The Reiner Murders | The Trial Of Nick Reiner

Rob Reiner directed some of the most beloved films in American history. On December 14, 2024, he and his wife Michele were stabbed to death in their Brentwood home. Their daughter found the bodies. Their son Nick was arrested that night.

This podcast covers the case from arrest through trial — but the real story starts seventeen years earlier.

Nick Reiner went to rehab at fifteen. By nineteen, he'd been through seventeen programs. Homeless in three states. Heroin. Meth. His parents had every resource imaginable — money, connections, access to the best treatment in the country. They followed the protocols. They trusted the experts. They did everything right by the system's standards.

And the system gave them nothing.

Because here's what nobody wants to say out loud: in America, if your adult child is addicted, mentally ill, or dangerous, your legal options are essentially zero. You can beg. You can pay. But you cannot force treatment. Their autonomy is protected. Your safety is not.

The Reiners lived that nightmare for almost two decades. It ended the way these stories sometimes do — with two people dead and a family destroyed.

This isn't true crime as entertainment. No breathless narration. No shock-jock nonsense. Just rigorous, fact-based coverage with legal experts, former prosecutors, defense attorneys, and behavioral analysts breaking down the evidence, the strategy, and the questions that actually matter.

We're following this case because it exposes something broken in how we handle mental illness, addiction, and families in crisis. The Reiners had every advantage. It didn't save them.

New episodes as the case develops.

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The Reiner Siblings Made a Decision About Nick That Stunned Everyone

They call him "Satan incarnate." They've cut all contact. They've severed financial support. And the Reiner siblings — Jake, Romy, and Tracy — are telling prosecutors not to seek the death penalty aga...

9 Touko 30min

Rob Reiner's Values Are Being Tested by His Own Family's Tragedy

Rob Reiner spent decades in the public eye standing for something. He was vocal about justice, about human rights, about the belief that the state should not execute its citizens. He was unapologetic ...

5 Touko 15min

Nick Reiner: When Saving Someone Becomes the Thing That Destroys You

Rob and Michele Reiner spent years trying to save their son. Rehab. Financial support. Patience. Second chances. They co-wrote a film together about a father and son working through addiction. They sh...

3 Touko 43min

Nick Reiner: The Family Is Still Waiting for Answers

Rob and Michele Reiner are gone. Their daughter found them. Their son was arrested hours later. And over four months after the most violent night imaginable, the system hasn't even finished documentin...

1 Touko 15min

Two Brothers, One Tragedy: Jake’s Truth vs. Nick’s Tell-All

They grew up in the same Brentwood home. They shared the same parents — Rob and Michele Reiner. They stood inside the same Hollywood world, shaped by the same privileges and pressures. And now, four m...

28 Huhti 21min

Nick Reiner’s Reported Tell-All and What It Means for Jake and Romy

Jake Reiner wrote that he’d give up everything just to talk to his parents one more time. Romy found them. And now, the brother who allegedly took Rob and Michele Reiner from this family is reportedly...

28 Huhti 21min

Nick Reiner Case: Not Guilty Plea Explained, Siblings Step Back, Death Penalty on the Table

Nick Reiner entered a Los Angeles courtroom with a shaved head, brown jumpsuit, and shackles. He sat behind glass and let his public defender speak two words: not guilty. To two counts of first-degree...

16 Maalis 50min

Nick Reiner Update: Siblings Walk Away Before Trial

In the latest development in the Nick Reiner murder case, siblings Jake Reiner and Romy Reiner have reportedly ended all financial support for Nick's defense — and sources say neither will attend his ...

11 Maalis 21min