{"podcast":{"title":"The Case Against Kouri Richins","slug":"the-case-against-kouri-richins-6402997","podcast_index_feed_id":6402997,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5107367.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5107367","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43468181.jpg","author":"Tony Brueski","episode_count":333,"summary":"Welcome to 'The Case Against Kouri Richins,' your in-depth source for understanding the harrowing and complex tale surrounding the alleged 'Moscow Mule Killer.' This podcast dives into the labyrinth of legal, personal, and psychological elements of a case that has gripped the nation. Each episode, we meticulously unravel the chilling series of events, from the alleged poisoning attempts to the assault on a family member, from the mystery of multiple life insurance policies to the surprising discovery of a changed will. Through interviews, legal documents, and expert commentary, we shed light on the tragedy that befell the Richins family, attempting to answer the crucial question – is Kouri Richins truly guilty? Tune in as we delve into the darkness of deception, betrayal, and murder. 'The Case Against Kouri Richins' – where truth is stranger than fiction","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T06:19:01.202095+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-case-against-kouri-richins-6402997"},"episode":{"title":"How Did Kouri Richins Write A Grief Book While She Was The Reason Her Kids Were Grieving?","slug":"how-did-kouri-richins-write-a-grief-book-while-she-was-the-reason-her-kids-were-grieving","published_at":"2026-06-06T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-case-against-kouri-richins-6402997/how-did-kouri-richins-write-a-grief-book-while-she-was-the-reason-her-kids-were-grieving","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-case-against-kouri-richins-6402997","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8912873","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8912873.mp3?modified=1780668677&sid=5107367&source=rss","summary":"She wrote a children's book about grief. Went on TV to promote it. Talked about helping her boys cope with their dad's \"unexpected\" death. Hugged them on camera. Cried in interviews. Fourteen months of a woman the world believed was a grieving mother. Every friend who testified at trial said they never doubted her. The whole time, she was the reason those children had no father. The question isn't how she faked it. The question is whether she was faking at all. The psychology behind Kouri Richins doesn't perform lies — it migrates into them. Moves in. Furnishes the new reality. Lives there. In the room where she's a grieving mother writing a book, the grief is real to her. The room where she put fentanyl in a Moscow Mule exists somewhere else in her mind. She's not visiting it. That's not acting. That's compartmentalization so deep the person living inside it doesn't experience it as deception. And that's what made her convincing — to her friends, to television audiences, to everyone — for over a year. The 911 call. The party the next day. Google searches for luxury prisons and insurance timelines. The TV tour. All of it makes sense once you understand the wiring. Before the cover-up came the crime. Valentine's Day. Eric survived. He gasped for air. He reached for his son's EpiPen. He told friends his wife was trying to end his life. For the next seventeen days, Kouri slept in the same bed, parented the same kids, closed the same deals — and built a second plan with five times the dose. She didn't panic after the first attempt. She refined. Approximately $4.5 million in debt. An affair that was a rehearsal for the next chapter. Insurance policies Eric didn't know about. The moment her husband stopped being a person and became a math problem. Not a rehash. A breakdown o…","meta_description":"She wrote a children's book about grief. Went on TV to promote it. Talked about helping her boys cope with their dad's \"unexpected\" death. Hugged them on…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2245,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-case-against-kouri-richins-6402997/episodes/how-did-kouri-richins-write-a-grief-book-while-she-was-the-reason-her-kids-were-grieving/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-case-against-kouri-richins-6402997/how-did-kouri-richins-write-a-grief-book-while-she-was-the-reason-her-kids-were-grieving.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}