests escalation. She addresses what deliberate concealment paired with claimed memory loss tells an investigator about premeditation. Faddis asks whether the prosecution gave the defense its entire playbook months before September by unsealing the hearing transcript.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=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX 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.#AnnaKepner #TimothyHudson #CarnivalHorizon #CruiseShipCase #DNAEvidence #FederalTrial #EricFaddis #JenniferCoffindaffer #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime

In a stunning and heartbreaking twist, the New Hampshire Supreme Court has overturned Adam Montgomery's murder conviction in the death of his 5-year-old daughter, Harmony Montgomery. The court ruled that Montgomery was denied a fair trial, vacating the second-degree murder conviction that many believed finally delivered justice for the little girl whose body has never been found. Prosecutors have already vowed to retry the case, ensuring the fight for Harmony is far from over. Join Surviving the Survivor as we break down the shocking ruling, what happens next, and whether justice for Harmony Montgomery is now at risk. Surviving The Survivor is a leading destination for true crime analysis, breaking crime news, murder trial coverage, criminal investigations, courtroom breakdowns, and live case discussions. Hosted by Emmy Award-winning journalist Joel Waldman and his mother Karm, a child Holocaust survivor, STS brings together top FBI profilers, homicide detectives, criminal defense attorneys, prosecutors, forensic experts, journalists, victims' advocates, and survivors to analyze the biggest true crime stories. From high-profile murder cases and missing persons investigations to serial killers, criminal psychology, police procedures, and major court trials, STS delivers fact-based reporting and expert insight from those who have worked some of the nation's most notorious cases. Known for having the best guest in true crime, STS gives viewers direct access to the experts behind the headlines. Join #STSNation for live shows, breaking updates, audience Q&As, and in-depth case analysis. 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/stspodcast Check out STS Merch: Https://www.bonfire.com/store/sts-store/ Joel's Book: Https://amzn.to/48GwbLx Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SurvivingTheSurvivor Email: 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.

Polish prosecutors have opened a formal investigation into potential links between Jeffrey Epstein's trafficking network and activities connected to Poland after newly released U.S. documents suggested the possibility that victims may have been recruited there. Authorities from the National Prosecutor's Office said the probe will examine suspected human trafficking that may have occurred between 2009 and 2019 involving women and girls who were allegedly recruited under false pretenses and then transported abroad for sexual exploitation. Investigators are focusing on whether Polish citizens, including minors, were targeted as part of a broader international trafficking scheme tied to Epstein and his associates. The inquiry is being handled by a specialized investigative team established specifically to examine the Polish threads emerging from the newly disclosed Epstein records.The investigation could expand beyond trafficking allegations to examine the activities of an organized criminal group operating internationally and any crimes connected to Poland, whether committed within the country or involving Polish citizens abroad. Prosecutors said the probe was triggered after reviewing the large trove of Epstein-related documents released in the United States, which raised credible suspicions that trafficking may have involved recruitment efforts in Poland. As part of the investigation, Polish authorities plan to seek evidence and cooperation from other European countries while also encouraging potential victims to come forward. Officials have emphasized that the goal is to determine the full scope of any Polish connections to Epstein's network and to pursue criminal accountability wherever Polish jurisdiction applies.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Poland launches investigation into Epstein filesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

It was a day of legal wrangling in the Charlie Kirk murder trial. The AP's Lisa Dwyer reports.

Skip straight to the case: (7:27)Taylor Parker was convicted in Texas for the 2020 murder of Reagan Hancock, a 21-year-old pregnant woman. Prosecutors said Taylor had spent months faking a pregnancy to keep her boyfriend from leaving her, creating fake medical records, staging baby-related events, and presenting herself as expecting a child. In October 2020, she went to Reagan's home, killed her, cut her unborn baby from her womb, and then attempted to pass the newborn off as her own.  Neither Reagan or the baby survived.Read our blog for this case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2026/06/07/maternal-instinct-the-story-of-taylor-parker-and-reagan-hancock/This case is the subject of the new Netflix documentary ‘Maternal Instinct.'Be sure to join us on Patreon for weekly exclusive episodes and all episodes are ad-free - Patreon.com/truecrimesocietyJoin us on Instagram for the latest crime news - Instagram.com/truecrimesocietyFollow our Facebook page for breaking news - Facebook.com/truecrimesocietyThis episode is sponsored by:IQBAR is offering our special podcast listeners twenty percent off all IQBAR products—including the Ultimate sampler pack—plus FREE shipping. To get your twenty percent off, text CRIME to sixty-four thousand. Message and data rates may apply. See terms for details.

