{"podcast":{"title":"Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield","slug":"drop-dead-serious-with-ashleigh-banfield-6923792","podcast_index_feed_id":6923792,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5143594.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5143594","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/42178490.png","author":"Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield","episode_count":319,"summary":"I know a thing or two about true crime... I’ve been reporting on it for 36 years. This is the podcast where I take you on a journey through mystery and injustice... and dive deep into critical clues with an irreverent style that I don’t share on TV! Join me for my personal take on many of these stories and my personal connection to several as well! I’m Ashleigh Banfield, and I’m Drop Dead Serious! New Episodes Every Thursday!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T18:20:10.654450+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/drop-dead-serious-with-ashleigh-banfield-6923792"},"episode":{"title":"Anna Kepner Case: Teen Stepbrother Sent to Jail As Cruise Ship Murder Case Explodes","slug":"anna-kepner-case-teen-stepbrother-sent-to-jail-as-cruise-ship-murder-case-explodes","published_at":"2026-06-16T08:42:32+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/drop-dead-serious-with-ashleigh-banfield-6923792/anna-kepner-case-teen-stepbrother-sent-to-jail-as-cruise-ship-murder-case-explodes","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/drop-dead-serious-with-ashleigh-banfield-6923792","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8917124","audio_url":"https://clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8917124.mp3?modified=1781599568&sid=5143594&source=rss","summary":"Anna Kepner was found dead under a bed on a Carnival cruise ship, and now the 16-year-old stepbrother who shared that cabin with her has been sent to jail. Timothy Hudson, the 16-year-old accused in the death of Florida cheerleader Anna Kepner aboard the Carnival Horizon, has been ordered into U.S. Marshals custody after prosecutors pushed to have him detained. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh walks through the newly unsealed court documents, the cruise ship surveillance timeline, the phone evidence, and the DNA details prosecutors say are central to the case. Former Florida State Attorney Dave Aronberg joins Ashleigh to break down the federal charges, the adult prosecution, and what happens next for a teenager facing life in prison.","meta_description":"Anna Kepner was found dead under a bed on a Carnival cruise ship, and now the 16-year-old stepbrother who shared that cabin with her has been sent to jail…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3010,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/drop-dead-serious-with-ashleigh-banfield-6923792/episodes/anna-kepner-case-teen-stepbrother-sent-to-jail-as-cruise-ship-murder-case-explodes/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/drop-dead-serious-with-ashleigh-banfield-6923792/anna-kepner-case-teen-stepbrother-sent-to-jail-as-cruise-ship-murder-case-explodes.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}