Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel

With over 5,500 death investigations and 700 homicide scenes behind her, Barbara is one of the most experienced death investigators in the country — a woman who has stood in the middle of humanity’s darkest moments and brought order to chaos. She served as a top investigator for New York City’s Office of Chief Medical Examiner, responded to the 9/11 attacks, helped identify victims of the Thailand...

In 1992, a 17-year-old girl named Amy Fisher shot Mary Jo Buttafuoco on the doorstep of her Long Island home — igniting one of the most infamous tabloid scandals of the decade. It was a story about sex, betrayal, and violence that consumed America. But behind the headlines and the chaos was a nine-year-old girl whose life would never be the same. This week, Rachel sits down with Jessie Buttafuoco,...

He was 18 years old — a Texas high-school football star with a full-ride future ahead of him — when one accusation shattered his life. Convicted of a crime he didn’t commit, Greg Kelley spent years behind bars, branded a child predator, fighting a system built to forget him. Six years later, the truth finally came out: the investigation was flawed, the evidence was nonexistent, and Greg Kelley was...

In this episode, Rachel sits down with Andrew Rosener, the self-made mogul behind MediaOptions, the world’s #1 domain brokerage. From selling scallops to selling some of the most valuable names on the internet, Andrew has turned a niche idea into an empire — brokering digital real estate for clients like Elon Musk, Amazon, and Zoom. Rachel and Andrew break down what makes a great domain — and a gr...

This Halloween, step into the world of real witchcraft with Carlton Gebbia — former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, designer, and practicing Wiccan. Beyond the gothic glam and reality‑TV drama lies a woman deeply connected to the spiritual and the supernatural. In this hauntingly beautiful conversation, Carlton opens up about: ✨ The truth behind modern witchcraft — and what it’s not 🌙 How...

Just in time for Halloween… What happens when ghost hunting stops being a job — and starts haunting you ? Jay Wasley, longtime star of Ghost Adventures , has spent years chasing spirits across the world's most haunted locations. But in this special episode, he opens up about what happens after the cameras stop rolling. From the terrifying moment that turned him from skeptic to believer, to the las...

What if the static on your radio isn’t just noise? What if it’s a doorway? In this episode of Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel, we explore Staticom — a breakthrough technology developed over 15 years that claims to allow real-time, two-way communication with disembodied consciousness. Out of pure white noise come clear sentences, relevant answers, and even the familiar voices of loved ones. In...

Streetball isn’t just flashy moves on a playground court — in Harlem, it’s culture, survival, and a proving ground that shaped the game of basketball itself. Adrian “A-Butta” Walton became a legend at Rucker Park, where reputations are made or broken in front of a crowd that demands greatness. Now, with his new book A Whole Lotta Game: From Rucker to Revenue, Adrian shares how the lessons of stree...

What happens when you’re raised to be perfect — and discover it’s destroying you? In this powerful episode of Miss Understood , Rachel Uchitel sits down with former NFL quarterback Todd Marinovich, once dubbed “The Test Tube Athlete.” Todd opens up about the truth behind his controversial upbringing, his battles with addiction, and the long journey toward self-forgiveness and peace. From his fathe...

We spend so much time and energy caring for our own health — but what about our pets? Today’s guest, Dr. Ambika Vaid-Sidhu, believes our animals deserve the same thoughtful wellness routines we give ourselves. A Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and the Veterinarian Advisor to Katherine Heigl’s Badlands Ranch, Dr. Ambika bridges conventional veterinary medicine with holistic healing to help pets live...

What happens when a man trained to save lives starts seeing beyond them? This week, Rachel sits down with Andrew Radziewicz, a New York firefighter whose life took a shocking turn after a chance encounter with a psychic medium. What began as one unexplained message led him down a path that would change everything — opening his eyes to communication with the dead, UFO encounters, and even the abili...

Are parasites a rare tropical problem — or a hidden epidemic in plain sight? In this episode of Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel , I sit down with Kim Rogers , better known as the “Worm Queen,” to explore what’s real and what’s hype about parasites. After her own viral cleanse revealed shocking results, Kim began challenging the medical blind spots around how parasites are tested, treated, and...

Everyone’s talking about Netflix’s new series Wayward — but for me, it’s not just entertainment. It’s my life story. In this deeply personal episode, I break down what’s real and what’s made for TV in the hit series — because I actually lived it. Long before Wayward became a pop culture obsession, I attended CEDU, the original “therapeutic boarding school” that inspired this world. I graduated fro...

