Hidden True Crime

Justice is served in a Utah courtroom on February 20th, 2024 in the case of YouTuber mom Ruby Franke and her therapist Jodi Hildebrandt. Hidden Host Lauren Matthias reported live that morning from St George, Utah on the Law and Crime Network. While Lauren reports live, Listen to Ruby and Jodi's full sentencing statements as well as the press conference following the news. August 30, 2023--a brave...

ANNA PART TWO: As we prepare for Chad Daybell’s trial —scheduled for April, 2024– we revisit many interviews that have never been shared on our podcast until now. For those new to this twisted case about Doomsday beliefs leading to a murderous spree across states, and to better understand future episodes-we recommend our full Beyond the Veil season, but if you don't have that time, we have one epi...

ANNA PART ONE: As we prepare for Chad Daybell’s trial —scheduled for April, 2024– we revisit many interviews that have never been shared on our podcast until now. For those new to this twisted case about doomsday beliefs leading to a murderous spree across states, and to better understand future episodes, we recommend our full Beyond the Veil season, but if you don't have that time, we have one ep...

Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt will be sentenced February 20th 2024 and host Lauren Matthias is in St George, Utah for the sentencing. She will be reporting with Law and Crime, as well as Hidden True Crime during the day's sentencing and will be catching everyone up shortly. ...Until then, learn about Jodi and Ruby's plea deals with Lauren's live reporting. YouTuber mom Ruby Franke and her thera...

August 30, 2023--a brave 12-year-old boy escapes a house of torture in Southern Utah --rescuing himself and his 10-year-old sister. A neighbor feeds the emaciated boy and calls 911. The children's mother YouTube Celebrity Ruby Franke, and Ruby's therapist Jodi Hildebrandt, are arrested and charged. This episode was originally recorded live in September, 2024. In this episode WE ANSWER YOUR QUESTIO...

Dr Christine shares her courageous personal story of survival, trafficking and transformation. An interview with a cult expert who has her own harrowing story of being taken by a false prophet. She shares her personal and instructive story relevant to the Daybell case, and the FLDS members who once followed Warren Jeffs. Dr Christine is the founder of Voices for Dignity, a non-profit in Hildale, U...

SKYE BORGMAN is an winning Director and Cinematographer known for her films: 'Abducted in Plain Sight', 'Sins of our Mother', 'Girl in the Picture', and 'I just Killed My Dad'. She is also the Director of the latest Unsolved Mysteries series. Skye joins John Matthias with "Hidden True Crime" to talk about her upcoming HBO Max docuseries titled "The Truth about Jim" premiering on February 15th, 202...

This episode was recorded live on February 10th, 2024 and is the fourth episode in our series about Shanna Gardner, the daughter of Stampin' Up founders, who has been charged with murder. Dr John has been reading hundreds of pages of newly released documents in the Jared Bridegan case and just told Lauren this episode is going to be a wild ride! To read the hundreds of pages of docs for yourself,...

As we prepare for Chad Daybell’s trial —scheduled for April, 2024– we revisit many interviews that have never been shared on our podcast until now. For those new to this twisted case about Doomsday beliefs leading to a murderous spree across states, and to better understand future episodes-we recommend our full Beyond the Veil season, but if you don't have that time, we have one episode summarizin...

Anna and Celia LeBaron are subjects of the new Hulu Documentary by ABC News Studios “Daughters of the Cult” and Anna is author of the book: “The Polygamist's Daughter” Ervil LeBaron, their father, was charged with ordering the murders of many of his opponents, including family members. Ervil used the religious doctrine of "Blood Atonement" to justify the murders. Anna and Celia escaped the cult an...

This episode was recorded in November 2023 and is the third episode in our series about Shanna Gardner, daughter of Stampin' Up founders charged with murder. New info from insider sources as we continue to delve into Shanna Gardner--the woman charged in the murder of her ex husband Jared Bridegan For full access to Shanna Gardner and Jared Bridegan's divorce documents, including their pre-nup, hea...

This episode revisits parts of our podcast episode Beyond the veil: The Secrets of Loi Vallow Daybell, Part 2 published in July of 2023. As we've been discussing the case of gypsy Rose, and recently interviewed Kate -a survivor of factitious disorder imposed by another, previously known as Munchausen by Proxy , we felt it was important to reexamine a question many continue to ask us: Did Lori Vall...

On December 6, 2023, a mass shooting occurred at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Three people were killed, and three additional people were wounded. Two of the wounded were police officers. The perpetrator was killed in a shootout with police. DR. JOHN MATTHIAS is an adjunct professor at UNLV. He is a licensed clinical and forensic psychologist with 30 years’ experience in both clinica...

