The Trial of Brian Walshe -Day 5 Part 1

Brian Walshe is currently on trial for the murder of his wife Ana Walshe, a mother of three who vanished from their Cohasset, Massachusetts home on New Year's Day 2023. Her body has never been found. But here's where this case takes a turn that legal experts are still trying to wrap their heads around: two weeks before trial, Walshe pleaded guilty to disposing of his wife's body and lying to police. He admitted, in open court, that he dismembered Ana and discarded her remains in dumpsters across the region. And yet he's standing in front of a jury right now saying he didn't kill her. The defense theory? Ana Walshe died suddenly and unexpectedly in their bed in the early hours of New Year's Day. No cause. No explanation. Just gone. Defense attorney Larry Tipton told jurors that his client panicked when he found his wife unresponsive. That he didn't think anyone would believe her death was natural. That his only thought was protecting their three young boys. So instead of calling 911, Brian Walshe allegedly grabbed a hacksaw. In this episode, defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis breaks down what might be the boldest — or most reckless — defense strategy we've seen in years. We dig into the tactical decision to plead guilty to the lesser charges right before trial. Is this about limiting what evidence the jury sees, or did the defense just hand prosecutors a gift? How do you sell "sudden unexplained death" to a jury when your client then cut up the body? And how do you rehabilitate a defendant's credibility when his own lawyer admitted he lied in every single police interview? Eric walks us through what the defense needs to prove, what experts they might call, and whether putting Walshe on the stand is a necessary risk or a fatal mistake. This is a case where the defense has already conceded consciousness of guilt — now they have to convince twelve people that consciousness of guilt doesn't mean guilt. We break down whether that's even possible. #BrianWalshe #BrianWalsheTrial #AnaWalshe #WalsheDefense #SuddenUnexplainedDeath #MurderTrial #EricFaddis #DefenseStrategy #MassachusettsMurderTrial #TrueCrime #CourtAnalysis #LegalAnalysis #DismembermentCase #NoBodyMurder #CriminalDefense #TrialStrategy #Cohasset #TrueCrimeCommunity #CriminalJustice #CourtRoom Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

7 Des 45min

The prosecution says Luigi Mangione ambushed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan sidewalk, fled the city, and was caught days later in a McDonald’s with a backpack containing a gun and a notebook outlining an anti-health-care-industry ideology. The defense says that backpack shouldn’t even exist in this case. They claim officers searched it illegally, questioned Mangione without Miranda, and collected statements while he was isolated in a Pennsylvania prison under constant watch. If a judge agrees, prosecutors could lose the alleged murder weapon, the writings on motive, and the statements tying it all together. This isn’t just a murder case anymore. It’s a fight over the Constitution — what police can do, what they can’t, and whether a death-penalty prosecution can proceed if the evidence at the center of it was obtained the wrong way. Tonight, we break down the shooting, the arrest, the surveillance, the suppression hearing, the federal death-penalty push, and the extraordinary fallout if the judge throws out the evidence prosecutors are depending on. #LuigiMangione #BrianThompson #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #LegalFight #SearchAndSeizure #DeathPenalty #CourtHearing #NYC #TonyBrueski Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

7 Des 23min

Jurors aren’t just weighing evidence in the Brian Walshe case — they’re weighing behavior. They’re deciding which version of events feels psychologically possible, which narrative aligns with human behavior, and which actions simply don’t match the story being told. Today, psychotherapist Shavaun Scott helps us understand the psychological patterns prosecutors are highlighting. We explore why certain types of deception — calculated lies, rehearsed narratives, contradictory explanations — point to deeper issues than simple panic or misunderstanding. Shavaun walks us through the mechanics of deceit: how people maintain double lives, how they separate public persona from private behavior, and what happens internally when the truth starts closing in. We look at the early-morning searches revealed in court and discuss what they suggest about planning, awareness, and emotional state. We also examine the defense’s theory that Ana died suddenly and Brian responded in fear rather than violence. Shavaun explains what a real shock response looks like, how grief manifests, and why certain behaviors line up more with self-protection than panic. Then we broaden the view: the warning signs in troubled relationships, the risk spike when someone prepares to leave, the emotional danger of perceived betrayal, and what it means when financial motive intersects with escalating conflict. These are the patterns professionals see every day in cases that end in violence. Shavaun’s perspective gives viewers the tools to understand not only this case, but the psychology behind deception itself — and why credibility is often the real battleground inside the courtroom. #HiddenKillers #BrianWalsheTrial #PsychologyExplained #TrueCrimeInsights #ShavaunScott #CrimeBehavior #CourtroomCoverage #AnaWalshe #ManipulationTactics #TrueCrimeCommunity Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

