Murdaugh Housekeeper Speaks: "They Weren't Who You Think" | Blanca Simpson Interview Part 1

On October 27, 2025, a passerby discovered a body in a wooded area of Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The victim was 24-year-old Erica Bader. Investigators determined almost immediately that her body had been moved — dumped there from somewhere else. The trail led back to a small apartment in Central Falls, where eight people are now facing charges. Five are charged with murder, kidnapping, and conspiracy. Three others face kidnapping, conspiracy, and failure to report a death. According to Erica's family, she was homeless when she moved into the apartment. She had nowhere else to go. Her stepmother told reporters the people living there were "total strangers" to Erica when she arrived. Within a week of moving in, Erica was texting loved ones asking for help. By March, a friend saw bruises on her face during a video call and reported it to police. On April 6, family members called for a welfare check. Officers responded but couldn't locate her. They advised the family to file a missing persons report. That report was never filed. Six months later, Erica was found dead. Her family alleges she was physically abused, held against her will, sexually assaulted, and killed while pregnant. Police have not confirmed those details or released cause of death. A week after her body was discovered, nearly 50 neglected animals were removed from the apartment in what the RISPCA called a "horrendous" hoarding situation. Five suspects are being held without bail. Three others were granted $30,000 bail each. Court dates are scheduled for December and February. The investigation is ongoing, and the family says they won't stop fighting until they get justice for Erica. #EricaBader #TrueCrime #CentralFalls #RhodeIsland #JusticeForErica #TrueCrimeNews #MurderCase #CrimePodcast #TrueCrimeCommunity #BreakingNews 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

8 Dec 18min

Day 5 of the Brian Walshe murder trial delivered some of the most disturbing testimony yet — text messages prosecutors say Brian sent to his wife Ana's phone for three days after allegedly killing and dismembering her. Massachusetts State Trooper Connor Keefe read the messages aloud in Norfolk Superior Court. They show Brian Walshe's tone shifting from casual to concerned to frantic between January 2nd and January 4th, 2023 — the day he finally reported Ana missing. One text ended with "I still love you!!! haha." According to prosecutors, Ana was already dead when he typed those words. None of the messages were ever delivered. Her phone was never recovered. The jury also saw the tools prosecutors say Brian used to dismember his wife's body. Retired Trooper Heather Sullivan removed each item from evidence bags and displayed them in open court: a hatchet, hacksaw, hammer, garden shears, snippers, packing tape, and a measuring cup. All recovered from a dumpster near Brian's mother's Swampscott apartment. Defense attorney Larry Tipton pushed back hard during cross-examination, arguing investigators cherry-picked evidence from a narrow two-week window and ignored context that showed a normal marriage. He highlighted texts from December 2022 where Brian and Ana discussed buying property and shopping for a Porsche. Tipton also invoked the name Michael Proctor — the disgraced state trooper from the Karen Read case who was the original case officer on Ana Walshe's disappearance. State Medical Examiner Richard Atkinson began testimony about examining items from the trash for human tissue. He returns Monday with findings. Brian Walshe has pleaded guilty to misleading police and improperly disposing of Ana's body — but the jury doesn't know that. He's fighting the first-degree murder charge. The defense claims he found Ana dead and panicked. Prosecutors say he planned and executed her killing, then performed the role of worried husband while disposing of evidence. Trial resumes Monday. Subscribe for daily coverage. #BrianWalshe #BrianWalsheTrial #AnaWalshe #TrueCrime #MassachusettsTrial #WalsheTrial #TrueCrimeNews #MurderTrial #CohassetMurder #TrialCoverage 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

