{"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":"Why Did Kouri Richins Promise Her Terrified Children She’s Coming to Get Them?","slug":"why-did-kouri-richins-promise-her-terrified-children-she-s-coming-to-get-them","published_at":"2026-05-16T01:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948/why-did-kouri-richins-promise-her-terrified-children-she-s-coming-to-get-them","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8903668","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8903668.mp3?modified=1778782294&sid=5001260&source=rss","summary":"Her children begged a judge to keep her locked away forever. Kouri Richins responded by telling them she’s coming home — and everything she said in between is worse than you think. Minutes after therapists read the handwritten words of three boys into the court record — words describing locked rooms, neglect, dead animals, and a childhood spent in fear — Kouri stood and delivered a fifteen-minute statement that never once acknowledged what those kids lived through. She didn’t mention the locked bedroom doors. She didn’t mention the brother who had to sneak food to his sibling. She didn’t mention the animals that starved and froze while she was in charge. What she did talk about was herself. Her love story with Eric. How marriage is hard. How her love was “enough.” She told the boys their father “was in a lot of physical pain” — still nudging an alternate narrative even after a conviction. She told them to “be like your dad,” the man a jury says she killed. And she told children who described being scared for their lives to question the people who finally gave them safety. Tony Brueski plays back her full courtroom speech and dismantles it in real time. 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 commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing publi…","meta_description":"Her children begged a judge to keep her locked away forever. Kouri Richins responded by telling them she’s coming home — and everything she said in betwee…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2915,"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/why-did-kouri-richins-promise-her-terrified-children-she-s-coming-to-get-them/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/why-did-kouri-richins-promise-her-terrified-children-she-s-coming-to-get-them.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}