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Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield
I know a thing or two about true crime... I’ve been reporting on it for 36 years. This is the podcast where I take you on a journey through mystery and injustice... and dive deep into critical clues with an irreverent style that I don’t share on TV!
Join me for my personal take on many of these stories and my personal connection to several as well!
I’m Ashleigh Banfield, and I’m Drop Dead Serious!
New Episodes Every Thursday!
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Hollywood Hills Horror: Disturbing Evidence From Celeste's Remains and Tesla Car Data
Disturbing new evidence is raising chilling questions about Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s final days- from what forensic experts can still uncover from her…
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CHILLING New Clues in Teen's Tesla Horror: Was Celeste Secretly Linked to D4vd Before Her Death?
Fourteen-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez vanished from Lake Elsinore, California. Weeks later she was found dead inside the trunk of a Tesla tied to rising…
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D4vd BOLTS From Hollywood Hills Mansion & Spends Weekend Gaming on Roblox and Fortnite
Singer D4vd has abruptly bolted from his Hollywood Hills mansion just days after LAPD spent 12 hours searching the home for “blood evidence.” Detectives seized…
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D4VD Exposed: Disturbing Timeline & New Details From Discord Chats to a Dead Teen in His Car
Two weeks after LAPD made the horrifying discovery of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s decomposed body inside a Tesla trunk, shocking new details are…
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Hollywood Hills Horror: Grisly Discovery of Missing Teen Found Dead in Singer D4VD’s Tesla
A grisly discovery in the Hollywood Hills has shocked Los Angeles. Missing teenager Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who vanished a year ago, was found dead inside a…
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DISTURBING! Tyler Robinson's Texts About Shooting Charlie Kirk to Roommate/Lover While On The Run From Cops
Tyler Robinson is accused of murdering Charlie Kirk- and shocking new text messages reveal what he was saying to his roommate and alleged lover while on the…
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Male DNA On The Garrote?! John Ramsey Talks Evidence, Testing, and Radio Silence From Police | JonBenet Ramsey Case
Nearly three decades after the shocking murder of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey, new attention is being put on the evidence that has never been fully tested…
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Alleged Assassin's Life on Instagram: Dressed in Trump Halloween Costume | Tyler Robinson
Tyler Robinson’s story isn’t just told through his own words-- it’s written all over his mother’s Instagram. From family milestones to proud snapshots of guns…
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The Case Against Charlie Kirk Assassin Tyler Robinson | LIVE with Matt Murphy
Former prosecutor Matt Murphy joins Ashleigh Banfield to break down the arrest of Tyler Robinson in the alleged Charlie Kirk assassination plot, and what the…
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Bryan Kohberger's Creepy YouTube History & Internet Searches After Idaho Murders | Ashleigh Banfield
Exclusive YouTube and internet history records obtained by NewsNation show that not only was Bryan Kohberger watching coverage of the Idaho Murders, he also…
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DEEPLY DISTURBING: Twisted Glimpse Inside Kohberger's Life Before & After Idaho Student Murders
Exclusive photos obtained by NewsNation paint a shocking, bizarre, and frankly deeply DISTURBING picture into Bryan Kohberger's life before and after the…
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Idaho Student Murders: Police Interview Reveals Bethany Funke’s Trauma
Bethany Funke’s police interview has been released, giving us the clearest look yet at what one of the surviving roommates from 1122 King Road went through…
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Disturbing Selfie Trove Found on Bryan Kohberger’s Phone | Idaho Student Murders
Convicted Idaho killer Bryan Kohberger kept a disturbing trove of selfies on his phone! In the ABC special 20/20: Idaho Justice, dozens of never-before-seen…
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Kentucky Cheerleader Horror: 21-Year-Old College Student Accused of Hiding Newborn In Her Closet
