Newly released text messages between the parents of Anna Kepner’s sixteen-year-old stepbrother reveal what they were really focused on in the hours after her body was found — and it wasn’t grief. According to court filings in an ongoing custody battle, the suspect’s mother texted that her son “just keeps Read more…
The predator’s greatest advantage has never been strength or speed. It’s the fact that most people simply aren’t paying attention. This episode is an evergreen examination of how predators operate before they strike — the surveillance phase most people never see, the target selection process that runs on cold risk-benefit Read more…
The ransom notes in the Nancy Guthrie case were supposed to be the roadmap. Three identical letters demanding six million dollars in Bitcoin. Grammatically perfect, according to Harvey Levin. Intimate knowledge of Nancy’s home. Non-public details about her Apple Watch location, a destroyed floodlight, what she was wearing when she Read more…
Rob Reiner stood at Conan O’Brien’s Christmas party reportedly telling friends his son could hurt him. He went home anyway. Hours later, he and Michele were dead. This episode doesn’t ask why Nick Reiner allegedly killed his parents. It asks why they stayed. Eighteen rehab facilities. Sixty thousand dollars a Read more…
The affidavit is public. The autopsy reports are released. And the Michael McKee case just became one of the most forensically and psychologically layered murder prosecutions in Ohio. Spencer Tepe was shot seven times. Monique Tepe was shot nine times. Both had defensive wounds on their hands and arms — Read more…
Federal agents arrived at the home of Annie Guthrie and Tommaso Cioni with forensic extraction equipment. They were the last people to see Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Savannah Guthrie, before she was taken from her Tucson residence. Investigators confirmed forced entry, DNA evidence at the scene, and ransom Read more…
Eighteen thousand tips. And the one that matters probably hasn’t come in yet. Someone out there knows something. A neighbor who saw something. A coworker who’s noticed changed behavior. A friend who heard a conversation they’ve tried to forget. A family member protecting someone they love. Former FBI Special Agent Read more…
Two cases. One attorney who has prosecuted murder and defended against it. Eric Faddis joins Hidden Killers to break down the institutional failures in the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping investigation and the aggressive Supreme Court oral arguments in the Alex Murdaugh appeal. In the Guthrie case, eleven days without a suspect Read more…
We live in the most surveilled moment in human history. Cameras on every doorbell. GPS in every phone. License plate readers on every highway. We’re told if you commit a crime, you’ll be caught. Nancy Guthrie had a Nest camera. A pacemaker app. Family nearby. And she’s gone. Twelve days. Read more…
When Justice Toal denied Alex Murdaugh a new trial in January 2024, Becky Hill hadn’t been convicted of perjury yet. Now she has — and the South Carolina Supreme Court justices made it clear today that fact matters. Criminal defense attorney and former felony prosecutor Eric Faddis breaks down today’s Read more…