Profiling Evil

One week before the near-death hike that permanently scarred Micah Smith’s children, police contacted Micah Smith alongside a roadway in a lifted white GMC with no plates, no registration, no insurance, and bald tires in cold rainy weather. The encounter escalates quickly as Micah Smith resists basic identification, and officers discover there are multiple weapons inside the vehicle. Smith reveals his obsession with hiking...

In the wake of the tragic killing of Rob and Michele Reiner, new media reports are adding detail to how their son, Nick Reiner, behaved after the murders, what investigators allege about his post-crime choices, and how those behaviors intersect with claims of schizophrenia and substance history. Let’s explore Reiner’s documented actions like checking into a hotel, avoiding immediate contact with police, and how these decis...

In 1998, 50-year-old nurse and hospital administrator Sherry Crandell was raped and murdered inside her office at Prince George’s Hospital Center — a place she should have been safe. Despite DNA, fingerprints, and even an eyewitness, the case stalled for almost 30 years.

In this episode, I sit down with investigative journalist Paul Wagner, host of American Nightmares: Murder in a Safe Place, to break down the crime that sh...

The investigation into the deaths of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner has taken a decisive turn, with prosecutors now filing murder charges and a special allegation involving the personal use of a knife. In this episode, we walk through the latest updates from LAPD, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner, and the District Attorney’s Office, while examining how family stress, long-standing addiction issues, and holiday...

It starts small. A stolen bottle of liquor. A missing wallet. A petty theft in the night. But for some individuals, crime isn’t a one-off, it’s a sliding scale, a dark spiral downward. Let’s examine how Antonio Brown, an alcoholic, homeless man moved from petty theft to what would become a brutal homicide. This isn’t about sensational headlines. It’s about the dangerous dynamics of escalation — when opportunity, desperatio...

When a defense team orders a psychological evaluation just weeks before trial, it’s never accidental and it’s never meaningless. In this episode of Profiling Evil, we take a careful, plain-spoken look at the developing case of Sarah Grace Patrick, charged in Carroll County, Georgia, with the murders of her mother, Kristen Brock, and her stepfather, James Brock. As the case moves closer to trial, new questions are emerging ...

Missing Melodee Buzzard, & Ashlee Buzzard’s Silence | Profiling Evil

Nine-year-old Melodee Buzzard vanished somewhere along the Utah-Colorado border after a strange cross-country trip with her mother, Ashlee Buzzard—a journey involving wigs, license-plate swaps, and days of evasive travel through Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and Nebraska. Ashlee Buzzard returned the rental car alone… and has refused to say where Melodee Buzz...

This Rob Reiner story is one of those stories that makes you stop and really think about what’s happening inside families when the doors are closed and the holidays are supposed to bring everyone together. In this review, we’re also going to acknowledge the tragedy at Bondi Beach, because these events didn’t happen in isolation — they reflect a broader pattern of violence and emotional fracture surfacing during moments tha...

Does true crime help us stay safer? Why do people study predators, behavior, and criminal psychology? In this episode, Mike King breaks down the four core reasons he creates Profiling Evil content — from risk-reduction to evidence-based storytelling — and then answers YOUR questions as part of Feedback Friday. This week’s questions include, the heartbreaking case of 10-year-old Tanishka Sharma in Noida, India. Lisa’s react...

Chad Daybell says he’s “pausing” his Letters from Chad series so his appeals can move forward. In Letter #10, Chad Daybell blames the media, the prosecution, his own lawyer, and the justice system—but never himself. Let’s tear this letter apart line by line, showing how it’s really about damage control for Chad Daybell, narrative manipulation, and a failed marketing campaign from death row. We’ll talk about his unmentioned...

A Utah father, Micah Smith, took his three young children on what prosecutors now call a “not well planned,” “ill-prepared,” and “extremely dangerous” hike into Big Cottonwood Canyon. Hours later, two children are unconscious from hypothermia, one appears dead when rescuers arrive, and the story Micah Smith tells doesn’t match what investigators later uncover. According to the indictment, Micah Smith pushed toward the top ...

In this episode, we’re looking into what almost became public in the Idaho student murders case before Bryan Kohberger abruptly pleaded guilty. Prosecutors were preparing to call Bryan Kohberger's sister and parents to the stand in a move that would’ve opened the door to a deeper history of troubling behavior, family dynamics, and long-ignored warning signs. What was Kohberger so desperate to keep hidden? Then, we’ll dig i...

Profiling Evil breaks down the opening statements in the Brian Walshe murder trial, a case as bizarre as it is heartbreaking. Prosecutors say Brian Walshe murdered his wife Ana on New Year’s Day, dismembered her, and dumped her remains in trash transfer stations. The defense says Ana simply died in her sleep and that Brian Walshe panicked, dismembered her, and lied for three years because he “wanted to remain his children’...

In this Profiling Evil Bonus Episode, I’m coming to you from Las Vegas, where I’ve been speaking at a conference on reducing risk and improving personal safety. And let me tell you… after digging into this case, I couldn’t help but think some of the behavioral training we talked about at that conference might’ve come in handy for the man at the center of this story—a man who ended up married to a former porn star turned co...

In most families, the holidays are driven by loving, caring mothers who can’t wait to get everybody under the same roof. But what happens when the “mom” at the center of the story is accused — or convicted — of destroying her own family? In this Profiling Evil episode, we look at how high-profile women like Ruby Franke, Jodi Hildebrandt, Kouri Richins, and Lori Vallow Daybell will likely spend their holidays behind bars. R...

Profiling Evil breaks down the disturbing and rapidly developing Unequivocal death case of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose body was found wrapped in plastic, hidden inside singer D4vd’s abandoned Tesla in Los Angeles. New reports reveal a second suspect has been tied to the case. Let’s examine the timeline, the digital breadcrumbs, Tesla tracking, victimology, suspectology, concealment behaviors, dismemberment a...

In this episode, we dig into the perplexing case of 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard and her mother, Ashlee Buzzard, a case that stalled and left far more questions than answers. We break down the recent court hearing in which a false-imprisonment charge against Ashlee was dismissed due to insufficient evidence, and we examine whether law enforcement and the prosecution moved too quickly, potentially botching the investigation, ...

In this week’s Feedback Friday, I’m filming just east of Las Vegas—on a lonely stretch of desert highway known for mob history, hidden graves, and more than a few stories about barrels resting quietly on the lake bottom. Perfect place to unpack delusion, manipulation, and your questions about Chad Daybell. We’re going to walk through your top comments, the biggest legal questions about why Chad Daybell is even allowed to w...

This week on True Crime Tuesday, we’re looking at three cases dominating national headlines — each different in the details, but united by one theme: human behavior under stress and the tragic consequences that follow. First, we examine the death of Michael Duarte, the popular food influencer known as FoodWithBearHands, who was shot and killed by a Medina County Sheriff’s deputy in Texas. Then we’ll move to Las Vegas, Neva...