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  Siders Case: One Defendant Can’t Be Tried — Who’s Next?! 27.09.2026 38min

  One defendant in the Siders family case has already been found unable to stand trial. The other three have asked the court to evaluate them too. Gary Siders Sr. was declared incompetent and not restorable on September 9, after a forensic evaluation concluded his condition would not improve enough for him to understand the proceedings or assist his lawyer. That ruling does not decide whether the allegations against Gary Sr. were true. It decides whether the criminal case can constitutionally move forward against him. He remains free on a recognizance bond with GPS monitoring while Vinton County Prosecutor William Archer considers dismissal or civil commitment. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Siders pleaded not guilty to four additional felony counts involving a teenage relative. Those charges are separate from the child-endangerment case involving the 16 children found in the Hamden home on June 30. Combined with the child-endangerment counts, Elizabeth faces 23 charges and a total bond of $550,000. Her competency report had not yet been filed at her September 16 arraignment. Gary Siders Jr. and Christina Siders have also requested competency evaluations. The legal issue now running through this family is not whether competency excuses alleged conduct; it does not. The issue is whether each defendant can understand the case and participate in a defense. Hidden Killers Live tracks how that threshold could determine who actually reaches trial and who never gets there. Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292 Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1 Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod 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. #SidersFamily #GarySiders #HiddenKillersLive #ElizabethSiders #VintonCounty #OhioCrime #Competency #ChildEndangerment #TrueCrimeLive #CourtWatch 
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  Bryan Kohberger's Family Backed Him Before WHAT Surfaced?! 27.09.2026 43min

  Bryan Kohberger's family is publicly supporting his attempt to undo the guilty plea that ended the University of Idaho murder case. Now a newly unsealed filing shows that, before the plea, his own defense team had already told Judge Steven Hippler that Kohberger was having difficulty rationally absorbing adverse rulings and understanding what those rulings meant for the case as a whole. His former lawyers asked for more time and expert assistance to help communicate with him about consequential decisions, including whether to go to trial or accept a deal. They expressly said they were not claiming he was legally incompetent. Judge Hippler denied the request for additional time, and six days later Kohberger entered guilty pleas to four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary. Kohberger is now serving four consecutive life sentences without parole plus ten years. His new attorney Greg Rauch says the six-day sequence does not, by itself, establish that the plea was invalid. But the defense says it may matter when the court decides whether Kohberger meaningfully understood and participated in the decision that resolved the case. That legal question is unfolding at the same time Kohberger's parents and sisters are stepping into the public fight. They told ABC News they want the complete truth addressed through a trial and say they continue to support him. Shavaun Scott joins Tony Brueski to examine the psychology of a family standing behind a convicted relative who now says his confession was false. The next court date is October 15, 2026, on Kohberger's request to remove Judge Hippler and move the post-conviction proceedings. The evidentiary hearing on his plea challenge is scheduled for June 17, 2027. The family statement is emotional. The unsealed filing is procedural. Together, they put new pressure on the exact moment this case ended without a trial. Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292 Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1 Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod 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. #BryanKohberger #Idaho4 #HiddenKillersLive #KohbergerFamily #KohbergerPlea #IdahoMurders #ShavaunScott #PostConviction #UniversityOfIdaho #TrueCrime 
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  Caleb Flynn Told His Mistress WHAT Before Calling 911?! 27.09.2026 44min

  Caleb Flynn's defense wants jurors to separate a failed marriage from a murder charge. Prosecutors want them to connect the private messages to the emergency call. That collision is now one of the clearest fights in the trial. Caleb called 911 from his Tipp City home and said an intruder had broken in and shot Ashley Flynn. The released audio has him reporting two shots to her head, mentioning the open garage, and telling dispatch that his daughters were in the house. Prosecutors say the call must be heard against more than 100,000 messages exchanged during an affair. Paul Watkins told jurors that some messages attributed to Caleb described trying to think of ways to kill Ashley without going to jail and said he would do it "in a heartbeat" if hell were not the consequence. The defense has not asked the jury to admire Caleb's conduct. Emily Smith acknowledged the affair in opening statement and argued that a man can fail as a husband without being a murderer. Caleb has pleaded not guilty, and the state still carries the burden of proving the charged crimes beyond a reasonable doubt. Tony Brueski and former FBI behavioral expert Robin Dreeke break down what the 911 call can and cannot tell us, then examine why the prosecution is using the texts as motive evidence. The key question is whether jurors treat the call and messages as two different stories about the same troubled marriage or as one continuous account of intent, action, and aftermath. Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292 Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1 Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod 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. #CalebFlynn #AshleyFlynn #HiddenKillersLive #CalebFlynnTrial #911Call #MotiveEvidence #RobinDreeke #MiamiCounty #TextMessages #TrueCrime 
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  Nick Reiner Says $558K Was Owed WHEN?! 27.09.2026 38min

