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Reid Carter covers Ryan Routh's conviction for attempting to assassinate Trump - then trying to stab himself in the neck with a pen as the verdict was read. His daughter screamed "he's trying to kill himself!" as marshals tackled him. Dakota Van Patten's trial reveals he macheted his girlfriend Melody Hoffman to death because she might have been pregnant. Jose Soto-Escalera is convicted of strangl...

Reid Carter covers Sean "Diddy" Combs demanding release after just days in federal custody, claiming jail is too hard for a billionaire accused of sex trafficking. A New Hampshire man who shot up a country club makes his first appearance, proving rich people's playgrounds aren't bulletproof. Jeffrey Spence stands trial for plotting his father's murder because inheritance beats waiting. And a mothe...

Reid Carter covers Herbert Swilley's conviction for slowly poisoning his Parkinson's-afflicted wife Patricia before strangling her with her own bathrobe belt - the jury deliberated just two hours. Christian Brueckner, prime suspect in Madeleine McCann's 2007 disappearance, has been released from German prison on an unrelated rape conviction while still under investigation for the toddler's murder....

Reid Carter returns from the Google Graveyard weekend to absolute chaos. Rising star D4VD (pronounced David) cancels his world tour after 17-year-old Celeste Rivas is found dead in his Tesla while he's thousands of miles away. Four monsters in California allegedly caged adopted children under beds for years in conditions that make horror movies look tame. Travis Decker, who murdered his three daug...

Reid Carter concludes the Google Graveyard weekend with killers who forgot phones track everything. From murderers caught by Find My iPhone to criminals livestreaming their crimes on Facebook, Sunday explores the digital ecosystem that turns every device into a snitch. Deleted texts that weren't deleted, Snapchats that didn't disappear, TikToks filmed at crime scenes, and Instagram posts establish...

Reid Carter presents the weekend special that proves criminals are getting dumber, not smarter. The Google Graveyard chronicles history's stupidest search histories that solved their own murders. From Brian Walsh googling "how to dispose of 115-pound woman's body" to classic cases like "how to kill someone and make it look like suicide." These digital confessions have replaced actual confessions b...

Reid Carter reveals Tyler Robinson's texts celebrating Charlie Kirk's assassination, calling himself "the shot heard round the world." California Judge Jeffrey Ferguson gets life for shooting his wife over dinner plans, proving even judges can't judge their own rage. Crystal Rogers' killers finally face justice - ten years after making her disappear, they get life without parole. Plus Reid preview...

Reid Carter covers Tyler Robinson being charged with terrorism for assassinating Charlie Kirk - because apparently shooting political speakers is now officially terrorism, unlike shooting CEOs. The Menendez brothers' latest appeal gets denied because Netflix documentaries don't equal new evidence. Day 2 of Jose Soto-Escalera's trial reveals he bought the murder weapon with his mistress's credit ca...

Reid Carter brings explosive Day 1 coverage from two Florida trials. Herbert Swilley's prosecutor reveals he googled "making murder look like suicide" while slowly poisoning his Parkinson's-afflicted wife Patricia. Jose Soto-Escalera's mistress sent a final text saying "our baby deserves better" before he strangled her seven months pregnant. Plus Crystal Rogers' alleged killers fight their convict...

Reid Carter examines Tuesday's collection of American horror stories. A Hawaii man allegedly killed his wife with a tomahawk because divorce is apparently too complicated. Jose Soto-Escalera goes to trial for murdering his pregnant mistress who threatened to tell his wife. Herbert Swilley allegedly dosed his wife with drugs then choked her for insurance money. A woman shot her husband at his assis...

Reid Carter brings breaking news: Charlie Kirk's assassin Tyler Robinson was captured Friday in a Nevada motel, ending a three-day manhunt. The 22-year-old had a manifesto, an escape plan, and delusions of being a hero. Plus, an Oregon murder suspect wants out on bond to "preserve evidence" on his murdered girlfriend's phone - evidence he probably created. And Brian Walshe, who googled "how to dis...

Reid Carter examines the assassination attempts that failed and what they cost America in freedom. From the two women who tried to kill Gerald Ford in three weeks to Reagan taking a bullet and joking about it, every failed attempt brought more security, more restrictions, more walls between us and democracy. The Congressional baseball shooting that nearly killed Steve Scalise. The Trump golf cours...

Reid Carter examines 160 years of American political assassinations, from John Wilkes Booth shooting Lincoln in 1865 to this week's murder of Charlie Kirk. Four presidents, countless political figures, and one consistent pattern: grievance plus gun equals murder. Lincoln died for winning a war. Garfield for getting a job. McKinley for empire. JFK for being JFK. Martin Luther King for having a drea...

