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Episodes

Feb. 28, 2026

Best of season 1 - Epstein / Maxwell - "THE ENABLER-IN-CHIEF: How Ghislaine Built a Sex Trafficking Empire"

Reid Carter exposes the shocking truth behind Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking operation and how British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell became his "enabler-in-chief." From their twisted relationship that began in the 1990s to the systematic grooming of victims as young as 14, discover how Maxwell used her sophistication and connections to recruit, train, and abuse vulnerable girls. Part 1 of our explosive two-part series reveals the evidence that convicted Maxwell and the victims who finally broug...
Feb. 27, 2026

SEASON 1 FINALE - "COLIN GRAY'S DAUGHTER BREAKS, DEE WARNER FOUND IN A FERTILIZER TANK & DAVID BURKE NAMED GRAND JURY TARGET"

Reid Carter closes out Season One of Celebrity Trials with three explosive updates. In Winder, Georgia, Colin Gray's own teenage daughter testified he pressured her to cover for him before she discovered her brother's gun was gone the morning of the Apalachee shooting. Meanwhile in Michigan, the trial of Dale Warner lays bare a horrifying cold case — his wife Dee found strangled inside a sealed fertilizer tank three years after she disappeared. And in Los Angeles, new court filings confirm risin...
Feb. 26, 2026

"GRIEF BOOK KILLER ON TRIAL, JOHNNY GAUDREAU & THE DRUNK DRIVER WHO WANTS TO WALK FREE"

Reid Carter breaks down days one and two of the Kouri Richins murder trial in Park City, Utah — the children's book author accused of poisoning her husband Eric with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl in a Moscow mule, then self-publishing a grief memoir for her kids. Plus: Sean Higgins — the man who mowed down NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew on their bikes the night before their sister's wedding — now wants the case tossed, claiming new testing shows his blood-alcohol was b...
Feb. 25, 2026

"EL MENCHO DEAD: CARTEL KINGPIN FALLS, NANCY GUTHRIE'S KIDNAPPER HUNTED & KOHBERGER'S REAL MOTIVE EXPOSED"

Reid Carter covers three major crime stories gripping America. Mexico's most wanted drug lord Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes killed Sunday in Jalisco military raid - CJNG boss behind most of America's fentanyl is dead, but 70 people killed in violent cartel retaliation across 20 Mexican states. Nancy Guthrie's kidnapping enters week four with no arrest - Savannah Guthrie's 84-year-old mother abducted from Tucson home, $200,000+ reward offered, investigators pursuing genealogical DNA lead...
Feb. 24, 2026

"GAVE HIS SON A GUN: THE COLIN GRAY TRIAL, AMERICAN IDOL PASTOR'S 911 CALL & KURT COBAIN'S 'MURDER'"

Reid Carter continues coverage of the Colin Gray trial in Winder, Georgia - the father accused of enabling the Apalachee High School massacre. Days three through five revealed the horrifying forensic details: 36 shots fired, 103 total cartridges carried by his 14-year-old son, and the medical examiner testifying no victim could have survived even steps from a hospital. Colt Gray's grandmother drops a bombshell question the boy asked before the shooting. Plus: Former American Idol contestant Cale...
Feb. 23, 2026

"THE ARREST OF A PRINCE: HOW JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S SHADOW FINALLY CAUGHT THE KING'S BROTHER"

Reid Carter covers the biggest royal scandal in four centuries. Thursday, February 19th: British police arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor - formerly Prince Andrew - on his 66th birthday at the King's private estate. Held for 11 hours on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Emails show he forwarded confidential British trade reports to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein within five minutes of receiving them. King Charles said "the law must take its course." Virginia Giuffre's family sa...
Feb. 22, 2026

"THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF MURDAUGH: THE CORRUPT CLERK & THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM - PART 2"

