True Crime News: The Podcast

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: RJ Dreiling joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss jury deliberations in Miguel Salguero Olivares’ trial for the murder of UNC student Faith Hedgepeth, Matthew Farwell’s ongoing jury trial in the death of Sandra Birchmore, and unsealed federal documents that suggest OJ Simpson had an accomplice.

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: A slain pregnant mistress and a sinister secret. Prosecutors claim that Matthew Farwell fatally strangled his paramour Sandra Birchmore when the expectant mother threatened to reveal the details of their illicit relationship, which allegedly started when she was just 15 years old. 

Neama Rahmani joins host Ana Garcia.

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Imran Ansari joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss Caylen Deller’s trial as she pleads her case for self-defense in the slaying of Chad Mullen, prosecutors seeking to include evidence of Matthew Farwell’s other affairs as the former cop faces charges for the death of his pregnant mistress Sandra Birchmore, and a mom who killed the father of her baby in a brutal car accident. 

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This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: A deranged teenager takes a woman’s life as a twisted tribute to a TV character but calls authorities after injuring himself. Benjamin Day lured Maria Saceanu to a “kill room” inspired by “Dexter.” During the brutal act, Day accidentally cut his hand and called emergency responders for help. While he claimed the injury was caused by a wild dog, he only incriminated himself further.  After pleading guilty midtrial, the killer is facing a mandatory life sentence.

Mike King joins host Ana Garcia.

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Dave Aronberg joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss next steps for death row inmate Christa Pike after her botched execution, Miguel Salguero-Olivares’ trial for the slaying of UNC student Faith Hedgepeth, and Harry Tenon’s latest court appearance in the murder-for-hire plot of Jared Bridegan. 

Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCNSidebar.

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: A pastor callously kills his wife to continue an affair with his mistress. Former “American Idol” contestant Caleb Flynn claimed intruders broke into the family home and killed his wife, Ashley. However, after sitting through a nine-day trial including extensive testimony from Caleb’s mistress Alleigha Botner, jurors determined Caleb was the only person with the means and motive to take Ashley’s life. 

Luis Bolaños joins host Ana Garcia.

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Rachel Kaufman joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss Caleb Flynn’s conviction for the murder of his wife, a victim’s dying statement excluded from his alleged killer’s trial,  and Kevin Reddington’s claim that prosecutors didn’t provide enough evidence to prove that Lindsay Clancy killed her children

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: D4vd’s meteoric rise reached another type of infamy after the remains of a missing teen were found in a vehicle registered to the singer. Now, over a year after the discovery of Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s remains, her family is urging prosecutors to pursue the death penalty against David Anthony Burke, and a new lawsuit claims others helped conceal the musician’s alleged illicit relationship with the teen. 

Melissa McCarty joins guest host Alison Triessl. 

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Franz Borghardt joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss Caleb Flynn’s ongoing trial for the murder of his wife as his mistress takes the stand, unsealed documents suggesting that Bryan Kohberger didn’t fully comprehend his plea deal in the slaying of the Idaho four, and a defense request to investigate the holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy’s mistrial.

Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCNSidebar.

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: A plastic surgeon charged with a lawyer’s slaying acts as his own attorney his death penalty-qualified trial. Prosecutors say that Tomasz Kosowski killed attorney Steven Cozzi over a civil lawsuit that Kosowski was about to lose. Though Cozzi’s body was never found, investigators allegedly uncovered a staggering amount of evidence in Kosowski’s home and vehicles.

Dr. Nicky Jackson joins host Ana Garcia.

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Jo Potuto joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss prosecutors’ confirmation they will not seek the death penalty against Nick Reiner, influencer Gabriela Gonzalez allegedly orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot to kill her ex, pop star Jack Avery, in a custody dispute, and plastic surgeon Tomasz Kosowski acting as his own attorney in the death of lawyer Steven Cozzi.

