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  • Sandra Birchmore Trial: Cop’s Filthy Secrets & Vile Texts Exposed In Court

    Sandra Birchmore Trial: Cop’s Filthy Secrets & Vile Texts Exposed In Court
    Oct 22 2026
    Matthew Farwell allegedly told Sandra Birchmore she was “the worst person on the face of the earth” after she announced her pregnancy, and now a federal jury is reading the messages he wanted deleted. The married former Stoughton police detective is accused of killing Sandra and her unborn baby to conceal a secret that stretched back to when she was fifteen.... But his vile texts are only part of what makes this trial so outrageous, because jurors are also hearing how police handled her death before the FBI stepped in. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield breaks down the Sandra Birchmore trial so far. Matthew Farwell has pleaded not guilty, and his defense maintains Sandra took her own life.
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    1 h et 23 min
  • Mom Accused of Killing Pregnant Daughter to Steal Her Baby, Fiancé Admits Sleeping With Mom

    Mom Accused of Killing Pregnant Daughter to Steal Her Baby, Fiancé Admits Sleeping With Mom
    Oct 20 2026

    Disturbing new details in the case of a mother accused of cutting her own daughter’s baby from her womb. Rebecca Park’s fiancé testified that before he dated Rebecca, he was sleeping with her biological mother. Rebecca was just 22 and nearly full-term when she disappeared in Michigan. She was later found dead in the woods, and her baby was missing. Her biological mother, Cortney Bartholomew, and Cortney’s husband, Bradly Bartholomew, are charged with murder, torture, and a slew of other crimes.
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    41 min
  • Cornell 7: Justice Denied for Jane Doe? Judge Rips DA’s ‘No Crime’ Decision

    Cornell 7: Justice Denied for Jane Doe? Judge Rips DA’s ‘No Crime’ Decision
    Oct 19 2026
    Do Jane Doe’s own words undermine her allegations—or should investigators have dug deeper before closing the door? In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield is joined by former Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Jill Konviser for a fiery debate over the Cornell 7 rape allegations, Jane Doe’s conflicting accounts, and the district attorney’s decision that no crime occurred. Judge Konviser calls his handling of the case a “dereliction” of his duties, and explains why she believes the investigation fell short.
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    39 min
  • ‘Cruise Mom’ Accused of Leaving Baby With Kids Ages 9, 7 & 2 While She Sails to Bahamas

    ‘Cruise Mom’ Accused of Leaving Baby With Kids Ages 9, 7 & 2 While She Sails to Bahamas
    Oct 16 2026
    Florida mother Nathalie Belizaire is accused of leaving FOUR children home alone while she took a tropical getaway. Police found the siblings hiding together in a bathroom, and when their mother got off the ship, authorities were waiting. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield breaks down the shocking bodycam footage and Judge Mindy Glazer’s blistering reaction. The mother denies the child neglect allegations and claims the baby’s father set her up.
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    24 min
  • High & Dry: Brian Hooker Hits the Weed Store as Wife Remains Missing | Lynette Hooker

    High & Dry: Brian Hooker Hits the Weed Store as Wife Remains Missing | Lynette Hooker
    Oct 14 2026
    Lynette Hooker is still missing. Her husband Brian Hooker is making weed runs in California and hanging out in his mom’s garage. After leaving the Bahamas, where his wife vanished during what he described as a dinghy trip gone wrong, Brian’s routine is raising eyebrows. Lynette’s family is still waiting for answers, and Ashleigh Banfield’s sources say evidence from the couple’s sailboat, Soulmate, challenges his account. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield and former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani examine Brian Hooker’s pot-store outing, his behavior amid the federal investigation, and the potential legal consequences if investigators can disprove his story. Could evidence aboard Soulmate become the key to the Lynette Hooker case? Brian has not been charged in connection with his wife’s disappearance.
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    33 min
  • Bombshell Texts & Jane Doe’s Full Police Statement Raises SERIOUS Questions | Cornell 7

    Bombshell Texts & Jane Doe’s Full Police Statement Raises SERIOUS Questions | Cornell 7
    Oct 13 2026
    New text messages and Jane Doe’s full six-page police statement are fueling a fresh firestorm over the Cornell University fraternity allegations, with disturbing details and messages that demand a closer look. From her account of sex and ketamine use inside the Chi Phi fraternity house to the revealing texts she sent afterward, it’s fueling a question a lot of people are asking: if the media had these full text exchanges from the beginning, why are we only seeing them now? In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield examines Jane Doe’s text exchanges with two of the fraternity members, and the FULL six-page police statement about the October 2024 encounter at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
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    58 min
  • Philly House of Horrors: FBI Searches Floors, Walls & Pipes For Missing Women | R.C. Horsch

    Philly House of Horrors: FBI Searches Floors, Walls & Pipes For Missing Women | R.C. Horsch
    Oct 12 2026
    Could the missing women’s bodies have been dissolved and washed down the pipes? The FBI is searching floors, walls, and basement plumbing at Philadelphia’s “House of Horrors” as investigators examine whether chemicals were used to dispose of human remains through “wet cremation.” At least seven missing women have been linked to the home of filmmaker and suspected serial killer Raymond “R.C.” Horsch, where authorities recovered more than a million digital files. No bodies have been recovered. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield breaks down the new forensic search, the wet cremation investigation, and a family’s account that missing woman Nicole Fusaro was identified in the disturbing footage. Plus, women describe their experiences inside the house.
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    25 min
  • Death Row’s ‘Mean Girl’ Carved Pentagram Into Teen, Wakes Up ANGRY After Botched Execution

    Death Row’s ‘Mean Girl’ Carved Pentagram Into Teen, Wakes Up ANGRY After Botched Execution
    Oct 9 2026

    Christa Pike kept a piece of her teenage victim’s skull as a trophy, but after surviving Tennessee’s botched execution, her lawyers are demanding mercy. Convicted of torturing and murdering 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in 1995, Christa Pike survived two doses of lethal injection drugs and has now regained consciousness. But can Tennessee take her back to the death chamber? In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield is joined by criminal defense attorney and former homicide prosecutor Paul Callan, who helped prosecute “Son of Sam” killer David Berkowitz, to break down the latest updates on Pike’s condition, whether she can be executed again, and the fight over her death sentence.

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    1 h et 18 min