Reid Carter concludes the Murdaugh special with the post-conviction chaos. Alex staged his own shooting so son Buster could collect $10 million life insurance - survived with a skull fracture. Pleaded guilty to 22 federal financial crimes, sentenced to 40 years. Then court clerk Becky Hill was accused of pressuring jurors to convict - retired Justice Toal called her "not credible" but denied new trial. Hill arrested on three felonies May 2025. February 11, 2026: South Carolina Supreme Court hear...
Feb. 21, 2026

"THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF MURDAUGH: A LEGAL DYNASTY'S BLOODY END - PART 1"

Reid Carter exposes how South Carolina's most powerful legal dynasty collapsed into murder and fraud. Three generations of Murdaughs controlled criminal prosecutions across five counties for 87 years - locals called it "Murdaugh Country." Then Paul Murdaugh killed 19-year-old Mallory Beach in a drunk boating crash. Alex Murdaugh stole millions from clients, including dead housekeeper Gloria Satterfield's sons. June 7, 2021: Maggie texted a friend her husband sounded "fishy." Hours later, she and...
Feb. 20, 2026

"RAPISTS SCRAWLED ON THE DOOR: ALEXANDER BROTHERS' SEX TRAFFICKING HORROR & ZUCKERBERG GRILLED ON INSTAGRAM'S CHILD ADDICTION MACHINE"

Reid Carter takes a deep dive into the two biggest trials in America. The Alexander brothers sex trafficking trial enters a 10-day break after three weeks of devastating testimony - nine women described being drugged and raped, jurors saw "Rapists!" scrawled in eyeliner on a door, texts revealed "twin DP" boasts and "panty dropper pills," and a juror was dismissed for deciding early. Diddy's former defense team now represents the brothers. In Los Angeles, Mark Zuckerberg testified before a jury ...
Feb. 19, 2026

"BOYFRIEND LEFT HER TO FREEZE ON AUSTRIA'S HIGHEST PEAK, BROTHER SENTENCED FOR STARVING 12-YEAR-OLD & SHIA LABEOUF'S MARDI GRAS MELTDOWN"

Reid Carter covers the trial opening in Innsbruck where Thomas Plamberger faces negligent homicide for leaving girlfriend Kerstin Gurtner to freeze to death 150 feet below the summit of Austria's highest mountain - prosecutors say nine critical errors, her own mother defends him. Tyler Peterson sentenced to 5 years to life for his role in the starvation death of 12-year-old brother Gavin - father and stepmother already serving life sentences while DCFS ignored years of abuse reports. Shia LaBeou...
Feb. 18, 2026

"GAVE MY SON A GUN: WOUNDED TEENS TESTIFY, WIFE SEALED IN FERTILIZER TANK & DON LEMON'S FELONY FIGHT"

Reid Carter covers the landmark Colin Gray trial in Georgia where the father of accused Apalachee High School shooter faces 29 felony counts - gave his 14-year-old a Christmas AR-15 despite FBI warnings and a Parkland shooter shrine in the boy's bedroom. Wounded teenagers deliver devastating testimony. Dale Warner's Michigan murder trial reveals wife Dee was strangled, wrapped in a tarp, sealed inside a welded fertilizer tank on family property for three years after she told him she wanted a div...
Feb. 17, 2026

"SAVANNAH'S MOM STILL MISSING, MANSION MURDERER GUILTY & AU PAIR'S MAXIMUM SENTENCE SHOCKS COURTROOM"

Reid Carter covers the desperate search for Today show host Savannah Guthrie's 84-year-old mother Nancy, missing over two weeks from her Arizona home - FBI analyzing DNA from a glove matching doorbell camera suspect as daughter pleads for her return. Paul Caneiro convicted of four counts of first-degree murder after slaughtering his brother Keith, sister-in-law Jennifer, and their children Jesse and Sophia in their Colts Neck mansion over stolen business funds - then set both homes on fire. Au p...
Feb. 16, 2026

PRESIDENTS' DAY WEEKEND - "NOT GUILTY: HOW JOHN HINCKLEY SHOT A PRESIDENT, WALKED FREE & ENDED UP ON YOUTUBE"

