{"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":"What Do Eric Richins' Two Valentine's Day Phone Calls Reveal About The Kouri Richins Case?","slug":"what-do-eric-richins-two-valentine-s-day-phone-calls-reveal-about-the-kouri-richins-case","published_at":"2026-06-13T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948/what-do-eric-richins-two-valentine-s-day-phone-calls-reveal-about-the-kouri-richins-case","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8915464","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8915464.mp3?modified=1781191619&sid=5001260&source=rss","summary":"Following the Valentine's Day 2022 incident at the Richins residence, Eric Richins contacted two friends on the same afternoon. To one, he presented the event as a humorous allergic reaction — the conversation included laughter. To the other, he communicated genuine fear and stated directly that he believed Kouri Richins was attempting to poison him. Same event. Same individual. Same timeframe. Two fundamentally different characterizations. That bifurcation is psychologically significant. It indicates not denial but dual-track processing — the simultaneous maintenance of two contradictory narratives about the same lived reality. One narrative preserved functional normalcy. The other acknowledged existential threat. The capacity to toggle between them was the mechanism by which Eric continued to operate within the household. The evidence establishes that Eric recognized the threat well before Valentine's Day. He contacted his sister Katie from overseas years prior and stated Kouri had attempted to harm him. He retained divorce counsel. He revised his will and restructured his estate to protect his three minor children outside Kouri's access. He informed family members that if anything happened to him, Kouri was responsible. Katie Richins testified at sentencing that Eric's decision to remain was driven by a specific calculation: he believed that if Kouri received equal custody in a divorce, his sons would lose the only protective barrier between themselves and the danger he'd identified. Father as human shield. The children's sentencing statements provide the interior view of the household Eric was attempting to shield them within — locked rooms, a sibling assuming caretaker functions, animals dying from neglect, and children who addressed the defendant as \"Kouri\" rathe…","meta_description":"Following the Valentine's Day 2022 incident at the Richins residence, Eric Richins contacted two friends on the same afternoon. To one, he presented the e…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2453,"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/what-do-eric-richins-two-valentine-s-day-phone-calls-reveal-about-the-kouri-richins-case/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/what-do-eric-richins-two-valentine-s-day-phone-calls-reveal-about-the-kouri-richins-case.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}