Episodes
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Oct. 29, 2026
Crime Wire Weekly 10/30/26 | Bon Jovi Scams, Boosie Badazz’s Son is Busted, Diaper Tantrum’s
This week’s episode is packed with wild headlines: a Louisiana woman loses $10K to a Bon Jovi impersonator scam, Boosie Badazz’s son gets arrested for robbery, and a New Jersey school teacher is busted for prostitution. We also cover the sentencing in the Faith Hedgepeth case, a man arrested after a diaper-wearing tantrum, a police officer who stole a dead man’s identity, and a pregnancy fraud scheme tied to The Bachelor. Plus, an Ohio man is convicted of killing an officer to avenge his son’s d...
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Oct. 28, 2026
Part Four | The Collapse: Payback
Part Four of a Four Part Series Jim wraps up the 4 part series covering FTX Crypto founder Sam Bankman Fried by bringing you the conclusion of sentences for all parties involved, Sam’s pardon fight and the money found to make the victims of his scam...
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Oct. 27, 2026
Part Three | The Collapse: The Inner Circle Turns
Part Three of a Four Part Series November ninth, 2022. Binance spends one day inside FTX's finances and walks away, saying why out loud for the whole world to hear: "mishandled customer funds." One day later, the Bahamas freezes Sam Bankman Fried and...
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Oct. 26, 2026
Part Two | The Collapse: Seven Balance Sheets
Part Two of a Four Part Series In Part Two, we open the books — and discover a shocking seven balance sheets, all…made up, to throw off investors. Then, in September of 2022, one of Sam Bankman Fried’s own engineers climbed to a penthouse balcony in Nassau and did the math the world couldn't see. Nishad Singh added it up: roughly eight billion dollars of customer money, gone through the backdoor. The most trusted man in crypto Sam Bankman Fried was eight Billion dollars in the hole — and nobody ...
368
Oct. 25, 2026
Part One | The Collapse: Effective Altruist
Part One of a Four Part Series He said he was going to give it all away. Every dollar. Sam Bankman-Fried built his entire public life on a philosophy called effective altruism: get rich as fast as possible, then give the fortune away to save the world. Politicians took his calls. Regulators took his meetings. Investors handed him billions and skipped the due diligence — because the kid in the cargo shorts wasn't just building a crypto empire, he was supposed to be saving us. In Part One of this...
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Oct. 22, 2026
Crime Wire Weekly 10/23/26 | Laken Snelling Sentenced, Chainsaw Carnage, & the People’s Court Murder
We open with a man extradited to Louisiana after an investigation into the online exploitation of an Acadiana child—including allegations he tried to push the minor toward demise. From there we head to Alabama, where a man is accused of using a chainsaw to kill his grandmother and aunt inside their home, then turning a court appearance into its own spectacle. Former University of Kentucky cheerleader Laken Snelling has been sentenced in the case of her newborn son, whose body was found in a clos...
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Oct. 20, 2026
Bad Teachers: Caitlin Rock
In the halls of a Reno, Nevada middle school, Caitlin Rock’s job was to help kids who were already struggling. As an intervention specialist for the Washoe County School District, she worked with students who had attendance problems at Billinghurst Middle School — kids who needed an adult they could trust. Instead, prosecutors say she targeted one of them. Beginning when the boy was just 13, Rock — a married mother in her mid-40s — allegedly spent more than a year and a half grooming, texting, a...
355
Oct. 15, 2026
Crime Wire Weekly 10/16/26 | Resort Tragedy, Elder Abuse and Death Row’s Last Words
We start with a Baton Rouge man facing charges after his 92-year-old father was found beaten to death inside the family home—despite a protective order already in place from a prior assault. Then we head to the Poconos, where a mother has been charged in the double homicide of her husband and 3-year-old son inside a Great Wolf Lodge hotel room. Authorities say she called for help afterward, telling responders she wanted to be with them. From there, the stories only get stranger. A Brazilian man ...
354
Oct. 12, 2026
Bad Teachers: Texas | Kathryn Murray, Brittni Colleps, Cassie Dowden, Haeli Wey
Today I cover several Texas teacher-student cases as part of the “bad teacher” series, starting with Kathryn Murray in Houston, whose relationship with a 15-year-old student led to her firing, arrest, and later additional charges after the student was found at her father’s home. Next up, Brittni Collops, a Fort Worth-area English teacher and basketball coach whose text messages and sexual contact with students led to multiple convictions and a prison sentence, followed by early release. We also...
