Today on Hidden True Crime, Lauren Matthias covers the urgent and actively unfolding disappearance of two young brothers — Will Richman and Wesley Richman — who authorities believe were abducted by their father, Dane Richman, during a bitter custody dispute. Investigators say the case involves alarming warning signs including financial collapse, emotional in ... Show More
May 31
The Nightmare Upstairs: When Abuse Allegations Collide with Custody Battles | Psychologist Reacts
Lauren Matthias and forensic psychologist Dr. John Matthias react to the new documentary The Nightmare Upstairs and explore the difficult questions at the center of the case. Beyond the documentary itself, we discuss family abuse, child disclosures, parental alienation, custody b ... Show More
1h 25m
May 22
Mackenzie Shirilla Unmasked | The DARK Psychology Behind Netflix’s ‘The Crash’
Dr. John, a forensic psychologist, reacts to The Crash and breaks down the disturbing psychology behind Mackenzie Shirilla — the Ohio teen convicted after driving her car into a wall at 100 mph, killing her boyfriend and another friend. While Netflix explores the case itself, thi ... Show More
1h 39m
Oct 2025
Murdaugh Murders: Inside A Deadly Dynasty
A staged suicide, stolen millions, and a trail of lies, Dr. Phil uncovers how Alec Murdaugh's empire collapsed under the weight of deception and greed. In Part 2 of The Murdaugh Murders: Inside a Deadly Dynasty, Dr. Phil unpacks the shocking twists that shattered the Murdaugh leg ... Show More
42m 30s
Aug 2025
S18E2: Inside the Idaho College Murders | Mystery and Murder: Analysis by Dr. Phil
Dr. Phil breaks down the evidence, psychology, and behavioral red flags that led to Bryan Kohberger's arrest in the brutal murders of four Idaho students. What kind of mind tries to outsmart a murder investigation while studying criminology? In Episode 2, Dr. Phil dissects the tu ... Show More
37m 52s
Oct 2025
Talking Dateline: Deadly Mischief
<p>Blayne Alexander talks with Dennis Murphy and Dateline producer Brad Davis about their episode, “Deadly Mischief.” In 2014, after esteemed FSU law professor Dan Markel was fatally shot, investigators uncovered a murder-for-hire plot orchestrated, according to prosecutors, by M ... Show More
27m 54s
Sep 2021
Episode 34 | Keeping up with the Murdaughs | Murder, Fraud and Mayhem!
Send us Fan MailFor more than 100 years of South Carolina low country history, the Murdaugh name came to represent a legal dynasty, where three successive generations controlled the local prosecutor's office. The Murdaugh family quietly enjoyed their wealth, privilege, sprawling ... Show More
28m 52s