The Trial Of Lori Vallow Daybell | Full Courtroom Coverage

The appeal is fully briefed. The Idaho Supreme Court has the case. And every single argument Lori Vallow Daybell's team has raised collapses under the facts. Her appellate attorney Craig Durham filed five constitutional claims — removal of her chosen attorney Mark Means, denial of counsel during a disqualification hearing, due process violations during her incompetency, improper admission of Arizo...

Lori Vallow still believes she'll be exonerated. In a March 2025 Dateline interview, she maintained her innocence. She claimed visions from Jesus. She showed no remorse. Her son Colby is left to figure out how to live in a world where his mother killed his siblings — and still thinks she was right. This is Part 5 of "The Chosen Ones" — the conclusion of our psychological examination of spiritual a...

Everyone around Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow saw something. The question is why they didn't act. This is Part 4 of "The Chosen Ones" — our deep dive into the psychology of spiritual abuse and religious trauma through the Daybell case. Today we examine the inner circle: the people who participated, enabled, or stayed silent while four people died. We cover: ALEX COX — Lori's brother, who shot Charl...

September 8, 2019. Yellowstone National Park. The last known photo of Tylee Ryan. According to investigators, she was dead within twenty-four hours. Her remains were found nine months later in Chad Daybell's backyard. This is Part 3 of "The Chosen Ones" — our deep dive into the psychology of spiritual abuse and religious trauma through the Daybell case. Today we examine Chad Daybell's "zombie" doc...

During Chad Daybell's murder trial, prosecutors introduced some of the most chilling evidence in true crime history: spreadsheets. Documents recovered from Chad Daybell's computer showing lists of names — Tammy Daybell, Charles Vallow, Tylee Ryan, JJ Vallow, and many others — each assigned a "light and dark rating" on a spiritual scale Chad Daybell invented. Everyone rated "dark" ended up dead. Th...

October 2018. A "Preparing a People" conference in Utah. Chad Daybell walks up to Lori Vallow and tells her they were married in a past life. This is the moment everything changed. Part 1 of "The Chosen Ones" examines how Chad Daybell used spiritual love bombing to transform Lori from a devoted LDS mother into someone who believed she was "a god assigned to carry out the work of the 144,000." We b...

Lori Vallow Daybell is serving seven life sentences. Chad Daybell is on death row. Combined, they owe hundreds of thousands of dollars in restitution to the families of Tylee Ryan, JJ Vallow, Tammy Daybell, and Charles Vallow. They will never pay it. But under Idaho's current Son of Sam law, there's a disturbing possibility: they could still profit from media deals. This week, Idaho Senator Tammy...

Three women. Three abductions. Same beliefs. Same geography. Same church. Elleshia Seymour is now in Croatian custody after allegedly fleeing Utah with her four children because she believed the apocalypse was coming. She left behind a to-do list instructing herself to shred documents and buy a burner phone. She left a note she described as a "message from God." And she left a secret TikTok accoun...

Lori Vallow Daybell wants a new trial. Prosecutors just explained why she'll never get one. The Idaho Attorney General's office filed a 59-page brief this week responding to the "Cult Mom's" appeal, and it's a comprehensive takedown of all five constitutional claims. Her attorney conflict argument? Mark Means represented both Lori and Chad Daybell at the same time — co-conspirators in a capital mu...

As part of our Hidden Killers 2025 Year in Review series, we revisit the opening week of one of the most sensational murder trials in America — the Arizona case of Lori Vallow Daybell , the self-proclaimed “Doomsday Mom” now defending herself against charges of conspiracy to murder her fourth husband, Charles Vallow. In this two-part breakdown, Tony Brueski teams up with former prosecutor and defe...

As part of our Hidden Killers 2025 Year in Review series, we revisit one of the most surreal and unsettling trials in modern American true crime — the Arizona murder trial of Lori Vallow Daybell , the so-called Doomsday Mom who’s decided to defend herself in court while accused of orchestrating the murder of her fourth husband, Charles Vallow . This episode pulls listeners straight into the Chandl...

As part of our Hidden Killers 2025 Year in Review series, we revisit the opening days of one of the most chilling courtroom dramas in modern true crime — the Arizona trial of Lori Vallow Daybell , the self-declared prophet now serving life sentences in Idaho for the murders of her children, JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan , and the conspiracy to kill Tammy Daybell . This time, Lori stands accused of murd...