  Two dates now matter in the Nick Reiner case: September 15, 2026, when prosecutors removed the death penalty, and September 14, 2023, when Reiner says roughly $558,000 from his personal trust should already have become his. Those dates put the murder case and the probate case on a collision course. District Attorney Nathan Hochman says his office reviewed aggravating and mitigating factors and spoke with Nick's siblings before deciding not to seek capital punishment. California has not carried out an execution since 2006 and remains under a gubernatorial moratorium, but a death sentence was still legally available in a special-circumstance murder case until prosecutors took it off the table. Nick now faces life without parole if convicted as charged. The probate fight asks a different question: can Reiner use money his parents placed in a trust for him before they died? His lawyers say the 1993 trust required half to be paid at age 30 and the rest at 35. He turned 30 in 2023 and says he never received the first mandatory distribution. They argue the slayer statute should not block money that was already due before the alleged crimes. The trustee side has challenged releasing funds while the criminal case remains pending. Reiner's former private lawyer, Alan Jackson, has said he could return if the defense is funded. Reiner currently has public defenders and has pleaded not guilty. Mental-health evidence may become important, but an insanity plea has not been publicly established. The next probate hearing is October 23. Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292 Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1 Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod 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. #NickReiner #HiddenKillersLive #RobReiner #MicheleReiner #TrustFund #SlayerStatute #DeathPenalty #TrueCrime #LosAngeles #CriminalDefense 
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  Alleigha Botner Sent Flynn ChatGPT Screenshots About WHAT?! 27.09.2026 31min

  Alleigha Botner testified that she was using ChatGPT on February 15, 2026 while Caleb Flynn was promising that the next day would finally bring action. What she searched, what she sent him, and what she later deleted now sit inside one of the most contested stretches of the Caleb Flynn trial.Botner said Flynn told her he would leave Ashley on February 16. She testified that she understood phrases including 'actions will come tomorrow' and 'tomorrow's a big day' as references to divorce. That evening, she said, she sent Flynn ChatGPT screenshots involving divorce proceedings, proof of an affair, and deleting messages. Flynn also described steps he planned to take with family, his daughters, work, a hotel, and moving out.Hours later, Ashley Flynn was found dead in the family home. Flynn told police an intruder was responsible. Prosecutors allege Flynn killed Ashley and staged the scene, while Flynn has pleaded not guilty. Botner testified that she asked him whether he was involved after hearing the news and later deleted those messages. She said she feared investigators finding the affair, and she admitted she initially lied to the FBI about the relationship.Defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis joins Tony Brueski on the question jurors have to untangle: which parts of this digital trail speak to Flynn's alleged intent, and which parts may instead show two people trying to conceal an affair?Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel.https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!:https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis 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.#CalebFlynnTrial #CalebFlynn #HiddenKillers #AshleyFlynn #AlleighaBotner #EricFaddis #TippCity #OhioMurderTrial #AmericanIdol #TrueCrime
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  Lindsay Clancy Defense Found WHAT in Juror Records?! 26.09.2026 38min

