{"podcast":{"title":"Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary","slug":"hidden-killers-with-tony-brueski-true-crime-news-commentary-5840426","podcast_index_feed_id":5840426,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5040505.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5040505","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43617911.jpg","author":"True Crime Today","episode_count":500,"summary":"🔎 Daily True Crime Podcast | Criminal Psychology | Ongoing Trials | Expert Analysis Multiple new episodes every day! Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski is your ultimate daily true crime podcast , bringing you real-time updates on criminal investigations, high-profile trials, forensic breakthroughs, and psychological deep dives into the minds of killers. 🎙️ Hosted by veteran journalist Tony Brueski , we go beyond the headlines , featuring exclusive insights from FBI agents, forensic experts, criminal psychologists, and legal analysts. Whether it's the latest developments in cases like Bryan Kohberger and Lori Vallow or deep dives into cold cases and unsolved mysteries , we uncover the hidden truths behind the crimes that captivate the world. If you’re obsessed with true crime, forensic psychology, and legal drama , subscribe now to Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski on Apple Podcasts. 🎧 New episodes multiple times a day—stay ahead of the latest crime stories. Join our SubStack: https://HiddenKillers.SubStack.com 📺Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod 📷Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillersp…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T10:21:06.423335+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-killers-with-tony-brueski-true-crime-news-commentary-5840426"},"episode":{"title":"The Crash: Did Anyone in the Mackenzie Shirilla Case Ask the Right Question?","slug":"the-crash-did-anyone-in-the-mackenzie-shirilla-case-ask-the-right-question","published_at":"2026-06-04T23:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-killers-with-tony-brueski-true-crime-news-commentary-5840426/the-crash-did-anyone-in-the-mackenzie-shirilla-case-ask-the-right-question","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-killers-with-tony-brueski-true-crime-news-commentary-5840426","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8911515","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8911515.mp3?modified=1780511459&sid=5040505&source=rss","summary":"The prosecution asked whether Mackenzie Shirilla intended to kill her boyfriend and his friend. A judge said yes. But a psychotherapist who has spent thirty years inside the minds of people who commit violence says the real question was never asked — and the answer might be something the legal system has no category for. Shavaun Scott, author of The Minds of Mass Killers, sits down for a full three-part psychological examination of the Shirilla case. She examines the personality the prosecution used as evidence — the narcissism that clinically signals fragility rather than calculation, the self-obsession that masks instability, and the volatility that could be personality disorder or could be a teenage brain that isn't finished developing. She unpacks the relationship the trial presented as one-sided — the mutual escalation, the competing accounts of a violent incident on I-71, the self-harm threats, and what happens psychologically when someone built around control faces abandonment. And she confronts the aftermath the documentary only scratches — the clinical legitimacy of Mackenzie's memory claim, how grief drives the families toward a certainty the evidence doesn't fully support, and a devastating possibility nobody in this case wants to consider. Shirilla was convicted of four counts of murder for the Strongsville, Ohio crash that killed Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan. She was seventeen. She's serving fifteen years to life. Everyone picked a side. This conversation asks whether either side understood what they were actually looking at — and whether the question the trial answered is the question that should have been asked. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as…","meta_description":"The prosecution asked whether Mackenzie Shirilla intended to kill her boyfriend and his friend. A judge said yes. 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