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  • Kohberger Ordered to Pay Families With The Blood Money He’s Lied About Making

    Kohberger Ordered to Pay Families With The Blood Money He’s Lied About Making
    Nov 19 2025
    Bryan Kohberger has just been ordered to pay for another part of the aftermath he created — this time, roughly $3,000 for two victims’ urns, on top of the more than $30,000 restitution outlined in his agreement. On the surface, it feels like a moment of overdue accountability in a case where nothing has moved fast enough, clean enough, or confidently enough. But as always in the Kohberger saga… the fine print tells a very different story.

    In this episode of Hidden Killers, Tony Brueski dives into the judge’s ruling — not just what it means for restitution, but what it quietly unlocks. Because the judge didn’t just say “pay up.” He said Kohberger can get a job in prison or ask for donations to raise the money.

    Let that sink in.

    When the court says “donations,” that opens the door to an entire ecosystem of online supporters, fringe communities, contrarians, and high-profile-case obsessives who will absolutely try to send him money. And legally? They can. As long as it goes toward restitution.

    But here’s the real problem:
    What happens once the restitution is paid off?

    That’s where things get uncomfortable. Because any money that comes in after his debt is satisfied becomes fair game under prison regulations. Commissary. Comfort. Influence. Power. Even long-term financial positioning.

    And then there’s the big, ugly question most people don’t want to touch:
    Can he someday legally profit from his story?

    “Son of Sam” laws were gutted years ago. The restrictions people assume exist… often don’t. Third-party deals, “creative packaging,” and legally gray revenue channels have helped other high-profile offenders monetize their notoriety. And with this ruling, Kohberger now has the first ingredient he needs — a pathway for money to flow toward him legally.

    Tony breaks down what’s fair, what’s dangerous, and what the system just opened the door to. Accountability is one thing. What comes after it? That’s the part nobody’s ready for.

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    13 min
  • Bryan Kohberger’s Reading: How “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway” Became His Mindset-WEEK IN REVIEW

    Bryan Kohberger’s Reading: How “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway” Became His Mindset-WEEK IN REVIEW
    Nov 15 2025
    When police arrested Bryan Kohberger — the criminology Ph.D. student accused of murdering four University of Idaho students — they found a single book with underlining on page 118.

    Months later, reporting from the Idaho Statesman revealed that book was Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers — a self-help classic about conquering fear through action.

    In this episode of Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski, we dig into what that detail really means. Was Kohberger simply reading a popular motivational book? Or was he absorbing a philosophy that, in his hands, took on something much darker?

    Tony breaks down how Jeffers’ message — “The only way to get rid of the fear of doing something is to go out and do it” — could have resonated with Kohberger’s obsessive need for control and dominance. Through psychological analysis and factual reporting, this episode explores how self-help principles can be warped by pathological minds — transforming courage into justification, empowerment into entitlement, and action into violence.

    We examine the context of the discovery, Kohberger’s academic writings about “emotions and criminal decision-making,” and his disturbing fascination with overcoming hesitation. The result is a chilling portrait of a man who may have misread a book about personal growth as a guide to fearlessness at any cost.

    It’s not about blame. It’s about understanding how ordinary ideas can become extraordinary distortions inside extraordinary minds.

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    17 min
  • Bryan Kohberger’s Reading: How “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway” Became His Mindset

    Bryan Kohberger’s Reading: How “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway” Became His Mindset
    Nov 11 2025
    When police arrested Bryan Kohberger — the criminology Ph.D. student accused of murdering four University of Idaho students — they found a single book with underlining on page 118.

    Months later, reporting from the Idaho Statesman revealed that book was Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers — a self-help classic about conquering fear through action.

    In this episode of Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski, we dig into what that detail really means. Was Kohberger simply reading a popular motivational book? Or was he absorbing a philosophy that, in his hands, took on something much darker?

    Tony breaks down how Jeffers’ message — “The only way to get rid of the fear of doing something is to go out and do it” — could have resonated with Kohberger’s obsessive need for control and dominance. Through psychological analysis and factual reporting, this episode explores how self-help principles can be warped by pathological minds — transforming courage into justification, empowerment into entitlement, and action into violence.

    We examine the context of the discovery, Kohberger’s academic writings about “emotions and criminal decision-making,” and his disturbing fascination with overcoming hesitation. The result is a chilling portrait of a man who may have misread a book about personal growth as a guide to fearlessness at any cost.

    It’s not about blame. It’s about understanding how ordinary ideas can become extraordinary distortions inside extraordinary minds.

