Julie Jensen suspected her husband and father of her children, Mark Jensen, wanted her dead so she put pen to paper telling the world just that. That letter, written just days before her death, would lead to his 2008 conviction of her murder, but would also be the reason for overturning that same conviction in 2017. Now, Jensen faces a jury once again, live on Court TV. This week’s Court TV Podcast examines his first trial with an audio edition of the original series Judgment with Ashleigh Banfi...
Jan 12, 2023•45 min
In 1971 the infamous Charles Manson and several of his followers were sentenced to death in a series of murders, including actress Sharon Tate and her unborn child. Many thought this horrific story would end there, but when California abolished the death penalty, making parole an option, Manson took center stage once again. This week’s Court TV Podcast takes you in for a closer look at the Manson Family parole hearings with an audio edition of the original series Judgment with Ashleigh Banfield....
Jan 05, 2023•45 min
A quadruple murder mystery has gripped the nation: four University of Idaho students found stabbed to death in their off-campus home. No signs of forced entry, no signs of robbery. Fellow students, staff, and families left uneasy and frustrated with little to no answers as to what happened or why. Court TV’s Chanley Painter, who was on the ground in Moscow, Idaho, joins host Vinnie Politan to dive deeper into this tragic story and the puzzling details coming out of this investigation. Get the la...
Dec 15, 2022•43 min
The 2009 sudden overdose death of pop icon Michael Jackson left millions of people around the world shocked, the only thing more shocking was when his personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, was charged in his death. Did Murray’s actions warrant an involuntary manslaughter charge? This week’s Court TV Podcast dives deeper into this case with an audio edition of the original true crime series Judgment with Ashleigh Banfield. This is Judgment of Doctor Conrad Murray. To see the full California vers...
Dec 08, 2022•45 min
It was the talk of the town. Betty Broderick was a socialite who appeared to live the perfect life until it all came crashing down in a bitter public divorce and a double homicide. Broderick would end up standing trial for the murders of her ex-husband and his new wife after they were found dead in their San Diego home. This week’s Court TV Podcast takes a deep dive into this case that would raise important questions on a woman’s role in society and equal rights and protection under the law with...
Dec 01, 2022•46 min
In 2003, Phil Spector went from legendary record producer, working with highly influential acts such as the Beatles and Ike and Tina Turner, to facing a second-degree murder charge. No one knows why actress Lana Clarkson decided to go to Phil Spector's home for a nightcap, but she was dead by the end of the night. He claims she committed suicide, but the evidence says otherwise. Will Lana get the justice she deserves? This week’s Court TV Podcast dives deeper into these questions with another au...
Nov 17, 2022•45 min
The 1993 trial of Erik and Lyle Menendez dominated television screens across the country as the two brothers stood accused of the shotgun murders of their parents. One shocking revelation after another, did they kill their parents for money? Or was the motive something much darker? This week’s Court TV Podcast takes you in for a closer look at one of the highest publicized trials of the 1990s with an audio edition of the original series Judgment with Ashleigh Banfield. This is Judgment of The Me...
Nov 10, 2022•45 min
The discovery of Travis Alexander’s body, riddled with stab wounds, his throat slit and shot in the back of the head, shocked his friends and family. What didn’t shock them was when Arizona police charged his on-again-off-again girlfriend Jodi Arias with his murder. This week’s Court TV Podcast dives deeper into the bizarre murder trial of Jodi Arias with another episode of the original series Judgment with Ashleigh Banfield. This is Judgment of Jodi Arias. To see the full Arizona versus Jodi Ar...
Nov 03, 2022•45 min
The mystery surrounding the 2008 disappearance and death of two-year-old Caylee Anthony gripped the nation. Was she the victim of her neglectful party girl mother Casey? Or was a darker family secret to blame? The only thing more shocking than the testimony from the trial of Casey Anthony was the verdict itself. This week’s Court TV Podcast tells the story of Casey Anthony’s trial and the shocking aftermath with an episode of the original series Judgment with Ashleigh Banfield. This is Judgment ...
Oct 27, 2022•46 min
PODCAST: A larger-than-life case: infamous real-estate heir Robert Durst and the murder of his longtime friend Susan Berman. When detectives found Berman shot in the back of the head execution style, they had little to go on, and the case eventually went cold. Fifteen years later, this case would finally see some answers with an apparent confession. This episode of the Court TV Podcast dives deeper into a case full of twists and turns in the Court TV original true crime series Someone They Knew ...
