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Suspect confesses to murder of missing teen; Prosecutors recharge Alec Baldwin — TCD Sidebar
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Suspect confesses to murder of missing teen; Prosecutors recharge Alec Baldwin — TCD Sidebar

In this episode of True Crime Daily The Sidebar Podcast: Donte Mills joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss Joran van der Sloot’s confession in Natalee Holloway’s slaying, an appeals court ruling in Alex Murdaugh’s favor, and a pending grand jury indictment for Alec Baldwin in the fatal “Rust” shooting.

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Parents of school shooter face trial; New evidence alleges motive in Tupac’s shooting — TCD Sidebar
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Parents of school shooter face trial; New evidence alleges motive in Tupac’s shooting — TCD Sidebar

In this episode of True Crime Daily The Sidebar Podcast: Matt Murphy joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss the renewed investigation into a mother’s disappearance after her body is discovered, the parents of a school shooter charged criminally for negligence, and new evidence revealed by prosecutors in the shooting death of Tupac Shakur.

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Suspect indicted in Tupac’s shooting; Woman sentenced for man’s murder, dismemberment – TCD Sidebar
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Suspect indicted in Tupac’s shooting; Woman sentenced for man’s murder, dismemberment – TCD Sidebar

In this episode of True Crime Daily The Sidebar Podcast: Angenette Levy joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss the recent arrest of a suspect in the shooting death of Tupac Shakur, an “obsessed” ex’s conviction for the murder of a Hollywood sex therapist, two teens charged with the hit-and-run death of a former police officer, and a woman’s life sentence following the murder and dismemberment of an intimate partner.

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Defense abruptly rests in Hollywood murder trial; Mom accused of witness tampering — TCD Sidebar
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Defense abruptly rests in Hollywood murder trial; Mom accused of witness tampering — TCD Sidebar

In this episode of True Crime Daily The Sidebar Podcast: Dr. Tracy Pearson joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss the defense abruptly resting their case in the murder trial of a Hollywood sex therapist, shocking new allegations against a parenting podcaster charged with child abuse, and a grief book author accused of poisoning her husband now facing allegations of witness tampering.

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Double jeopardy allegations in hate crime hoax; Camera arguments in Kohberger’s trial – TCD Sidebar
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Double jeopardy allegations in hate crime hoax; Camera arguments in Kohberger’s trial – TCD Sidebar

In this episode of True Crime Daily The Sidebar Podcast: Bob Motta joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss defense attorneys for Jussie Smollett appealing the “Empire” actor’s conviction, the murder trial for an alleged obsessive ex, and attorneys objecting to cameras in the courtroom during Bryan Kohberger’s trial for the slaying of four University of Idaho students.

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Danny Masterson receives max sentence; Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys allege jury tampering – TCD Sidebar
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Danny Masterson receives max sentence; Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys allege jury tampering – TCD Sidebar

In this episode of True Crime Daily The Sidebar Podcast: Franz Borghardt joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss Danny Masterson’s sentence of 30 years to life, allegations of jury tampering in Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial, and claims that a potential defense witness may have been intimidated by FBI agents following a hearing in the University of Idaho slayings.

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‘The Widower’ faces retrial for death of 6th wife; $1.2 billion ‘revenge porn’ lawsuit — TCD Sidebar  
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‘The Widower’ faces retrial for death of 6th wife; $1.2 billion ‘revenge porn’ lawsuit — TCD Sidebar  

In this episode of True Crime Daily The Sidebar Podcast: Jack Rice joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss Thomas Randolph’s retrial, a judge revoking bond for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, and a Texas jury awarding a revenge porn victim $1.2 billion after her former boyfriend maliciously spread intimate photos.

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Tory Lanez sentenced; Kohberger’s defense reveals alleged alibi in Idaho slayings — TCD Sidebar  
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Tory Lanez sentenced; Kohberger’s defense reveals alleged alibi in Idaho slayings — TCD Sidebar  

In this episode of True Crime Daily The Sidebar Podcast: Natalie Whittingham-Burrell joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss the 10-year sentence imposed on Tory Lanez following his conviction in the shooting of Megan Thee Stallion, a potential alibi presented by Bryan Kohberger’s defense attorneys in the University of Idaho killings, and the retrial for a man dubbed “The Widower,” who’s again facing charges in the death of his sixth wife.

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Suspected Gilgo Beach killer appears in court; Oxford school shooter seeks parole – TCD Sidebar
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Suspected Gilgo Beach killer appears in court; Oxford school shooter seeks parole – TCD Sidebar

In this episode of True Crime Daily The Sidebar Podcast: Adanté Pointer joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss Rex Heuermann’s latest court appearance after he was indicted for the murders of three women on Long Island’s Gilgo Beach, the Miller hearing to determine whether Oxford school shooter Ethan Crumbley will be eligible for parole, and the preliminary hearing for a suspect charged with the stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee.

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Kevin Spacey acquitted; Woman found not mentally ill in mutilation and murder of lover — TCD Sidebar
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Kevin Spacey acquitted; Woman found not mentally ill in mutilation and murder of lover — TCD Sidebar

In this episode of True Crime Daily The Sidebar Podcast: Brian Silber joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss Kevin Spacey’s acquittal on sexual assault charges in the U.K., a jury’s decision to find a woman not mentally ill in the murder and decapitation of her lover, and a kidnapping case that’s now alleged to be a hoax.

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New evidence in Menendez brothers’ case; Search warrant executed in Tupac’s murder – TCD Sidebar
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New evidence in Menendez brothers’ case; Search warrant executed in Tupac’s murder – TCD Sidebar

In this episode of True Crime Daily The Sidebar Podcast: Dave Aronberg joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss a suspect arrested in the Gilgo Beach killings, new evidence in the Menendez brothers’ case, and the search of a Las Vegas-area home related to the 1996 shooting of Tupac Shakur.

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Manson family member released; Surgeon charged with missing lawyer’s murder – TCD Sidebar
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Manson family member released; Surgeon charged with missing lawyer’s murder – TCD Sidebar

In this episode of True Crime Daily The Sidebar Podcast: Katie Cherkasky joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss the release of a former Manson family member, murder charges facing a plastic surgeon amid a medical billing dispute, and competency hearings for a woman charged with a man’s brutal murder and dismemberment.

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Prosecutors seek death penalty in Idaho slayings; Parkland resource officer acquitted – TCD Sidebar
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Prosecutors seek death penalty in Idaho slayings; Parkland resource officer acquitted – TCD Sidebar

In this episode of True Crime Daily The Sidebar Podcast: Rachel Kaufman joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss the acquittal of Scot Peterson, the admissibility of confessions allegedly made by Delphi murders suspect Richard Allen, and Idaho prosecutors seeking the death penalty for Bryan Kohberger.

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