Profiling Evil

Let’s walk through three important considerations in the Ashley Flynn murder case where her husband is now accused of pulling the trigger – twice! Why did this targeted attack focus on the inner circle first of this low-risk, highly respected woman. How does geography and mapping help collapse a random burglary scenario and why do communities often struggle accepting that the “great guy” next door...

Before we jump into Feedback Friday, we’ve got to set the table with what’s happening right now in true crime because the biggest stories this week all have something in common. They’re not just about crime scenes. They’re about systems… families, relationships, homes, communities… and the pressure that builds behind closed doors until something finally breaks. We’re gonna be talking about the mur...

Let’s dig into the latest developments in the Nancy Guthrie case and talk about what investigators are saying about the glove DNA not producing a CODIS hit, why that doesn’t automatically kill the lead, and why I’ve been warning from the beginning that this glove was always a longshot. We’ll also talk about the two most practical paths forward right now: the Walmart backpack trace and what investi...

Before dawn in Tipp City, Ohio, 37-year-old Ashley Flynn, a wife and mother of two was murdered inside her home in the early morning hours. A woman of faith, she was also a substitute teacher and school volleyball coach. Police say the murder happened during a burglary in the home that left the husband and children unharmed - physically. Let’s examine the victimology we know, the geography of the...

In October 2022, fifteen-year-old Austin Thompson launched a violent rampage in a quiet Raleigh neighborhood, killing five people including his own brother and a police officer. Now eighteen, Thompson has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and faces sentencing through a mandatory Miller hearing, an extraordinary legal process reserved for juveniles who commit the most serious crimes. In this ep...

This case has generated a kind of attention that can either help solve it or smother it. The latest wave of headlines is all about a glove recovered roughly two miles from Nancy Guthrie’s Tucson-area home, with the FBI saying the glove contains a DNA profile and “appears to match” the type of gloves worn by the masked subject in the porch video. That one phrase appears to match has been stretched...

Nancy Guthrie, an 84-year-old widow from the Tucson area, remains missing nearly two weeks after being abducted from her home. Public ransom deadlines have come and gone. Surveillance footage has been released. Gloves have been recovered a mile from the scene and reportedly inside the residence. Height estimates have narrowed. The suspect description is out. Yet the central question remains: Who d...

I’m headed south on Highway 89 through central Utah, traveling toward Circleville and the childhood home of Robert LeRoy Parker, later known as Butch Cassidy. This episode isn’t a fairy tale and it’s certainly not a Robin Hood story. This is a clear-eyed look at how a normal kid (Butch Cassidy) from a hardworking Utah family slowly drifted into crime, builds a criminal identity, and eventually bec...

Overnight developments in the Nancy Guthrie investigation led to a detention during a traffic stop south of Tucson and a court-authorized search in Rio Rico, Arizona. The 36-year-old delivery driver questioned by authorities was later released, but investigators continue pursuing multiple leads. YouTuber’s were going crazy onsite near Nancy Guthrie’s home and her daughters neighborhood as police o...

In this episode of Profiling Evil, Mike King sits down with veteran filmmaker Josh Zeman, the creator of The Killing Season and host of the latest Monster: Hunting the Long Island Serial Killer. We dig into fresh developments, emerging forensic evidence, and the evolving portrait of accused killer Rex Heuermann. From investigation missteps to deep-behavioral analysis, this conversation will take y...

Searching Nancy Guthrie's septic tank, revisiting the daughter’s house with all kinds of flashes inside, and packages carried in and out. Let’s get caught up on the weekend investigation of Nancy Guthrie, now entering the second week with #Dr #KennyKinsey who became famous during the #AlexMurdaugh #Murder #Trial. He’s one of the most respected crime scene experts working today. In this conver...

Dig into the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie from Tucson, Arizona. Would this case be getting this much attention if her daughter #SavannahGuthrie wasn’t famous? Walk through the investigative timeline from the Uber ride to a family dinner, to the garage door closing upon her return. Then, let’s explore a cluster of events from a doorbell camera disconnect, the “person detected” alert w...