7 Des 1h

Union High School’s undefeated season was supposed to be a celebration. Instead, the community has been thrown into shock after longtime head coach Travis Turner walked into the woods with a rifle and vanished—just hours before ten felony warrants were issued against him for possession of illegal material and using a communications device in a case involving a minor. Turner hasn’t been seen since. Tonight, we break down how a beloved coach went from leading a 12–0 football team to becoming a missing fugitive, what investigators have confirmed so far, what the community is grappling with in the aftermath, and the massive unanswered question at the center of it all: Where is Travis Turner? We go deep into the timeline, the search effort, police statements, the family lawyer’s account, and how this case is rewriting the emotional landscape of a small Virginia town. This isn’t speculation — this is the confirmed, documented story as it exists now, and the mystery only gets stranger the further you look. If you want ongoing coverage, updates, and expert analysis as this case unfolds, make sure to subscribe. The moment new details break, we’ll break them down. #TravisTurner #VirginiaNews #UnionHighSchool #MissingPerson #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #Investigation #BreakingNews #AppalachiaVA #CaseUpdate Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

6 Des 15min

A missing 18-year-old. A sealed autopsy. A Tesla in a Los Angeles tow yard. And a discovery so disturbing the LAPD placed a security hold on the entire case file. Today, we’re breaking down exactly what happened to Celeste Rivas-Hernandez—without the rumors, without the noise, and without the spin. Some early reporting claimed her remains were frozen. Police now insist they were not. So why are these two narratives circling each other? How can both be “true” depending on the frame? And what does the sealed medical examiner’s report actually tell us about what investigators aren’t saying? In this episode, we dig into the new confirmations, the contradictions, the unexplained timeline gaps, the grand jury that’s quietly hearing evidence, and the brutal reality that nobody—absolutely nobody—has been arrested for Celeste’s death. Why did this case stall? What is LAPD really protecting by sealing the autopsy? And how does a young woman go missing for more than a year… only to be found dismembered in the front trunk of a celebrity’s car? No rumors. No guesswork. Just the truth, the facts, and the questions the system still refuses to answer. Subscribe for more daily true crime deep dives and analysis. #CelesteRivasHernandez #TrueCrimeNews #CrimeInvestigation #MissingPersons #JusticeForCeleste #HiddenKillers #CrimeAnalysis #CaseBreakdown #LAPD #TrueCrimeCommunity Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

6 Des 17min

The trial of Brian Walshe is exposing a divide that runs straight through the center of the courtroom — a divide between a prosecution building its case with timestamps, metadata, and DNA, and a defense leaning into emotional possibility and human frailty. It’s not just a legal battle. It’s a narrative war. Prosecutors say the evidence speaks for itself: searches about body disposal in the early morning hours, trips to multiple stores buying tools that prosecutors argue were used to dispose of Anna, lies told to friends, family, and police, and physical evidence recovered from a trash facility far from home — evidence they say directly connects Brian to a deliberate cover-up. The defense counters with a different story entirely. They say Anna died suddenly. Naturally. Tragically. And Brian, terrified the authorities would seize his children, made the worst decision of his life — hiding her death instead of reporting it. Not planning. Not malice. Fear. But jurors must decide not just which story makes sense — but which story they can live with. Can sudden, unexplained death explain Google searches that happened before the alleged death window? Can panic explain purchasing gloves, masks, tarps, and cutting tools all over Massachusetts? Can panic explain a disposal process so elaborate it spanned multiple towns? The defense doesn’t need a full acquittal. They just need one person willing to say, “I don’t know. It’s bizarre, but maybe.” That’s the real battleground. Tonight we break down the evidence, the psychology, the storytelling, and the stakes — and ask the question that may decide this entire trial: How much doubt is enough? #BrianWalsheTrial #AnaWalshe #JuryDuty #CrimeStory #HiddenKillers #ForensicBreakdown #LegalExpert #TrueCrimeCommunity #CourtroomAnalysis #BobMottaDefenseDiaries Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

