{"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":"How Did Aaron Spencer Go From a Murder Charge to Running the Agency That Charged Him?","slug":"how-did-aaron-spencer-go-from-a-murder-charge-to-running-the-agency-that-charged-him","published_at":"2026-06-10T23:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948/how-did-aaron-spencer-go-from-a-murder-charge-to-running-the-agency-that-charged-him","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8914512","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8914512.mp3?modified=1781031954&sid=5001260&source=rss","summary":"Aaron Spencer was charged with murder. A judge threw it out after finding “egregious” conduct by the detective who investigated him. Now Spencer is on track to become the sheriff of the county that charged him. And the questions that ruling raised go far beyond one case. This is a three-part conversation with an outside legal analyst covering every angle. First, the ruling. Judge Wilson’s 19-page order documented eleven failures by the lead detective — a dashcam pulled without documentation, its SD card viewed on a personal laptop, the camera stored in a drawer for a year, the card lost entirely. Wilson rejected the state’s negligence argument, found bad faith, and wrote that the conduct gave “the appearance of a coverup.” He used the most extreme remedy available. Second, the sheriff question. Spencer won the Republican primary by double digits and is favored in the general. He’ll walk into the department that investigated him, work alongside the prosecutor who charged him, and oversee officers who were there through everything Wilson described. He campaigned on fixing a system that failed his daughter. He has no law enforcement background. Third, the bigger picture. Evidence problems in Lonoke County go back more than a decade. An unarmed seventeen-year-old killed with a body camera off. A jail detainee harmed and retaliated against. Federal cases where video was withheld. The same department, the same sheriff, the same pattern. The Spencer dismissal may be the moment the pattern became undeniable. An outside legal analyst breaks down who faces exposure, what accountability mechanisms exist, and what signals to watch for as the people at the center of this scramble to contain the fallout. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkil…","meta_description":"Aaron Spencer was charged with murder. A judge threw it out after finding “egregious” conduct by the detective who investigated him. Now Spencer is on tra…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3303,"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/how-did-aaron-spencer-go-from-a-murder-charge-to-running-the-agency-that-charged-him/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/how-did-aaron-spencer-go-from-a-murder-charge-to-running-the-agency-that-charged-him.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}