Ashley Benefield is a former ballerina on trial for the fatal shooting of her husband during a child custody battle. She claims she was in fear for her life while prosecutors say it was murder. This episode of the Court TV Podcast features opening statements from the Black Swan Murder Trial from 7/23/2024. Hear both sides lay out their cases for th…

A former ballerina caught up in a whirlwind romance that ended with her shooting her estranged husband. Ashley Benefield claims she shot Doug Benefield in self-defense, but prosecutors say that this fatal shooting was murder. This episode of the Court TV Podcast features the final motion hearing from 7/16/2024 before Benefield faces a jury. For mor…

Alec Baldwin faces criminal charges for the film set shooting that sent shockwaves through Hollywood. In an audio edition of this documentary special, Court TV breaks down exactly what happened when Baldwin shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. For more on the Alec Baldwin Manslaughter Trial, Click Here. Watch 24/7 Court TV LIVE Stream T…

A father bludgeoned to death. A confession by his sons, Alex and Derek King. But did family friend Ricky Chavis play a role in this brutal murder? The boys’ confession is called into question after the discovery that Ricky is a pedophile who was after Alex. his episode of the Court TV Podcast features an audio edition of our original true crime ser…

The prosecution claims Jamie Faith was executed by war hero Darrin Lopez so that he could be with his high school sweetheart Jennifer Faith, with whom he was having an online BDSM affair. But the defense argues Jennifer exploited Darrin's trust and PTSD, faking abuse to convince him she was in mortal danger. This episode of the Court TV Podcast fea…

The death of Boson police officer John O’Keefe has left a community divided. Prosecutors claim his girlfriend, Karen Read, backed into him with her SUV, leaving him to die in the snow, while she says that she has been framed for his murder. This episode of the Court TV Podcast features the cross-examination of trooper Michael Proctor, the lead inve…

Imagine the world of 13-year-old Madeline Soto, who was sent to sleep in a bed with her mom's boyfriend by her own mother. Now that man, Stephan Sterns, is accused of abusing and killing that child. In this episode, Vinnie Politan and his expert guests look more closely at Stephan Sterns, including his police interviews, body language and cellphone…

Prosecutors allege Boson police officer John O’Keefe was hit by his girlfriend’s SUV and left to die in the snow after a night of drinking. Defense attorneys claim that Karen Read is not only innocent but that she is the target of an elaborate cover-up. This episode of the Court TV Podcast features the direct examination of Michael Proctor, the lea…

PODCAST: In January 2022 Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe was found dead in the snow outside of a friend’s house in Canton, Massachusetts. Prosecutors say Karen Read, O’Keefe’s girlfriend, hit him with her car and left him to die, while she claims that she is being framed. As jurors take in every piece of evidence and testimony, they are tasked w…

PODCAST: Prosecutors say Karen Read hit John O’Keefe, a Boston police officer and her boyfriend of two years, with her SUV and left him to die in the snow outside of his friend’s house while she claims that she is being framed by someone who was inside that home. This episode of the Court TV Podcast features key testimony from Brian Higgins, which …

Vinnie Politan digs deep into the Killer or Cover-Up Murder Trial of Karen Read, who is charged with killing her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe. This episode will explore the evidence against Karen Read and examine her relationship with John O’Keefe. Plus, Vinnie Politan travels to Dedham, Massachusetts and follows the route Read and…

In the early morning hours of January 29, 2022, the body of Boston police officer John O’Keefe was discovered outside of a friend’s house. Prosecutors claim his girlfriend Karen Read backed into him with her SUV and left him to die in the snow, while her attorneys claim that she’s being framed for his murder. This episode of the Court TV Podcast fe…

Join the host of Court TV’s Closing Arguments with Vinnie Politan as he digs deeper into the Alec Baldwin Movie Shooting ahead of Baldwin’s trial. Vinnie and his guests take a close look at the trial of the “Rust” movie armorer, Hannah Gutierrez, who is serving an 18-month sentence for involuntary manslaughter. How did live rounds make it to the mo…

A community is divided over the murder of a Boston Police Officer. In January 2022 the body of John O’Keefe was found in the snow outside of a friend’s house after a night of drinking. Prosecutors say his girlfriend, Karen Read, backed her SUV into him and left him to die, while she claims that she’s being framed for his murder. This episode of the…

PODCAST: The bizarre web of death that surrounds Lori and Chad Daybell continues to unfold in an Idaho courtroom as Chad stands trial for three murders: two of Lori’s children along with Chad’s previous wife. This episode of the Court TV Podcast features testimony from 5/7/2024 as another member of Chad and Lori’s inner circle outlines the teaching…

PODCAST- Vinnie Politan investigates the bizarre world of Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow Daybell, commonly referred to as “The Doomsday Couple.” Both faced charges in the deaths of Lori’s two children, 7-year-old JJ Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, and Chad’s first wife, Tammy Daybell. Last year, Lori was convicted on conspiracy and first-degree mu…

PODCAST: Prosecutors say Karen Read backed her SUV into John O’Keefe, her police officer boyfriend, and then left him to die in the snow. Read’s attorneys claim that she is being framed and is the target of an elaborate cover-up carried out by O’Keefe’s friends and colleagues. This episode of the Court TV Podcast features both sides laying out thei…

PODCAST: In this episode, Court TV host and former prosecutor Vinnie Politan explores the evidence in this case leading up to and following the murders - information that prosecutors are using to build what Vinnie Politan predicts will be an “epic courtroom battle.” Vinnie explains the complex nature of trying a case with a series of circumstances …

Nearly one year after Lori Vallow Daybell was convicted in the murders of her two children and her husband’s previous wife, Chad Daybell faces a jury himself for his alleged role in these murders. This episode of the Court TV Podcast features testimony from Chad and Lori’s inner circle: David Warick, one of the last people to see JJ Vallow alive. F…

