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Aug. 9, 2022

Ep 87: Depp vs Heard Trial and Verdict with Rabia Chaudry, Part 1

With the Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard trial back in the news, Laura discusses the case with attorney, advocate and best-selling New York Times author Rabia Chaudry. Laura asks Rabia her legal perspective about the Depp/Heard ca...

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Aug. 2, 2022

Ep 86: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 11

Laura continues her fascinating interview with Brian Entin, senior National Correspondent for NewsNation and discusses how ‘strategic’ Brian Laundrie and his family may have been as well as other information that may come to ...

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July 26, 2022

Ep 85: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 10

Laura interviews special guest Brian Entin, senior National Correspondent for NewsNation who covered Gabby’s case from the start. Brian was posted up outside the Laundrie’s home in Florida. He also went to the location where ...

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July 19, 2022

Ep 84: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 9

In this episode, Laura discusses the other police body worn cameras and highlights new key information available from Officer Pratt’s footage, which was released on Friday 1st October. It took Moab City Police Department more...

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July 12, 2022

Ep 83: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 8

In this episode, Laura continues to break down Gabby and Brian’s behaviour using the police body worn camera footage from the Moab City Police Department. Laura highlights an important statement Brian makes about the relation...

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July 5, 2022

Ep 82: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 7

In this episode, Laura continues to break down Gabby and Brian’s behaviour using the police body worn camera footage from the Moab City Police Department. Laura highlights an important eyewitness who details Brian’s controlli...

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June 28, 2022

Ep 81: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 6

Laura has taken the decision to interrupt the Gabby Petito series to share her preliminary analyses and deconstruction of the confession letter written by Brian Laundrie, which was published on Friday 24th June. The publicati...

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June 21, 2022

Ep 80: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 5

In this episode, Laura deconstructs Gabby and Brian’s behaviour using the police body worn camera footage from the Moab City Police Department. Laura shares her expert analysis and highlights key intervention and prevention o...

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June 14, 2022

Ep 79: Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard with Lucia Osborne-Crowley, Part 2

Laura continues her discussion about the Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard trial with special guest Lucia Osborne-Crowley. Lucia is a writer, journalist, lawyer and survivor. She currently works as a staff reporter for Law360 coveri...

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June 7, 2022

Ep 78: Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard with Lucia Osborne-Crowley, Part 1

In this episode Laura discusses the Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard trial and the verdict with special guest Lucia Osborne-Crowley. Lucia is a writer, journalist, lawyer and survivor. She currently works as a staff reporter for La...

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May 31, 2022

Ep 77: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 4

In this episode Laura continues her analysis of one more post on Gabby’s Instagram account, a second post that was published on August 12, as well as analysis of Gabby’s TikiTok account, further highlighting inconsistencies a...

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May 24, 2022

Ep 76: Investigating Jimmy Savile with Meirion Jones, Part 2

Laura continues her conversation with Meirion Jones, who along with Liz MacKean, investigated Jimmy Savile when they worked for the BBC. Together they lifted the lid on Savile’s prolific and serial sexual offending behaviour ...

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May 17, 2022

Ep 75: Investigating Jimmy Savile with Meirion Jones, Part 1

Laura interviews Meirion Jones, who along with Liz MacKean, investigated Jimmy Savile when they worked for the BBC. Together they lifted the lid on Savile’s prolific and serial sexual offending behaviour, targeting the most v...

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May 10, 2022

Ep 74: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 3

Laura continues to analyse Gabby’s social media for clues and highlights and some odd inconsistencies in the last posts on Gabby’s Instagram account. You can follow along on Gabby’s Instagram @gabspetito and Laura’s Instagram...

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May 3, 2022

Ep 73: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 2

In this episode, Laura continues to profile Gabby Petito’s case starting with victimology and analysing Gabby’s social media. Laura highlights some emerging patterns and also explains our obsession with ‘stranger danger’ mean...

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April 26, 2022

Ep 72: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 1

In this episode, Laura profiles Gabby Petito’s case from a behavioural, investigative and preventative perspective. Having watched the police body worn camera footage captured when Moab City Police attended a domestic violenc...

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April 19, 2022

Ep 71: Profiling ‘Bad Vegan: Fame, Fraud and Fugitives’ Part 2

Media headlines screamed ‘Vegan Vixen’ ‘Vegan Bernie Madoff’ simplifying Sarma’s Melngailis motivation for stealing $2 million from her own restaurant was to make her dog, Leon, immortal. Others call what happened to Sarma ‘p...

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April 12, 2022

Ep 70: Profiling ‘Bad Vegan: Fame, Fraud and Fugitives’ with Joey Rep…

Are you still trying to make sense of the Netflix docuseries Bad Vegan? You are not alone! So many of you asked Laura to deconstruct and analyse the case. In this episode, Laura goes behind the scenes of the four-part …

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March 25, 2022

Ep 69: R Time

Thank you for tuning in and for all your support. Crime Analyst wouldn’t be possible without you lovely lot. I’m taking some much-needed time out. More soon - so stay tuned! #TrueCrime #Podcast #CrimeAnalyst #Selfcare Follow ...

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March 18, 2022

Ep 68: Profiling The Batman with Umberto Gonzalez, Part 3

In this episode, Laura asks special guest Umberto Gonzalez, fanboy journalist and Heroic Hollywood founder who currently covers the superhero beat for The Wrap the critical questions you want answered, including: · Who is t...

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March 11, 2022

Ep 67: Profiling The Batman with Umberto Gonzalez, Part 2

In this episode, Laura psychologically deconstructs The Riddler and The Batman with special guest Umberto Gonzalez, fanboy journalist and Heroic Hollywood founder who currently covers the superhero beat for The Wrap.** Spoiler alert ** We go in! Watch the movie …

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March 4, 2022

Ep 66: Profiling The Batman with Umberto Gonzalez, Part 1

In this episode, Laura is joined by special guest Umberto Gonzalez, fanboy journalist and Heroic Hollywood founder who currently covers the superhero beat for The Wrap. Why is Laura is profiling The Batman, you might be wonde...

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Feb. 25, 2022

Ep 65: Missing and Murdered in Wyoming with Cara Chambers and Dr Emil…

When 22-year-old Gabby Petito disappeared in September 2021 there was national and international media coverage, and rightly so. However, when her body was found in Wyoming it brought into sharp relief the 715 indigenous people, 466 who were women, who …

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Feb. 18, 2022

Ep 64: Murdered and Missing in Montana with Loni Coombs

Laura interviews former LA prosecutor and legal expert Loni Coombs about her new documentary Murdered and Missing Montana. Gabby Petito’s case received a lot of media attention – and started a conversation about the fact that Native American women and …

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