June 11th: Judge Charles Sebesta Disbarred (Anthony Charles Graves)(2011) Sometimes, the person under fire in a case isn't just the one who committed the crime. On June 11th 2011 a prosecutor was disbarred years after a devastating murder case. One where he acted in ways unbefitting of a lawyer in order to bring a man to justice. The wrong man as it turned out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Charles_Graves, https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3253, https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/innocence-found/, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charles-sebasta-prosecutor-of-wrongfully-convicted-man-anthony-graves-loses-law-license/, https://innocenceproject.org/texas-prosecutor-disbarred-following-misconduct-in-anthony-graves-case/, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/09/texas-prosecutor-charles-sebesta-disbarred-anthony-graves-innocent-death-row, https://people.com/crime/texas-prosecutor-charles-sebestas-appeal-of-disbarment-denied/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Massachusetts attorney Daniel Hagan joins Cam with several horror stories from the state where police, prosecutors, and even judges have been woefully ignorant of the law, leading to criminal charges against legal gun owners.

Prosecutors have declined to file charges against a trans wrestler for sexual assault, citing issues around consent. Male teacher claims to be non-binary, gets to watch girls undress. Governor Ferguson tries to gaslight voters about the economy. Iran is coming to Seattle for the World Cup.

AP correspondent Jennifer King reports on the trial of a man charged with igniting the 2025 Palisades wildfire. Prosecutors say it was premeditated arson.

​Winston Batino was charged with wire fraud for sending money in 2025 through an electronic transfer from the church to an account he controlled, according to prosecutors. ​ Batino also was charged with under-reporting his income on his tax return in 2022. Prosecutors say Batino took a total of $2 million from dozens of church members, telling them they were investing in a rehab facility that actually never existed.

How should Texas address rising property taxes, growing concerns about public safety, and the challenges facing the state's criminal justice system? On this episode of Texas Talks, host Brad Swail sits down with State Representative Mitch Little, who represents Texas House District 65 in southern Denton County, for a wide-ranging discussion on criminal justice policy, government regulation, property tax reform, and the priorities shaping the next legislative session. Little, an attorney and member of the Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, shares insights from recent interim hearings and discusses how lawmakers are evaluating issues ranging from rural attorney shortages and elder fraud to prosecutorial accountability and public safety. The conversation covers: • Rural attorney shortages and the concept of “legal deserts” • Law school debt, workforce incentives, and market-based solutions • Elder fraud and cryptocurrency kiosk scams targeting seniors • Regulatory challenges surrounding cryptocurrency transactions • Public safety and criminal justice reform priorities • Rogue district attorneys and prosecutorial accountability • Governor Abbott's proposal for a statewide prosecutor • Judicial discretion, bail policy, and repeat offenders • Property tax reform and school finance • Government spending and affordability concerns • Priorities for the 90th Texas Legislature Little also explains why he believes many public policy debates should focus on underlying market realities rather than government subsidies, particularly when addressing workforce shortages in rural communities. The discussion explores broader concerns about law enforcement, prosecutorial discretion, judicial accountability, and the balance between local control and state oversight in Texas' criminal justice system. Looking ahead, Little identifies property tax relief as one of the most significant issues facing Texas families and outlines his perspective on how lawmakers can reduce the burden on homeowners while maintaining essential public services. 00:00 — Intro + Meet Rep. Mitch Little 01:50 — Representing Texas House District 65 03:00 — What interim hearings accomplish 06:00 — Rural attorney shortages and legal deserts 08:39 — Law school debt and workforce incentives 12:15 — Are rural legal shortages really a crisis? 14:01 — Comparing attorney and physician shortages 19:20 — Market solutions versus government subsidies 20:24 — Elder fraud and cryptocurrency scams 23:07 — Why crypto kiosks are being scrutinized 25:33 — Should Texas regulate or ban crypto kiosks? 29:13 — Rogue district attorneys and lawlessness concerns 32:42 — Governor Abbott's statewide prosecutor proposal 34:02 — Elections, appointments, and accountability 37:42 — Property taxes and legislative priorities 39:26 — How Texas could fund property tax relief 41:00 — Final thoughts and where to follow Mitch Little Watch Full-Length Interviews: https://www.youtube.com/@TexasTalks Follow us on social mediaX: @Texas_DispatchInstagram: thetexasdispatchLinkedIn: The Texas DispatchTikTok: texas_talks_podcast Find more at The Texas DispatchYour source for state news, policy, and investigative journalism.https://thetexasdispatch.com