Oct 20, 2022•44 min
Susan and Jeff Wright appeared to lead a happy life with their two young children in a suburb of Houston until Jeff’s body was discovered by police buried under a doghouse in their backyard. Susan would admit to the fatal stabbings, but was this a case of cold-blooded murder, or perhaps self-defense? This week’s Court TV Podcast takes you in for a closer look at this case with another episode of the original true crime series Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall. This week’s episode is titled “The...
Oct 13, 2022•45 min
Southern California was home to many sensational murder cases in the 90’s. When record executive Dixie Hollier was found by police being brutally murdered by her daughter’s boyfriend, investigators had to figure out why. This week’s Court TV Podcast dives deeper into these questions with another episode of the original true crime series Someone They Knew With Tamron Hall. This week’s episode titled “The Odd Couple.” To see more episodes of Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall, click here....
Oct 06, 2022•45 min
Millionaire developer Ronald Rudin knew that you can’t deal real estate in Las Vegas without making a few enemies. But when his body was found shot, decapitated, and burned near Lake Mojave, investigators had to figure out who wanted him dead the most-his enemies or his friends. This week’s Court TV Podcast dives deeper into this story with another episode of the original true crime series Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall. This week’s episode is titled “Black Widow.” To see this week’s episode...
Sep 29, 2022•45 min
Penny Scaggs believed in being a dutiful Christian wife, she even taught local women how to build harmonious relationships. Then she was found brutally beaten and stabbed next to her beloved yellow piano. Was this a robbery gone horribly wrong- or was something in the Scaggs home out of tune? This week’s Court TV Podcast answers these questions with another episode of the original true crime series Someone they Knew with Tamron Hall. This week’s episode is titled “The Perfect Wife.” To see this ...
Sep 22, 2022•45 min
Bonny Lee Bakley had nine husbands before she met former “Our Gang” and “Baretta” star Robert Blake. He would be her last. As she waited for Blake outside a Los Angeles restaurant someone approached her car and shot her in the head. Was this Bakley’s checkered past catching up to her, or was the danger someone we thought we knew? This week’s Court TV Podcast dives deeper into these questions with another episode of the original true crime series Someone They Knew With Tamron Hall. This week’s ep...
Sep 15, 2022•45 min
Scott Shanahan was known for being unpredictable by the people of Defiance, Iowa so when he disappeared, leaving behind his pregnant wife and two children, nobody thought much of it. However, more than a year after his disappearance investigators uncovered something much more sinister when they searched his home. This week’s Court TV Podcast tells the story of his murder and eventual the trial of his killer. Here’s another audio edition of the Court TV original series Someone They Knew With Tamr...
Sep 08, 2022•45 min
When drug-addicted casino owner Ted Binion was found dead in his mansion, the suspects were all the Vegas archetypes: Was it his ex-stripper girlfriend, the handsome contractor who knew where his silver was buried, the mob boss who laundered money through his casino- or was it Ted’s own demons? This week’s Court TV Podcast dives deeper into this case with another episode of the original series Someone They Knew With Tamron Hall. This episode is entitled “What Happens In Vegas.” To see Court TV’s...
Sep 01, 2022•45 min
The police had little to go on when someone walked into the bedroom of retired television executive Steven Beard and shot him while he slept. All that was left behind was a shotgun shell and some rumors of a trouble marriage and infidelity. Eventually the police found the shooter, but did they find the person ultimately responsible? This week’s Court TV podcast answers that question with another episode of the original series Someone They Knew With Tamron Hall. This week’s episode entitled “Rude...
Aug 25, 2022•46 min
In rural Iowa, land is money. A farmer with a lot of land and the resources to work it can make something that can provide for the family for generations. That kind of legacy can also create resentment from other farmers and resentment can often lead to incidents that people cannot take back – life ending incidents. This week’s Court TV podcast tells one of those stories as two Iowa farmers clash over land rights in a way that forever altered both of their families. It’s Someone They Knew with T...
Aug 18, 2022•46 min
When someone broke into the home of John and Susan Sutton, shooting Susan to death and blinding John with a head wound, the police had a couple of good suspects. There was the client who was unhappy with a legal settlement John had gotten her and threatened violence. And then there was the affair John’s law partner was having with Susan. But neither turned out to be responsible. This week’s episode of the Court TV podcast tells the story of who was behind the shootings – someone very close to th...