Reid Carter closes Presidents' Day weekend with the assassination attempt that changed American law. March 30, 1981: John Hinckley Jr. fired six shots at President Reagan outside the Washington Hilton — all to impress actress Jodie Foster. Reagan nearly died. Press Secretary James Brady was permanently disabled. Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy took a bullet to the chest. Hinckley's trial shocked America — jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity after seven hours. Public outrage rewrote...
Feb. 15, 2026

PRESIDENTS' DAY WEEKEND - "THE TRIAL OF JACK RUBY: THE MAN WHO KILLED KENNEDY'S KILLER ON LIVE TELEVISION"

Reid Carter covers the assassination that broke America and the murder trial nobody expected. November 22, 1963: Lee Harvey Oswald shot President Kennedy in Dallas. Two days later, nightclub owner Jack Ruby walked into the police basement and shot Oswald on live television — the first murder broadcast to a national audience. Fifty million Americans watched a man die in real time. Ruby's trial lasted two weeks. Defense claimed psychomotor epilepsy caused a blackout. Prosecution said premeditated ...
Feb. 14, 2026

PRESIDENTS' DAY WEEKEND - "THE MADMAN WHO KILLED GARFIELD: CHARLES GUITEAU'S CIRCUS TRIAL & THE DOCTORS WHO REALLY DID IT"

Reid Carter covers the most bizarre assassination trial in American history. July 2, 1881: Charles Guiteau shot President James Garfield at a train station because God told him to — and because Garfield refused to make him ambassador to France. Garfield lingered for 80 agonizing days while doctors probed his wounds with unwashed hands, feeding him through his rectum when he couldn't eat. Guiteau's trial was pure chaos — he sang hymns, insulted the judge, called witnesses idiots, and argued the d...
Feb. 13, 2026

PRESIDENTS' DAY WEEKEND - "THE LINCOLN CONSPIRACY: THE MILITARY TRIBUNAL THAT HANGED A WOMAN"

Reid Carter launches Presidents' Day weekend with the assassination that changed America. April 14, 1865: John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre during a coordinated conspiracy to decapitate the government. Secretary of State Seward stabbed in his bed. Vice President Johnson's assassin lost his nerve. Twelve-day manhunt ended with Booth shot dead in a Virginia barn. Eight conspirators tried by military tribunal - not civilian court. Mary Surratt became the first woman executed ...
Feb. 12, 2026

"GRIEF BOOK AUTHOR'S MURDER TRIAL BEGINS, COP SHOT BY COPS ACCUSES JUDGE OF BIAS & GUTHRIE KIDNAPPING UPDATE"

Reid Carter covers jury selection in Utah for Kouri Richins, the mother who allegedly poisoned her husband Eric with fentanyl then published a children's grief book about his death - prosecutors say she took out $2 million in life insurance policies without his knowledge. Nancy Guthrie update: suspect detained near the Mexican border and released, chilling porch video shows masked figure with pistol, and Savannah Guthrie's family still begging for contact after 11 days. Former Massachusetts cop ...
Feb. 11, 2026

"BREAKING: SUSPECT DETAINED NEAR MEXICO BORDER IN GUTHRIE KIDNAPPING, MANGIONE'S DOUBLE JEOPARDY OUTBURST & DEADLY DIVORCE VERDICT"

Reid Carter leads with breaking news - a man has been detained in a traffic stop near the Mexican border in connection with the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, mother of Today host Savannah Guthrie. FBI and local police stopped a silver SUV in Rio Rico, Arizona, Tuesday night. Court-ordered search of his home underway. FBI Director Kash Patel confirms multiple persons of interest. Hours earlier, FBI released doorbell footage showing armed, masked suspect at Nancy's door at 1:47 a.m. Bitcoin ransom ...
Feb. 10, 2026

