Celebrity Trials - True Crime and Justice coverage updated daily.
New episodes every day.Every morning, investigative journalist Reid Carter delivers the most explosive courtroom coverage you won't find anywhere else. From breaking verdicts to shocking confessions, Celebrity Trials is your essential daily source for the legal dramas that create celebrities, destroy reputations, and shape American culture. Seven days a week, Reid brings his signature no-nonsense analysis to the trials everyone's talking about—and the ones they should be.Whether it's a music mogul's sex trafficking case, a criminology student's murder confession, or Hollywood stars battling in civil court, Celebrity Trials cuts through the legal jargon to deliver the facts, th...
Episodes
"WALL OF SOUND, CHAMBER OF DEATH: Phil Spector's Castle Murder & The Five Women Who Warned Us"
Music legend Phil Spector produced The Beatles and created the "Wall of Sound" - then shot actress Lana Clarkson in the mouth when she tried to leave his castle. Reid Carter exposes how five women testified about Spector's decades-long patt…
**BONUS** - "BREAKING: LYLE MENENDEZ DENIED - Both Brothers Will Die in Prison"
BREAKING NEWS: Lyle Menendez joins brother Erik in parole denial, ending the Kardashian-backed campaign to free the Beverly Hills parent killers. Reid Carter reveals how Lyle's multiple 2024 cellphone violations and continued rule-breaking …
"CARDI B'S BEATDOWN TRIAL, SERIAL KILLER'S DAUGHTER UPDATE & 'I DID IT DUDE': Idaho Father's Chilling Confession"
Reid Carter brings you jury selection drama as Cardi B faces assault charges from her own security guard who claims the rapper beat her while calling her racial slurs. Plus, explosive Days 4-5 updates from the Wolfenbarger trial where a det…
**BONUS** "BREAKING: ERIK MENENDEZ DENIED PAROLE - Cellphones, Prison Gangs & Tax Fraud Doom 'Model Inmate'"
BREAKING NEWS: Erik Menendez will remain in prison after California's Parole Board rejected his bid for freedom. Reid Carter exposes the shocking hearing revelations: multiple cellphone violations including watching porn, association with t…
"TikTok Teen CRIES After Killing Parents | 'Devil in Ozarks' Cop ESCAPES Prison in Guard Disguise | Waffle House Killer Blames Taylor Swift
Reid Carter exposes the most disturbing TikTok scandal ever: 17-year-old Sarah Grace Patrick shot her parents in their sleep, then spent MONTHS posting tearful tribute videos and begging true crime influencers to "solve" the murders she com…
"Wolfenbarger's Serial Killer Mother-in-Law EXPOSED | Menendez Brothers' Freedom Hours Away | Amy Bradley: Kim Kardashian Joins Hunt"
Explosive Day 3 testimony rocks the Wolfenbarger murder trial as the victim's mother admits to helping her serial killer husband dispose of MULTIPLE bodies - but now claims she tried to save her daughter from the defendant. Meanwhile, after…
"SERIAL KILLER'S DAUGHTER FOUND IN PIECES: Husband Hid Behind Wine Rack for 26 Years While Rapper's Killer Got Life Plus 35"
Reid Carter covers two disturbing murder cases with twisted family connections. Christopher Wolfenbarger stands trial for the 1998 murder and dismemberment of his wife Melissa - daughter of "Flint River Killer" Carl Patton. Her remains were…
"NAVY JAG'S IMAGINARY FRIEND DEFENSE FAILS: Jury Needs One Hour While Idaho Killer Gets Screamed at Through Prison Vents"
Reid Carter covers the explosive conclusion of the Nicholas Kassotis trial where the former Navy officer's "Jim McIntyre made me do it" defense crumbled in just one hour of jury deliberation. Kassotis got life without parole plus 25 years f…
"HIDDEN BULLETS SINK BALDWIN'S TRIAL: Prosecutor Becomes Witness in Her Own Case as Judge Drops Eight Words That Set Actor Free"
Reid Carter details the legal circus following Halyna Hutchins' death. Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed got 18 months after jurors convicted her in under three hours. Baldwin's trial imploded on day three when prosecutors were caught hiding bu…
"THE GUN THAT KILLED HOLLYWOOD'S TRUST: Six Live Rounds, Three Misfires, and an Armorer Who Didn't Shake the Bullets"
Reid Carter examines the October 21, 2021 "Rust" shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The 42-year-old Ukrainian filmmaker died when Alec Baldwin pointed a Colt .45 at her during rehearsal after assistant director Dave Halls…
"MOTHER OF FIVE BEATEN TO DEATH WITH ROCK: Illegal Immigrant Gets Triple Life Sentence as Apple Watch Records Rachel Morin's Final Heartbeat
Reid Carter covers Monday's sentencing of Victor Martinez-Hernandez to life without parole plus life plus 40 years for the brutal murder of Rachel Morin. The 37-year-old mother of five was attacked while jogging the Ma & Pa Trail in August …
"THE ARCHITECT OF DEATH, PART TWO: Rex Heuermann's Daughter Says He's 'Most Likely' Guilty While Wife Visits Him in Jail"
Reid Carter concludes the Gilgo Beach investigation with Rex Heuermann's arrest after thirteen years. DNA from pizza crust matched hair on victims, but the defense calls new whole genome sequencing "magic." Heuermann allegedly scheduled mur…
"THE ARCHITECT OF DEATH, PART ONE: 23-Minute 911 Call Exposes 11 Bodies While Corrupt Cops Let Gilgo Killer Walk Free for 13 Years"
Reid Carter begins a two-part deep dive into the Gilgo Beach murders. Shannan Gilbert's terrifying 911 call in 2010 triggered a search that uncovered the bodies of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Amber Costello, and Maureen Brainard-Bar…
"GRANDMA BOOKS FLIGHT TO VIETNAM AS NAVY KILLER'S $850,000 CHECK 'BURNS': Third Wife Testifies While Death-Faking Fugitive Claims He's Irish
Reid Carter exposes three defendants living in fantasy worlds. Nicholas Kassotis's third wife testifies about an $850,000 house purchase that vanished in a suspicious car fire while Mindi's body decomposed. Donna Adelson, the 75-year-old gr…
"TEENAGER MURDERS PARENTS WHILE NAVY KILLER'S THIRD WIFE TESTIFIES: Georgia Teen's 911 Call Leads to Arrest.