6 Des 53min

In the disappearance of 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, we’ve heard timelines, surveillance clips, and official statements. But nothing — nothing — is more disturbing than what the only person who’s actually been inside that house says he saw and heard. Tonight, we break down every claim made by Tyler Brewer, the legal document assistant who visited Melodee’s mother, Ashlee Buzzard, multiple times in the days after Melodee vanished — and walked straight into the center of a psychological crisis unfolding in real time. According to Brewer, Ashlee told him she handed her daughter to a couple she met at a zoo. She couldn’t give names, addresses, numbers, or any way to contact them. Then, within the same conversation, she contradicted her own story, snapping, “How do you know I left her in Utah?” Her narrative shifted minute to minute, raising serious questions about her mental state. Brewer says Ashlee claimed the mysterious couple kept changing drop-off locations across multiple states because they were “paranoid about being followed.” She allegedly said she needed Melodee gone for “a month or two” due to a routine outpatient surgery — an explanation Brewer called nonsensical. Then we get into the darker details. Ashlee allegedly told him how to order fake license plates, said she’d swapped them before, and even said a “friend who has Melodee” taught her. Investigators later confirmed the rental car she used on the cross-country trip did, in fact, have an out-of-state plate during the journey. Inside the home, Brewer describes seeing a pillow dressed in Melodee’s hoodie and pants, surrounded by photos ripped from missing-child posters — a shrine-like arrangement that grows more disturbing the longer you sit with it. He says Ashlee accused him of being undercover law enforcement, insisted her house was bugged, deleted her Amazon, email, and bank accounts, and gave him keys to her house and storage units while telling him to empty everything if she was arrested. And when compared to Casey Anthony? Brewer says she joked, “At least I’m not out partying.” These aren’t theories. These are the claims of the only person allowed into that house. Tonight, we’re breaking them down piece by piece — and asking the question nobody can answer: How can a system see all this and still be unable to intervene? Subscribe for ongoing coverage as this case develops. #MelodeeBuzzard #AshleeBuzzard #HiddenKillers #TonyBrueski #TrueCrime #MissingChildren #CaseAnalysis #MentalHealthCrisis #NewsNation #TylerBrewer Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

6 Des 14min

Eighteen-year-old Anna Kepner didn’t just die on a cruise ship — she was killed. Her death certificate now confirms “mechanical asphyxia by another person(s),” with the manner officially ruled a homicide. Tonight, I break down the timeline of exactly what happened on the Carnival Horizon, how the evidence lines up, and why investigators are closing in on one specific window of time — and one specific person. In this deep-dive monologue, we cut through the noise, the family drama, the online chaos, and the TikTok meltdowns to focus on what the evidence actually says. Anna was placed in a cabin with a 16-year-old stepsibling she reportedly feared. Hours later, she was dead — wrapped, hidden under a bed, and covered with life jackets. This isn’t speculation. This isn’t rumor. This is the documented reality of the case. We walk through the decisions that led up to that night, the ignored red flags, the emotional collapse of the main suspect, the forensic truth of mechanical asphyxia, and the concealment behavior that tells investigators more than any interview ever could. This is the timeline as it stands now — what we know happened inside that cabin, how investigators are reconstructing the moments leading up to Anna’s death, and why this case is tighter than the public realizes. Anna fought for her life. The evidence shows it. And soon, the truth will too. If you appreciate in-depth analysis without the sensationalism, subscribe and stay with us as we follow every new development in the Anna Kepner homicide investigation. #annakepner #truecrime #hiddenkillers #carnivalcruise #homicideinvestigation #truecrimecommunity #justiceforanna #crimeanalysis #tonybrueski updates #carnivalhorizon #truecrimecommunity #homicidecase #forensics Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

6 Des 12min