I’m driving just east of Wendover, Nevada near the Bonneville Salt Flats. Two days on the road through wide-open country that has swallowed lives and truths. I’m starting near where Dylan Rounds was murdered and now making my way into West Wendover, where 16-year-old Micaela “Mickey” Costanzo disappeared after track practice. She was later found in a shallow grave out on the outskirts of town. It’...

  Today I spent time watching the Paul Caneiro murder trial on Court TV, and after sitting with the testimony and the way this case is being presented, I want to share a few thoughts with you. This isn’t about declaring guilt or innocence as much as how we can understand how jurors actually think and why some cases, even very strong ones, struggle to reach a unanimous verdict. What type of ju...

Today we are sharing the first episode of the new series Gardens of Evil: Inside the Zion Society Cult, which is being released as Season 5 of the award-winning true crime podcast  American Nightmares .  Subscribe to  American Nightmares  to be sure you hear the full series - new episodes release every Tuesday. https://go.gamutpodcasts.com/americannightmareseries Episode 1 - A...

If you assume everything both sides said in closing is true, the prosecution is in the stronger position, and Brendan Banfield is more likely than not to be found guilty. The reason isn’t emotional; I’m basing it on the state’s single explanation that accounts for all of the evidence. The defense spent way too much time in my opinion pointing out why individual pieces might be questioned, and whil...

Newly unsealed search warrants are revealing disturbing new details in the Saratoga Springs homicide investigation involving Jessica Lyman and her 8-year-old son Eli Painter. Let’s walk through what police documents actually show about the investigation conducted by the Saratoga Springs Police Department, including forensic evidence, surveillance video, digital records, handwritten notes, and sign...

In this Feedback Friday field trip, I take you directly into the heart of Short Creek, known today as Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona. It once was the historic stronghold of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the FLDS. This is the community built around plural marriage, prophetic control, and absolute obedience, led for decades by self-proclaimed prophet Warr...

In this special bonus episode of Profiling Evil, I sit down with producer Aaron Mason to go behind the scenes of Gardens of Evil: Inside the Zion Society Cult. This is a rare look at how one of the darkest and most complex cult investigations I’ve ever worked came together as an audio series. We discuss what surprised Aaron most when he first stepped into the Zion Society world, how survivor voice...

Four lives were lost in the early morning darkness of Colts Neck, New Jersey. Keith Caneiro and his wife Jennifer… along with their eleven-year-old son Jesse and their eight-year-old daughter Sophia died inside their own home. But this case isn’t just about what happened inside that house. Hours earlier, flames were already rising at another Caneiro residence miles away. As investigators peeled ba...

Day six of testimony in the Brendan Banfield murder trial wasn’t about theatrics, it was about how this case was built, how investigators handled competing theories, and how leadership drew a hard line between collecting digital evidence and over-interpreting it. The defense tried to turn digital forensics into doubt, leaning hard on a simple idea: you can’t always tell who’s behind the screen. An...

This week on Feedback Friday, I’m answering a few questions that have been sitting with me because they all point to the same thing—how violence builds, how people justify it, and how easy it is to miss the warning signs until it’s too late. We talk about long-term cyber harassment and what it does to someone when it never quite rises to the level of criminal charges. We walk carefully through wha...

The first day of defense witnesses in the Brendan Banfield trial left me frustrated. The opening swing-for-the-fences motion to dismiss, the crime scene body-worn camera audio and the full-court press on the digital evidence, because if you can’t prove who was behind the screen, you can’t prove who was behind the setup. But the thing that really tightened my jaw was the defense pushing the idea th...

The Commonwealth rested its case in the Brendan Banfield murder trial, closing with bloodstain evidence, forensic testimony, and emotional witnesses meant to tie the story together. But instead of landing with impact, the State’s final witnesses felt muted — even flat. Today we break down what helped the prosecution, how the defense systematically dismantled key moments, and why the most important...

In this episode of Profiling Evil, Mike King sits down with Retired Assistant Sheriff Greg McCurdy, a 30-year veteran of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department whose career spans some of the city’s most pivotal eras in crime, policing, and public safety. Greg shares what it was like patrolling Las Vegas as the shadow of the old mob era faded away, the biggest homicide cases he worked, includ...