  A restraining order, a dismissed domestic assault case, eviction proceedings, and allegations of cellphone use now sit inside the post-mistrial fight in Lindsay Clancy's case. Her lawyers want Judge William Sullivan to examine whether holdout juror Michael Desronvil answered the court's confidential questionnaire truthfully and whether anything happened during deliberations that should have triggered a judicial inquiry before the mistrial was declared. The defense filing matters because the Massachusetts juror form specifically asks about arrests, criminal charges, lawsuits, court orders, and other contact with the legal system. Desronvil's restraining order was active when he was selected. His attorney rejects the defense effort and argues that investigating a dissenting juror after the fact threatens jury independence. Desronvil has also said he did not harbor the reasonable doubt other jurors attributed to him. At the same time, Patrick Clancy's first major interview after the trial is forcing a different conversation. Patrick told 60 Minutes that mental illness can be 'tragically deceptive.' He described Lindsay's worsening insomnia, depression, intrusive thoughts, emergency care, and her admission to McLean Psychiatric Hospital at the end of December 2022. He said that when he later asked whether she remembered killing Cora, Dawson, and Callan, Lindsay told him it felt like a dream. Robin Dreeke joins Tony Brueski to separate behavior from proof. Patrick's observations cannot diagnose what Lindsay understood on January 24, and a juror's difficult personal history does not by itself establish dishonesty or misconduct. The live question is narrower and more consequential: did the court receive accurate information before this juror was seated, and did Judge Sullivan have enough reason to investigate before declaring the jury hopelessly deadlocked? That fight returns to Plymouth Superior Court on September 29. Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292 Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1 Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod 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. #LindsayClancy #HiddenKillersLive #PatrickClancy #RobinDreeke #HoldoutJuror #KevinReddington #MichaelDesronvil #PostpartumPsychosis #TrueCrimeLive #PlymouthSuperiorCourt 
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  Caleb Flynn's Defense Started With WHAT in Opening?! 26.09.2026 29min

  The Caleb Flynn defense did not begin by fighting every ugly fact. Emily Smith began with Proverbs, acknowledged that Flynn had an affair and lied about it, and told jurors those admissions describe a failed husband without answering who killed Ashley Flynn. That is the line the defense is asking the jury to hold through the entire case. Flynn's version is that a burglar took his 9mm handgun from his Ford truck and entered the Tipp City home while he and the couple's daughters were nearby. Prosecutors allege Flynn created the burglary story after killing Ashley and staging the scene. The gun remains missing. The state's scene evidence is already under attack. BCI Special Agent David Hammond testified that the garage entry door lacked signs he associated with forced entry. Defense questioning emphasized that the locks were unlocked and that Hammond could not say when the damage around the door occurred. The private-life evidence now has witnesses attached to it. Prosecutors have identified the woman tied to Flynn's alleged affair as a witness, while Flynn's daughters are also expected to testify. The court will keep video cameras off the juveniles but has allowed audio recording of their testimony. Tony Brueski, Robin Dreeke and Jennifer Coffindaffer examine whether conceding the affair gives the defense credibility or simply clears the way for harder evidence. They also correct one early scene assumption: the towel over Ashley's head was not unexplained conduct in the trial record. The first officer testified that Flynn said the dispatcher told him to cover her head. Flynn has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292 Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1 Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod 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. #CalebFlynnTrial #CalebFlynn #HiddenKillersLive #AshleyFlynn #RobinDreeke #JenniferCoffindaffer #DefenseStrategy #MiamiCounty #MurderTrial #TrueCrime
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  Kohberger's Family Says the Guilty Plea Was WHAT?! 26.09.2026 59min

  Bryan Kohberger admitted guilt in court, but his family now supports a challenge to that plea while alleged unredacted Idaho crime-scene photos are reaching online creators. One dispute concerns a confession he wants undone. The other concerns images the families and the state fought to keep from unrestricted public circulation. The photo controversy escalated on September 15, 2026. The Latah County Prosecutor's Office, Moscow Police and Idaho State Police said unredacted photographs had allegedly been provided to journalists and social-media creators by an unknown source. A YouTube host with more than 9,000 subscribers had already told followers, "We have them," and said she was waiting for more. The alleged leak came after Idaho tightened access. Judge Megan Marshall required bodies and immediately surrounding blood to be blacked out in City of Moscow releases. Idaho State Police then posted nearly 2,800 images in January 2026 before removing them the same day. The Goncalves family said the images were live by the end of a 12-minute warning call. Idaho later exempted death-investigation photographs from public disclosure. On September 17, Kohberger's family said it supports his effort to withdraw the 2025 plea and wants the complete truth tested through a trial. Kohberger alleges that his lawyers pushed a false confession through bad advice, false promises and threats. But during the July 2, 2025 plea hearing, he told Judge Steven Hippler that no one threatened him, no one told him to be untruthful, and he was pleading guilty voluntarily because he was guilty. He also said he was satisfied with counsel. Kohberger has also cited hair recovered from Ethan Chapin's right hand. Defense expert Ruth Ballard had already examined one hair from that location and found it morphologically consistent with Chapin's own reference hair. The court must now decide what his new evidence can prove against the plea record, while authorities still do not publicly identify the alleged source of the unredacted images. Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292 Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1 Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod 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. #BryanKohberger #Idaho4 #HiddenKillersLive #KohbergerPlea #IdahoMurders #KohbergerFamily #CrimeScenePhotos #UniversityOfIdaho #CourtCase #TrueCrime 
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  Caleb Flynn's Intruder Story Collided With WHAT?! 26.09.2026 39min

