We Saw the Devil: Crime & Political Analysis

We Saw the Devil: Crime & Political Analysis

We Saw the Devil is the podcast that refuses to separate murder from power, violence from policy, and crime from the systems that create it. Hosted by Robin, a veteran true crime researcher and political commentator, We Saw the Devil digs into the cases that expose the rot at the heart of American institutions. This isn't your typical true crime podcast. We don't just ask "who did it" — we ask who allowed it, who covered it up, who profited, and whose bodies are always the ones that end up in the ground. From serial killers protected by police to political violence disguised as law enforcement, from cold cases buried by corruption to state sanctioned murder carried out in broad daylight — We Saw the Devil connects the dots between crime, politics, and power that other podcasts won't touch. What makes this show different: Every case exists within systems — police departments, courts, prisons, immigration enforcement, political machines. We examine those systems. Cases others won't cover. Police killings. Political assassinations. Government adjacent violence. Crimes committed by the powerful against the powerless. Deep research, not just Wikipedia. Court documents. FOIA requests. Original interviews. First person sources. We do the work. No cop worship. We respect victims and survivors. We don't lionize law enforcement or assume the official story is true. Intersections of crime and politics. How true crime and political crime overlap: corruption, cover ups, state violence, and the bodies left behind. Episodes covered: Cold cases and unsolved murders Serial killers and the systems that enabled them Police violence and law enforcement killings Political crimes and government corruption Missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW) Immigration enforcement and border deaths Wrongful convictions and prosecutorial misconduct Historical true crime with modern political resonance Breaking cases with political dimensions If you believe that true crime isn't just entertainment, that understanding violence means understanding power...this is your podcast. New episodes weekly. Subscribe, leave a review, and join the community. Content warning: This podcast contains explicit language, detailed descriptions of violence, and discussions of politically sensitive topics. Listener discretion advised. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-crime-political-analysis--4433638/support.

Episodes

January 20, 2026 42 mins
For this episode, Robin examines the fundamental differences between liberalism and progressivism and why understanding this divide is critical for 2028.


Key topics include: Why Republicans fall in line while Democrats fracture over purity tests, the data showing disruptive protest tactics reduce public support by 15%, and how protest votes intended to help Gaza enabled Trump's return and Gaza's devastation.

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This week: NATO threats, depression-era meals, and a timeline of authoritarianism that reads like dystopian fiction...except it's all real.

Robin breaks down Trump's Greenland obsession and the threat of military action against our own NATO allies. Eight European countries are getting tariffs because they won't help us invade Denmark. When Emmanuel Macron is comparing you to Putin, maybe it's time to reassess.
Meanwhile, Agriculture ...
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We're eleven days into 2026, and America is speedrunning authoritarianism.

On January 8th, ICE agent Jonathan Ross executed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. She was unarmed and trying to drive away when he shot her three times at point blank range, called her a "fucking bitch" as she died, then walked away while his colleagues prevented a doctor from rendering aid. Within minutes, before anyone knew her name, the President and DHS ...
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"They killed my wife. They shot her in the head. We have a 6-year-old at school."


That's what Renee Nicole Good's wife said, sitting in the snow, covered in blood, moments after an ICE agent murdered her in Minneapolis.


Renee was 37. Unarmed. Trying to drive away. Shot in the face through her windshield.
Trump called it self-defense. The Minneapolis ICE shooting video shows an execution.


This episode covers everything: the video eviden...
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****Apologies, y'all.  This episode is several days late. Better late than never!

ANOTHER episode dropping tomorrow on the murder of Renee Nicole Good.

The Donroe Doctrine: America Invades Venezuela While you were nursing a New Year’s hangover, the U.S. launched its biggest military operation in Latin America since Panama. Nicolás Maduro has been snatched, Trump has promised America will “run the country” of Venezuela, and a new for...
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The Epstein files are dropping, and they're exactly as damning as you feared. Flight logs with presidents. Emails from princes asking for "inappropriate friends." Ten co-conspirators...nine still walking free. Guards who slept through their shifts. Cameras that conveniently broke. And a Justice Department that can't keep its story straight for 48 hours.

This episode breaks down Epstein news from the last week, why the White House w...
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The DOJ had one job: release ALL the Epstein files by December 19th. Instead, we got "several hundred thousand" documents with a promise of more "in a couple weeks." Merry Christmas from the most transparent administration in history.


In this episode, we break down everything wrong with the Epstein Files release...the broken search function, the 119 completely blacked-out pages, and why Bill Clinton's face is plastered everywhere wh...
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Sunday: Rob Reiner murdered.
Monday: Trump mocked him, blaming "Trump Derangement Syndrome."

Even MTG and Thomas Massie called it out. This isn't politics. This is cruelty. 