Reid Carter returns from the Lindsay Lohan weekend with three disturbing updates. The Kassotis dismemberment trial explodes as Wife #3 testifies he claimed to be a widower while shopping for knives and dating apps. A Missouri woman gets 46 …
"FREAKIER FRIDAY'S $30 MILLION COMEBACK: How Lindsay Lohan Escaped 8 Years of Probation, The Bling Ring, and Hollywood Hell for Dubai Redemp
Reid Carter concludes the Lindsay Lohan saga with her shocking transformation from convicted criminal to Disney comeback queen. After the Bling Ring robbed her home, sharing a jail cell with her burglar, and fleeing to Dubai to escape Ameri…
"FREAKIER FRIDAY STAR'S 84-MINUTE JAIL SENTENCE: Lindsay Lohan's Six Arrests, Seven Misdemeanors & Hollywood's Legal Double Standard"
Lindsay Lohan served just 84 minutes in jail for seven misdemeanors including two DUIs and cocaine possession while regular Americans rot in cells for far less. Reid Carter exposes the shocking timeline of Hollywood's most famous train wrec…
"CROSSWORD KILLER MOM CONVICTED: 104 MPH Murder Plea, Dismemberment Trial & Crystal Rogers Justice"
Reid Carter delivers justice updates across America. In Florida, Sheila Agee is finally convicted of encouraging her son to murder Brooklyn Sims after her first trial ended in mistrial due to a juror doing crossword puzzles during deliberat…
"FIREFIGHTER SERIAL KILLER & THE MOM WHO TEXTED MURDER: 4 Dead in Oregon, Mother's Evil Messages"
Reid Carter exposes Oregon serial killer Jesse Lee Calhoun, who got early release for fighting wildfires then allegedly murdered four women, scattering their bodies across two states. The firefighter-turned-predator targeted vulnerable wome…
"MOSCOW MULE MURDER: Killer Mom's Grief Book Grift & Montana Trial Terror"
Reid Carter exposes the twisted tale of Kouri Richins, the Utah mom who allegedly poisoned her husband Eric with a fentanyl-laced Moscow Mule, then wrote a children's grief book while planning to profit from his $5 million estate. With $3 m…
"MANHUNTS & MONSTERS: Montana Massacre, Tennessee Terror & The Dismemberment Defense"
Reid Carter tracks three horrific manhunts across America. In Montana, decorated Army veteran Michael Paul Brown is on the run after allegedly executing four people at his local bar, including a retired cancer nurse just starting retirement…
"GROPER, KILLER, STRANGLERS: Busey's Confession, Life for Dismemberment & Honor Killing Shocker"
Gary Busey finally admits he's guilty – the 81-year-old actor pleads to groping women at a horror convention while appearing via Zoom. Reid Carter exposes how this Oscar nominee became a convention creeper facing only probation. Plus, Maxwe…
The Menendez Brothers: "FROM MONSTERS TO MARTYRS: How TikTok Might Free Two Killers"
After 35 years in prison, the Menendez brothers are suddenly eligible for parole - and Erik is fighting for his life in a hospital. Reid Carter reveals how explosive new evidence, including allegations that Jose Menendez raped a Menudo band…
The Menendez Brothers: "BLOOD MONEY: The Night Beverly Hills Lost Its Innocence"
August 20, 1989: Jose and Kitty Menendez are brutally shotgunned to death in their Beverly Hills mansion. Reid Carter exposes how their sons Lyle and Erik transformed from grieving orphans to cold-blooded killers, spending $700,000 in six m…
"CRAIG GUILTY, DELGADO'S 50 YEARS & THE MADELINE SOTO HORROR: Justice for the Protein Shake Killer"
Reid Carter breaks down James Craig's life sentence for poisoning his wife Angela with protein shakes while planning a new life with his Texas mistress - justice for the dentist who thought medical knowledge made him untouchable. Plus, Bill…
"MAXWELL'S IMMUNITY BOMBSHELL, DIDDY'S $50M BOND BEG, CRAIG JURY DELIBERATES PROTEIN SHAKE MURDER & HONOR KILLING VERDICT WATCH"
Ghislaine Maxwell dangles Epstein secrets before Congress but demands immunity, advance questions, and a get-out-of-jail pass in explosive new letter. Meanwhile, Sean "Diddy" Combs claims he's the only "john" in federal prison as he begs fo…
"WHEN EVIL STRIKES SUDDENLY: Manhattan's NFL Shooting and America's Random Violence"
Reid Carter examines the deadliest mass shooting in New York City in 25 years, as former high school football player Shane Tamura drove cross-country to execute NFL employees over claims of CTE before taking his own life. From his chilling …