TRIGGER WARNING: Please note that this episode contains discussions of pedophilia, grooming, and graphic violence involving a 14-year-old girl.  Additionally, please note that this investigation remains active and ongoing. Ergo (noice): all statements regarding alleged conduct discussed in this episode are allegations only, and all individuals mentioned are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.The name d4vd used to mean viral music and sold-out concerts. Now, it's at the center of one of the most disturbing criminal cases in recent memory. David Anthony Burke, known to the world as d4vd, presently stands charged with first-degree murder with special circumstances, continuous sexual abuse of a child, and unlawful mutilation of human remains in connection with the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Prosecutors allege he groomed Celeste for years — beginning when she was just 11 years old — and ultimately killed her after she threatened to expose their so-called "relationship" (which is to say: the abuse). He then allegedly dismembered her body with a chainsaw and left her remains to decompose inside his Tesla for months, lying to anyone who noticed the smell. All the while, he allegedly continued performing to sold-out crowds and selling tickets to national and world tours. The details of this case are as astonishing as they are heartbreaking - please listen with caution. FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE to Psychopedia wherever you are listening! FOLLOW Investigator Slater on Instagram + TikTok: @investigatorslater  Join our Patreon family! (⁠www.Patreon.com/PsychopediaPod⁠) On Patreon, you get AD FREE episodes, exclusive true crime content, behind-the-scenes pics/vids, private group chats, and much more!  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Karmelo Anthony Gets 35 Years: Justice Served? Karmelo Anthony was sentenced to 35 years after a jury convicted him of first-degree murder. The case centered on a fatal stabbing at a Texas high school track meet. His defense argued self-defense. Prosecutors said he escalated a minor dispute into lethal violence. Scott breaks down why the jury rejected manslaughter and what this sentence really means. Watch, comment, and tell us: was justice served? Crime Talk Store: https://crimetalknetwork.com/shop/ #KarmeloAnthony, #AustinMetcalf, #CrimeTalk, #TrueCrime, #LegalAnalysis, #TexasCrime

Prosecutors, unfortunately, keep trying to remove Black jurors from criminal cases. It just happened in the trial of Karmelo Anthony. Let's talk about how we can change the system to eliminate this racism.

Prosecutors in Alaska say a US Army soldier, Zarrius Hildabrand, killed his wife of less than a year, Saria Barney, and dumped her in a storm drain before joining growing search parties. A criminal complaint laid out evidence investigators gathered against Hildabrand, including suspiciously-timed text messages, multiple trips to stores to buy possible cleanup supplies, and signs of a violent, bloody incident inside the couple's bedroom. Now, as Hildabrand's murder trial gets underway, Law&Crime's Jesse Weber takes a closer look at the most intense moments from opening statements.PLEASE SUPPORT THE SHOW: Stop guessing - start making perfect food every time. Use code SIDEBAR for 40% off - https://chefiq.com/discount/SIDEBAR HOST:Jesse Weber: https://twitter.com/jessecordweberLAW&CRIME SIDEBAR PRODUCTION:YouTube Management - Bobby SzokeVideo Editing - Michael Deininger, Christina O'Shea, Alex Ciccarone, & Jay CruzScript Writing & Producing - Savannah Williamson & Juliana BattagliaGuest Booking - Alyssa Fisher & Diane KayeSocial Media Management - Vanessa BeinSTAY UP-TO-DATE WITH THE LAW&CRIME NETWORK:Watch Law&Crime Network on YouTubeTV: https://bit.ly/3td2e3yWhere To Watch Law&Crime Network: https://bit.ly/3akxLK5Sign Up For Law&Crime's Daily Newsletter: https://bit.ly/LawandCrimeNewsletterRead Fascinating Articles From Law&Crime Network: https://bit.ly/3td2IqoLAW&CRIME NETWORK SOCIAL MEDIA:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawandcrimeTwitter: https://twitter.com/LawCrimeNetworkFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/lawandcrimeTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lawandcrimenetworkTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lawandcrimeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