Reid Carter addresses Wednesday's assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University, condemning all political violence while the manhunt continues for his killer. The 31-year-old Turning Point USA founder was shot once from a rooftop while debating students, leaving behind a wife and two children. Plus, jury selection completes for Ryan Routh's Trump assassination attem...

Reid Carter examines killers who cry on cue. Samantha Krebs took the stand in her Kiss and Kill trial, sobbing about self-defense while her handwritten murder plan sat in evidence. Utah nurse Heather Pressdee, who killed her friend with insulin for $10,000 insurance money, wants out on bond because apparently murdering patients is a bondable offense. And new details emerge about Ryan Borgwardt's f...

Reid Carter dedicates the entire episode to a massive cold case breakthrough. The Bear Brook murders' last unidentified victim - the "middle child" found in a barrel in 2000 - has been identified after 40 years. She was Terry Rasmussen's own biological daughter, murdered by her serial killer father. From the 1985 discovery of the first barrel to cutting-edge forensic genealogy, this is how science...

Reid Carter examines three defendants who think they're smarter than the system. Megan Boswell faces sentencing for murdering 18-month-old daughter Evelyn, then leading police on a two-week wild goose chase while the baby decomposed in her shed. Ryan Routh, who tried to assassinate Trump at his golf course, wants to represent himself because apparently attempting to kill a former president require...

Reid Carter brings you the verdict we all expected: Donna Adelson guilty of orchestrating Dan Markel's murder because grandma wanted her grandkids closer. The 75-year-old matriarch who spoke in code about "TV repairs" faces life for hiring hitmen to solve her custody problems. Plus, Matthew Perry's "Ketamine Queen" Jasveen Sangha pleads guilty to selling the fatal dose that killed our Friend. A Vi...

Reid Carter presents a compilation of celebrity violence that ended in slaps on the wrist. Chris Brown turned Rihanna's face into a crime scene - got probation and a comeback tour. Mark Wahlberg committed a racist hate crime that permanently blinded a man - served 45 days. Christian Slater's decade of violence - community service every time. Nicolas Cage put his hands on his wife - charges vanishe...

Reid Carter examines the 2005 acquittal that proved celebrity murder is legal in Los Angeles. Robert Blake, star of Baretta and In Cold Blood, shot his wife Bonny Lee Bakley outside Vitello's restaurant, left her to bleed out while he had dinner, then convinced twelve Angelenos he was innocent. From his eighteen different story versions to hiring hitmen who testified against him, this is how Holly...

Reid Carter closes the week with three cases proving parents are the real danger. Arkansas father Aaron Spencer executed his 14-year-old daughter Desirae in a deer stand for unknown reasons, then called 911 himself. Kentucky cheerleader Laken Snelling gave birth alone, hid her dead newborn in a closet trash bag, then went back to homecoming practice. And California's Craig Refugio ran over three t...

Reid Carter explodes over Cardi B's courtroom victory as a Los Angeles jury somehow decides spitting on your security guard isn't assault if you're famous enough. Plus, Donna Adelson takes the stand and contradicts every piece of evidence while crying grandmother tears. Then jury selection begins for Samantha Krebs, who wrote a play-by-play murder plan before stabbing her boyfriend - but claimed s...

Reid Carter dedicates half the show to Cardi B's assault trial finale, where the rapper's eye-rolls, smirks, and sarcastic comebacks turned court into performance art. From claiming her acrylic nails were "too expensive to fight with" to rolling her eyes so hard the judge warned her, Cardi proved you can assault your security guard and still act like the victim. Then, day 7 of Donna Adelson's murd...

Reid Carter returns from Labor Day's family massacre series with cases proving Tuesday's criminals are equally vile. Wisconsin granddaughter Jessy Kurczewski gets a slap on the wrist for poisoning her grandmother with insulin after stealing $300,000. British nursery teacher Jacob Chouffot convicted of raping and drowning his girlfriend's 4-year-old daughter in the bathtub. Utah father Erik Soelber...

Content warning - disturbing content Reid Carter concludes Labor Day Family Massacre with the Fort Bragg murders that divided America for 50 years. Jeffrey MacDonald, Princeton-educated Green Beret doctor, claimed four hippie intruders stabbed his pregnant wife Colette and daughters Kimberley (5) and Kristen (2) while chanting "acid is groovy, kill the pigs." But his wounds were superficial, the c...