In this week's True Crime Daily Podcast: A TikTok star is accused of shooting a friend dead during a drunken night of "cosplay" in Houston. But how could someone with a million and a half followers be charged with manslaughter without it going public, for months? And a nurse in Texas is convicted of killing patients by injecting air into their arteries following heart surgeries. The nurse's attorney says the hospital had other issues, and the nurse is just a scapegoat. Clinical and forensic neur...
Oct 29, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 142
A Florida woman who went missing in September is found dead in a canal, and police say the suspect has confessed to her murder. Last year, the suspect was released from prison after serving 25 years of a 40-year sentence -- and that's the second time he got out of prison early. The woman's family is furious and is demanding answers. Plus, Robert Durst, convicted in September of the 2000 murder of Susan Berman in Los Angeles, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. The 78-year-old Du...
Oct 22, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 141
In this week's True Crime Daily The Sidebar podcast: We get questions from listeners and viewers about legal and criminal justice topics, so this week we're going to address some of your comments. Eric Siddall, a Los Angeles County prosecutor and vice president of the Association of Los Angeles Deputy District Attorneys, joins host Joshua Ritter. Ritter and Siddall discuss prosecutors and public statements; social media and the Gabby Petito case; the Sirhan Sirhan parole recommendation; the Ahma...
Oct 20, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 140
In a special three-part edition of True Crime Daily The Podcast, we take a deep dive into the wild case of Jose Lantigua, a Florida man who betrayed his family and friends, fled to the jungles of South America to fake his own death, and was finally brought down back in the U.S. in an elaborate international fraud scheme. In part three's conclusion to the case, host Ana Garcia talks with private investigator Richard Marquez about how Lantigua was ultimately captured. And what did Lantigua's wife ...
Oct 18, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 139
This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: Missouri woman Cassidy Rainwater is still missing after disappearing in July. Two men are held on suspicion of kidnapping in the case after incriminating evidence is found on a phone. Hours before the men appear in court, the cabin where they lived burns to the ground. And a New Jersey woman on a cross-country adventure to California, following her dream to become a chef, vanishes in June. Now local authorities announce a gruesome discovery, but is it r...
Oct 15, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 138
In a special three-part edition of True Crime Daily The Podcast, we're taking a deep dive into the wild case of Jose Lantigua, a Florida man who betrayed his family and friends, fled to the jungles of South America to fake his own death, and was finally brought down back in the U.S. in an elaborate international fraud scheme. In part two, host Ana Garcia sits down with private investigator Richard Marquez to discuss the steps he took to track down the trail Lantigua left in the unusual "cause of...
Oct 15, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 137
In this week's episode of our new podcast series True Crime Daily The Sidebar, host Joshua Ritter analyzes the Bill Cosby trial in Pennsylvania, and the state supreme court's recent overturning of Cosby's conviction, with Jennifer Bonjean, one of the attorneys on the case. Bonjean discusses the trial, the steps that led up to it, and the reasons why Cosby's sexual assault conviction was overturned, resulting in the 84-year-old comedian's release from prison this summer. See omnystudio.com/listen...
Oct 13, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 136
In a special three-part edition of True Crime Daily The Podcast, we're taking a deep dive into the wild case of Jose Lantigua, a Florida man who betrayed his family and friends, fled to the jungles of South America to fake his own death, and was finally brought down back in the U.S. in an elaborate international fraud scheme. In part one, host Ana Garcia explains how the plot began, and sits down with private investigator Richard Marquez to discuss the devious details of Lantigua’s plan. See omn...
Oct 08, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 135
This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: Singer R. Kelly is convicted in New York on federal racketeering and sex-trafficking charges. Attorney Gerald A. Griggs weighs in on the trial, the survivors, and Kelly's future. And new updates in the case of missing woman May "Maya" Millete, a mother of three who vanished in the San Diego area in January. Her husband was later named a person of interest in the case -- now new developments, including a court statement from him. Attorney Joey Jackson jo...
Oct 01, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 134
In this week's episode of our new podcast series True Crime Daily The Sidebar, host Joshua Ritter analyzes the R. Kelly trial in New York City with Steve Greenberg, one of Kelly's attorneys, based in Chicago. Greenberg talks about his experiences with the singer, his withdrawal from the New York trial, his thoughts on the charges brought against Kelly, and his opinion of the current defense team. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Sep 27, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 133
This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: An arrest in the 2012 murder of North Carolina college student Faith Hedgepeth. The case's progress seemed stalled, until last week's announcement of a surprise suspect. And new info in the Colorado case of Suzanne Morphew, a mom of two who went missing on Mother's Day last year. Her husband is charged with her murder, though she remains missing. Investigators released the arrest warrant affidavit, providing lots of new details. Criminal defense attorne...
Sep 24, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 132
This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: An update to the Ohio case of a mother who admitted to killing her 6-year-old son and disposing of him in a river. She's been sentenced, but the boy's body remains missing. And a young couple goes on a cross-country camping adventure for several weeks. The boyfriend is back home in Florida -- but where is his girlfriend? Her mother hasn't heard from her since August. The boyfriend isn't talking. Former prosecutor and current criminal defense attorney Ro...
Sep 17, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 131
In a breaking development on Wednesday in the Murdaugh family double-murder case, Alex Murdaugh has admitted to allegedly hiring a would-be hitman to kill him in a botched suicide plot. Alex Murdaugh reportedly told his attorneys he hired a man to shoot him in the head so Murdaugh's surviving son would receive a $10 million insurance payout. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has announced the arrest of Curtis Edward Smith, accused of being Murdaugh's accomplice. Smith is reportedly a f...