"THE KILLER NURSE: LUCY LETBY, 7 DEAD BABIES & THE NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY DIVIDING A NATION"

Reid Carter takes a deep dive into the case dominating Netflix right now. Lucy Letby, a British neonatal nurse convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven more at the Countess of Chester Hospital between 2015 and 2016. Injected air into bloodstreams. Poisoned with insulin. Wrote "I am evil, I did this" on a Post-it note. Sentenced to 15 whole-life orders - she will die in prison. But now international medical experts say there's no evidence she killed anyone. Netflix's new...
Feb. 9, 2026

"SAVANNAH'S MOM'S $6M RANSOM DEADLINE HITS TODAY, SCHOOL SHOOTER'S DAD ON TRIAL & 18-YEAR COLD CASE GETS NEW LIFE"

Reid Carter opens with the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping as the $6 million Bitcoin ransom deadline hits at 5 p.m. today - day nine with no suspects, no proof of life, and Savannah Guthrie telling captors "we will pay." California man arrested for sending fake ransom texts while real kidnapper remains unknown. Colin Gray's murder trial begins in Georgia - father bought his 14-year-old son the AR-15 used to kill two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School after FBI warned him about online th...
Feb. 8, 2026

"THE HEIRESS ON TRIAL: PATTY HEARST'S BRAINWASHING DEFENSE, TWO PRESIDENTIAL PARDONS & THE DOG SHOW REDEMPTION - PART 2"

Reid Carter concludes the Patty Hearst saga with the trial that captivated America. February 4, 1976: F. Lee Bailey argued brainwashing turned a kidnap victim into a bank robber. Prosecution played surveillance tapes and jail recordings proving she was a willing revolutionary. Hearst pleaded the Fifth forty-two times. Jury deliberated twelve hours - guilty. Sentenced to seven years. Served twenty-two months before Jimmy Carter commuted. Bill Clinton granted full pardon on his last day in office....
Feb. 7, 2026

"THE HEIRESS AND THE ARMY: HOW PATTY HEARST WENT FROM KIDNAP VICTIM TO AMERICA'S MOST WANTED - PART 1"

Reid Carter examines how a 19-year-old newspaper heiress became a machine gun-wielding bank robber in one of the strangest cases in FBI history. February 4, 1974: Three armed radicals burst into Patty Hearst's Berkeley apartment, beat her fiancé, threw her in a trunk. The Symbionese Liberation Army demanded millions in food for the poor. Her father complied. Didn't matter. Two months later, surveillance cameras captured Hearst wielding an M1 carbine during a San Francisco bank robbery, screaming...
Feb. 6, 2026

"SAVANNAH GUTHRIE'S MOTHER ABDUCTED, MANSION MURDERS AUTOPSY HORROR & SCAMMED GRANDPA SENTENCED FOR KILLING UBER DRIVER"

Reid Carter opens with the disappearance gripping America - Nancy Guthrie, 84, mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie, abducted from her Arizona home five days ago. Blood found inside. Pacemaker disconnected at 2 a.m. Ransom notes sent to media demanding millions in Bitcoin. Savannah's tearful plea: "We need to know she's alive." Trump directing federal resources. Then the Mansion Murders trial update - autopsy testimony reveals eight-year-old Sophia Caneiro suffered 17 stab wounds over her ...
Feb. 5, 2026

"GUTHRIE RANSOM NOTE, BOUNTY HUNTER'S STEPSON KILLS SON & CAMPSITE KILLER GETS 100 YEARS"

Reid Carter updates the search for Savannah Guthrie's missing mother Nancy after a ransom note demanding millions in Bitcoin surfaces - sheriff says 84-year-old could die without medication. Dog the Bounty Hunter's stepson Gregory Zecca arrested for aggravated manslaughter after fatally shooting 13-year-old son Anthony while drunk and high - practiced drawing firearm from waistband before discharging fatal round during UFC watch party in Naples. Daren Abbey sentenced to 100 years for the brutal ...