Hidden Killers Live! Daily True Crime News & Breakdowns

Hidden Killers Live! Daily True Crime News & Breakdowns

Hidden Killers Live! is your daily true crime podcast delivering two hours of nonstop coverage every weekday. Hosted by Tony Brueski, Stacy Cole, and Todd Michaels, 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. Follow now on Apple Podcasts and join Tony Brueski, Stacy Cole, and Todd Michaels inside Hidden Killers Live! — where the truth is always in the details.

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December 1, 2025 23 mins
In this episode of Hidden Killers, psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins us to unpack the disturbing psychology and systemic collapse behind the escape of Morgan Geyser — the now-23-year-old woman who attempted a ritualistic Slender Man killing as a child, and who recently slipped out of a state-approved group home with a 42-year-old man after cutting off her GPS monitor.

This wasn’t a locked facility. This wasn’t a sec...
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Tonight on Hidden Killers, we sit down with psychotherapist Shavaun Scott to examine one of the most psychologically alarming missing-child cases in recent memory: the disappearance of nine-year-old Melodee Buzzard — and the unraveling mental state of her mother, Ashlee Buzzard, whose behavior seems to be spiraling far past “odd” and into a realm of fractured reality.

This is a case defined by contradictions, delusion...
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Tonight on Hidden Killers, psychotherapist Shavaun Scott helps us unravel two cases that shouldn’t be connected — but absolutely are.
On one side: Ashlee Buzzard, a mother spiraling into paranoia, delusion, secrecy, and destabilization as her nine-year-old daughter, Melodee, remains missing.
On the other: Morgan Geyser, the Slender Man attacker who escaped a state placement, cut her ankle monitor, crossed state lines w...
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As part of our Hidden Killers 2025 Year in Review series, we’re revisiting one of the most disturbing and debated questions of the year: Was Bryan Kohberger just a socially awkward PhD student obsessed with criminology—or a meticulous killer hiding in plain sight?

In this full-length breakdown, Tony Brueski sits down with former felony prosecutor and defense attorney Eric Faddis, and later, psychotherapist Shavaun Sco...
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When 18-year-old Anna Kepner was found hidden under a bed inside a cruise ship cabin, the story immediately drew national attention — not because of what investigators discovered, but because of all the things they didn’t. No intruder. No external threat. No clear cause of death. Just a 16-year-old stepsibling who now sits at the center of a legal and emotional storm.

Tonight on Hidden Killers, we dig into the legal t...
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The death of 18-year-old Anna Kepner inside a cruise cabin has become one of the most puzzling cases of the year — because there is no outside suspect, no unknown figure on the ship, and no clear timeline. Just a small cabin, a concealed body, a 16-year-old stepsibling at the center of the investigation, and a family whose internal conflicts are now spilling into custody court.

Tonight, Hidden Killers takes a hard loo...
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The death of 18-year-old Anna Kepner inside a cruise cabin has become one of the most puzzling cases of the year — because there is no outside suspect, no unknown figure on the ship, and no clear timeline. Just a small cabin, a concealed body, a 16-year-old stepsibling at the center of the investigation, and a family whose internal conflicts are now spilling into custody court.

Tonight, Hidden Killers takes a hard loo...
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The death of 18-year-old Anna Kepner inside a cruise cabin has become a legal puzzle that prosecutors may not be able to solve — not because they aren’t trying, but because the law requires clarity in places where this case offers almost none.

On tonight’s episode of Hidden Killers, we dissect why the investigation into Anna's death is so stalled, so complicated, and so uniquely fragile. Attorney and former prosecutor...
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The case of Celeste Rivas is turning darker by the hour. Major outlets now report that investigators are seeing forensic indicators consistent with cold storage, freezing, long-term concealment, and even possible dismemberment. And yet the person tied to the Tesla where she was found — a car abandoned on a hill — reportedly still hasn’t been interviewed.

Not questioned. Not sat down. Nothing.

That detail alon...
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Eighteen-year-old Anna Kepner was found hidden under a bed on a cruise ship — in a cabin she shared with her own family. A younger sibling asleep feet above her. A stepbrother now designated a suspect. A stepmother invoking the Fifth Amendment. And a biological mother recording a viral thirteen-minute meltdown online, blaming everyone but herself.

This isn’t one tragedy — it’s the implosion of two families at the exac...
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Two teenagers. Two families in collapse. Two investigations spiraling into deeper and darker territory with every new detail.

Tonight, we break down the cases of Anna Kepner and Celeste Rivas — not because they’re connected, but because they expose something grim about how teens slip through every possible crack before their lives end surrounded by secrecy, confusion, and chaos.

On one side, an eighteen-year-...
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In tonight’s Hidden Killers Live, we’re unpacking one of the most uncomfortable realities about modern institutions: people show concerning behavior long before they cross a legal line — and institutions rarely know what to do with that space in between. Joining us is retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke, who has spent his career studying that gap.

Washington State University found itself exactly in that space. Mult...
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Tonight on Hidden Killers Live, we’re cutting straight through the fog that has surrounded Washington State University’s handling of Bryan Kohberger’s behavioral complaints — and we’re doing it with retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke, one of the most respected behavioral experts in the country.

This isn’t about blaming people who didn’t have a crystal ball. This is about understanding what behavioral red flags act...
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Tonight on Hidden Killers Live, we’re taking on the uncomfortable truth institutions hate facing: sometimes the danger is right in front of them, but the structure, culture, and psychology of the environment keep anyone from calling it what it is. Retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke joins us to break down how those blind spots cost Washington State University crucial opportunities to intervene.

This episode digs in...
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Tonight on Hidden Killers Live, we’re taking on the uncomfortable truth institutions hate facing: sometimes the danger is right in front of them, but the structure, culture, and psychology of the environment keep anyone from calling it what it is. Retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke joins us to break down how those blind spots cost Washington State University crucial opportunities to intervene.

This episode digs in...
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Two major true-crime cases just took sharp, unexpected turns — one in the courtroom, one in the civil arena.

First, Brian Walshe blindsided the court by pleading guilty to disposing of Ana Walshe’s remains and misleading investigators — but still maintaining he didn’t kill her. It’s a move that redefines the entire murder trial and forces huge strategic shifts for both sides.

Then, across the country, Washing...
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When the Epstein files go public, the biggest shock won’t be a single name — it will be the realization of how many institutions failed, looked away, or quietly enabled a predator to operate at the highest levels of society. And once that truth lands, America is going to feel something profound: institutional betrayal.

In this riveting one-hour discussion, Tony Brueski and psychotherapist Shavaun Scott dig into the ps...
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Today, defense attorney Bob Motta and I take a hard look at one of the most troubling aspects of the Delphi murder investigation: the leads that were dismissed, minimized, or never meaningfully followed.

The depositions show something the public has never had a clear window into — investigators explaining why certain suspects weren’t pursued, why certain statements didn’t matter, why symbolic elements of the crime sce...
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Some cases hit you in the gut, not because the details are complex, but because they’re painfully simple — and still, nothing happens. That’s the reality tonight as we look at the stories of Melodee Buzzard and Celeste Rivas Hernandez, two young girls caught in two different investigations that somehow keep producing the same baffling outcome: no real movement.

Nine-year-old Melodee is missing. Her mother, Ashlee — th...
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The Goncalves family has taken the next step — not criminal, but civil. They’ve filed claims against Washington State University, arguing the school ignored repeated red flags about Brian Kohberger before the murders in Moscow.

And now the question becomes: Does the law agree?

In this deep-dive episode of Hidden Killers, Tony Brueski sits down with former prosecutor and defense attorney Eric Faddis to unpack ...
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