Sep 15, 2021•9 min•Season 1Ep. 130
This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: New details in South Carolina's Murdaugh family double-murder mystery, as the man who discovered his wife and son shot to death on their property in June announces he's going to rehab after resigning from his family law firm, on the same weekend he's reportedly shot in the head changing a tire on the side of the road. And a Florida teenager charged with the brutal stabbing murder of a 13-year-old classmate makes a bizarre court appearance. Private inves...
Sep 10, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 129
On our first episode of True Crime Daily Sidebar, host Joshua Ritter is diving into the #FreeBritney movement and unraveling the tangled conservatorship that the singer is in the middle of fighting. How did the conservatorship start? Why has her father had control over his adult daughter’s life for the past 13 years? Joining Joshua is psychiatrist and former director of the County of Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services Dr. Charles Sophy, who at one point was asked to step into...
Sep 07, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 128
This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A former "Ole Miss" student takes a plea deal to avoid the death penalty in the murder case of Alexandria "Ally" Kostial, a student found shot to death at a lake near the University of Mississippi campus in 2019. And a married couple is found murdered at their campsite in the Utah desert days after telling friends and family about a "creepy guy" who was camping near them last month. Former prosecutor and current criminal defense attorney Joshua Ritter j...
Sep 03, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 127
This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast, underground-comics artist Glenn Head discusses his graphic novel "Chartwell Manor," which explores themes of survival and justice in the harrowing tale of a young student sent to a New Jersey boarding school led by a serial child abuser. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 27, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 126
This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A tragic case in Southern California, where a surfing instructor is accused of taking his two very young children south of the border and brutally murdering both of them. And an Atlanta woman walking her dog late at night is attacked in a city park. The woman's life partner finds her and the dog stabbed to death, and officials warn the public not to go to the park alone at night. Neuropsychologist and author Dr. Judy Ho joins Ana Garcia. See omnystudio....
Aug 20, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 125
This week on True Crime Daily the Podcast: a Minnesota man is accused of decapitating his girlfriend and leaving her body on the street. Plus, a Louisiana millionaire has plead guilty to planning the botched kidnapping of his estranged wife, which resulted in the deaths of the two hired kidnappers. Former homicide detective and current private investigator, Luis Bolaños joins host Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Aug 13, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 124
This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A Florida woman is accused of keeping a special-needs girl trapped in a metal cage in the bedroom of her filthy household after the girl escaped to a neighbor's yard. Plus, a Milwaukee man is sentenced to 205 years in prison for killing five family members in 2020. Criminal defense attorney Mike Cavalluzzi joins host Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 06, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 123
This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping and murdering 18-year-old Amish woman Linda Stoltzfoos. And an aspiring rapper is charged with 15 criminal counts in a triple-murder on a Georgia golf course. Attorney and activist Gerald A. Griggs joins host Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 30, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 122
This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A Baltimore police officer allegedly murders his 15-year-old stepson and hides his body in an attic crawlspace. And a Wisconsin man is charged with homicide after his father’s dismembered remains were found on a rural property, while his mother is still missing. Criminal justice professor Dr. Nicky Jackson joins host Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 23, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 121
This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: Pamela Hupp, serving life in Missouri prison for killing a man in her home, is now charged with the murder of Betsy Faria, a woman whose husband served time before he was exonerated of her brutal death. And police in South Carolina share details as they close the case of Faye Swetlik, a first-grader who went missing after school in February last year and was found dead days later. Criminal defense attorney Alison Triessl joins host Ana Garcia. See omnys...
Jul 16, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 120
This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A California mother admits to strangling her special-needs son, who was identified a week after his body was found by a hiker in the Nevada desert. And a former Houston Police sergeant is sentenced to prison for murdering his librarian wife in a fit of jealousy. Criminal defense attorney Joshua Ritter joins host Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 09, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 119
This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: Forensic neuropsychologist Dr. Judy Ho joins host Ana Garcia for our "My Favorite Case" series to discuss the trial of Jodi Arias, convicted in the gruesome murder of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander in 2008. Arias drove from California to Arizona, had sex with Alexander, took photos of him, then stabbed him 27 times and shot him in the head and cut his throat. Arias was arrested a month later. After testifying on the stand for 18 days, Arias was convi...
Jul 02, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 118
This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A mother and son from a prominent South Carolina family were shot and killed on their property while the son was awaiting trial in connection to a 2019 boat crash that left a 19-year-old woman dead. And an update to the Sarah Lawrence College sex cult case in New York, where a student's father allegedly preyed on her friends and may have prompted some victims to attempt suicide, according to a new criminal filing. Former prosecutor and current TV host L...
Jun 25, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 117
This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A Wisconsin woman allegedly poisoned a friend with eyedrops, then staged the scene to look like a suicide, all motivated by money, authorities say. And a Virginia Tech football player allegedly murdered a man who "catfished" him on Tinder. Former federal prosecutor and current trial lawyer Stephen Lee joins host Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 18, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 116
This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: Charlee Funes, a 13-year-old girl who was attacked during gym class in Illinois, joins us. And a California man is sentenced to prison for killing his wife, then propping her dead body on the couch on Christmas morning while her kids opened their presents. Private investigator Luis Bolaños joins host Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 11, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 115
This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A 14-year-old boy is charged as an adult for murder after allegedly stabbing a 13-year-old girl 114 times in Florida. Plus, Lori Vallow, accused of killing her two children and burying their remains, has been ruled mentally unfit for trial. Criminal defense attorney Phillip Hamilton joins host Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 04, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 114
This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A surveillance camera captures a man trying to kidnap an 11-year-old Florida girl, who fought back and marked the suspect with "blue slime." Plus, further details emerge in the abduction of 4-year-old Cash Gernon, whose body was found on a Dallas street. Clinical and forensic neuropsychologist Dr. Judy Ho joins host Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 28, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 113
