logo
episode-header-image
Aug 2022
48m 8s

Nikolas Cruz’s death penalty hearing; Kr...

True Crime News
About this episode
In this episode of True Crime Daily The Sidebar Podcast: Dr. Tracy A. Pearson joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss new evidence in Nikolas Cruz’s sentencing hearing (2:30) and further delays in the trial of Paul Flores for the 1996 death of Kristin Smart (20:40). They also look at the final ... Show More
Up next
Feb 3
Brother dismembered pregnant older sister, claimed she was ‘no longer innocent’
This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: Jack Ball pleaded guilty to murdering his sister Bethany Israel and her unborn child, but his defense maintains the brother was unable to comprehend his actions because of mental illness. Tracy Tamborra joins host Ana Garcia To learn more ... Show More
1 h
Jan 30
Patriarch facing death penalty in Pike County massacre; Father allegedly shoots sex offender – TCN Sidebar
In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Joshua Ritter breaks down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. He discusses the death penalty back on the table for the prosecution of George “Billy” Wagner in the Pike County slayings that nearly eliminated ... Show More
27m 21s
Jan 27
Amish man’s alleged confession to assault and strangulation of a woman to be excluded from trial
This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: Authorities claim Amish teen Samuel Hochstetler confessed to the slaying of Rosanna Kinsinger, but a judge’s ruling will exclude the statements from a potential trial. Plus, a father, Wellington Dickens, stands accused of killing his four ... Show More
56m 7s
Recommended Episodes
Jun 2022
Condo Killings
In May of 2011, high school sweethearts and avid church-goers, Bill and Peggy Stephenson, are found dead in their condo in Florence, Kentucky. The crime scene is so bizarre that the FBI has stated that the perpetrator has a pathology they only see in 1% of criminals. Detective Co ... Show More
30m 44s
Feb 2023
An Impossible Crime
Daniel Taylor was 17 years old when he was arrested for a 1992 double homicide in Chicago. But Daniel had an alibi. He was in jail at the time of the murders. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Sign up for our occasional newsletter, The Accomplice. Follow the show and ... Show More
35m 14s
May 2023
#442: Interview with Menendez Juror Hazel Thornton | Menendez + Menudo - Part 4
<p>Joining us today we are honored to have Hazel Thornton who served as a juror on Erik Menendez’ first trial in 1993. We have so many questions for her about what it was like to see all of the testimony and what conclusions she came to. To clarify both brothers, Erik and Lyle we ... Show More
48m 41s
Nov 2022
#409: Profiling the Murders of Laci Peterson and Conner Peterson | Part 2
<p>We continue our step-by-step analysis of Laci Peterson’s victimology, the timeline and Scott Peterson’s behavior leading up to the day of her disappearance on December 24th 2002. When there are competing narratives about what happened and why it happened, Jim and Laura connect ... Show More
44m 1s
Nov 2022
#408: Profiling the Murders of Laci Peterson and Conner Peterson | Part 1
<p>When you say the name Laci Peterson many of us conjure up the sweet smiling face of a woman, who was eight months pregnant, glowing with excitement for the imminent birth of her son Conner. That image is juxtaposed with the terrible knowledge that before Laci could hold her ba ... Show More
30m 47s
Jan 2023
#414: Profiling the Murders of Laci Peterson and Conner Peterson | Part 7
<p>We finish our analysis of Diane Sawyer’s interview with Scott Peterson where she drills him with tough questions. Laura and Jim share what they see and hear in his answers. You can watch the interview for yourself on the link below. Watch then listen to our conversation.&nbsp; ... Show More
33m 38s
Oct 2020
76th and Yates
On May 8, 2013, a man named Timothy Jones was arrested in Chicago. He says it wasn’t until he got to the police station that he found out that he was being charged with murder. He didn’t even know someone had died. Earlier that day, a woman named Jacqueline Reynolds had been driv ... Show More
35m 11s
Mar 2021
Sex-mad female prison guard BUSTED in raunchy romps with killer inmate
<p>A female prison guard is sentenced to jail after a sex romp with a double murderer. Lauren McIntyre, 32, the mother of two, is accused of having a four-month fling with a man who strangled his girlfriend and baby daughter to death. <strong> </strong></p><p>Joining Nancy Grace ... Show More
37m 17s
May 2023
#439: Menendez + Menudo: Boys Betrayed | Part 1
<p>There are high profile cases you think you&nbsp;know, but the truth is far more nuance, complicated and terrible than anything the&nbsp;media could ever cover during a headline making trial. On the evening of June 20th 1989, Lyle Menendez (21) and his brother Erik Menendez (18 ... Show More
37m 18s
Jan 2024
Can't Say
Ken Allen, the lead detective in the Ray Lewis murder case, breaks down the challenges he faced during his investigation -- Witnesses became uncooperative, evidence disappeared, and politics seemed to get in the way of justice. When Tim asks Allen what ultimately derailed the inv ... Show More
35m 24s