The Trial: USA
Launched in the UK in 2022, The Trial is an award-winning, chart-topping podcast that goes behind the headlines of some of the biggest trials in the world. We take you into the courtroom, bringing you the detail as the evidence unfolds, examining key moments and carrying out exclusive interviews with detectives, victims, and experts. The Trial series occasionally uses actors and some voices generated by AI. Their words are taken as verbatim from the official court transcript. For ad-free listening to all of our shows, exclusive bonus episodes of The Trial every week, and complete access to our show archives, subscribe to The Crime Desk now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
A Manhattan jury has found luxury real estate brothers Oren, Alon and Tal Alexander guilty on all counts in a sweeping sex-trafficking case prosecutors say spanned more than a decade.
Jurors heard testimony from 11 women who accused the brothers of drugging and raping them - with one victim describing the attack as feeling like being ‘mauled by wild animals'.
In this episode of The Trial: USA, Daily Mail senior reporter Luke ...
On this week's episode of The Trial USA, we bring you up to date on the trial of former real estate agent Kouri Richins. She’s accused of murdering her millionaire husband, Eric Richins, with a fentanyl-laced Moscow Mule, before publishing an illustrated children's book about coping with grief.
In March 2022, 39-year-old Eric Richins was found dead in the bedroom of the home he shared with his wife and their three children. At f...
In 1994, Kurt Cobain was found dead in a room above the garage of his Seattle home. Authorities ruled that he had died from a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head. The case was closed as a suicide.
But for more than 30 years, questions have lingered.
Now, a new independent team of forensic researchers has re-examined Cobain’s autopsy and crime scene evidence.
They claim to have identified five key details - from blood patt...
This week on The Trial: USA, we take you inside a Manhattan courtroom where the sex trafficking trial of Tal, Oren and Alon Alexander has entered its third week - and testimony has left people in tears.
Once high-flying real estate brokers to the rich and famous, the brothers now face federal charges alleging they used wealth and status to lure women - including minors - before drugging and assaulting them. They have pleaded not gui...
The search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie escalates.
Just hours after Savannah Guthrie issued a public plea, the FBI released disturbing doorbell footage showing a masked, armed suspect disabling Nancy’s camera the night she disappeared.
Overnight, a man detained near the Mexican border in connection with the case was released after authorities carried out a court-ordered search of the property where he had been staying in Rio Ric...
In this episode of The Trial USA, we bring you everything we know so far about the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Savannah Guthrie, who police say was abducted from her home in the middle of the night.
Investigators have confirmed forced entry and blood at the scene, and say this is now being treated as a crime. We speak to senior investigative reporter Steve Helling, who has been covering the ca...
In this special episode of The Trial: USA, we examine one of the most hotly contested death investigations in recent history - the case of Ellen Greenberg.
Ellen was a 27-year-old teacher from Philadelphia who was found dead in her apartment in 2011, having suffered twenty stab wounds - many to the back of her head. Despite the circumstances, her death was ruled a suicide. That conclusion has been questioned for more than a deca...
This week on The Trial: USA, we break down the explosive case against luxury real-estate powerbrokers the Alexander Brothers. Once known for closing multimillion-dollar deals for A-list clients, the siblings are now facing serious criminal charges that threaten to bring their empire crashing down.
Host Kayla Brantley is joined by Katherine Kallergis, senior reporter at The Real Deal - who helped uncover the case to explain how t...
A chilling 911 call. A secret affair. And a murder trial now dominating headlines across America.
This week on The Trial: USA, we break down the latest developments in the murder case against Brendan Banfield, accused of killing his wife and staging an elaborate cover-up with the family’s former nanny — who testified in court this week for the first time.
Host Kayla Brantley is joined by Rachel Sharp, the Daily Mail’s chief crime cor...
The Trial: USA breaks down the criminal cases dominating American courtrooms — and the national conversation.
In this episode, we focus on the capture and prosecution of former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, following a covert U.S. operation that stunned the world. We explain how the mission was carried out, the federal narco-terrorism and drug trafficking charges Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores now face, what happened at...
In this episode of 'The Trial USA,' senior reporter Josh Boswell shares groundbreaking findings that potentially link two of America's most infamous cold cases: The Black Dahlia and the Zodiac Killer.
A cold case investigator claims to have cracked the Zodiac's cipher and identified a prime suspect - a former Marine with connections to both cases. We delve into the brutal details of both murders, explores the evidence tying our ...
In Los Angeles, Nick Reiner, the son of filmmaker Rob Reiner, has appeared in court accused of killing both of his parents inside their Brentwood home. Prosecutors are laying out what they say was a brutal attack, as investigators examine warning signs, family dynamics, and whether the death penalty could be in play.
We also bring you a major update from Brown University, where police say the suspect in last week’s campus shooti...
The Trial: USA is back! In this first episode of our new weekly show, we dive into the Brian Walshe murder trial, the most closely watched courtroom battle in the United States right now. Walshe is accused of killing his wife, Ana Walshe, before dismembering her body and disposing of her remains. Prosecutors say the case hinges not on eyewitnesses, but on a chilling trail of Google searches, surveillance footage, and forensic evide...
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In this FINAL episode of our Diddy series Kayla and Dan have all the drama from the courtroom in Manhattan as Sean Combs was jailed for over 4 years. In a hearing lasting for almost eight hours, including an emotional 12-minute plea from the defendant, the judge was not persuaded to release him. Instead he said violence against women had to be met with accountability. The judge also praised the bravery of the women who told the wor...
In this episode preview, Caroline chats to US correspondent Ruth Bashinsky about the infamous Gilgo Beach serial killings after a judge ruled that first of its kind DNA evidence can be used in the trial. They discuss all the background to the case and more about the man accused - Rex Heuermann.
You'll find the full episode, and loads of other great true crime content, on Trial+.
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Diddy’s defense team is back at it with a relentless approach to keeping him out of prison. Day after day, the defense is requesting bail, acquittals, and even the potential of a re-trial.
In this episode, Germania and Kayla give up-to-the-hour updates on the latest proposals and memorandums coming out of the ever-evolving trial of Sean Combs.
The ladies sit down for an interview with attorney Arick Fudali of the ...
While we’re hard at work on the next series of The Trial USA, we wanted to share a gripping new true crime series from the Daily Mail team behind The Trial.
In On The Case: The Idaho Murders, award-winning journalist Laura Collins investigates the shocking murders of four college students in Idaho—and the man now facing life in prison, Bryan Kohberger. Featuring exclusive insights from bestselling author How...
As the trial for the US vs. Sean "Diddy" Combs comes to an end, Kayla and Germania are taking you back through all of the most notable moments of the trial.
We're going back in time to talk about how we got here, and why.
Unpacking the details in comparison with the charges and the verdict.
The trial may be over, but with more than 50 civil lawsuits waiting in the wings, we at The Trial of Diddy are far from over!
Kayla Brantley sits down with influencer Arman Wiggins, best known as the Diddy supporter spraying baby oil outside of the courthouse in celebration of Diddy's not guilty verdict on racketeering and sex trafficking.
Arman talks to Kayla about being an influencer, being present at the Brooklyn courthouse, and his views on the verdict.
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