# How Did Kouri Richins Write a Grief Book and Mean Every Word?

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Podcast: [The Case Against Kouri Richins](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-case-against-kouri-richins-6402997)
Published: 2026-06-02T15:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://audioboom.com/posts/8909105
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For fourteen months, Kouri Richins walked through a community as a grieving widow. She closed deals. She socialized. She published a children's book and went on television. Friends testified at trial that she seemed like a good mother dealing with a terrible loss. Nobody saw through it.The reason nobody saw through it is the subject of this episode — and it's more disturbing than you'd expect. Because Kouri wasn't suppressing tells or fighting micro-expressions. In the psychological compartment she occupied during those fourteen months, she WAS a grieving mother. The compartment where she put fentanyl in Eric's drink was sealed. She wasn't visiting it. And the sincerity that comes from genuinely inhabiting a constructed identity is what makes this kind of psychology undetectable to the people closest to it.Part two of a five-part series breaking down the decision-making of a broken brain. The 911 call. The searches. The book. The television appearance. And the question nobody finds a satisfying answer to: did she believe her own story? Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #KouriRichins #EricRichins #KouriRichinsTrial #Psy…

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