  Caleb Flynn's intruder story started with a frantic 911 call and an open garage door. Flynn told dispatch that somebody had broken into his Tipp City home and shot his wife Ashley. He also said their daughters were in the house, and he repeatedly directed attention toward the garage as officers were still on the way. That is where the state's physical case pushes back. Prosecutors allege Flynn killed Ashley, then arranged the scene to look like a burglary. Ohio BCI Senior Special Agent David Hammond testified that the garage side-door damage did not resemble the forced entries he had encountered in burglary cases. Flynn has pleaded not guilty, and the defense has criticized investigators for what it describes as a fast move toward Caleb as the suspect. The live discussion brings Robin Dreeke and Jennifer Coffindaffer into the same evidence lane: the words on the call and the condition of the door. The point is not whether a caller sounds emotional enough. The useful questions are concrete. What did he claim? What could police verify? What did the scene show when investigators finally had time to process it? Tony also tracks the legal stakes surrounding those questions. A Miami County grand jury indicted Flynn on 11 counts, including aggravated murder, three murder counts, two felonious-assault counts, three tampering-with-evidence counts, and two intimidation counts. Ashley Flynn was 37, a coach, substitute teacher, and mother of two. The jury must decide whether the garage evidence fits an intruder entering the home or a scene prosecutors say was staged after Ashley was killed. Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292 Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1 Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod 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. #CalebFlynn #AshleyFlynn #HiddenKillersLive #CalebFlynnTrial #TippCity #OhioTrueCrime #911Call #CrimeSceneEvidence #RobinDreeke #JenniferCoffindaffer 
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  Caleb Flynn's Answer to 'What Can I Do?' and the Kohberger Memo 26.09.2026 59min

  Eric Faddis and I take on two questions: did Caleb Flynn mean it, and did Bryan Kohberger understand what he signed? In the Flynn trial, Alleigha Botner testified that he told her he'd been up late thinking about ways to kill his wife, Ashley. She read the jury the text where she asked, "What can I do?" She said his final messages on February 15, 2026 ended with "tomorrow's a big day." Ashley was shot twice in the head hours later, and Flynn, who has pleaded not guilty, blamed an intruder. Botner admitted lying to the FBI and deleting messages. In Idaho, an unsealed memo shows Kohberger's defense wanted time and an expert to help communicate with him weeks before his July 2025 guilty plea. His new lawyer, Greg Rauch, is using it to try to remove the judge and withdraw the plea. Faddis gives his read on both.Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis 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.#CalebFlynnTrial #BryanKohberger #HiddenKillersLive #AshleyFlynn #AlleighaBotner #IdahoMurders #KohbergerCase #EricFaddis #OhioMurderTrial #TrueCrime
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  Caleb Flynn's Ex Admits Sending Him THIS on Sunday Night 25.09.2026 13min

  Eric Faddis and I dig into what Alleigha Botner knew, and what she did, in the Caleb Flynn case. Flynn's former girlfriend told jurors that on the eve of Ashley Flynn's shooting, she was sending him material about his phone. Her fear, she said, was that a messy divorce would expose their texts and cost her her job. The next morning, she testified, she messaged Flynn asking if he was involved in Ashley's death, got no reply, and erased her own message. She also conceded she wasn't honest with FBI agents in her first interview. Asked how she feels about Flynn, she told the jury she hates him and thinks he killed his wife. Flynn denies the aggravated murder charge. Faddis explains how a jury sorts a woman who was lied to from a witness protecting herself.Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis 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.#CalebFlynnTrial #CalebFlynn #HiddenKillersLive #AshleyFlynn #AlleighaBotner #EricFaddis #TippCity #OhioMurderTrial #AmericanIdol #TrueCrime
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  Caleb Flynn Signed Off the Night Before the Shooting With THIS 25.09.2026 14min