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This week on True Crime News The Podcast: A father warned the judge, “If you let him out, he’s going to kill her,” before the court granted his daughter’s abuser bail. Shortly after Bricen Rivers was released, he beat Lauren Johansen to death and drove around with her body while trying to cover up his crime. Police apprehended Rivers after a six-hour manhunt, and he has now pleaded guilty to capital murder.

In the wake of this senseless tragedy, Lauren’s father, Dr. Lance Johansen, joins the show to discuss the systemic failures he believes led to his...

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Jack Rice joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss a judge raising Barry Morphew’s bail to $10 million, jurors’ stalled deliberations in Lindsay Clancy’s trial, and a teen accused of killing his girlfriend and enlisting his mom to help in the coverup as Royce and Rachel Moser face charges in the death of Karoline Heintz.

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: A trusted special education teacher sentenced for abusing a student. Allison Havemann-Niedrach groomed and abused an eighth grader, exchanging over 25,000 illicit messages with the child before suspicions from her co-workers tipped off police.

Rachel Fiset joins host Ana Garcia.

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: After weeks of trial and seven days of deliberation, jurors arrived at a complete impasse in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy. Insights from the jury foreperson reveal that a lone holdout prevented a "not guilty by reason of insanity" verdict for the mother accused of murdering her three children. Here is the full breakdown of the jury’s deadlock, the legal fallout, and what happens next.
Rachel Fiset joins host Ana Garcia.

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: Jurors deadlocked in the Lindsay Clancy trial weigh the mother’s documented psychosis against her criminal culpability for her children’s deaths. As deliberations loom, is the case destined for a mistrial?
Dr. Eleni Marcantonis joins host Ana Garcia.

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Joshua Ritter breaks down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. He discusses jury deliberations in Lindsay Clancy’s triple murder trial for the strangulation deaths of her children, Ashley Okland’s alleged killer seeking a dismissal of charges in the real estate agent’s long unsolved shooting death, and additional testimony claiming that Duane Davis was the “shot caller” in Tupac Shakur’s slaying.

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: A young family’s future allegedly destroyed by an obsessive ex. Police say that Monique Tepe’s ex-husband, Michael McKee, never moved on from the couple’s divorce, eventually slaying the woman and her new husband, Spencer Tepe, in the home where their children slept.

Judy Rybak joins host Ana Garcia.

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Joshua Ritter breaks down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. He discusses Tupac Shakur’s slaying as Duane “Keefe D” Davis faces trial for allegedly orchestrating the death, Lindsay Clancy’s defense presenting their side of the case, and Gerhardt Konig seeking another chance in front of a jury after he was convicted for attempted manslaughter in an attack on his wife.

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: After the shocking discovery of six dead bodies, police claim that a custody battle caused the deaths of four young children, along with their mother and grandmother. According to authorities, Amy Steadman and her daughter, Sarah Myers, conspired to kill Myers’ four children, Harper Harmon, Hudson Harmon, and twins Gavin and Gracelynn Harmon, before taking their own lives.
Imran Ansari joins host Ana Garcia.

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Elyse Hershon joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss Lindsay Clancy’s ongoing trial in the deaths of her three children, Courtney Clenney’s plea deal in the fatal stabbing of Christian Obumseli, and the man who allegedly orchestrated the murder of hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur.

Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCNSidebar.

In this special episode of True Crime News The Podcast: A military wife and a hidden pregnancy end with a crime buried deep in the desert. Erin Corwin was a young woman still trying to figure out life when a friendship with another serviceman, Chris Lee, turned into something more intimate. The torrid relationship would end her life and forever change their small military community.

Melissa McCarty hosts. 

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Joshua Ritter breaks down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. He discusses the release of ransom notes in the Nancy Guthrie case, the status of Lindsay Clancy’s mental illness defense, and attorneys for Luigi Mangione seeking to broadcast his upcoming trial.

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: Was justice circumvented in Bryan Kohberger’s guilty plea? Christopher Whitcomb, author of “Broken Plea: The Explosive Search for Truth Behind the Idaho Murders,” joins host Ana Garcia to probe at lingering questions from the case that may never be answered.