Police say 21-year-old University of Kentucky student Laken Snelling gave birth in secret, wrapped her baby in a towel, placed him in a trash bag, and left him…
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Inside Kohberger’s Creepy Crypt: The Skeletons in His Closet & Everything Else Too
Bryan Kohberger has pled guilty and is now convicted of the University of Idaho murders. For the first time, we take you inside his Pullman apartment- from the…
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Bryan Kohberger: Classmate of His Sister Remembers Him Before the Murders | INTERVIEW
New pictures of Bryan Kohberger as a teenager have surfaced on Reddit.... When Bryan Kohberger’s name first hit the headlines, his small Pennsylvania hometown…
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Donna Adelson... AKA “Grandma Gotti” & The Insane Murder Trial in Florida
Donna Adelson isn’t just a grandmother.... Prosecutors say she’s the matriarch of a family crime saga straight out of a mob movie. In this episode, Ashleigh…
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Parents Play Dumb After 11-Year-Old Gives Birth At Home | Oklahoma House of Horrors
An 11-year-old girl walked into a Muskogee hospital after giving birth at home with no prenatal care, no doctor, and no nurse. Her mother, Cherie Walker, and…
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Accused Killer Dad Joins Search for Baby Emmanuel’s Body? | Matt Murphy Breaks It Down
It’s the most haunting twist yet in the Baby Emmanuel murder case: the father now accused of killing him seen side-by-side with police, searching for his…
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He Faked His Death to Escape Rape Charges! The Most Bizarre Fugitive Story Ever
Nicholas Rossi, also known as Nicholas Alahverdian and Arthur Knight, faked his own death in 2020 to escape rape charges in Utah. An obituary claimed he died…
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7-Month-Old Vanishes in California: Is This Mother Telling the Truth? | Emmanuel Haro
A 7-month-old baby boy named Emmanuel has disappeared in Yucaipa, California. His mother, Rebecca Haro, told investigators she was attacked outside a sporting…
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Kohberger Caught on Camera? A Prison Insider Weighs In
An alleged leaked video is making the rounds online and it claims to show Bryan Kohberger inside a jail cell. But is it real? Or just another internet fake? To…
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Bryan Kohberger’s Secret Life? Disturbing New Docs Reveal Chilling Words to Kaylee & More
We’ve got new details about what Bryan Kohberger was doing in the hours right after the murders. And thanks to digital forensics… spoiler alert: it’s creepy…
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Bryan Kohberger Says He's Getting Harrassed in Prison
Bryan Kohberger has only been in Idaho’s maximum-security prison for two weeks.... and he already hates it. Inmates, many of them in solitary themselves, have…
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First Date with a Demon: Sade Robinson’s Murder and the Gruesome Trail Across Milwaukee
A 19-year-old college student goes on a first date… and vanishes. Within hours, a burned car is found smoldering in the night, and body parts begin washing up…
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Google Searches from Hell: The Horrifying Disappearance of Ana Walshe
At the same time Brian Walshe was allegedly googling how to "dispose of a dead body if you really need to," his wife, Ana Walshe, was supposed to be on a…
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Tennessee Family Massacre: Disturbing New Details & CHILLING Audio | Austin Drummond Arrested
An entire family was wiped out, a baby was left abandoned in a stranger’s front yard, and a seven-day manhunt had the country on edge. Now a suspect is in…
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Suspect Arrested in Heinous Double Murder at Devil’s Den with Matt Murphy | Andrew James McGann
Two bodies were found brutally stabbed on a popular hiking trail — and now there’s been an arrest. The victims were discovered along Devil’s Den Trail, a short…
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“Lori, Rot in Prison": The Final Reckoning of the Doomsday Mom
Lori Vallow Daybell has finally been sentenced in Arizona, and inside that courtroom, the families she devastated delivered a reckoning unlike anything we’ve…
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New Docs Reveal HORROR Inside 1122 King - Then Steve Goncalves Called Mid-Recording | Idaho Murders