    🎧 New episodes daily.
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    #BryanKohberger #FeelTheFearAndDoItAnyway #IdahoMurders #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #TonyBrueski #PsychologyOfMurder #Criminology #SusanJeffers #FearAndControl #IdahoCase #TrueCrimeAnalysis #HiddenKillersPodcast


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    17 min
  • He Can’t Pay — But He’s Getting Paid? Bryan Kohberger’s Sick Prison Cash Flow

    He Can’t Pay — But He’s Getting Paid? Bryan Kohberger’s Sick Prison Cash Flow
    Nov 10 2025
    Justice doesn’t end at sentencing — and in the Bryan Kohberger case, it just got even darker.

    In this episode of Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski, we break down the latest courtroom development in the Idaho student-murder case. More than three years after the 2022 killings and just months after Kohberger’s guilty plea and life sentences, the court was back in session — this time to fight over restitution.

    The state wants additional money for victims’ families — about $3,100 in remaining funeral expenses, specifically urns and related costs. Kohberger’s defense team argues he’s indigent and has no ability to pay while serving four consecutive life sentences. But prosecutors countered with a disturbing revelation: Kohberger’s prison account has already received tens of thousands of dollars from online supporters and so-called “true-crime fans.”

    Judge Steven Hippler, who presided over sentencing, heard arguments on whether those funds should be redirected to reimburse the families. No ruling yet — but the hearing underscored how strange and hollow post-conviction “justice” can feel when grieving parents must return to court to debate urn prices while the killer profits from notoriety.

    Tony Brueski exposes how this case reveals a deeper cultural sickness: society’s obsession with murderers, the fan networks that feed them, and a legal system that keeps re-traumatizing the very people it’s supposed to protect.

    #BryanKohberger #HiddenKillersPodcast #TrueCrime #TonyBrueski #IdahoMurders #JusticeForTheVictims #CrimeNews #KohbergerTrial #PrisonFunds #TrueCrimeCommunity


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    14 min
  • When Justice Fails | Bryan Kohberger’s Profits & The Abby Zwerner Trial-WEEK IN REVIEW

    When Justice Fails | Bryan Kohberger’s Profits & The Abby Zwerner Trial-WEEK IN REVIEW
    Nov 2 2025
    Two stories. One broken system.
    In Idaho, Bryan Kohberger could legally make money off his own murders. In Virginia, a first-grade teacher named Abby Zwerner was shot after four separate warnings were ignored. Both stories show how America’s justice system has traded accountability for excuses — and how law, morality, and bureaucracy keep collapsing under their own contradictions.

    Tony Brueski and former prosecutor Eric Faddis connect these cases in one of their most morally charged episodes yet. The first half, When Infamy Becomes an Industry, explores how constitutional loopholes turned the First Amendment into a profit shield for convicted killers. The Supreme Court’s Simon & Schuster decision gutted Son of Sam laws nationwide — and states like Idaho never replaced them. Tony and Eric unpack how “free speech” became a business plan for murderers and why politicians are too afraid to fix a law that lets killers cash checks while victims’ families get nothing.

    The second half, The Price of Ignorance, turns the spotlight on institutional cowardice. In Newport News, Virginia, teacher Abby Zwerner was nearly killed after school officials ignored every warning about an armed six-year-old. Tony and Eric examine how fear of optics, legal liability, and self-preservation led to tragedy — and what that means for every teacher still walking into a classroom unprotected.

    Together, these stories reveal a single truth: justice in America doesn’t end at the verdict — it just changes platforms. Whether it’s a killer monetizing murder or a school hiding behind procedure, the result is the same. Profit over pain. Policy over people.

    #BryanKohberger #AbbyZwerner #TrueCrime #JusticeSystem #SonOfSam #SchoolShooting #TonyBrueski #EricFaddis #VictimsRights #CrimePodcast #LegalAnalysis #WhenJusticeFails #FreeSpeech #Accountability

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    52 min
  • Bryan Kohberger’s Secret Trial Plan: The Survivors He Planned to Call for His Defense-WEEK IN REVIEW

    Bryan Kohberger’s Secret Trial Plan: The Survivors He Planned to Call for His Defense-WEEK IN REVIEW
    Nov 1 2025
    Before Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to the brutal murders of four University of Idaho students, his defense team was quietly preparing a courtroom strategy that would have shocked the nation.

    According to newly unsealed court filings, Kohberger planned to call friends of the victims — and even the survivors themselves — as defense witnesses. Among them: Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke, the two young women who lived through that horrific night in November 2022. Also on the list were Emily Alandt, Hunter Johnson, and Kaylee Goncalves’ ex-boyfriend, Jack DeCoeur.