  Eric Faddis and I go through the final weekend before Ashley Flynn was killed, as Caleb Flynn's former girlfriend described it under oath. Alleigha Botner testified she cut Flynn off after he blew her last deadline on January 11, 2026. On February 14, she told him she had a date in March. Two days later, Ashley was dead. Botner said that Sunday night Flynn told her he'd protect her "at all costs" and called February 16 "a day I'll never forget." She told the jury she asked for that protection because she didn't want to lose her job. Flynn, who is charged with aggravated murder, has pleaded not guilty and told police an intruder shot his wife. Faddis explains whether a jury can call that weekend a motive, and what the defense does with a witness who says all she heard was divorce.Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis 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.#CalebFlynnTrial #CalebFlynn #HiddenKillersLive #AshleyFlynn #AlleighaBotner #EricFaddis #TippCity #OhioMurderTrial #AmericanIdol #TrueCrime
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  Caleb Flynn's Girlfriend Says He Was Up Late Thinking About THIS 25.09.2026 16min

  Eric Faddis has prosecuted and defended cases built on a defendant's own words, and I asked him about the Caleb Flynn murder trial. Alleigha Botner testified for the state that Flynn first talked about wanting his wife Ashley to die after the couple's August 2025 anniversary cruise. She said the talk kept coming, at least once a month, and that it got worse each time. First, by her account, he wanted Ashley gone. Then he said he'd kill her if he could stay out of jail. Then came one late night she described to the jury in detail. Ashley Flynn was shot twice in the head while she slept on February 16, 2026, and Flynn told police an intruder did it. He has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder. Faddis explains what jurors can actually do with a man's words, and how the defense turns Botner's own words against her.Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis 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.#CalebFlynnTrial #CalebFlynn #HiddenKillersLive #AshleyFlynn #AlleighaBotner #EricFaddis #TippCity #OhioMurderTrial #AmericanIdol #TrueCrime
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  A Psychotherapist on Caleb Flynn's Hidden Texts and Kohberger's Family 25.09.2026 1t 2min

  Two cases. One psychotherapist. Three arguments the audience is already having.Caleb Flynn is on trial in Miami County, Ohio, for allegedly shooting his wife Ashley while she slept. Prosecutors say he sent more than 100,000 messages to his mistress, some describing plans to kill Ashley. The defense says it was ugly talk to keep a girlfriend happy.Bryan Kohberger confessed to killing four University of Idaho students, was sentenced to four consecutive life terms, and is now claiming the confession was forced. His family just released a public statement backing his innocence.Psychotherapist and author Shavaun Scott joins Tony to break down what's behind the mask in both cases. Part one covers the mistress's psychology. Part two examines the worship pastor persona and the ego behind it. Part three asks whether Kohberger's family is in denial, acting on their own, or being directed from a prison cell.Flynn has pleaded not guilty. Kohberger's hearing is set for June 2027.Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel.https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!:https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis 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.#CalebFlynn #BryanKohberger #AshleyFlynn #IdahoMurders #ShavaunScott #AmericanIdolMurder #CalebFlynnTrial #KohbergerPlea #HiddenKillers #TrueCrimePodcast
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  Why Bryan Kohberger's Family Chose This Moment to Speak 24.09.2026 19min

  Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder in the Idaho student killings and is serving four consecutive life sentences. A year after his plea, he filed a handwritten petition claiming he was pressured into a false confession by his own attorneys.His family just made a public move. In a statement to ABC News, the Kohbergers say they fully support his bid to withdraw the guilty plea. They want the case resolved through "a proper trial."Psychotherapist and author Shavaun Scott joins Tony to examine the timing and the psychology. Why go public now, when silence is safer? Is this genuine denial from parents who cannot reconcile their son with a quadruple murderer, or is Bryan manipulating the people who saved his life from the death penalty into serving his next campaign? And does that unwavering family support embolden a convicted killer's belief that he was wronged?The first evidentiary hearing on Kohberger's petition is scheduled for June 2027.Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel.https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!:https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis 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.#BryanKohberger #KohbergerFamily #IdahoMurders #KohbergerPlea #UniversityOfIdaho #ShavaunScott #TrueCrime #KohbergerInnocence #HiddenKillers #TrueCrimePodcast
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  What Caleb Flynn's Congregation Never Saw Behind the Worship Stage 24.09.2026 15min

