Hidden Killers Live! Daily True Crime News & Breakdowns

Hidden Killers Podcast

Hidden Killers Live! is your daily true crime podcast delivering two hours of nonstop coverage every weekday. Hosted by Tony Brueski & Robin Dreeke this show dives into the most compelling stories in the true crime world — from murder trials and cold cases to criminal psychology, investigations, and the dark motives behind real-life crimes.

Each episode brings a mix of breaking crime news, courtroom analysis, and raw conversation that takes you beyond the headlines. Whether it’s exploring how investigators crack cases, uncovering the psychology of killers, or following the twists of ongoing trials, you’ll get sharp, unfiltered insight every time.

Unlike recap shows, Hidden Killers Live! is true crime talk in real time — asking the tough questions, cutting through the noise, and giving listeners the context they need to understand today’s biggest cases.

If you crave smart, binge-worthy true crime content with expert commentary, emotional depth, and daily updates that keep you ahead of the story, this is the podcast for you.

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Tuesday · 19 min
Did Nolan Wells’ Examiner Help a Deputy Avoid Charges?!
Nolan Wells' autopsy results remain sealed. The medical examiner who holds them previously ruled a death "undetermined" when three independent pathologists said homicide — and the deputy involved in that death was later convicted of torturing two men as part of the Rankin County Goon Squad. Jennifer Coffindaffer, retired FBI, breaks down the credibility crisis facing this investigation. Even a perfect autopsy from Dr. Staci Turner will carry the weight of what she ruled in Damien Cameron's case. The DA says sealing is standard procedure but won't commit to a date. And Christine Wells-Wonsley, Nolan's mother, filed subpoenas against five tech companies and sent preservation letters to the sheriff, the DA, and the medical examiner — the day she buried her son. 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/TrueCrimePod 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 #NolanWells #HornIsland #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #Mississippi #StaciTurner #GoonSquad #DamienCameron #JenniferCoffindaffer #JusticeForNolan
Tuesday · 58 min
Did the System Fail Nancy Guthrie, Kohberger and Nolan Wells?
In Tucson, the sheriff and the FBI director have never spoken. In Idaho, a convicted murderer is using a published book to claim innocence. In Mississippi, the medical examiner holding a teenager's sealed autopsy previously helped a convicted torturer avoid a homicide charge. Jennifer Coffindaffer, retired FBI, sits down for one conversation covering all three — Nancy Guthrie, Bryan Kohberger, and Nolan Wells — and the institutional failures connecting them. This is about the families filling the gaps their government left open, the credibility crises undermining each investigation, and the pattern that emerges when you line up what went wrong across three states. 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/TrueCrimePod 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 #NancyGuthrie #BryanKohberger #NolanWells #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #JenniferCoffindaffer #SavannahGuthrie #IdahoMurders #Mississippi #GoonSquad
Tuesday · 16 min
Did Bryan Kohberger Find the Evidence That Frees Him?
Thirteen months after admitting under oath that he deliberately killed four University of Idaho students, Bryan Kohberger claims a book convinced him he's innocent. His petition points to evidence in Ethan Chapin's hand that he says was never disclosed — but unsealed documents show a defense expert already tested it, and it matched the victim. Retired FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer walks through what the petition actually says versus what the forensic record contains, why Kohberger's language mirrors a published book rather than legal filings, and the one procedural move that would make or break his case: whether former defense attorney Anne Taylor admits under oath that she failed her client. The families were promised no more appeals. Prosecutor Bill Thompson put that in writing. That promise was never his to make. 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/TrueCrimePod 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 #BryanKohberger #IdahoStudentMurders #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #EthanChapin #GuiltyPlea #UniversityOfIdaho #MoscowIdaho #JenniferCoffindaffer #KohbergerCase
Tuesday · 23 min
Did Nancy Guthrie’s Sheriff Get the Only Conviction Wrong?!
Six months of investigation into Nancy Guthrie's disappearance and the sheriff can't accurately describe the only conviction connected to the case. Jennifer Coffindaffer, retired FBI with twenty-eight years in the bureau, walks through the disconnect between what Sheriff Nanos stated publicly about Derrick Callella's sentence and what the plea agreement actually says. The conversation covers the zero-contact relationship between the FBI director and the county sheriff, Savannah Guthrie's new public plea and the shift in her language, and a home invasion thirty miles from Nancy's house that matches the profile of the porch intruder — which Nanos says has no connection. Six months, a million-dollar reward, and the only person convicted got probation for sending texts. 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/TrueCrimePod 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 #NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #PimaCounty #SheriffNanos #Tucson #FBI #JenniferCoffindaffer #MissingPerson
Tuesday · 1 hr 1 min
What Three Cases Won't Tell Us — Clancy, Wells And D4vd