8 Dec 26min

From the outside, the Walshes had it together. Three kids, a house in upscale Cohasset, a townhome in D.C., and Ana rising through commercial real estate. But the structure was fractured in ways that matter. Ana was months into an affair. Brian was under federal home confinement for art fraud, unable to travel, serving as primary caregiver while his wife built a separate life 400 miles away. She was the breadwinner. He was stuck. Four days before Ana died, someone on Brian's devices searched "what's the best state to divorce for a man." Two days later, their last text exchange ended with "love you" and "love you too." In this interview, retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke—who spent his career studying trust, betrayal, and human motivation—helps us understand what was actually happening inside that marriage. His framework isn't academic theory. It comes from decades of assessing relationships where the stakes were life and death. We explore the behavioral dynamics the jury won't see spelled out: What does it mean that Ana spoke positively about Brian while conducting an affair? How does a power imbalance like home confinement reshape someone's psychology? Can resentment build invisibly until it becomes something else entirely? And what did Ana's careful management of the affair—insisting Brian hear about it from her, worrying about his reaction—tell us about how she perceived the risk? The prosecution says Brian discovered the affair and killed her. The defense says he didn't even know. Somewhere in the behavioral evidence is the answer. #BrianWalshe #AnaWalshe #WalsheTrial #TrueCrime #FBI #RobinDreeke #RelationshipDynamics #DomesticViolence #BehavioralAnalysis #TrustAndBetrayal #Affair #MurderMotive #CrimePsychology #TrueCrimePodcast #IntimatePartnerViolence #Cohasset #MassachusettsCrime #FBIProfiler #TrueCrimeCommunity #CriminalPsychology 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

8 Dec 18min

Richard Allen is serving 130 years for the murders of Abby Williams and Libby German. The jury has spoken. But his defense team just filed something unprecedented—a request to submit an appeal brief nearly double the standard size. Ten issues. Nine constitutional claims. And a roadmap of everything that went wrong in this case. In this episode, we break down the five categories of Allen's appeal and what each one reveals about how this conviction was built. From the alternative suspects the jury never heard about—including a man who allegedly confessed to the killings months after they happened—to the 1,200 pages of evidence that was blocked from trial. From the sixty-one confessions made by a man who was also confessing to crimes that provably never happened, to the thirteen months of solitary confinement that the defense says broke his mind. No DNA linked Richard Allen to the crime scene. The state's own forensic scientist testified to that. The single piece of physical evidence—an unspent bullet—relies on contested toolmark analysis that the defense wasn't fully allowed to challenge. A volunteer clerk caught a filing error that investigators missed for five years. And a judge blocked the jury from hearing about other suspects, erased interview recordings, and an Odinism theory that law enforcement themselves investigated before dropping it without explanation. This isn't about declaring Richard Allen innocent. It's about asking whether the state proved their case—or just closed it. Whether the jury heard what they needed to hear. Whether this was a constitutional trial or a conviction built on broken confessions and blocked evidence. The families of Abby and Libby deserve justice. But justice isn't just an ending. It's the right ending. Full case breakdown. Every appeal issue explained. No speculation—just the facts the defense is putting before the Indiana Court of Appeals. #DelphiMurders #RichardAllen #AbbyAndLibby #DelphiCase #TrueCrime #DelphiTrial #RichardAllenAppeal #DelphiUpdate #LibbyGerman #AbbyWilliams 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

8 Dec 24min

Brian Walshe sat across from detectives and told them everything was fine. Happy marriage. No affair. No idea where his wife went. He said he'd "never do anything to hurt" Ana. What investigators didn't tell him right away was that they'd already pulled his search history—queries like "how long before a body starts to smell" and "can you be charged with murder without a body." In this interview, retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke—former chief of the Bureau's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program—breaks down the recorded police interviews that are now central evidence in the Brian Walshe murder trial. For 21 years, Dreeke's job was catching people in lies that threatened national security. He knows what deception looks like under pressure, and he's walking us through exactly what Walshe's words, delivery, and behavior reveal. We dig into the specific tells: Why did Walshe volunteer that his wife's texts sometimes popped up on his phone? What does it mean when someone fabricates alibi details that surveillance footage directly contradicts? How does a person maintain composure across multiple interviews while their laptop contains a roadmap to dismemberment? Dreeke explains the difference between genuine denial and performance, why guilty people often give too much information, and what baseline behavioral shifts—like a suddenly rushed demeanor at daycare drop-off—actually signal. This isn't speculation. It's pattern recognition from someone who spent two decades in rooms with people whose lies had consequences. The Walshe trial is happening right now. The jury is hearing these recordings. And once you understand what to listen for, you'll never hear them the same way. #BrianWalshe #AnaWalshe #WalsheTrial #TrueCrime #FBI #BehavioralAnalysis #RobinDreeke #DeceptionDetection #PoliceInterview #MurderTrial #CohassetMurder #CrimePsychology #BodyLanguage #Interrogation #TrueCrimePodcast #CriminalBehavior #FBIAgent #TrueCrimeCommunity #Justice #MassachusettsCrime 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