    Imagine it — the two surviving roommates, who lost four of their closest friends, being forced to testify for the man accused of killing them.
    That was the reality Kohberger’s defense was preparing for before he struck a plea deal in July 2025 to avoid the death penalty.

    In this episode, Tony Brueski breaks down what that trial might have looked like — and how Kohberger’s strategy reveals far more about his psychology than any confession ever could. Why would a killer want his survivors on the stand? What kinds of questions would they have faced? And what kind of manipulation drives someone to keep controlling people even after their arrest?

    This deep-dive dissects the legal and psychological layers of the case: from the 138 witnesses Kohberger planned to call, to the devastating emotional toll that trial would have inflicted on every surviving friend and family member.

    Because for Kohberger, control wasn’t just about life and death — it was about owning the story.
    And this time, he lost it.


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    #BryanKohberger #IdahoMurders #DylanMortensen #BethanyFunke #HiddenKillersPodcast #TrueCrime #TonyBrueski #UniversityOfIdaho #JusticeForTheFour #CrimeAnalysis


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    13 min
  • How Bryan Kohberger Can Cash In On His Killings! (Unless You Stop Him)

    How Bryan Kohberger Can Cash In On His Killings! (Unless You Stop Him)
    Oct 31 2025
    It sounds impossible — but in Idaho, it’s not. Bryan Kohberger, the convicted killer of four University of Idaho students, could one day profit from his crimes. Why? Because Idaho has no “Son of Sam” law — no statute that blocks criminals from turning their infamy into income.

    In this episode, Tony Brueski exposes the gaping legal loophole that could let a murderer make money off murder. While most states have laws that stop convicted felons from profiting off books, interviews, or documentaries about their crimes, Idaho never passed one. That means that even behind bars, Kohberger could legally sell his “story,” write a memoir, or partner with a producer on a so-called “tell-all” — and keep the profits.

    This isn’t theory. It’s a constitutional gap that’s been exploited before, thanks to a Supreme Court ruling that struck down New York’s original Son of Sam law on First Amendment grounds. Since then, states have tried to rewrite the rules — but Idaho simply never wrote them. The result? Victims’ families would have to fight in civil court just to stop a killer from cashing checks tied to their loved one’s deaths.

    Tony breaks down how this could actually play out, how media companies skirt the rules by routing money through shell deals and “consulting” fees, and what lawmakers must do now to close the door before Kohberger or anyone like him turns infamy into profit.

    Justice isn’t just about a sentence — it’s about who owns the story afterward. And right now, in Idaho, that story could pay.

    #BryanKohberger #HiddenKillers #UniversityOfIdahoMurders #TrueCrime #Idaho #SonOfSamLaw #JusticeForVictims #CrimeProfits #BryanKohbergerCase #TonyBrueski #TrueCrimePodcast #LegalLoopholes #VictimsRights #Kohberger


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    20 min
  • Bryan Kohberger: Profiting Off Murder | When Infamy Becomes an Industry

    Bryan Kohberger: Profiting Off Murder | When Infamy Becomes an Industry
    Oct 31 2025
    Bryan Kohberger can’t leave his cell — but his story can. In the state of Idaho, there’s no Son of Sam law, meaning that a convicted murderer can legally make money from the story of his crimes. Books. Documentaries. Interviews. Royalties. In this episode, Tony Brueski and former prosecutor Eric Faddis expose how one of the most horrifying modern murder cases has collided with one of America’s oldest constitutional blind spots: the First Amendment’s protection of speech — even when that speech turns into profit from murder.

    Tony opens with the question every viewer needs to hear: How can a convicted killer make money from killing? The answer lies in a 1991 Supreme Court ruling, Simon & Schuster v. Crime Victims Board, which struck down New York’s original Son of Sam law after the “Son of Sam” killer, David Berkowitz, tried to sell his story. The Court ruled that laws restricting “crime-based storytelling” discriminated against speech by content. States rewrote their laws to pass constitutional review — some succeeded, others failed — but Idaho never passed anything. The result: a legal vacuum where infamy becomes an industry.

    This episode breaks down the moral, legal, and economic consequences of that loophole. What does it mean for victims’ families when killers can cash checks? Could Kohberger assign rights to a third party to hide profits? And why are lawmakers too afraid to fix it? Tony and Eric dissect how “freedom” became a shield for greed, how fear of being called unconstitutional paralyzed reform, and why the justice system now doubles as a business model.

    Justice shouldn’t have a payout plan. This episode asks why America keeps writing one.

    #BryanKohberger #SonOfSam #TrueCrime #JusticeSystem #CrimePodcast #VictimsRights #TonyBrueski #EricFaddis #KohbergerTrial #FreeSpeech #MurderProfit #TrueCrimeAnalysis

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    34 min