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Oct. 8, 2026
Crime Wire Weekly 10/9/26 | Christa Pike’s Condition, Gypsy-Rose Claims, Cocaine v/s Flour
In Baton Rouge LA, A City Hall bathroom becomes a crime scene, Gypsy Rose Blanchard says her partner died of an overdose on his birthday, and Tennessee’s botched execution of Christa Pike leaves lawyers saying she may never recover. Gypsy Rose Blanchard tells reporters she believes Ken Urker overdosed in Raceland, Louisiana, on his 34th birthday. Deputies found drug paraphernalia and a handgun at the scene. The Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office says it has found no evidence of foul play, and tox...
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Oct. 5, 2026
The Cornell 7: Inside the Chi Phi Frat House Case
A 20-year-old Cornell student says she walked into a Chi Phi party on the night of October 19, 2024, and did not walk out the same. In a lawsuit filed nearly two years later, the woman identified only as Jane Doe alleges she was plied with alcohol and ketamine inside the fraternity house and sexually assaulted by seven members of the chapter while she was unable to consent. She reported the night to Cornell police weeks afterward. Tompkins County prosecutors reviewed her statement and closed the...
351
Oct. 1, 2026
Crime Wire Weekly 10/2/26 | Deepfakes, Dismemberment & the Pantless Passengers
A Pierre Part man is accused of using AI to generate sexual deepfakes of a coworker — then showing them to her. In Georgia, a missing DoorDash mom is identified after her family tracks her phone and finds her dismembered remains. And in Ohio, former American Idol contestant and worship pastor Caleb Flynn’s murder trial hits a turning point as jurors hear his police interview and both sides rest and that’s only the start of this week’s crime news craziness. Two men are sentenced in a massive mult...
350
Oct. 1, 2026
EMERGENCY DROP | Crime Wire Weekly: Christa Pike Botched Execution
In this “Emergency Drop”, Jim Chapman and Kelly Jennings discuss the breaking news regarding the botched execution of Christa Pike and give you up to the minute details! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/exposed-scandalous-files-of-the-elite--6073723/support.
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Sept. 29, 2026
Part 2 | Bad Teachers: Haley Beck & Angela Burlaka
Part 2 of a 2 Part Series Jim Chapman concludes the investigation into allegations involving Haley Beck and Angela Berlaca, reviewing witness statements, school rumors, and evidence collected from phones and iCloud accounts. The recovered messages...
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Sept. 28, 2026
Bad Teachers: Haley Beck & Angela Burlaka
In this episode Jim Chapman looks into the police investigation into allegations of inappropriate relationships between a student-athlete at Centennial High School in Peoria, Arizona, and two teachers, Angela Burlaka and Haley Beck. The case began with the student telling his grandmother about the relationship, who then reports it to police after reviewing messages and videos. Detectives identify and question Burlaka using phone records, social media, and searches of her classroom and home. Jim...
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Sept. 24, 2026
Crime Wire Weekly 9/25/26 | Marketplace Murder, Grief Scam, and a Tip That Stopped a Shooting
Kentucky’s $167 million Powerball winner is back in cuffs for the fifth time since the jackpot. In Lake Charles, a caretaker is accused of pouring bleach into a handicapped man’s water bottle and handing it over. A Texas dad is killed after a Facebook Marketplace meetup. And in Arkansas, a tip-line call gets law enforcement to a student’s door before a threatened school shooting can become another headline. Lustful Lawbreakers: A Vermont couple lands in Florida jail over public nudity. Then Lou...
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Sept. 23, 2026
Sean “Diddy” Combs & Nolan Wells: The Updates
In this episode Jim Chapman brings you completely up to date with (2) cases he has covered including what Sean “Diddy” Combs has been doing since his incarceration in Fort Dix Prison and the latest news after a grand jury convened in the case of Nolan Wells and determined no wrongdoing in the death of the Mississippi teen. Chapters: 02:13 Diddy Update 05:17 Fort Dix Transfer 08:12 Photos Surface 10:32 Coveted Job 11:31 Drug Program 12:16 Prison Infractions Reported 13:51 Pardon And Appeal Push ...
