{"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":338,"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":"2026-07-17T04:19:35.759628+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/drop-dead-serious-with-ashleigh-banfield-6923792"},"episode":{"title":"Nancy Guthrie: Sheriff Flags Disturbing “Wrench Attack” Report To Investigators | 135 Days Missing","slug":"nancy-guthrie-sheriff-flags-disturbing-wrench-attack-report-to-investigators-135-days-missing","published_at":"2026-06-17T07:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/drop-dead-serious-with-ashleigh-banfield-6923792/nancy-guthrie-sheriff-flags-disturbing-wrench-attack-report-to-investigators-135-days-missing","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/drop-dead-serious-with-ashleigh-banfield-6923792","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8917799","audio_url":"https://clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8917799.mp3?modified=1781718955&sid=5143594&source=rss","summary":"Nancy Guthrie vanished from her Tucson, Arizona home more than 135 days ago, and investigators have released almost nothing about what happened to the 84-year-old grandmother. But now, a new cybersecurity report on so-called “wrench attacks” and “proxy target attacks” has raised a disturbing possibility in the case: was Nancy taken not because of what she had, but because of who she was connected to? In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield breaks down the new report, the brutal rise of crypto-related kidnappings and torture-for-password crimes, and why Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos says the task force is aware of the report and has flagged it to investigators. Ashleigh also speaks with security expert Spencer Coursen, a former U.S. Army Ranger and former special deputy U.S. Marshal, about how these attacks work, why criminals are moving from hacking to physical violence, and what families can do to protect themselves from ransom, extortion, and proxy targeting.","meta_description":"Nancy Guthrie vanished from her Tucson, Arizona home more than 135 days ago, and investigators have released almost nothing about what happened to the 84-…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2703,"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/nancy-guthrie-sheriff-flags-disturbing-wrench-attack-report-to-investigators-135-days-missing/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/nancy-guthrie-sheriff-flags-disturbing-wrench-attack-report-to-investigators-135-days-missing.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}