{"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":"Why Couldn't Kouri Richins Stop Performing The Grieving Widow?","slug":"why-couldn-t-kouri-richins-stop-performing-the-grieving-widow","published_at":"2026-07-07T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-case-against-kouri-richins-6402997/why-couldn-t-kouri-richins-stop-performing-the-grieving-widow","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-case-against-kouri-richins-6402997","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8910793","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8910793.mp3?modified=1780411723&sid=5107367&source=rss","summary":"After Eric Richins died, Kouri did something that still unsettles people: she put out a children's book about a father who dies and watches over his children, then went on morning television and performed the grieving widow for a national audience. Prosecutors said she killed him. This look back sits with that need to control the story — and pairs it with one of the eeriest parallels in true crime. Oregon novelist Nancy Crampton-Brophy took the same impulse to its furthest edge. Years before her husband Daniel was shot and killed at the culinary school where he taught, she published an essay titled \"How to Murder Your Husband\" — surveying methods, musing that a killing meant to free her shouldn't cost her jail time. The essay was kept out of her trial for being too old, and a jury convicted her of second-degree murder anyway. She'd owned the same model of gun used in the killing, driven her own minivan past the scene, and published her fascination with spousal murder under her real name. The throughline this segment draws is uncomfortable: the person who needs to be seen as clever, or sympathetic, or in control of the narrative often can't stay invisible. Kouri wrote herself as the grieving mother. Nancy wrote herself as the murder expert. Both stepped into spotlights that ultimately helped expose them. We revisit where the Richins case stood at the time of our reporting and treat both convictions as the legal findings they are — while sitting with the strange, recurring pull these cases share toward self-exposure. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 In…","meta_description":"After Eric Richins died, Kouri did something that still unsettles people: she put out a children's book about a father who dies and watches over his child…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1556,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-case-against-kouri-richins-6402997/episodes/why-couldn-t-kouri-richins-stop-performing-the-grieving-widow/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/why-couldn-t-kouri-richins-stop-performing-the-grieving-widow.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}