{"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":"Secret Messages, Missing Passports, and Brian Hooker’s Proven Lies | Lynette Hooker Missing","slug":"secret-messages-missing-passports-and-brian-hooker-s-proven-lies-lynette-hooker-missing","published_at":"2026-07-09T01:21:34+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/drop-dead-serious-with-ashleigh-banfield-6923792/secret-messages-missing-passports-and-brian-hooker-s-proven-lies-lynette-hooker-missing","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/drop-dead-serious-with-ashleigh-banfield-6923792","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8925630","audio_url":"https://clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8925630.mp3?modified=1783560306&sid=5143594&source=rss","summary":"Explosive new lies are surfacing in the Lynette Hooker investigation after sources with knowledge of the case said evidence shows Lynette made it back to the couple’s sailboat before she vanished. Now, Brian Hooker’s story about the dinghy, the dry bag, the missing passports, the so-called helpless float to Marsh Harbour, and his alleged search for Lynette are all facing new scrutiny. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield speaks with Lynette’s friend Blaine Stevenson about the new boat evidence, Brian’s alleged lies, the missing passport mystery, and Facebook messages Brian sent to one of Lynette’s childhood friends in the days after she vanished.","meta_description":"Explosive new lies are surfacing in the Lynette Hooker investigation after sources with knowledge of the case said evidence shows Lynette made it back to…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3233,"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/secret-messages-missing-passports-and-brian-hooker-s-proven-lies-lynette-hooker-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/secret-messages-missing-passports-and-brian-hooker-s-proven-lies-lynette-hooker-missing.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}