The Lindsay Clancy trial, the Nolan Wells death investigation, and the d4vd preliminary hearing have each produced more questions than answers this week — and the audience has not been quiet about it. Clancy: a father defending the woman who killed his children, an overmedication defense challenged by bottles still full of pills, and a 911 call nobody who heard it will forget. Wells: contradicting stories, a sealed autopsy, a missing throat, a midnight call, and a governor blaming the family's advocates. D4vd: a record deal worth millions, bodycam footage of a lie, a trail of receipts, and a fourteen-year-old whose parents allegedly signed a form letting her travel overseas with an adult. Thirty questions. Three cases. Tony answers them all. End Links: Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod 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: #LindsayClancy #NolanWells #D4vd #HiddenKillersLive #TrueCrime #CelesteRivas #HornIsland #ListenerQA #TrueCrimeToday #PatrickClancy
Monday · 16 min
Why D4vd Had Millions Of Reasons To Keep Celeste Quiet
The Interscope deal was worth up to nineteen million. He had already banked more than ten. Prosecutors told the court that a fourteen-year-old girl was threatening to expose their alleged relationship and destroy everything. Five days of hearing testimony put the receipts in front of a judge — the chainsaws, the inflatable pool, the air fresheners, the Uber, the texts — and the judge said the state met its burden on every count. D4vd will stand trial for first-degree murder with special circumstances, meaning the death penalty is on the table. The defense challenged evidence handling at every turn but could not stop the bind-over. Tony answers the ten questions the audience sent this week — about the money, the bodycam, the parents, the platforms, and what happens when a system gives an adult access to a child and nobody stops it. Straight answers, no filter. End Links: Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod 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: #D4vd #CelesteRivas #HiddenKillersLive #TrueCrime #LosAngeles #Interscope #MurderCase #JusticeForCeleste #ListenerQA #TrueCrimeToday
Monday · 19 min
What Happened Between The Dock And The Call To Nolan Wells' Mom
The boat came back to the mainland that afternoon. Nolan Wells was not on it. His friends had his phone. They had his keys. Hours passed before anyone called his mother. By the time Christine Wonsley reported him missing at midnight, the island was dark, the water was empty, and the only people who knew where her son was supposed to be were the friends who left without him. The girl they say he stayed behind to talk to has now been identified. Her family's version of events does not match theirs. The state autopsy is sealed. The independent autopsy came back undetermined with parts of his throat missing from the body. Ten audience questions. Tony answers every one — the contradictions, the hours nobody can account for, the sealed evidence, the threats, and the question underneath all of it that nobody in Mississippi seems willing to answer. End Links: Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod 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: #NolanWells #HornIsland #HiddenKillersLive #TrueCrime #Mississippi #BenCrump #GrandJury #DeathInvestigation #ListenerQA #TrueCrimeToday
Monday · 25 min
What Lindsay Clancy's Own Pill Bottles Proved In Court
The Lindsay Clancy trial is three days deep and every piece of testimony has landed differently than anyone expected. Patrick Clancy — the father of those three children — sat in the witness box, described a woman lost inside thirteen medications, and told the jury he never saw her harm the kids. He asked the public to forgive her. He filed his own lawsuit against her doctors. Then the prosecution showed nine prescription bottles. Still containing pills. That single piece of evidence may be the thing that reframes the entire defense. If she was overmedicated, why were the bottles full? If she was not taking the pills, what was causing the spiral? Tony answers the ten questions you asked this week — covering the testimony, the medications, the 911 call, the jury's visit to the Duxbury house, and whether this trial should have happened at all. Your questions. Straight answers. End Links: Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod 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: #LindsayClancy #PatrickClancy #HiddenKillersLive #TrueCrime #PostpartumPsychosis #InsanityDefense #MurderTrial #Duxbury #ListenerQA #TrueCrimeToday
Monday · 36 min
D4vd's Lawyer Called Celeste's Wounds WHAT?!
The preliminary hearing for David Anthony Burke, the musician performing as d4vd, has turned into a fight over what actually happened to fourteen-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez in the final minutes of her life — and how far a defense team will go to reframe it. Attorney Blair Berk isn't disputing that Celeste died. She's disputing when her wounds happened, pressing the LA County medical examiner on whether the injuries could have occurred after she was already dead, then having a detective read text messages in which Celeste referenced hurting herself. It's a strategy built entirely around reasonable doubt, aimed squarely at a girl who has no way to respond to any of it. The backdrop makes it harder to watch. A notarized consent form let Celeste travel internationally with Burke. Her family reportedly knew about the relationship, attending concerts and even church together. Her father has since denied any contact ever happened, a denial that contradicts sworn detective testimony. Prosecutors, meanwhile, have built their own timeline: a twenty-one-minute gap between Celeste's Uber arrival and her phone going permanently silent. Three chainsaws recovered from Burke's home tested negative for blood and were never collected as evidence by LAPD. Burke's Interscope deal was worth as much as nineteen million dollars. Burke has been held to answer on first-degree murder with special circumstances and additional charges tied to illegal conduct with Celeste and unlawful mutilation of her remains. He faces the death penalty and has pleaded not guilty. Arraignment is set for August 31st, and the legal maneuvering is only getting sharper from 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=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #CelesteRivas #D4vd #TrueCrime #DavidAnthonyBurke #HiddenKillers #JusticeForCeleste #MurderTrial #TrueCrimePodcast #CriminalJustice #DeathPenalty