What happens when you write a song about Keith Urban — and then sing it in front of him on The Voice Australia? You go viral. And if you’re Kaylee Bell, you turn that viral moment into a global career. Kaylee Bell is now the most streamed female country artist in Australasia, with millions of fans around the world, tours alongside Ed Sheeran and Kane Brown, and a CMA Global Artist Award to her nam...

Tonight, the long-awaited docuseries Death in Apartment 603: What Happened to Ellen Greenberg? premieres on Hulu and Disney+. But before you press play, hear from one of the leading voices who’s been uncovering the truth behind the case for years: true-crime investigator Gavin Fish. Ellen Greenberg was a 27-year-old teacher found dead in her Philadelphia apartment with 20 stab wounds — a case firs...

Matt Bowyer’s name has been splashed across headlines as the bookie at the center of the Shohei Ohtani scandal. But behind the headlines is a man facing the harshest reality of all: on October 10th, Matt will surrender to federal prison for 12 months and a day after being sentenced on August 29th. In this exclusive, face-to-face conversation—recorded in Florida, just weeks before he turns himself...

From Luxury to Lockdown: The Fall of Pablo Escobar’s Pilot At the height of his empire, TJ Dominguez was moving shipments for Pablo Escobar, living behind mansions, luxury cars, and millions in cash. But every empire falls. In Part 3 of our exclusive series, TJ reveals the moment it all came crashing down — a federal raid with helicopters overhead, rifles pointed at his chest, and his entire world...

He wasn’t just flying for Pablo Escobar anymore — he was running an empire in the sky. By the mid-1980s, TJ Dominguez had gone from smuggling weed by boat to commanding planes stuffed with thousands of kilos of cocaine, streaming into South Florida under the Medellín Cartel’s watch. At the height of his power, TJ was making twenty million dollars a month, building an empire of speedboats, luxury c...

He was the man who flew the skies for Pablo Escobar. TJ Dominguez commanded fleets of planes, transporting tons of cocaine from Colombia into South Florida in broad daylight. At the height of his power, he was making five million dollars a week, hiding in plain sight with a cell phone empire, a Lamborghini dealership, and even a car for every shirt color in his closet. But empires built on greed e...

September 11th is a day that forever changed the world — and for me, it is deeply personal. I lost my fiancé on that day, and each year I reflect on the courage, sacrifice, and resilience of the FDNY, who lost 343 of their own in the line of duty. In this special episode of Miss Understood, I sit down with FDNY Commissioner Robert S. Tucker, the 35th Fire Commissioner of New York City. Commissione...

What happens when the way the world sees you isn’t who you really are? Kaila Yu has lived many lives in the public eye: as a singer in the Asian American rock band Nylon Pink, a model gracing magazines like Maxim and FHM, and a journalist writing for Rolling Stone and The New York Times. But through it all, she’s wrestled with one truth — as an Asian woman, she was often fetishized, reduced to a s...

We spend so much of our lives searching for answers outside ourselves — diets, supplements, quick fixes. But what if your body already knew what it needed? In this episode of Miss Understood, I sit down with Ayurvedic practitioner, writer, and speaker Nidhi Pandya, whose debut book Your Body Already Knows: A 21-Day Plan to Decode Your Cravings, Reclaim Your Energy, and Feel at Home in Your Body is...

They built a fashion brand from the ground up, they turned heartbreak into headline-making TV, and now Darcey & Stacey Silva are back on your screens in the new season of 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After. From Darcey’s tearful journey on Before the 90 Days to the spinoff that made the twins household names, the Silva sisters have become icons of reinvention—glamorous, dramatic, and endlessly resi...

Most people walk through a Target clearance aisle and see cheap leftovers. Summer Trenkle saw a seven-figure business. She’s turned retail arbitrage — buying discounted items in stores and reselling them on Amazon — into a career most people don’t even realize exists. To some, it sounds too simple to be real. To others, it sounds like a scam. But Summer proves it’s neither. With strategy, discipli...

What happens when one of the most recognizable voices in news walks away from the spotlight? Dylan Ratigan did just that. Best known as the fiery host of The Dylan Ratigan Show on MSNBC—and for his viral on-air rant that captured America’s frustration during the financial crisis—Dylan has always been a truth-teller unafraid to challenge systems of power. But after a bestselling book (Greedy Bastar...