"MEDICAL MONSTERS AND PLEA DEALS: From Matthew Perry's Ketamine Doctor to Florida's Child Killer"
Reid Carter breaks down Dr. Salvador Plasencia's guilty plea to supplying Matthew Perry with ketamine, as text messages reveal the doctor called the Friends star a "moron" while plotting to exploit his addiction for $55,000. Plus, shocking …
"DAYBELL, CRAIG & NEALY: Death Sentences & Poisoned Shakes" -"Doomsday Mom's Final Fall, Dentist's Deadly Evidence & In-Law Massacre
Reid Carter breaks down Lori Daybell's final sentencing in Arizona as the "Doomsday Mom" receives two more life sentences and claims her victims are "happy" in heaven. From devastating victim impact statements to the judge's scathing rebuke…
"THE POISONED SHAKE AFFAIR: How a Vegas Romance Turned Deadly"
Reid Carter exposes the calculated cruelty of Colorado dentist James Craig, who allegedly poisoned his wife Angela with cyanide-laced protein shakes while carrying on a torrid affair with a Texas orthodontist. From secret email accounts and…
LIFE WITHOUT ANSWERS: Kohberger's Final Chapter and This Week's Justice"
Reid Carter closes the book on the Idaho student murders as Bryan Kohberger receives four life sentences and families finally confront the monster who destroyed their children. From devastating victim impact statements to the judge's emotio…
The Zombie Murders - "WHEN THE DEAD SPEAK: Bodies Break the Perfect Murder Plot"
Reid Carter concludes the shocking Vallow-Daybell saga with justice delivered from beyond the grave. June 9th, 2020: investigators discover JJ and Tylee's horrific remains on Chad's property - Tylee dismembered and burned, seven-year-old JJ…
The Zombie Murders - "THE FINAL OBSTACLE: Seventeen Days from Murder to Marriage"
Reid Carter reveals how Chad and Lori's final murder sealed their doom. October 19th: Tammy Daybell dies mysteriously, with Chad's eerily calm 911 call and rushed cremation destroying evidence. Just seventeen days later, the "grieving" wido…
The Zombie Murders - "SUMMER OF BLOOD: Four Murders in Four Months"
Reid Carter exposes the killing spree that destroyed two families. July 11th: Alex Cox executes Charles Vallow in "self-defense" while Lori hosts a pool party hours later. September: Sixteen-year-old Tylee vanishes after Yellowstone, dismem…
The Zombie Murders - "MARKED FOR DEATH: The Divine Hit List That Doomed a Family"
Reid Carter exposes how Chad and Lori's twisted theology became a systematic murder plan. Using a "spiritual rating system," the doomsday couple identified family members as "zombies" needing elimination - conveniently targeting those block…
The Zombie Murders - "PROPHET & GODDESS: How Doomsday Love Created Family Killers"
Reid Carter reveals how a failed Mormon author and serial bride transformed into divine killers. Chad Daybell, struggling writer turned doomsday prophet, meets Lori Vallow, mother of five marriages seeking spiritual meaning. Their 2018 enco…
Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard - "TRIAL BY SOCIAL MEDIA: How America Chose Johnny Depp Over Amber Heard"
How did a Virginia courtroom become the most-watched show on television and turn Johnny Depp into America's victim? Reid Carter exposes the seven-week media circus that captivated millions and redefined celebrity justice. From "Objection, h…
Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard - "THE WIFE BEATER: How One Newspaper Article Triggered Two Continents of Legal War"
How did 650 words in The Washington Post destroy Johnny Depp's $50 million Pirates franchise and launch the most expensive celebrity legal war in history? Reid Carter exposes the shocking aftermath of Amber Heard's domestic violence op-ed t…
Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard - "PIRATES AND PIRATES: How Hollywood's Golden Couple Became Toxic Enemies"
How did Captain Jack Sparrow fall for a rising starlet 23 years his junior and destroy both their careers in the process? Reid Carter exposes the toxic transformation of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard from Hollywood's hottest couple to courtro…
Baldoni vs. Lively - "DIGITAL ASSASSINS: Blake Lively's $400M War Against Hollywood's Revenge Machine"
How a sexual harassment complaint exploded into the most vicious celebrity legal battle in Hollywood history. Reid Carter exposes the alleged "astroturfing" campaign designed to destroy Blake Lively's reputation, featuring crisis PR special…