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Sept. 21, 2026
Exposed Investigates: The Scandals of Lauren Boebert
She built a brand as the gun-toting, MAGA-loyal congresswoman from Colorado — the high-school dropout who owned Shooters Grill, won a House seat, and never stopped talking. Then the headlines started stacking up, and they never really stopped. In this episode Jim Chapman walks through the public record on Rep. Lauren Boebert: the September 2023 night she was escorted out of Denver’s Beetlejuice musical after complaints of vaping, flash photos, singing over the show, and groping her date on camer...
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Sept. 17, 2026
Crime Wire Weekly 9/18/26 | Embezzled Football Funds,Deadly Train Push,Love Triangle Tragedy
This week on the CWW Jim and KJ bring you the crime news headlines and they start with a California high school football booster treasurer accused of draining more than $411,000 from the team that trusted her with the books—money prosecutors say went to a mortgage and credit cards while she sent the board cooked reports. In Massachusetts, three jurors from the Lindsay Clancy trial break their silence after the mistrial, walking through the 11–1 deadlock, the holdout who admitted reasonable doubt...
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Sept. 14, 2026
Seven Felonies: The Arrest of KJ Biermann
In August 2026, 15-year-old Kroy “KJ” Jagger Biermann Jr.—son of Real Housewives of Atlanta alum Kim Zolciak and former NFL player Kroy Biermann—was arrested in Alpharetta, Georgia, and booked into a youth detention center. The case began with an alleged April encounter at a Life Time Fitness facility involving a female classmate. Chapters: 04:44 Seven Felony Charges 08:19 Gym Encounter Details 13:19 Police Build Their Case 18:12 Arrest and Bond Issues 23:26 Adult Court Battle 29:59 Shocking Pr...
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Sept. 10, 2026
Crime Wire Weekly 9/11/26 | Clancy Verdict, Crooked Jess, and Trading Children For Monkey’s
This week on the CWW the crime news headlines start with a therapist who was booked after allegedly sleeping with a rehab patient. In Massachusetts, the Lindsay Clancy murder trial collapses into a mistrial after the jury deadlocks on whether she was criminally responsible for killing her three children and in a brand new segment we are calling Any Given Saturday we are giving you the latest in what occurred during week one college football in this Kickoff crime report. In West Virginia A high ...
341
Sept. 9, 2026
Chasing Predators: How The ICAC Program Has Evened The Playing Field
Jim Chapman is joined by Captain Calvin Bowden, a 28 Year Veteran of the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office and head of the LPSO ICAC (Internet Crimes Against Children) Task Force. Captain Calvin discusses the inception of the program, what the program has done for chasing and catching predators and tips that every parent should look for as it relates to bad actors and predators using the internet to reach our children. In addition to his 28 years of service at multiple positions inside the Livi...
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Sept. 4, 2026
Exposed Investigates: LSU Versus the SEC
Jim Chapman takes a deep dive into the college football eligibility dispute over the NCAA’s shift from a four-for-five rule to a five-for-five model, and how players from the 2022 class say they were treated differently from others who received extra years. Jim also explains the new age-based system, its limited exceptions, and the lawsuits and amicus brief challenging the NCAA’s changing eligibility decisions. Jim focuses on the conflict involving LSU, Lane Kiffin, and the SEC, including the S...
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Sept. 3, 2026
Crime Wire Weekly 9/4/26 | Times Square Stabbing, Tupac Trial Verdict, Murder For Hire Plot
Jim Chapman and Kelly Jennings bring you the crime headlines from around the United States for this week! Timestamps 08:00 Louisiana Crime Crackdown. (Legislative Session Review) 12:00 Florida Authorities Recover 163 Missing Children. 16:00 40,000 Pounds of Beer Goes Missing. (They Stole What) 21:00 Lyft Driver Stabbed 11 Times. 26:22 Times Square Stabbing Update. 31:11 Tupac Murder Trial-Keefe D Found Guilty. 37:44 Wisconsin Stalker Collected Human Remains. 43:45 Florida Man Convicted In Murde...