Aug 11, 2022•45 min
Given the statistics that most of violent crime is perpetrated by someone the victim knows, it’s no surprise that Columbus, Ohio investigators focused on the family when Dennis Lewis was shot to death during a home invasion that appeared to be an inside job. Their suspect? Dennis’ identical twin brother Derris Lewis. What is a surprise is that those investigators came to that conclusion despite, Derris’s cooperation with the investigation and a rock solid alibi corroborated by multiple people. T...
Aug 04, 2022•45 min
Dr. Paul Jarrett was beloved fixture of his Boca Raton, Florida community – as was his son Gregg, who followed in his father’s medical footsteps by becoming a nurse. So you can imagine how shocking it was when the two men were discovered shot to death in their home in what appeared to be a home invasion robbery. Their murders might have gone unsolved except for a shocking discovery found in the pocket of one of Dr. Jarrett’s coats – a letter that not only made the police reevaluate their theory ...
Jul 28, 2022•46 min
Rosemarie Essa had a seemingly perfect life – a rich, successful husband, beautiful children and a family that loved her. So when she died after being in a minor car accident people couldn’t imagine the bad luck that has struck her family. But then questions started being asked and friends who knew a little bit more about what was going on in Rosemarie’s life spoke up and suddenly what was deemed a natural medical mystery was instead seen as murder. We’ll tell Rosemarie’s story in this week’s ed...
Jul 21, 2022•45 min
Heather and John Grossman were looking forward to trying out a new Thai restaurant in their Boca Raton, Florida home town when shots rang out. Soon after Heather was clinging to life shot and paralyzed by a hit man’s bullet and the Grossmans knew exactly who was responsible for all of this. This week’s Court TV Podcast is an episode of Someone They Knew With Tamron Hall and it tells the story of what it took to bring the person behind Heather Grossman’s shooting to justice. To see more of Someon...
Jul 14, 2022•46 min
An unannounced delivery of flowers at your front door is supposed to be a delightful surprise, but for Atlanta socialite Lita McClinton it was anything but delightful. It was deadly. But who would use flower delivery as a ruse to shoot her to death – and why would it take an international man hunt and nearly two decades to bring the person responsible for her death to justice? For this week’s Court TV Podcast we have another episode of the Court TV Original production Someone They Knew With Tamr...
Jul 07, 2022•45 min
When Shirley Carter was found shot to death on her kitchen floor, police automatically looked to her family first. Afterall, it’s typically a family member responsible for a crime like this. But what if they’re wrong? For this week’s Court TV Podcast we have another episode of Court TV’s ongoing true crime original Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall. This week’s episode entitled Family Business. To see more of Someone They Knew With Tamron Hall tune into Court TV every weeknight at 7pm or Sunday...
Jun 30, 2022•45 min
Ask anyone who knew Ramona Krotine and they would tell you the married mother of three loved to wind down from a long day of work at a local bar enjoying the company of friends and doing a little dancing. One night those plans turned out to be the last she ever made because Ramona was found beaten and shot to death. Was she the victim of a robbery? Or was her husband Jeff’s suspicious behavior in the days after her death a sign of something far more sinister? This week’s Court TV Podcast tells t...
Jun 23, 2022•45 min
Florida plumber John Cataneo didn’t think the had anything to fear when he stepped outside of his duplex to talk with a familiar face, but then shots rang out and Cataneo was soon dead. Investigators soon learned that the people closest to him both had alibis, but that doesn’t mean they weren’t involved. For this week’s episode of the podcast we the audio version of the Court TV Original Someone They Knew With Tamron Hall, And Murder Makes Three. To see more of Someone They Knew With Tamron Hall...
Jun 16, 2022•45 min
For this edition of the Court TV Podcast we have another audio version of the Court TV True Crime show Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall. This week’s episode entitled Who Shot the Sheriff. They say politics is a dirty game, but in Dekalb County, Georgia late in 2000 it became deadly when someone gunned down Sheriff-elect Derwin Brown in front of his home just days before he was to be sworn into office. A life-long law enforcement officer it would be easy to assume he was targeting by someone ou...
Jun 09, 2022•46 min
After three days of deliberations the seven-member jury in the Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard defamation trial came to a decision and it was as shocking and dramatic as expected. Court TV’s Chanley Painter was in the room where it happened and joins host Vinnie Politan with full coverage of the reading of the verdict, the crowd’s reaction outside the courthouse and the impact this trial has had around the world. Get the latest updates on CourtTV and CourtTV.com and tune in to see Vinnie Politan and...
Jun 03, 2022•45 min