As we were recording this episode, Steve Goncalves called in unexpectedly. He is Kaylee’s father, and what he shared while we were reviewing the newly unsealed…
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EXPLOSIVE Sentencing + Bombshell Unsealed Docs | Bryan Kohberger Thrown In Prison Forever
Bryan Kohberger has just been thrown in prison forever, sentenced to four life terms without the possibility of parole, and the courtroom erupted with emotion…
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What’s Been Hidden in the Idaho Murders? Matt Murphy Breaks It Down
Idaho Student Murders: What did police find at the crime scene? What’s in those sealed documents? And why did Bryan Kohberger take a plea instead of going to…
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New Interview: Steve Goncalves Speaks After Gag Order LIFTED | Idaho Student Murders
The silence is over, and Steve Goncalves is still furious. Kaylee Goncalves' father, Steve, joins Ashleigh Banfield to talk about what was going on behind the…
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He Sent His Mistress a Photo of His Dying Wife! | Dr. James Craig’s Trial Is Pure Insanity
Police say a Colorado dentist... YES, a DENTIST... killed his wife by poisoning her protein shakes. And after he was arrested, he allegedly tried to commit a…
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Amazon’s Idaho Doc Drops Chilling New Bombshells | One Night in Idaho
We now know what ACTUALLY happened the morning of November 13, 2022. Amazon’s new docuseries One Night in Idaho pulls back the curtain on one of the most…
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The Internet’s Most Chilling Theory: Was Bryan Kohberger Pappa Rodger?
This theory won’t die, and the details are TOO creepy to ignore. Before Bryan Kohberger confessed to the brutal murders of four University of Idaho students, a…
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The Truth About The Suspicious Epstein Surveillance Footage
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi made headlines when she said Epstein’s client list was “on my desk right now.” But in a bombshell DOJ memo, the government now…
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Diddy Trial Juror Interview & Diddy Gets Standing Ovation in Jail
A juror from Sean “Diddy” Combs’ explosive federal RICO & trafficking trial reveals why he believes Diddy walked free on the most serious charges, and says the…
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“I Predict He’ll Last One Year”: Kohberger’s Prison Reality Could Be Worse Than Death Row
Bryan Kohberger just pleaded guilty to the brutal murders of four University of Idaho students-- but the real punishment may be what comes next. In this…
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Sex Scandal Teacher Told Teen She’d Use a Sperm Donor to Get Pregnant, Begs For More Freedom
Accused sex predator and former teacher Christina Formella returned to court on July 2, asking the judge to loosen her GPS restrictions, despite facing over 55…
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Cold-Blooded Coward Bryan Kohberger Finally Confesses to Idaho Slaughter
It’s done. Bryan Kohberger has officially pleaded guilty to the brutal murders of four University of Idaho students, Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana…
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VERDICT SHOCKER: Diddy Beats Major Charges But Still Locked Up | United States vs. Sean Combs Verdict
Sean “Diddy” Combs has been acquitted on the most serious charges in his federal sex trafficking case — but he’s not going anywhere. Despite the partial…
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A Deal with the Devil? Megyn Kelly and Ashleigh Banfield on the Kohberger Bombshell
Bryan Kohberger has just dropped a legal bombshell in the Idaho student murders case that completely wipes the death penalty off the table. What does it mean…
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Diddy’s Jury Has Questions! And One Juror Might Not Be Following the Rules? | Diddy Trial Verdict Watch
The jury begins deliberating in the federal sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, but within the first hour they send a surprising note to the judge…
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Kohberger Caves: Shocking Plea Deal to Escape Death Penalty | Brian Entin Joins Ashleigh Banfield
Massive breaking news in the Idaho student murders case! Bryan Kohberger is reportedly preparing to take a plea deal. After more than a year of waiting…
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“She Wanted It”: Diddy’s Lawyer Makes His Wildest Argument Yet | United States vs. Sean Combs Defense Closing Arguments