As part of our Hidden Killers 2025 Year in Review series, we turn our focus to one of the most bizarre and psychologically chilling trials unfolding in America: Lori Vallow Daybell , the self-proclaimed prophet who’s decided she’s the best person to defend herself in court. Already convicted in Idaho for the murders of her two youngest children, Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow , and the conspiracy to mur...

In this full episode of Hidden Killers Live , Tony Brueski, Stacy Cole, and Todd Michaels take you inside the minds of two of America’s most notorious convicted murderers — Donna Adelson and Chad Daybell — through the words they wrote themselves. Segment 1: Donna Adelson’s Prison Letter From a Florida jail cell, Donna Adelson wrote a 2024 letter to her husband Harvey describing how her heart “brea...

In this chilling segment of Hidden Killers Live , Tony Brueski reads and dissects Chad Daybell’s Letter #7 — a rambling, supernatural account written years before the doomsday murders that would make him infamous. In the letter, Daybell claims that while working as the sexton of a Utah cemetery, he was haunted by the ghost of a petty thief named Eddie — a spirit that supposedly opened gates, picke...

In this full episode of Hidden Killers Live , Tony Brueski, Stacy Cole, and Todd Michaels take you inside the minds of two of America’s most notorious convicted murderers — Donna Adelson and Chad Daybell — through the words they wrote themselves. Segment 1: Donna Adelson’s Prison Letter  From a Florida jail cell, Donna Adelson wrote a 2024 letter to her husband Harvey describing how her heart “bre...

Welcome to the "Week in Review," where we delve into the true stories behind this week's headlines. Your host, Tony Brueski, joins hands with a rotating roster of guests, sharing their insights and analysis on a collection of intriguing, perplexing, and often chilling stories that made the news.       This is not your average news recap. With the sharp investigative lens of Tony and his guests, th...

Welcome to the "Week in Review," where we delve into the true stories behind this week's headlines. Your host, Tony Brueski, joins hands with a rotating roster of guests, sharing their insights and analysis on a collection of intriguing, perplexing, and often chilling stories that made the news.       This is not your average news recap. With the sharp investigative lens of Tony and his guests, th...

Welcome to the "Week in Review," where we delve into the true stories behind this week's headlines. Your host, Tony Brueski, joins hands with a rotating roster of guests, sharing their insights and analysis on a collection of intriguing, perplexing, and often chilling stories that made the news.       This is not your average news recap. With the sharp investigative lens of Tony and his guests, th...

Big Breakdown - Lori Vallow & Chad Daybell's LOVE LETTERS EXPOSED! Just when you thought the Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow case couldn’t get any stranger, it does. In this Hidden Killers Live with Tony Brueski, Stacy Cole, and Todd Michaels , we dive into the disturbing new prison writings being released by convicted killer Chad Daybell — the same man sentenced to death for murdering his wife T...

Chad Daybell’s Ghost Stories & Rick Astley Obsession from Prison Chad Daybell’s sixth prison letter takes his delusions to a whole new level. From his time as a cemetery caretaker to supposed ghostly companions who “helped” him do his job, Daybell paints a picture of himself as a spiritual figure living in two worlds. He even ties in pop music, dedicating Rick Astley songs to his spectral “fri...

The Near-Death Fantasies of Chad Daybell: A Cult Leader’s Mind Chad Daybell’s prison letter #5 dives headfirst into his so-called near-death experiences, and the results are as disturbing as they are absurd. From claiming he “died” four times to describing heaven with the soundtrack of Van Halen’s Jump , Daybell’s words show the twisted belief system he used to justify his crimes. The hosts break...

NEW Chad Daybell Prison Letters EXPOSED: Rick Astley, Rapture & Delusion! What do Rick Astley, the rapture, and Chad Daybell have in common? Apparently, far too much. This segment kicks off with the surreal opening to Chad Daybell’s prison letters — where dark humor collides with chilling reality. Before we even get into the depths of his bizarre claims, we’re already met with a strange mix of...

Chad Daybell’s Prison Letters + Sandra Birchmore’s Murder: The Complete Breakdown This episode combines two disturbing true crime arcs into one sweeping discussion. First, the bizarre and delusional prison letters of Chad Daybell — filled with near-death fantasies, ghostly companions, and a warped theology he used to justify unspeakable acts. With humor and sharp analysis, the hosts dismantle his...

Welcome to the "Week in Review," where we delve into the true stories behind this week's headlines. Your host, Tony Brueski, joins hands with a rotating roster of guests, sharing their insights and analysis on a collection of intriguing, perplexing, and often chilling stories that made the news.       This is not your average news recap. With the sharp investigative lens of Tony and his guests, th...