{"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 Has Every Ruling Gone Against Farwell In Birchmore?","slug":"why-has-every-ruling-gone-against-farwell-in-birchmore","published_at":"2026-05-29T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948/why-has-every-ruling-gone-against-farwell-in-birchmore","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8909088","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8909088.mp3?modified=1779996113&sid=5001260&source=rss","summary":"The pretrial record in the Sandra Birchmore prosecution has broken almost uniformly against the defendant, former Stoughton police officer Matthew Farwell. We review the procedural developments with an attorney and legal analyst. Birchmore, twenty-three and pregnant, was found dead in her Canton apartment in 2021. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner initially classified the death as a suicide. Federal prosecutors subsequently charged Farwell with the killing of a witness or victim, later adding a count under federal law protecting an unborn child, alleging he staged the scene to conceal a relationship that began when Birchmore was a minor. Recent rulings have compounded the defense's difficulties. The medical examiner amended the death certificate, revising the manner of death to undetermined and the cause to asphyxia — a change forensic authorities characterize as highly unusual. A motion to dismiss and a motion for change of venue were denied. The court then denied pretrial release, with the magistrate judge finding the evidence very strong, if not overwhelming, and the trial court signaled disinclination toward the defense's request for an evidentiary hearing on the investigation. We address the procedural significance of each development: the evidentiary weight of the amended certificate, the standard governing pretrial detention in a capital-eligible case, the contested DNA attribution, and the strategic posture of a defense preserving issues for appellate review. Our guest offers a precise assessment heading into the coming trial. Links: 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-vxmbhTxx…","meta_description":"The pretrial record in the Sandra Birchmore prosecution has broken almost uniformly against the defendant, former Stoughton police officer Matthew Farwell…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1110,"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-has-every-ruling-gone-against-farwell-in-birchmore/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-has-every-ruling-gone-against-farwell-in-birchmore.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}