{"podcast":{"title":"True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews","slug":"true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948","podcast_index_feed_id":568948,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5001260.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5001260","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/42359005.jpg","author":"Tony Brueski","episode_count":500,"summary":"🔎 Daily True Crime Stories | Unsolved Mysteries | Criminal Investigations | Cold Cases True Crime Today is your go-to daily true crime podcast , bringing you the latest murder cases, ongoing trials, criminal psychology insights, and shocking unsolved mysteries . Whether it’s breaking crime news, high-profile trials, serial killers, missing persons, or cold cases , we cover it all with expert analysis, investigative storytelling, and real-time updates . 🎙️ Hosted by leading crime analysts , we uncover the psychology of killers, forensic breakthroughs, police investigations, and courtroom drama —giving you the full story behind the headlines . From notorious cases to little-known crimes that deserve attention , we break down what really happened and why . If you're obsessed with true crime podcasts , criminal psychology, and investigative reporting, subscribe to True Crime Today on Apple Podcasts now! 🎧 New episodes daily.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T12:17:47.477723+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948"},"episode":{"title":"Anna Kepner's Stepbrother: What the Judge Said Before He Was Locked Up","slug":"anna-kepner-s-stepbrother-what-the-judge-said-before-he-was-locked-up","published_at":"2026-06-22T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948/anna-kepner-s-stepbrother-what-the-judge-said-before-he-was-locked-up","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8918758","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8918758.mp3?modified=1781893493&sid=5001260&source=rss","summary":"The same judge who let Timothy Hudson live with his uncle reversed himself and ordered him into federal custody. The detention order is fourteen pages. The language is not standard. The judge described what the evidence reveals about the character of the person charged with killing Anna Kepner and concluded that no combination of conditions could protect the community. Hudson was first charged as a juvenile in February and released under electronic monitoring. When a grand jury indicted him as an adult on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated offenses, the legal framework changed. Prosecutors filed sealed forensic evidence two days before the detention hearing. The judge reversed the release. CCTV from the Carnival Horizon captured Hudson entering and leaving the cabin multiple times over several hours the night Anna was killed. Ship data tracked her smashed phone along the same route Hudson walked the next morning. FBI testimony from the unsealed hearing transcript revealed that Anna had reportedly told her family she was scared of Hudson before the cruise. She said he had knives. Her thirteen-year-old brother was in the same room. Jennifer Coffindaffer, contributor to Hidden Killers, breaks down the detention ruling and what it signals about the prosecution’s case heading into September. 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 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This publication contains commen…","meta_description":"The same judge who let Timothy Hudson live with his uncle reversed himself and ordered him into federal custody. The detention order is fourteen pages. Th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":853,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948/episodes/anna-kepner-s-stepbrother-what-the-judge-said-before-he-was-locked-up/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948/anna-kepner-s-stepbrother-what-the-judge-said-before-he-was-locked-up.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}