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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Courtroom testimony and legal discussion make contested evidence, defense strategy, and trial procedure unusually visible.
True Crime Today follows active cases at close range, moving between legal discussion and substantial stretches of courtroom testimony. Its coverage of the Kelsey Fitzsimmons bench trial tracks competing accounts through her testimony, Patrick Noonan's cross-examination, closing…
Four seconds, two accounts of a gun, and suddenly you're cross-examining your own certainty.
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A stark, careful look at exclusion and self-reinvention that resists turning harm into an easy explanation.
Brian Koberger's childhood in Chestnut Hill Township gives the episode a bleak but useful frame: social exclusion, self-reinvention, and the stories people form around lasting damage.
A locked door, deleted messages, and spellcaster emails turn a disappearance into a courtroom puzzle.
Larry Millete's disappearance case is built from a series of details that keep tightening around the timeline: a locked bedroom, a key produced when Maya's father arrived, a Lexus driven to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, and a missing credit card offered as an explanation.
A postpartum clearance frames a careful look at pressure, uncertainty, and a family pushed toward crisis.
Postpartum strain, a returned service weapon, and a clash over children give this episode its central pressure point: how quickly a person already under severe stress can be driven toward crisis.
A guilty verdict opens a sharper look at evidence, appeals, and the story the defendant may tell herself next.
The guilty verdict functions less as an ending than as the episode's entry point. It stays close to the defendant's almost motionless presence at the defense table, then watches the change as Judge Richard Marzik reads the word guilty: the bowed head, the heavy breathing, and…
A custody fight becomes a focused look at restraining orders, family pressure, and disputed evidence.
The episode is strongest when it stays with the legal machinery around a custody fight. An attorney explains how temporary restraining orders can remove someone from a shared home and create leverage before custody is litigated, while the discussion keeps pressing on the gap…
A trial-day episode that turns small domestic details into a hard look at fear, timing, and intent.
It sits in the overlap between domestic fear and courtroom procedure, and it comes alive when the questioning slows enough for the house layout, the green safe, the rifles, and the text messages about meeting at the common to carry their own weight.
A measured trial day where small evidentiary choices carry the most weight.
The episode keeps its focus on an officer being pressed about body-camera placement, interview procedure, and what the record can actually prove.
A practical look at whether any ongoing family relationship is possible when boundaries keep getting ignored.
The episode looks at how to draw boundaries inside a family system that keeps overruling them, especially when parents refuse to accept a child's point of view. It does not settle on one correct answer.
Strange cases, loud banter, no polish.
Behavior, evidence, and accountability.
Courtroom chaos, case updates, sharp reactions.
Case files with a psychological verdict.
True crime, hauntings, horror, and Sunday Scaries.
This episode analyzes the ongoing trial of former police officer Kelsey Fitzsimmons, who is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon after a shooting incident where Officer Patrick Noonan was shot.
This episode examines the tragic case of Lindsay Clancy, a Massachusetts mother accused of murdering her three children while suffering severe postpartum mental illness.
A speaker looks back on a childhood shaped by faith healing.
This episode stays tightly focused on courtroom testimony.
Justin Aylaian testifies in Kelsey Fitzsimmons's trial that he is a 32-year-old Stone, Massachusetts native, a North Andover firefighter EMT, and the father of their 13-month-old son Caden.
The episode circles the threatened federal TRO and treats the fight as the main event.
The episode stays with courtroom testimony as Patrick Noonan is questioned about the moment he says Kelsey Fitzsimmons pointed a gun at him and pulled the trigger.
The witness takes the stand and walks through the firearm evidence tied to the Phillipsbrook Road bedroom.
The episode follows the closing arguments and stays locked on what the defense is being asked to accept.
Hosts Tony Bruschi and Robin Dream interview psychotherapist Siobhan Scott to analyze the psychological patterns and systemic issues within the Duggar family and the IBLP religious movement.
This episode covers Day 1 of the Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial, featuring testimony from police officer Patrick Noonan.
The witness walks through the moment three people came to her door, how they came inside, and the interruption when she was told to set Kaden down while she was feeding him and open the envelope they brought.
Host Tony Bruschi provides a deep psychological analysis of Bryan Kohberger's childhood, focusing on how years of quiet, grinding bullying and social rejection contributed to his psychological formation.
Officer Timothy Houston testifies about serving a restraining order to Kelsey Fitzsimmons, leading to a tense confrontation where gunshots are fired.
The episode stays with one violent, confused moment.
The episode follows a therapist talking through what distance and healing can look like after leaving a rigid family system.
Hosts Tony Bruschi and Robin Green are joined by defense attorney Bob Mata to analyze three active true crime cases: the Joseph Duggar child abuse charges involving a recorded confession and the IBLP's influence, the bench trial of police officer Kelsey Fitzsimmons which hinges on whether she pointed her gun at an officer or herself, and the upcoming trial of political candidate Aaron Spencer.
This episode analyzes the psychological aftermath of the guilty verdict for Kouri Richins, convicted of murdering her husband Eric.
This episode of Hidden Killers analyzes the psychology behind the Jared Bridegan murder-for-hire case, focusing on how Mario Fernandez allegedly came to organize the killing despite having no personal conflict with the victim.
Tony Bruschi and Robin Drake analyze the latest Duggar family charges, focusing on Joseph Duggar's admission to assaulting a child.
This episode examines why multiple people felt deeply unsettled by Brian Kohberger before the Moscow murders, yet no system could act on those feelings.
This episode presents Judge Jeffrey Karp's detailed verdict and reasoning in the trial of police officer Kelsey Fitzsimmons, who was accused of assault with a dangerous weapon against fellow officer Newman.
This episode of Hidden Killers focuses on the psychological toll paid by the children in the Jared Bridegan murder case, particularly his toddler daughter who witnessed the crime and his twin daughters caught in a bitter custody battle.
The conversation centers on a serious felony case and how a family that keeps trouble inside can make the defense's job harder instead of easier.
A deep dive into the Valerie Mack murder case and Rex Heerman's guilty plea, focusing on the impact on her son Benjamin Torres.
Discussion of the Duggar family's legal and housing issues, including a GoFundMe and allegations against a family member.
Tony Bruschi analyzes phone calls between Kendra Duggar and her husband Joseph as she navigates his serious criminal charges.
This episode details the indictment of a 16-year-old for murder and sexual abuse of his stepsister on a family cruise.
A woman describes the disorienting experience of freedom after escaping the IBLP cult, highlighting the difficulty of making simple decisions.
A true crime podcast episode discussing the murder case of Celeste Rivas Hernandez and the arrest of recording artist David Anthony Burke.
A discussion about the FLDS cult and Samuel Bateman case, featuring a psychotherapist and survivor of religious control.
The episode analyzes the psychology behind Samuel Bateman's rise in the FDLS cult and why followers willingly gave up everything.
Tony Bruschi discusses the indictment of 16-year-old Timothy Hudson for the murder of his stepsister Anna Kempner on a family cruise.
A detailed examination of the mysterious disappearance of Maya Millett, focusing on audio evidence and digital inactivity.