It's all over but the deciding... and I doubt Sean "Diddy" Combs is going to sleep well in his jail cell this weekend at the federal lockup in Southern…
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Diddy’s Day of Hell: Prosecutors Burn His Empire to the Ground | United States vs. Sean Combs Closing Arguments
Today was finally the day……The day the government finally stood up and said, enough. The day prosecutors looked the jury dead in the eye and told them, “It’s…
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“Am I in Trouble?” Teacher Slapped with 50+ Sex Charges, Texts Boy From Italian Wedding | The Christina Formella Story
It started with a traffic stop, and ended with a married teacher sobbing in the back of a police car, asking if she was in trouble... But prosecutors say…
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After 7 Weeks of Bombshells, Diddy’s Defense Rests in 10 Minutes | United States vs. Sean Combs Day 29
It was Day 29 of the federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, and today felt like the defense was flipping the script. They’re not…
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“Refresh Her Bag of D*cks”: Inside the Sex Messaging Scandal | United States vs. Sean Combs Day 28
Day 28 of the federal sex trafficking trial against Sean “Diddy” Combs was relentless. We’re talking about explicit text messages, graphic videos, coordinated…
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Wild King Mode Activated: Diddy’s Alleged "Drug Mule" Testifies | United States vs. Sean Combs Day 27
Brendan Paul took the stand today and gave the jury a front-row seat to life inside Diddy’s inner circle. The former assistant talked about drugs, hotel…
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Criminal Kingpin Diddy? Every Gut-Punch Testimony That’s Rocked Diddy’s Trial So Far | United States vs. Sean Combs Recap
It’s been bombshell after bombshell in the federal trial against Sean “Diddy” Combs, and now we’re breaking down the most gut-wrenching, jaw-dropping testimony…
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My Deep Dive with Vinnie Politan on the Verdict, Turtleboy, and Possibility of Wrongful Death Suit Against Karen Read?
Protesters in pink, waving American flags, chanting “Free Karen,” and yes… someone even showed up in a full German shepherd mask with a sign that said, "I bit…
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Sick Juror Halts Diddy’s Trial Right Before the ‘Drug Mule’ | United States vs. Sean Combs Day 26
It’s Day 26 of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal sex-trafficking trial, and just as prosecutors prepared to call his alleged drug mule to the stand, the entire day…
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Juror Rips Off Headphones In Disgust, Forced To Watch Sex Tapes AGAIN | United States vs. Sean Combs Day 25
It’s Day 25 of the federal sex trafficking trial against Sean “Diddy” Combs. Armon Wiggins joins Ashleigh Banfield to reveal how jurors reacted as a second…
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Jurors Forced To Watch Graphic Sex Tapes, But Is Diddy the One Getting Screwed? | United States vs. Sean Combs Day 24
Diddy blew a kiss to the gallery, then sat through hours of charts, freak-off texts, and a paper trail the government says ties directly to RICO. And for the…
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Kanye Crashes Diddy’s Trial As Diddy’s Assistant Spills Everything | United States vs. Sean Combs Day 23
Kanye West, now legally going by Ye Ye, made a surprise appearance at Day 23 of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal sex trafficking trial. Inside the courtroom…
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VERDICT WATCH | Karen Read Trial Heads to The Jury After Explosive Closing Arguments
After weeks of explosive testimony and dueling expert theories, the jury is now deliberating Karen Read's fate. In a dramatic final showdown, defense attorney…
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DIDDY BOMBSHELL: Fellow Rap Icon Likes Freak Offs & Diddy's Voice Texts RELEASED
It was Day 22 of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal trial and the internet is on FIRE with testimony today about ANOTHER FAMOUS RAPPER who apparently likes to freak…
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Crash Expert Torches Prosecution Theory as Defense Rests | Karen Read Trial Day 31
On Day 31 of the Karen Read trial, defense crash expert Andrew Rentschler takes the stand one final time and dismantles the prosecution’s theory, piece by…