I'm standing outside a federal courthouse, and the story of Donald Trump's legal battles over the past few days feels less like a chapter and more like the closing act of a years‑long saga. Let's start in New York, where the hush‑money criminal case still casts the longest shadow over Donald Trump's political future. After his earlier conviction on felony counts related to falsifying business records, the focus in the past few days has shifted from guilt to punishment. NBC News and CNN report that lawyers for Donald Trump have been filing fresh briefs, pushing hard to delay or soften any sentence, arguing that sending a former president to jail would tear the country apart and interfere with the 2026 campaign cycle. Prosecutors in Manhattan, according to the New York Times, have countered that no one is above the law, not even a past president, and they have highlighted Trump's defiant public comments about the judge, the jury, and the process itself as a reason the court should not go easy on him. Inside the building, the mood has turned from explosive testimony to tense procedure. Courtroom observers from outlets like Court TV and the Associated Press describe a defense team leaning heavily on constitutional themes, hinting that any severe sentence will trigger immediate appeals that could climb quickly toward the higher courts. At the same time, the judge has been reviewing probation reports and impact statements, weighing whether Donald Trump will walk out with probation, home confinement, a fine, or time behind bars. The word “unprecedented” is on everyone's lips, but at this point it almost feels overused. Down in Florida, the classified documents case has lurched forward in fits and starts. Reporters from the Washington Post note that in the last several days, Judge Aileen Cannon has held additional closed‑door conferences over how to handle sensitive national security information—what the lawyers call CIPA issues. Special counsel Jack Smith's team has been pressing for a firm trial schedule, complaining that delay after delay is eroding the public's interest in a swift resolution. Trump's attorneys have pushed back, saying the complexity of handling classified material, coupled with the demands of his other cases, makes any early trial date unrealistic and unfair. Over in Georgia, the election interference racketeering case has been quieter but no less important. According to coverage from the Atlanta Journal‑Constitution, the Georgia Court of Appeals recently agreed to review Donald Trump's bid to disqualify District Attorney Fani Willis, which has effectively put much of the trial preparation on pause. In the past few days, the debate has all been on paper—filings, responses, and replies—but the stakes are enormous. If Fani Willis is removed, the case could be delayed for months while a new prosecutor is found; if she stays, the pressure will mount to get a trial date on the calendar. Meanwhile, the federal election subversion case in Washington, D.C. still hangs in the balance of constitutional law. Legal analysts on outlets like PBS NewsHour and Reuters have been focused on the Supreme Court's continuing consideration of presidential immunity. Over the last several days, Donald Trump's fate in that courtroom has been decided not by witnesses, but by written opinions and legal doctrines. If the justices carve out broad immunity for official acts, the D.C. case could shrink dramatically. If they reject that argument, Trump faces the possibility of standing trial for his actions after the 2020 election, with the entire country watching. What ties these past few days together is not a single dramatic moment but the grinding, relentless machinery of the law closing in from four directions at once: New York state, federal court in Florida, state court in Georgia, and federal court in Washington. Every new filing, every hearing, every scheduling order has become part of a larger question: how do you hold a former president accountable without tearing apart the political and constitutional fabric of the United States? As these cases move, so does the narrative around Donald Trump himself. Supporters point to every delay or legal dispute as proof of a partisan witch hunt. Critics say the very fact that a former president is answering to multiple juries and judges proves that American institutions are still capable of restraining power. And that, listeners, is where we stand in this moment: in the hallway between verdicts and sentences, between indictments and trials, between claims of immunity and the reality of a courtroom. Thank you for tuning in, and come back next week for more. This has been a Quiet Please production, and for more, check out QuietPlease dot A I. Some great Deals https://amzn.to/49SJ3Qs For more check out http://www.quietplease.ai