Tom Evans served as a juror in the Lori Vallow Daybell trial in the spring of 2022. While we briefly interviewed Tom during Lori's sentencing, in this episode He speaks candidly of his time on the jury, hearing the shocking details about the murders of JJ Vallow, Tylee Ryan and Tammy Daybell. After interviewing Tom on this episode, Tom spends the last half of this episode interviewing the hosts --...

Kate is an amputee. She says she lost her healthy leg as a teenager due to her mother having munchausen by proxy. Kate shares her shocking story as a medical abuse survivor with Hidden True Crime. Support our work HERE: http://patreon.com/hiddentruecrime Follow Kate HERE--https://www.tiktok.com/@adaptivekate Watch Kate's episode HERE DR. JOHN MATTHIAS is a licensed clinical and forensic psychologi...

In our second episode surrounding the case of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, Dr John takes us deeper into his analysis. Gypsy has recently been released from prison after serving an 8 year sentence for murdering her own mother. Gypsy Rose is the victim of Munchausen by proxy [Factitious disorder imposed on another]. Gypsy received a plea deal and lesser sentence than her co-conspirator Nick Godejohn, and s...

Gypsy Rose Blanchard has recently been released from prison after serving an 8 year sentence for murdering her own mother. Gypsy Rose is the victim of Munchausen by proxy [Factitious disorder imposed on another]. Gypsy received a plea deal and lesser sentence than her co-conspirator Nick Godejohn, and since her release from prison she has done several media interviews and garnered millions of foll...

Jes was a close friend of Melani Pawlowski - Lori Vallow's niece - and is a close friend of Brandon Boudreaux. Jes shares her harrowing experience trying to help her friends, and the fear she experienced for months while people around her kept dying. This interview with Jes took place June 30th, 2021 the day after Lori Vallow was charged in Arizona for conspiring in the murder of her then-husband...

Four years after Charles Vallow was shot and killed by his brother-in-law Alex Cox, Lori Vallow Daybell is extradited from Idaho to Arizona on November 30, 2023 to face charges of first degree murder. We livestreamed Thursday's news conference with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office on our YouTube Channel, and Lauren reads the Charging documents and evidence Arizona has against Lori Vallow. We a...

Chad Daybell's trial is scheduled for April, 2024. Wednesday's hearing on the numerous motions Chad Daybell's attorney John Prior filed earlier this month was an unexpected bombshell. The prosecution and the defense argued who the ringleader was: Chad Daybell or Lori Vallow? We livestreamed the hearing on our YouTube Channel, and Lauren shared her initial thoughts after the hearing. The hearing be...

Exploring this week's sweeping motions by Chad Daybell's attorney, along with explosive news delivered to Hidden True Crime. While Lori Vallow Daybell has been convicted of murdering her two children, BOMBSHELL NEWS make Hidden hosts John and Lauren Matthias question: WILL THIS INFO CHANGE THE CHAD DAYBELL'S DEFENSE? A forensic psychologist and journalist (who are husband and wife) explore the inn...

BREAKING NEWS IN THE DAYBELL CASE: What does trial witness, friend to Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell, know? What did Lori Vallow tell her once friend Audrey Barratiero about Lori’s ex husband Joe Ryan’s death? To hear Audrey Barattiero's full court testimony click HERE To hear Dr John and Lauren discuss Audrey’s testimony during the Daybell trial, click HERE LAUREN MATTHIAS has worked as an anchor a...

PART 2 of HIDDEN TRUE CRIME'S COLLABORATION WITH MORMON STORIES PODCAST with Host John Dehlin and Lauren Matthias. What do Chad Daybell, Tim Ballard andJodi Hildebrandt have in common? Is it Thom Harrison, author of Visions of Glory? PART TWO explores the connections between the book Visions of Glory and the extreme beliefs of Chad and Lori Vallow, Tim Ballard and recently imprisoned therapist Jod...

PART 1 of HIDDEN TRUE CRIME'S COLLABORATION WITH MORMON STORIES PODCAST with Host John Dehlin and Lauren Matthias. What do Chad Daybell, Tim Ballard, Jodi Hildebrandt all have in common? Is it Thom Harrison, author of Visions of Glory? PART ONE explores a book that Hidden True Crime host Lauren Matthias believes motivated the extreme beliefs of not just Chad and Lori Vallow, but also Tim Ballard a...

The civil lawsuits against anti-trafficking hero Tim Ballard are shocking and hundreds of pages. You can read them in full on our Patreon account. Dr John breaks them down and assesses their contents in this episode on Tim Ballard. Many consider Tim Ballard a hero; a man fighting human trafficking and the subject of the movie “Sound of Freedom”. This week several woman have come forward accusing T...