8 Dec 22min

The death of Celeste Rivas-Hernandez — the 15-year-old found inside a Tesla linked to music artist d4vd — has rapidly become one of the most contradictory, fractured, and confusing investigations in recent memory. Not because the facts don’t exist… but because every public-facing statement contradicts the next. Tonight on Hidden Killers, we break down the widening gap between official LAPD statements, sealed court filings, forensic whispers, and the digital paper trail that suggests investigators are pursuing something far larger than the public has been told. Early on, LAPD described the case simply as a death investigation. No suspects. No cause of death. No manner determined. But in a sealed-records court filing obtained by the Los Angeles Times, an LAPD detective referred to the case as an “investigation into murder.” That is not a semantic slip — that is a classification shift. And it becomes even more significant when paired with the full autopsy, toxicology, and cause-of-death being locked behind a “security hold” requested by LAPD. Then there’s the chaos surrounding the condition of Celeste’s body. Viral rumors claimed she was “frozen.” LAPD denied only one specific version — that she was frozen inside the Tesla. They did not deny the possibility of cold storage prior to being moved. And now, multiple outlets report indicators consistent with freezing, refrigeration, long-term concealment, and even potential dismemberment. That leaves two coexist­ing possibilities: the car was not the primary location… and Celeste may have been deceased long before she was placed there. Add to that the confusion over whether LAPD has even been able to interview d4vd. His camp claims he is “cooperating fully.” A police source told People the exact opposite — that detectives have not spoken with him at all. That single contradiction raises serious questions about communication… or cooperation. And now a new avalanche of forensic details has emerged:  • Indicators of cold storage or refrigeration  • Evidence consistent with long-term concealment  • Methods investigators use to backdate a death by weeks or months  • Surveillance reportedly showing someone else driving the Tesla  • How non-cooperation pushes detectives into digital forensics  • What “final stage transport” means for the primary crime scene  • And why multiple-suspect concealment often looks exactly like this To help make sense of it, retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer joins us to break down timelines, storage environments, digital trails, search warrant patterns, and why this case feels far more organized — and far more deliberate — than anyone anticipated. A teenage girl is gone. A narrative is fracturing. And investigators are holding information tighter than almost any case we’ve covered. Tonight, we follow the contradictions, the silence, and the emerging forensic picture of what may have really happened to Celeste Rivas-Hernandez. Subscribe for continuing coverage as this case evolves. #CelesteRivasHernandez #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #d4vd #LAPD #Investigation #CrimeAnalysis #JenniferCoffindaffer #TeslaCase #JusticeForCeleste #TonyBrueski

8 Dec 47min

Eighteen-year-old Anna Kepner was found dead aboard the Carnival Horizon — hidden under a bed, wrapped in a blanket, and partially covered with life vests. But the most shocking part of this case isn’t what was found in that cabin. It’s everything happening outside of it. Tonight on Hidden Killers, we dig into the emotional, chaotic, and deeply fractured family dynamics that defined Anna’s life long before that cruise. What’s emerging now is a portrait of a young woman caught between two households locked in years of conflict, resentment, secrecy, and trauma — a reality her friends and family say she never escaped. Anna’s biological mother, Heather, released a raw and unfiltered TikTok video describing her struggles with addiction, depression, and the painful distance between her and her daughter. Her grandmother and uncle publicly accuse members of the paternal home of withholding the truth. Her ex-boyfriend claims Anna feared a stepsibling — the same 16-year-old who is now being referenced by major outlets as a suspect. The stepmother has invoked her Fifth Amendment rights. Custody filings are unraveling. The family is fracturing in real time. And Anna’s father — the central figure across three marriages — remains virtually silent. This is not a simple tragedy. It’s not a single incident. It’s a collision of long-standing fractures, hidden tensions, competing narratives, and relatives taking their stories public as investigators try to cut through the noise. Every person close to Anna seems to be telling a different version of who she was, what she feared, and what really happened on that ship. Tonight, we step back and examine the full picture — the emotional landscape, the allegations, the clashing accounts, and the patterns investigators are now forced to untangle if they hope to understand the final hours of a teenage girl who never should have ended up hidden under a bed at sea. This is the story behind the story. This is the case everyone is talking about — and the one no one can agree on. #HiddenKillers #AnnaKepner #CarnivalCruise #TrueCrime #TonyBrueski #Investigation #FamilyDynamics #FBI #CruiseShipDeath #MaritimeCrime #Stepfamily 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 Dec 43min