  Every Sunday, Caleb Flynn stood in front of a congregation and led worship. He appeared on American Idol and talked about how much he loved his wife. He worked at Ashley's family company. The community saw exactly the man he wanted them to see.Now prosecutors in Miami County, Ohio, allege that same man was sending his mistress texts about killing Ashley without going to jail, and ultimately shot her in the head while she slept. His defense attorney conceded the affair and told the jury: being a terrible husband doesn't make you a murderer.Psychotherapist and author Shavaun Scott joins Tony to examine the fierce loyalty congregations develop toward charismatic leaders and how it blinds them. What happens psychologically when an aspiring celebrity pivots to church leadership? And how does the collapse of a narcissist's public image affect his psychology as he sits on trial?Caleb Flynn has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder and related charges.Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel.https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!:https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis 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.#CalebFlynn #AshleyFlynn #AmericanIdol #WorshipPastor #CalebFlynnTrial #ShavaunScott #TrueCrime #NarcissistKiller #HiddenKillers #TrueCrimePodcast
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  How Caleb Flynn's Mistress Rationalized His Murder Texts 24.09.2026 29min

  Prosecutors allege Caleb Flynn sent more than 100,000 messages to his mistress in the year before his wife Ashley was found shot to death in their Tipp City, Ohio, home. Among those messages: texts where Flynn allegedly described trying to figure out how to kill Ashley without going to jail. At the same time, prosecutors say, he was sending Ashley warm, loving messages.Psychotherapist and author Shavaun Scott joins Tony to examine what happens in the mind of a woman who receives messages like that from a married lover. How does someone read detailed murder planning and rationalize it? Is the defense claim that Flynn was simply "appeasing" his mistress psychologically plausible? And what does a therapist see in the split between the man texting his wife love and the man texting his girlfriend about killing her?Caleb Flynn has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault, and tampering with evidence. His trial is underway in Miami County.Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel.https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!:https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis 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.#CalebFlynn #AshleyFlynn #CalebFlynnTrial #CalebFlynnTexts #ShavaunScott #AmericanIdolMurder #WorshipPastorMurder #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #TrueCrimePodcast
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  Caleb Flynn Murder Case Full FBI Behavioral Breakdown 24.09.2026 56min

  Tony Brueski and former FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke deliver the most comprehensive analysis of the Caleb Flynn murder case in one extended episode, covering the 911 call, the affair, and the courtroom strategy from every behavioral angle.The conversation opens with the recorded 911 call. At 2:30 a.m., Caleb Flynn told dispatch his wife Ashley had been shot. He claimed he was sleeping in another room and froze when he heard the gunshot. Robin walks through the tape second by second, identifying what he says are the behavioral markers of a caller who may have been performing a reaction rather than experiencing one -- the narrative structure, the premature suspect theory, and the language that reportedly distances the caller from the event.The middle portion of the episode digs into the digital evidence that prosecutors say establishes motive. Over 100,000 texts to a mistress. One message reportedly stating he would kill Ashley in a heartbeat if he could avoid going to hell. Robin analyzes the psychology of the kill text, the personality profile revealed by the volume of secret communication, and the behavioral mechanics of compartmentalization that reportedly allowed Caleb to lead worship services and maintain a marriage while conducting an affair of this scale.The episode closes with the trial. Robin and Tony break down the defense's decision to open with Proverbs and admit the affair, the prosecution's crime scene testimony about the towel over Ashley's head and the allegedly staged break-in, and the haunting detail that Caleb was found outside with his dogs instead of at his wife's side. Robin connects the behavioral threads across all three segments, examining whether the evidence from the call, the texts, and the scene allegedly tell a consistent story.Links:Subscribe on Substack: hiddenkillers.substack.comYouTube: youtube.com/@HiddenKillersInstagram: @HiddenKillersPodcastFacebook: facebook.com/HiddenKillersPodcastTikTok: @HiddenKillersPodcastX/Twitter: @HiddenKillersPodLegal Disclaimer: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:#CalebFlynn #AshleyFlynn #TrueCrimeToday #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #RobinDreeke #BehavioralAnalysis #MurderTrial #FBI #FullEpisodeBreakdown
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  Caleb Flynn Found Outside With Dogs While Ashley Lay Dead 23.09.2026 12min

