{"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":"Mackenzie Shirilla’s Mother Used Code to Ask About a Cover Story on a Monitored Call","slug":"mackenzie-shirilla-s-mother-used-code-to-ask-about-a-cover-story-on-a-monitored-call","published_at":"2026-06-20T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948/mackenzie-shirilla-s-mother-used-code-to-ask-about-a-cover-story-on-a-monitored-call","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8918616","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8918616.mp3?modified=1781878444&sid=5001260&source=rss","summary":"Prosecutors decoded monitored prison calls in which Mackenzie Shirilla and her mother Natalie communicated using a fabricated language specifically designed to evade the institution’s recording system. In one decoded exchange, according to the prosecution, Shirilla asked whether they could tell police she had experienced a seizure prior to the crash. That seizure claim became the foundation of the defense theory at trial. Shirilla was convicted in August 2023 of killing Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan after driving her vehicle into a brick commercial building at approximately a hundred miles an hour in Strongsville, Ohio. She is serving two concurrent sentences of fifteen years to life, with parole eligibility beginning in September 2037. The vehicle’s data recorder captured the accelerator at full capacity, no braking input, and a direct trajectory into the building. Weeks before the crash, a family friend reported hearing Shirilla threaten to wreck the vehicle with Russo inside. Investigators confirmed she had driven to the same dead-end road days prior to the fatal incident. Since her conviction, Shirilla has accumulated thirty-six conduct violations within the Ohio Reformatory for Women and has been found guilty on thirty-two. Recorded calls from the facility reveal Natalie Shirilla telling her daughter that prison programming is intended for “actual criminals” and referring to the family of Dominic Russo as “evil.” Steve Shirilla appeared in the Netflix documentary The Crash, stated on camera that he had no objection to his daughter’s substance use, and subsequently lost his teaching position at a Catholic school. The Ohio Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal. Every reviewing court has upheld the conviction. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES &a…","meta_description":"Prosecutors decoded monitored prison calls in which Mackenzie Shirilla and her mother Natalie communicated using a fabricated language specifically design…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2227,"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/mackenzie-shirilla-s-mother-used-code-to-ask-about-a-cover-story-on-a-monitored-call/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/mackenzie-shirilla-s-mother-used-code-to-ask-about-a-cover-story-on-a-monitored-call.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}