Closing arguments wrapped this morning in the trial of Texas teen, Karmelo Anthony. The judge instructed the jury they can now consider manslaughter in addition to first degree murder when determining the fate of Anthony. Prosecutors told jurors they can’t reach manslaughter until they unanimously acquit Anthony first of murder. The defense reminded jurors that the victim, fellow teen Austin Metcalf, had no right to put his hands on Anthony and when it comes to self defense, you cannot wait until it’s too late.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prosecutors in Arizona are set to criminally indict a bunch of sycophants for trying to help Donald Trump steal the 2020 election. This includes many well known names like Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, and others. And the Arizona prosecutors are criminally indicting these folks for the second time . . .because yeah - better late than never.Glenn has the latest from the Arizona courts.Find Glen on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Closing arguments wrapped this morning in the trial of Texas teen, Karmelo Anthony. The judge instructed the jury they can now consider manslaughter in addition to first degree murder when determining the fate of Anthony. Prosecutors told jurors they can’t reach manslaughter until they unanimously acquit Anthony first of murder. The defense reminded jurors that the victim, fellow teen Austin Metcalf, had no right to put his hands on Anthony and when it comes to self defense, you cannot wait until it’s too late.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Closing arguments wrapped this morning in the trial of Texas teen, Karmelo Anthony. The judge instructed the jury they can now consider manslaughter in addition to first degree murder when determining the fate of Anthony. Prosecutors told jurors they can’t reach manslaughter until they unanimously acquit Anthony first of murder. The defense reminded jurors that the victim, fellow teen Austin Metcalf, had no right to put his hands on Anthony and when it comes to self defense, you cannot wait until it’s too late.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jesse Vang faces harm to a child through repeated acts causing death — a charge that carries life in prison, filed with repeater enhancers because of his extensive criminal history. Katrina Baur faces chronic neglect of a child with consequence of death — up to sixty years, but structured around a fundamentally different theory of responsibility. Vang is charged as the direct actor. Baur is charged as the one who placed her child in harm's way and failed to protect him. Both have pleaded not guilty.That charging distinction tells a story on its own. Prosecutors in Manitowoc County are drawing a line between what Vang allegedly did to Elijah Vue inside that Two Rivers apartment and what Baur allegedly allowed to happen by putting her three-year-old there in the first place — with a man she had once told police had trafficked her. The text messages suggest collaboration. The deleted photograph suggests awareness. The sixty-second coaching message after the 911 call suggests active participation in the cover-up. But the charges say the state sees Vang and Baur in different lanes.Meanwhile, the pretrial fight continues. Vang lost motions for venue change, outside jurors, and jury sequestration. A hearing on challenged forensic evidence — sand and gravel linking the area where Elijah's remains were found to Vang's home — is pending. Vang was on federal supervised release when Elijah was placed in his care, raising questions about who was monitoring him and why nobody flagged a child in his home. Tony Brueski breaks down the legal landscape with a reporter covering both cases — the charges, the pretrial rulings, the evidence fights, and the systemic question of how this happened under the federal government's watch.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.#ElijahVue #JesseVang #KatrinaBaur #ManitowocCounty #TrueCrime #JusticeForElijah #WisconsinTrial #HiddenKillers #CriminalJustice #TrueCrimePodcast

Concerns have emerged over potential conflicts of interest involving Jay Clayton, the interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, whose office has jurisdiction over major financial crimes and historically handled cases connected to Jeffrey Epstein. Financial disclosures show Clayton holds more than $1.6 million in investments tied to large financial institutions and corporations. Because the Southern District has been involved in matters touching Epstein's financial network and Wall Street entities, the holdings have raised questions about whether a prosecutor responsible for overseeing powerful financial investigations should maintain personal investments connected to the same sectors that may fall under federal scrutiny.The situation has fueled criticism about the broader system linking elite finance, corporate law, and federal prosecution. Clayton moved from private corporate law into government leadership roles and then into one of the most powerful prosecutorial positions in the country, illustrating how figures within the same financial and legal networks often rotate between regulatory agencies, private industry, and law enforcement. Critics argue that these overlapping relationships create an environment where investigations into powerful financial actors—including those connected to the Epstein scandal—are overseen by individuals who are themselves embedded within the same financial ecosystem.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:The “Epstein Class” Investigates Itself

Prosecutors in Arizona are set to criminally indict a bunch of sycophants for trying to help Donald Trump steal the 2020 election. This includes many well known names like Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, and others. And the Arizona prosecutors are criminally indicting these folks for the second time . . .because yeah - better late than never.Glenn has the latest from the Arizona courts.Find Glen on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Closing arguments wrapped this morning in the trial of Texas teen, Karmelo Anthony. The judge instructed the jury they can now consider manslaughter in addition to first degree murder when determining the fate of Anthony. Prosecutors told jurors they can’t reach manslaughter until they unanimously acquit Anthony first of murder. The defense reminded jurors that the victim, fellow teen Austin Metcalf, had no right to put his hands on Anthony and when it comes to self defense, you cannot wait until it’s too late.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prosecutors privately begin questioning Adam Mosher's false peer review claims, while defense attorney Don Malarcik uncovers evidence that Cybercheck reports were manually edited—contradicting claims that the system was fully automated. As the critical Daubert hearing approaches, prosecutors abruptly withdraw Cybercheck as evidence rather than defend it in court, effectively ending its use in Summit County without admitting wrongdoing. National reporting and expert analysis further undermine the technology's credibility, comparing it to unsupported pseudoscience. But despite Cybercheck being abandoned locally and Mosher facing investigation, Don realizes the tool has silently continued to spread across the country and raises troubling questions about how easily unproven technology can influence the justice system.Binge all 9 episodes of this season on our YouTube page, or get them ad-free on CBC True Crime Premium on Apple Podcasts.A listener's guide to Uncover: Where to go next