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Randolph Rice joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss D4vd’s preliminary hearing as prosecutors outline their case against the musician for the alleged murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, testimony from Lindsay Clancy’s ex-husband in the death of their three children, and Bryan Kohberger’s attempt to withdraw his guilty plea and face trial after he was sentenced to four life terms. 

Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCNSidebar.

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: A missing teen isn’t deemed endangered until it’s too late. When teenager Hailey Buzbee left her home with a man she met online gaming, cops classified her as a runaway. Weeks later Tyler Thomas led police to her remains but maintains his innocence in her slaying.
Alison Triessl joins host Ana Garcia.

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Jason Goldman joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss D4vd’s ongoing preliminary hearing in Los Angeles as the singer, legal name David Burke, faces charges in the death of teen Celeste Rivas Hernandez; a Tennessee mother charged with shooting a man she allegedly found under her daughter’s bed, and Pamela Smart’s appeal for a new trial.  

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: A desperate husband kills his wife, the mother of their three children, as she was preparing to leave the toxic relationship. When Maya Millete told her husband Larry she was divorcing him, the man went to extreme lengths to keep her: intimidation, spellcasting, and finally murder.

Neama Rahmani joins host Ana Garcia.

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Sam Bassett joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss Andrea Shaw’s claims that vaccines took the lives of her children as she faces murder charges, Brooke Hanlon’s husband retaining legal counsel after her fatal stabbing, and Lindsay Clancy’s approaching trial for the deaths of her three children.
Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCNSidebar.

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: An expectant mother, excited for the birth of her first child, has her life taken away in an unwilling father’s attempt to end her pregnancy. Jurors convicted Blaise Taylor of fatally poisoning Jade Benning with a lethal dose of cocaine, which killed her and her unborn baby.

Beth Karas joins host Ana Garcia.

n this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Neama Rahmani joins guest host William Updyke to break down the federal case against Pooh Shiesty, aka Lontrell Williams Jr., after leaked video of the kidnapping of Gucci Mane, aka Radric Davis.

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Joshua Ritter breaks down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. He discusses Blaise Taylor’s guilty verdict on all counts in the murder of his pregnant girlfriend, a brazen daylight attack that took the life of mother of five Caroline Peña, and Alex Murdaugh’s retrial in the slaying of his wife and son.
Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCNSidebar.

In this special episode of True Crime News The Podcast: Ana Garcia and Lorenzo Sampson discuss the newfound popularity surrounding convicted killer Mackenzie Shirilla after Netflix’s documentary “The Crash.”

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: A judge revokes Timothy Hudson’s pretrial release in the cruise ship death of Anna Kepner. Could new evidence in the case reveal the disturbing secrets surrounding the teen’s final moments?

Dr. Leslie Dobson joins host Ana Garcia.

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Vinnie Politan joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss George Pino’s acquittal in the boat crash death of Lucy Fernandez, a victim’s dying declaration in Blaise Taylor’s trial, and the possibility of removing the death penalty for Tyler Robinson in the alleged assassination of Charlie Kirk. 

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: A firefighter tasked with saving lives caught trying to violently obliterate a woman’s faith. Joel Jones has been sentenced to life for planning the assault of a victim, using unwitting third-party participant Tobasia Griffiths as the attacker.
John Day joins host Ana Garcia.

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Nicole Kazakov joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss Rex Heuermann’s sentencing, George Pino’s defense, and the federal arson trial of Jonathan Rinderknecht.

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: Body-positive safe space or a grooming ground for an alleged predator? The “Pearadise” community promotes itself as a space for plus-size women to feel seen and celebrated, but some say the group’s founder, Stefan Wilhelmy, harbored far more sinister intentions. Explore the story further in “Big Girls Wanted: Escaping Pearadise,” streaming now on HBO Max.

Tara Malone and Michael Hirschorn join host Ana Garcia.

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Angenette Levy joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss Karmelo Anthony’s conviction and sentence in the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf,  George Pino’s emotional breakdown during his trial for a deadly boat crash, and Jonathan Rinderknecht’s federal arson case for allegedly starting the devastating Palisades fire.