In this episode, Robin covers:
  • Trump's statement & bipartisan backlash
  • Pattern of dehumanization
  • Why silence = complicity
  • How we got here
Rob Reiner gave us "Princess Bride" and decades of activism. He deserved better.

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Holy crap, what a week.

New Epstein photos just dropped featuring Trump, Clinton, Bannon, and yes, Jimmy Buffett. Trump's having another productive week bullying female reporters. Marco Rubio has declared war on accessible fonts because "tradition." MTG is trying to burn down the House on her way out the door. The FBI says Antifa is America's greatest threat but can't explain what Antifa actually is. Gavin Newsom is trolling his wa...
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Three families that looked perfect from the outside. Three monsters hiding in plain sight.


The Rebecca Park Case  A 22 year old pregnant woman reconnects with her biological mother after 18 years of separation against her adoptive mother's warnings. Three weeks after disappearing, Rebecca is found dead in Michigan's Manistee National Forest. Her full term baby was cut from her body while she was still alive. Robin looks at the famil...
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This week on Red, White & Bruised, host Robin breaks down another week of chaos from the Trump administration, from potential war crimes to beefing with pop stars to gutting protections for trans prisoners.

THE BIG STORY: Pete Hegseth's Boat Strike Scandal The Secretary of Defense is facing war crime allegations after reports surfaced that a second missile was fired at survivors of an initial strike on an alleged drug boat in th...
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This week on Red, White & Bruised: Tennessee's 7th District special election is somehow competitive in a Trump +22 district, and it's all thanks to Aftyn Behn, a progressive state rep who won't apologize for hating bachelorette parties or fighting corporate tax dodgers. We break down why her campaign is the blueprint Democrats need and why Republicans are in full panic mode.

Then: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth allegedly ordered...
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In 2012, NYPD officer Gilberto Valle's wife made a horrifying discovery: thousands of online chats where her husband discussed kidnapping, torturing, cooking, and eating women...including her.

Valle was a member of Dark Fetish Net, a website for extreme sexual fantasies, where he shared detailed plans about cannibalizing real people he knew.

The FBI arrested Valle and charged him with conspiracy to commit kidnapping. The evidence wa...
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Gavin Weisenburg and Tanner Thomas spent nearly a year planning to invade Haiti, commit genocide, and enslave an entire island population.

THE PLOT:
  • Target: Gonâve Island, Haiti (87,000 residents)
  • Goal: Murder all men, enslave all women & children
  • Method: Sailboat invasion with mercenary army of homeless people from D.C. 
  • Budget: $0
  • Success Rate: 0%
  • FBI Evidence: 📚📚📚
This is the story so far. 

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This week on Red, White & Bruised: Trump amplifies calls to hang Democratic lawmakers, then hosts NYC's socialist mayor-elect for an Oval Office love-fest. Marjorie Taylor Greene rage-quits Congress after Trump brands her a "traitor." Federal workers face loyalty oaths. The Coast Guard downgrades swastikas to "potentially divisive." Nursing degrees stripped of professional status. And Trump finally signs the Epstein Files Trans...
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In this quick episode, Robin's taking a hard look at the shady past of Sylvia Browne, the self-proclaimed medium who made a killing off her "connections" with the dead. Then, we're turning our skeptical eye to the TikTok tarot readers who dish out life advice in 60 seconds or less. Is it all harmless fun, or is there a darker side to this digital divination trend? Let's have a frank discussion about the woo woo. 

#sylviabrowne #taro...
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Over 20,000 documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were just released by Congress, and they paint a damning picture of Donald Trump's relationship with the convicted sex trafficker. From the 2011 "dog that hasn't barked" email to the 2019 bombshell where Epstein wrote "of course he knew about the girls," let's walk through the complete chronological timeline of what Epstein said about Trump, who stayed connecte...
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It's been a wild week in American politics.

The Supreme Court declined to overturn marriage equality, leaving Kim Davis (the Kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples) stuck with a $360,000 bill and zero sympathy. Meanwhile, after 43 days of chaos, the government shutdown is finally ending, but Democrats caved without securing protections for the 20+ million Americans about to lose their health insurance s...
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THE CIRCLEVILLE LETTERS: AMERICA'S MOST DISTURBING ANONYMOUS THREAT CAMPAIGN


For over two decades, someone in Circleville, Ohio waged one of the most extensive campaigns of psychological terror in American history. Thousands of letters. Hundreds of victims. Secrets, accusations, and threats that knew too much about people's private lives.


In 1976, school bus driver Mary Gillispie started receiving letters accusing her of having an af...
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Day 39 of the longest government shutdown in history. This isn't dysfunction...it's weaponized cruelty.

I just got married. Now the Supreme Court is considering whether to erase marriage equality. The Trump administration hijacked federal employees' emails for partisan propaganda. They manufactured a crisis to justify deploying troops to Portland. 40 million Americans didn't receive SNAP benefits for the first time ever. But here's ...
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