Mackenzie Shirilla was convicted of four counts of murder, four counts of felonious assault, and two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide in a bench trial that turned almost entirely on physical and digital evidence. She never spoke to investigators. She never testified. The prosecution's case was built on what was recovered from the wreckage, the surveillance footage, and the digital record she left behind.The data recorder from Shirilla's Toyota Camry showed the accelerator at full capacity in the seconds before impact, with no braking input. Surveillance footage captured the vehicle maintaining a controlled, straight trajectory before striking a commercial building in Strongsville, Ohio, at close to a hundred miles per hour. Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan were pronounced dead at the scene.Prosecutors presented evidence of premeditation extending weeks before the crash. Shirilla had previously told Russo she would "crash this car right now," and had driven the same dead-end route days before the fatal night. On monitored jail calls, she and her mother communicated in a coded language that, once decoded by investigators, allegedly revealed Shirilla suggesting they tell police she suffered a seizure.The defense presented a POTS diagnosis — a blood pressure condition that can cause fainting — as the basis for involuntary loss of consciousness. No medical records or expert testimony confirmed the diagnosis at trial. The court found the evidence of intentional conduct overwhelming, with Judge Nancy Margaret Russo declaring the crash "was not reckless driving" but "murder."Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer and retired FBI Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program Chief Robin Dreeke join Tony Brueski to evaluate the evidentiary framework, the role of data recorders in establishing intent, and how decoded communications factored into the conviction.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.#MackenzieShirilla #DominicRusso #DavionFlanagan #TheCrash #HiddenKillers #JenniferCoffindaffer #RobinDreeke #TrueCrime #Strongsville #OhioMurder

The data recorder inside Mackenzie Shirilla's Toyota Camry captured a story she never told anyone. The accelerator was at full capacity. There was no attempt to brake. The car was aimed in a straight line at a brick building in Strongsville, Ohio, traveling close to a hundred miles per hour. Dominic Russo, twenty, and Davion Flanagan, nineteen, were dead when first responders arrived. Shirilla survived.She never spoke to investigators. She never took the stand. The entire case was built on what the evidence said in her silence — and it said a great deal.Weeks before the crash, Shirilla told Russo she would "crash this car right now." Surveillance footage showed her driving the same dead-end route days before the fatal night, on a road she didn't normally use. Investigators argued the crash wasn't a sudden decision — it was rehearsed.On monitored jail calls, Shirilla and her mother communicated in a coded language that detectives had to decode. Once cracked, prosecutors said the calls revealed Shirilla asking whether they could tell police she'd had a seizure. That claim became the foundation of her defense — her attorneys argued that a blood pressure condition called POTS had caused her to lose consciousness behind the wheel. Prosecutors countered that a person who blacked out couldn't maintain foot pressure on an accelerator at full capacity in a controlled straight line. The judge agreed.Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer and retired FBI Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program Chief Robin Dreeke join Tony Brueski to examine what the physical evidence reveals about the final seconds before impact, how investigators build a murder case on circumstantial evidence alone, and why the coded jail calls may have sealed the conviction.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.#MackenzieShirilla #DominicRusso #DavionFlanagan #TheCrash #HiddenKillers #JenniferCoffindaffer #RobinDreeke #TrueCrime #Strongsville #OhioMurder

Guy Relford, "The Gun Guy," joins to talk about Marion. Co. Prosecutor presser on gun records, plus he reacts to an anti-gun protest over the weekend. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark Geragos and Lauren Conlin discuss the murder trial of teen Karmelo Anthony in Texas. Prosecutors allege Anthony fatally stabbed fellow teen Austin Metcalf during a confrontation at a high school track meet. The defense argues Anthony acted in self-defense. Geragos and LC break down this tragic case.Watch Beyond A Reasonable Doubt and all Reasonable Doubt video content on YouTube exclusively at YouTube.com/ReasonableDoubtPodcast and subscribe while you're thereSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The South Carolina Supreme Court's ruling sharply limits the financial crimes testimony that consumed twelve and a half hours of the original trial. The prosecution's evidentiary framework for retrial must compensate for that loss. One category of evidence that received limited examination the first time — granular household testimony from the person with the most sustained access to the Murdaugh home — may carry substantially greater weight in a second proceeding.Blanca Turrubiate-Simpson served as the Murdaugh family's housekeeper for approximately twenty years. She testified for three hours at the original trial. Prosecutors examined her on specific items — a shirt, a towel, pajamas. In this exclusive interview, Simpson identifies observations from the morning after the murders that were never raised during her testimony: the condition of the house when she entered approximately twelve hours after the killings, items that had been moved or cleaned, and domestic details inconsistent with the normal state of the household — details a forensic team would likely overlook but a daily presence in the home would recognize immediately.Simpson distinguishes between indicators of grief and indicators of scene management. She addresses the defendant's subsequent attempt to alter the shirt narrative months after the murders. She also identifies the evidentiary loss created by the sale and alteration of the Moselle property — and the irreplaceable role her twenty years of spatial memory plays for a jury that can no longer walk the scene as it existed.Simpson also presents a specific theory of the crime that directly addresses the defense team's third-party suspect strategy. She posits that the defendant maintained a Plan A involving another individual's presence at Moselle the night of the killings, and when that arrangement collapsed, executed the plan independently and constructed a narrative around the boat crash families. Her basis is two decades of observing the defendant's operational pattern — the consistent use of intermediaries in financial transactions, including Curtis Eddie Smith's documented role in cashing approximately four hundred thirty-seven checks totaling roughly $2.4 million. Simpson argues that the defendant's established pattern of using others as instruments makes an independently executed crime inconsistent with his documented behavioral history.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=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX 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.#AlexMurdaugh #BlancaSimpson #MurdaughRetrial #MaggieMurdaugh #Moselle #PaulMurdaugh #CurtisSmith #MurdaughEvidence #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime

One of the biggest artificial intelligence developers, the US firm Anthropic, has proposed a coordinated global slowdown on building advanced AI systems, saying that the latest large language models could escape human control. Also: President Putin delivers a keynote address at an annual economic forum in St Petersburg, insisting that the Russian economy remains strong. The director-general of the World Health Organisation says significant challenges remain around the development of a vaccine for the new species of Ebola. Prosecutors in El Salvador say leaders of the infamous MS-13 gang currently on trial will be sentenced to thousands of years in prison. The military government in Mali bans motorcycles outside major cities to combat militant attacks. And the authorities in Japan say they are still searching for an "extremely intelligent" bear that's evaded capture after attacking people in Fukushima province.The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk Photo: Anthropic logo Credit: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

On October 30, 1975, fifteen-year-old Martha Moxley failed to return home after a night out with friends in Belle Haven, an exclusive wealthy enclave in Greenwich, CT. The following morning, Moxley's badly beaten body was discovered underneath a tree, just a few hundred feet from her house, triggering one of the most notorious murder mysteries in the state's history.   MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Buy Tickets to MORBID LIVE at Radio City Music Hall on June 27th! Preorder THE BUTCHER LEGACY! Preorder  our collab with Hunt a Killer, THE SALEM SLICER References Associated Press. 1975. "Parents guarding children in Greenwich murder area." Connecticut Post, November 10: 2. —. 1998. "1975 murder case before grand jury." Hartford Courant, July 12: 22. —. 1998. "Fuhrman book on 1975 slaying points to Kennedy relative." Hartford Courant, May 10: 28. Brown, Marian Gail. 2002. "Verdict shocks court observers 27 years after Moxley slaying." Connecticut Post, June 8: 1. CNN. 2007. Moxley case: Excerpts from the Sutton Report. December 17. Accessed November 26, 2025. https://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/12/17/court.archive.skakel11/index.html. —. 2002. Moxley Case: Who was Martha Moxley? Accessed November 21, 2025. https://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/12/17/court.archive.skakel9/index.html. Connecticut Post. 1975. "Girl, 15, found murdered at her Greenwich home." Connecticut Post, November 1: 1. Ellement, John, and Lisa Prevost. 2000. "Skakel is arrested in '75 Conn. murder." Boston Globe, January 20. Gaines, Judith. 1998. "Grand juror to probe '75 Conn. murder." Boston Globe, June 18. —. 1991. "Police taking a fresh look at 1975 murder of Conn. teen-ager." Boston Globe, October 7. Hartford Courant. 2002. "Skakel jurors." Hartford Courant, July 28: H2. Lang, Joel. 1997. "Martha's murder." Hartford Courant, May 18: 10. Levitt, Leonard. 2004. Conviction: Solving the Moxley Murder . New York, NY: Regan Books. Mahony, Edmund. 2020. "No retrial for Skakel." Hartford Courant, October 31: 1. Merchant, Robert. 2016. "Skakel murder conviction reinstated." Connecticut Post, December 31: 1. Ondek, Richard. 1976. "Prosecutor says family impedes murder probe." Connecticut Post, March 26: 1. Owens, David. 2013. "Freed on bail." Hartford Courant, November 22: 1. 2003. Mugshots: Michael Skakel. Performed by Single Spark Productions. State of Connecticut v. Michael Skakel. 2004. S.C. 16844 (Supreme Court of the State of Connecticut, June 23). Tofig, Dana. 1999. "Suspect's lawyer seeks to suprress comments." Hartford Courant, May 27: B7. Tuohy, Lynne. 2002. "A life, a death revisited." Hartford Courant, May 8: 1. —. 2000. "Kennedy nephew facing arrest in killing." Hartford Courant, January 19: 1. —. 2002. "No apology, no remorse." Hartford Courant, August 30: 1. —. 2002. "One final chance to make their cases." Hartford Courant, June 4: 1. —. 2002. "Prosecution puts on its rebuttal." Hartford Courant, May 30: 1.   Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022)Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023)Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash KelleyListener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra LallyListener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On July 9, 1993, Stephanie Wasilishin, a mother of two, was shot in Sedona, Arizona, with her boyfriend present as the only other adult in the home. Prosecutors ultimately declined to file charges, citing insufficient evidence and conflicting accounts from the suspect. Ruled a homicide by the medical examiner, the case has remained unresolved for over three decades, with Stephanie's daughter Nikki continuing to fight for answers into her mother's death. For this week's Crime Weekly News, we sat down with Nikki herself at this year's CrimeCon to talk about her mother's case. Try our coffee! - www.CriminalCoffeeCo.com Become a Patreon member -- > https://www.patreon.com/CrimeWeekly Shop for your Crime Weekly gear here --> https://crimeweeklypodcast.com/shop Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CrimeWeeklyPodcast Website: CrimeWeeklyPodcast.com Instagram: @CrimeWeeklyPod Twitter: @CrimeWeeklyPod Facebook: @CrimeWeeklyPod Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On October 30, 1975, fifteen-year-old Martha Moxley failed to return home after a night out with friends in Belle Haven, an exclusive wealthy enclave in Greenwich, CT. The following morning, Moxley's badly beaten body was discovered underneath a tree, just a few hundred feet from her house, triggering one of the most notorious murder mysteries in the state's history. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Buy Tickets to MORBID LIVE at Radio City Music Hall on June 27th! References Associated Press. 1975. "Parents guarding children in Greenwich murder area." Connecticut Post, November 10: 2. —. 1998. "1975 murder case before grand jury." Hartford Courant, July 12: 22. —. 1998. "Fuhrman book on 1975 slaying points to Kennedy relative." Hartford Courant, May 10: 28. Brown, Marian Gail. 2002. "Verdict shocks court observers 27 years after Moxley slaying." Connecticut Post, June 8: 1. CNN. 2007. Moxley case: Excerpts from the Sutton Report. December 17. Accessed November 26, 2025. https://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/12/17/court.archive.skakel11/index.html. —. 2002. Moxley Case: Who was Martha Moxley? Accessed November 21, 2025. https://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/12/17/court.archive.skakel9/index.html. Connecticut Post. 1975. "Girl, 15, found murdered at her Greenwich home." Connecticut Post, November 1: 1. Ellement, John, and Lisa Prevost. 2000. "Skakel is arrested in '75 Conn. murder." Boston Globe, January 20. Gaines, Judith. 1998. "Grand juror to probe '75 Conn. murder." Boston Globe, June 18. —. 1991. "Police taking a fresh look at 1975 murder of Conn. teen-ager." Boston Globe, October 7. Hartford Courant. 2002. "Skakel jurors." Hartford Courant, July 28: H2. Lang, Joel. 1997. "Martha's murder." Hartford Courant, May 18: 10. Levitt, Leonard. 2004. Conviction: Solving the Moxley Murder . New York, NY: Regan Books. Mahony, Edmund. 2020. "No retrial for Skakel." Hartford Courant, October 31: 1. Merchant, Robert. 2016. "Skakel murder conviction reinstated." Connecticut Post, December 31: 1. Ondek, Richard. 1976. "Prosecutor says family impedes murder probe." Connecticut Post, March 26: 1. Owens, David. 2013. "Freed on bail." Hartford Courant, November 22: 1. 2003. Mugshots: Michael Skakel. Performed by Single Spark Productions. State of Connecticut v. Michael Skakel. 2004. S.C. 16844 (Supreme Court of the State of Connecticut, June 23). Tofig, Dana. 1999. "Suspect's lawyer seeks to suprress comments." Hartford Courant, May 27: B7. Tuohy, Lynne. 2002. "A life, a death revisited." Hartford Courant, May 8: 1. —. 2000. "Kennedy nephew facing arrest in killing." Hartford Courant, January 19: 1. —. 2002. "No apology, no remorse." Hartford Courant, August 30: 1. —. 2002. "One final chance to make their cases." Hartford Courant, June 4: 1. —. 2002. "Prosecution puts on its rebuttal."  Hartford Courant , May 30: 1. Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022)Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023)Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash KelleyListener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra LallyListener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.