Dr. Phil McGraw
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Dr. Phil McGraw takes an in-depth look at true crime cases, mysteries and provides his in-depth analysis.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Dr. Phil turns familiar cases into working questions about evidence, investigative decisions, legal strategy, and the limits of certainty.
Mystery and Murder: Analysis by Dr. Phil builds a chronology, then pauses where evidence, procedure, and human behavior no longer align neatly. Dr.
Dr. Phil makes the missing hours feel like evidence you want back.
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A fatal fall turns into a motive question when another staircase death shadows the case.
A narrow staircase anchors the suspicion in "The Staircase Mystery," as Kathleen Peterson's death in her North Carolina home moves from a possible fall toward a harder question: what happened while Michael Peterson was the only other person there?
A disputed phone search tests competing timelines and witness testimony after Karen Read's acquittal.
A disputed Google search anchors this single-episode review, as the prosecution and defense press sharply different timelines around Jennifer McCabe's query about how long someone could survive in the cold.
Stacey Ann Peterson's disappearance is framed through her fears, preparations, and Drew Peterson's earlier marriage history.
The episode follows the disappearance of Stacey Ann Peterson from her family home in Bolingbrook, Illinois, grounding its tension in the fears she had already shared.
A focused cold-case episode where a cabin report deepens the unanswered questions around Maura Murray's disappearance.
Mystery and Murder: Analysis by Dr. Phil revisits Maura Murray's disappearance through the stark facts that still hold attention: a car in the snow, a crash scene with no driver, and a trail that seems to stop on Route 112.
A behavioral look at the Moscow killings, strongest when centered on the chaotic 911 call.
Dr. Phil's analysis of the Moscow killings is most focused when it stays with the 911 call, where callers struggle to describe what has happened and the operator keeps steering them back to the emergency in front of them.
A missing-person case told through a blunt defense-side view of legal strategy and public fallout.
The episode opens on Stacey Ann Peterson's disappearance and keeps its attention on a young mother of two, her husband Drew, a local police officer who did not seem especially concerned, and the murder trial tied to his previous wife, Kathleen Savio.
A disputed death case centered on the Greenbergs' long push to challenge a suicide ruling.
The episode follows Ellen Greenberg's death as a case her parents have spent years trying to reopen. It recounts that on January 26, 2011, the 27-year-old schoolteacher was found in her kitchen after being stabbed 20 times, with her death ruled a suicide.
A careful true-crime account that keeps the focus on a disappearance and the uncertainty around it.
The episode tracks the case of Lisanne Froon and Chris Kremers, two adventurous young women from the Netherlands who set out on what was meant to be a simple afternoon hike above Buketa in Panama.
Strange cases, loud banter, no polish.
Case files with a psychological verdict.
Courtroom chaos, case updates, sharp reactions.
Behavior, evidence, and accountability.
Old crimes, formally brought to judgment.
Stacey Peterson vanished on October 28, 2007, and investigators quickly revisited the 2004 death of Kathleen Savio, Drew Peterson’s previous wife, after a second autopsy contradicted the original accident ruling.
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The episode traces the Murdoch family name as it slides from prestige into scandal.
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The episode follows Mara Murray's disappearance from the start.
Mara Murray disappears on a cold night in Haverhill.
Stacey Ann Peterson vanished from her Bolingbrook, Illinois home on October 28, 2007, leaving behind no struggle, no note, and no confirmed sightings.
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Chris Kramers and Lisanne Froon, two Dutch friends aged 21 and 22, traveled to Boquete, Panama, to volunteer and hike the El Pianista Trail.
Amy Bradley vanishes from the Rhapsody of the Seas during a family cruise.
The jury already agreed on not guilty for two counts - here's why that matters.
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Four college students whose lives intersected then were lost
A jury acquitted Karen Read despite DNA evidence and witnesses claiming she ran over her boyfriend—why the mistrial?
Steve Greenberg, Drew Peterson's former defense attorney, provides insider perspective on one of America's most notorious criminal cases.
Ellen Greenberg’s death becomes the focus of a long-running dispute over whether the suicide ruling can really stand.
The episode opens with a late update: the Karen Reed trial is over, and a Massachusetts jury has found her not guilty of all charges in John O'Keefe's death.
Amy Bradley vanished at sea.
Maura Murray vanishes from a snowy New Hampshire roadside on February 9, 2004.
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One crash. No driver. Two decades of unanswered questions.
On October 28, 2007, 23-year-old Stacey Ann Peterson vanished from Bolingbrook, Illinois, and the episode centers on why Drew Peterson's response looked so abnormal.
Lisanne Froon and Chris Kremers traveled from Bocas del Toro to Buketa in Panama and set out on the El Pianista trail on April 1, 2014, after time at a hostel tied to the Dutch-run Spanish by the Sea language school.
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