  When the first officer arrived at the Flynn home minutes after the 911 call, Caleb Flynn was not inside performing CPR. He was not on the phone begging someone for help. He was standing outside the house with his two dogs, reportedly waiting for police in the yard. That image -- a husband standing with his pets while his wife lay dead in the bedroom -- is one of the most damning behavioral details to emerge from the Caleb Flynn murder trial.Tony Brueski and Robin Dreeke spend this segment dissecting every piece of evidence from the courtroom proceedings. They start with the defense's opening statement, which began with a verse from Proverbs and an immediate admission that Caleb had an affair. Co-counsel Emily Smith reportedly looked the jury in the eye and told them a man can fail as a husband without being a murderer. Robin explains the psychological calculus behind that gamble -- why the defense chose to lead with the worst version of their client's character in hopes of inoculating the jury against the prosecution's motive evidence.They turn to the crime scene testimony. A first responder testified that Ashley was found with a towel placed over her head. Robin explains why that detail is a known behavioral indicator of an intimate killing -- a murder committed by someone who allegedly had a personal connection to the victim and could not stand to look at what they had done.The alleged staged break-in is examined next. The front door was unlocked. The damage was reportedly caused by multiple tools and did not match a genuine forced entry. Robin walks through the behavioral science of staging and why perpetrators almost always allegedly overcomplicate the evidence in ways that investigators can identify.And then Robin returns to the dogs. He explains what it means when a suspect's first instinct in a reported crisis is to secure the family pets rather than stay with the victim.Links:Subscribe on Substack: hiddenkillers.substack.comYouTube: youtube.com/@HiddenKillersInstagram: @HiddenKillersPodcastFacebook: facebook.com/HiddenKillersPodcastTikTok: @HiddenKillersPodcastX/Twitter: @HiddenKillersPodLegal Disclaimer: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:#CalebFlynn #AshleyFlynn #TrueCrimeToday #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #MurderTrial #StagedScene #BehavioralAnalysis #RobinDreeke #MiamiCounty
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  Caleb Flynn's Affair and the Text That Changed Everything 23.09.2026 17min

  When investigators pulled the digital records from Caleb Flynn's devices, they did not find a handful of inappropriate messages. They found over 100,000 text exchanges with another woman -- a mountain of communication conducted entirely in secret while Caleb was married to Ashley, raising their family, and leading worship services at their church. Prosecutors say the sheer volume of those messages is evidence of more than infidelity. It is allegedly evidence of a man who had perfected the art of deception.But the message that allegedly matters most is just one line. Caleb reportedly texted his mistress: 'If I could literally kill her and not go to hell, I would do it in a heartbeat.' One sentence. Prosecutors say it reveals the motive for everything that followed.Tony Brueski and former FBI behavioral expert Robin Dreeke examine the psychology of that statement from every angle. Robin explains how investigators evaluate language like this -- whether the specificity, the conditional framing, and the moral negotiation embedded in the words point to genuine lethal ideation or are consistent with a frustrated person blowing off steam. The answer reportedly depends on what surrounded the message: the escalation pattern, the frequency of similar statements, and whether the sender showed evidence of planning beyond the words themselves.They also examine the defense strategy of openly admitting the affair. The calculation is clear -- if the defense can get ahead of the infidelity evidence and frame Caleb as a flawed husband rather than a killer, they may be able to separate the moral failure from the criminal accusation. Robin walks through the behavioral science of how juries process that kind of dual revelation and why the combination of religious hypocrisy and violent language can reportedly be devastating in front of twelve everyday people.Links:Subscribe on Substack: hiddenkillers.substack.comYouTube: youtube.com/@HiddenKillersInstagram: @HiddenKillersPodcastFacebook: facebook.com/HiddenKillersPodcastTikTok: @HiddenKillersPodcastX/Twitter: @HiddenKillersPodLegal Disclaimer: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:#CalebFlynn #AshleyFlynn #TrueCrimeToday #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #MurderMotive #Affair #TextMessages #RobinDreeke #OhioMurderTrial