This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A mother found dead by way of a murder-for hire plot orchestrated by her ex-husband and his brother. Plus, a love triangle in Bismarck ends in murder and an attempt to collect a life insurance policy. Attorney Danielle Iredale joins host Ana Garcia. Thanks to our sponsor: HelloFresh.com/TCD16 code TCD16 Link to Video From Comments section: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ9LEBYCS70 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Feb 18, 2022•55 min•Season 1Ep. 159
This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: An Identical twin is freed from jail after his brother confesses to the murder that put him there. Plus, a mother who stabbed her 3-year-old daughter to death, claims SpongeBob SquarePants told her to commit the crime. Attorney Robert Corbett joins host Ana Garcia. Thanks to our sponsor: HelloFresh.com/TCD16 code TCD16 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 11, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 158
In this episode of True Crime Daily The Sidebar Podcast: Katherine James and Richard Gabriel join host Joshua Ritter to discuss the undefined elements of psychology and behavior that affect everyone in the courtroom and beyond. They discuss trial management, witness preparation, and the process of jury selection from the opening statements all the way through closing arguments. Stay tuned until the end of the episode to hear how these concepts work in actual cases and how the theater of the tria...
Feb 09, 2022•54 min•Season 1Ep. 157
This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: Two young people have been arrested in the murder of a New Mexico man who was shot dead trying to save his little brother from a carjacking and ransom situation following an alleged setup on social media. And an out-of-control road-rage shooting during morning rush hour in Miami was recorded on a driver's dashboard camera during the incident last summer. The shocking video has just been released, showing a violent encounter in which, unbelievably, no on...
Feb 04, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 156
This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A Connecticut woman is reported dead by a man who appears to have spent the night with her in December. Police never alerted the woman's family, who learned of her death from a note left on her door. Now her autopsy report is spurring more questions on how the case is being handled, and why the man who called 911 hasn't been fully investigated. And a Florida man allegedly attacked a jogger in his neighborhood, using a rubber mallet, a bathrobe belt and ...
Jan 28, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 155
In this week's True Crime Daily Podcast: An American man accused of sex crimes in multiple states reportedly died from cancer in 2020. Now authorities say he faked his death and became an international fugitive, after he's caught in a Scottish hospital with a near-fatal case of COVID. He's set to be extradited back to the U.S. And a Tennessee woman tells her son's school that her 12-year-old boy died from a seizure. Teachers and friends raising money for funeral arrangements reach a dead end, be...
Jan 21, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 154
An off-duty police officer in Alabama calls cops to report an apparent suicide in his apartment parking lot. Investigators soon discover the victim is the cop's pregnant girlfriend visiting from out of town. Was it an argument -- or an ambush? And a California woman is stalked and killed while driving for a food-delivery service, allegedly by an ex-boyfriend with a criminal past who may have previously threatened her. Police say the suspect and his mother led police on a wild pursuit in the vict...
Jan 14, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 153
This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A personal trainer in Brooklyn is accused of assaulting and shooting his parents in their Long Island mansion on Christmas in a reported dispute over his 1-year-old child. And police in New Hampshire are asking for the public's help to find a missing 7-year-old girl. She was reported missing last week - but she hasn't been seen since 2019. Why the delay, who's to blame - and where is Harmony Montgomery? Retired police lieutenant Eric Rosoff joins host A...
Jan 07, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 152
This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: Author and former detective Danny Smith joins host Ana Garcia for our "My Favorite Case" series. Smith spent 21 years with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, seven years as a homicide detective. Now he's a private investigator and consultant, and he's the author of the Dickie Floyd Detective Novel series. Smith's new book "Nothing Left to Prove: A Law Enforcement Memoir" tells the stories of some of the cases from his days on the job, includin...
Dec 31, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 151
This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: Ashley Elliott and Michael Coffino join host Ana Garcia for our "My Favorite Case" series to discuss Elliott's book "The Demon in Disguise." The book tells the story of Elliott's years-long journey in pursuit of justice in the murder of her father and the abduction of her mother. 'The Demon in Disguise: Murder, Kidnapping, and the Banty Rooster' https://www.amazon.com/Demon-Disguise-Murder-Kidnapping-Rooster/dp/1646634306 https://www.barnesandnoble.com/...
Dec 17, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 150
Go to https://nordvpn.com/tcd or use code tcd to get up to 73% off your NordVPN Plan + a bonus gift! This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: An Illinois woman well-known in her community for her support and advocacy for domestic-violence survivors and who taught self-defense classes to victims, was found dead on Thanksgiving with a man she was dating. Her ex-boyfriend is arrested, accused of shooting them both. And the documentary "The Murders at Starved Rock" examines the 1960 triple-murder ...
Dec 10, 2021•39 min•Season 1Ep. 149
In this week's True Crime Daily The Sidebar podcast: Criminal justice attorney Kenneth E. Belkin joins host Joshua Ritter to discuss cases and court trials in the news, including the Crumbley family and the school shooting in Oxford Township, Michigan; the Ghislaine Maxwell trial in Manhattan federal court; the manslaughter trial of Kim Potter, the police officer who killed Daunte Wright in Minnesota in April; and the Jussie Smollett trial in Chicago. Tweet your questions for future episodes to ...
Dec 08, 2021•39 min•Season 1Ep. 148
This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A librarian in Florida is accused of bumping a motorcyclist in traffic in a road-rage incident. The pregnant woman is followed home by the rider and other witnesses before she's shot dead in the street after reportedly getting a gun from her house. No one is charged in the case. And a New Jersey cop is arrested after allegedly killing a pedestrian in a traffic crash, leaving the scene, then returning to retrieve the victim's body, bringing it home to mo...
Dec 03, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 147
This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: Mark Himebaugh was 11 years old when he was last seen near his home in Del Haven, New Jersey, on November 25, 1991. At first, his disappearance was treated as a missing-child case, a boy who went to look at a nearby marsh fire and may have wandered off. But as the hours and days passed, something more nefarious was feared. A child's sneaker was found near Himebaugh's home during the intensive searches for the freckled, red-headed little boy. Sketches of...
Nov 19, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 146
This week on the True Crime Daily Podcast: A veterinary technician is found brutally stabbed to death in her South Carolina house. A classically trained concert pianist with no known relation to her turns himself in and is charged with her murder. Two other men known to the victim face unrelated charges, but is there a connection? Plus, a Good Samaritan and help from social media: A driver on a highway in Kentucky sees a passenger signaling to them and recognizes the hand gesture indicating dist...
Nov 12, 2021•35 min•Season 1Ep. 145
In this wide-ranging two-part interview with renowned attorney Mark Geragos, Joshua Ritter discusses the landmark cases of Geragos’s prolific career. From Michael Jackson to Scott Peterson, Winona Ryder to Colin Kaepernick and Jussie Smollett, Geragos reveals how he got started in law, and the cases that propelled his success, including how the Susan McDougal trial “supercharged” his career in the 1990s. Geragos talks about a possible new trial for convicted murderer Scott Peterson; the return t...
Nov 08, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 144
A Texas woman is shot while driving on a highway after finding a tracking device on her car. Police say the woman, who was an exotic dancer, was allegedly stalked by a customer who made their racy text messages public. She's dead, and he's now sitting in a jail cell. And an Alabama woman gets life in prison after testifying against her husband. She's admitted to helping him kill a family of five in 2015. The victims include the man's new wife, their unborn child, the woman's other child, her nep...
Nov 05, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 143
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