PODCAST: In 2021 tragedy struck during a rehearsal on a film set in New Mexico. A gun went off in Alec Baldwin’s hand, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring writer-director Joel Souza. Now, the film’s armorer Hanna Gutierrez has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter and Alec Baldwin awaits trial for the same charge. This episode…

PODCAST: The murder of JonBenét Ramsey has puzzled investigators for more than two decades, despite being a relatively small and contained crime scene and police finding a ransom note. In this podcast episode, Vinnie Politan will examine the note more closely and explore the reasons why the case is still unsolved after all these years. In this epis…

In June 2020, the search for Lori Vallow Daybell’s children, Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow, came to a tragic end when their remains were found buried on Chad Daybell’s property. This was just months after the suspicious death of Chad’s previous wife Tammy Daybell. Now, nearly four years later, Lori has been convicted for her roles in all three murders, …

This week’s Court TV Podcast features an audio edition of our original series Victim to Verdict with Ted Rowlands, which spotlights every moment from the crime scene to the courtroom, tapping into the best of Court TV’s real-time coverage of high-profile cases. This episode focuses in on the trial of Alex Murdaugh, a once prominent South Carolina a…

Last May Lori Vallow Daybell, known to some as the "Doomsday Cult Mom," was convicted in the murders of her two children, JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan, and her husband’s previous wife Tammy Daybell. A tragic case with allegations of cult-like religious beliefs centered around doomsday prophecies. Now Lori’s husband and alleged co-conspirator, Chad Dayb…

It’s been seven years since 13-year-old Abigail Williams and 14-year-old Liberty German were killed in Delphi, Indiana. Join Closing Arguments host Vinnie Politan as he looks at all sides of the case against Richard Allen, including the pre-trial nightmare surrounding Allen’s case. Special Guests: Anya Cain: Investigative journalist and co-host of …

It was a brutal double homicide in a small New England town. In January of 2017, police found Christine Sullivan and Jenna Pellegrini dead underneath the porch of a home in Farmington, New Hampshire. Prosecutors paint their accused killer, Timothy Verrill, as a paranoid drug dealer, alleging that he was involved in a drug trafficking operation with…

In the early morning hours of January 29th, 2022 the body of Boston police officer John O’Keefe was found in the snow outside of a suburban home, now his girlfriend of over two years prepares to stand trial for his murder. Prosecutors allege Karen Read backed her SUV into O’Keefe after a night of drinking and then left him to die in the snow. Defen…

PODCAST: Days after the body of a missing 13-year-old girl was found in a wooded area of Kissimmee, Florida, no charges have been filed in her death; but her stepfather is facing charges that he sexually abused her, and that abuse may have gone on for years. Vinnie Politan and his guests dig into the timeline of Madeline's disappearance and the aff…

While Alec Baldwin was rehearsing a scene for his movie “Rust,” tragedy struck the set. A firearm went off in the actor’s hand with a live round loaded. The bullet ended up taking the life of the film’s cinematographer Haleyna Hutchins and wounding the director Joel Souza. Now Alec Baldwin and the film’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez, are both charged …

On November 30th, 2021 the community of Oxford Township, Michigan was stunned by tragedy. Four young lives, Madisyn Baldwin, Tate Myre, Hana St. Juliana, and Justin Shilling were taken at Oxford High School just days after students returned from Thanksgiving break. Now the teenage shooter has pleaded guilty, and in an unprecedented turn of events, …

Harmony Montgomery was living in a car with her father, her stepmother, and two other children when she was last seen alive. Nearly five years later, her father stands trial for her murder. After weeks of testimony, the state and the defense made their final pleas to the jury. Prosecutors claim that Adam was the one who killed Harmony, while the de…

Vinnie Politan digs through the case evidence in the trial of Adam Montgomery, who is charged in the death of his five-year-old daughter, and the timeline of the “sick, morbid actions” he’s accused of doing to cover up her murder. Special Guests: Court TV Legal Correspondent Matt Johnson, Private Investigator and founder of Victim News Online, Eric…

Little Harmony Montgomery’s life was filled with hardship and tragedy. Both of her parents suffered from addiction problems, these issues were addressed by a judge who gave sole custody to her father Adam Montgomery, a career criminal. Harmony was just five years old when she was last seen alive in 2019. Now her father is on trial for her murder. T…

In this riveting episode of "Closing Arguments with Vinnie Politan," we delve into the shocking and complex case against Donna Adelson, a mother accused of conspiring with her son, Charlie Adelson, in an alleged plot to arrange the murder of her former son-in-law, Dan Markel. The beloved Florida State University law professor had found himself enta…

What motivates a rampage killer? Court TV sits down with psychologists, investigators, survivors and conducts a prison interview with a convicted mass shooter to find out. Five years after the Las Vegas shooting massacre, this provocative Court TV documentary explores why our understanding of the psyche of a rampage killer is vital in preventing th…

In this episode, we dig into the chilling case of Adam Montgomery, a New Hampshire man set to face trial this week for the alleged murder of his five-year-old daughter, Harmony. Join Court TV host and former prosecutor Vinnie Politan, along with Ted Rowlands and special guest Bob Ward, as they navigate the timeline of Harmony's disappearance constr…

suspect has since pleaded guilty to the charges from the shooting and has been sentenced to life without parole. In an unprecedented turn, the shooter’s parents have both been charged, with each of them facing four counts of involuntary manslaughter and standing trial separately. This week’s Court TV Podcast features both the prosecution and the de…

Former Georgia beauty queen and beloved high school teacher Tara Grinstead vanished in 2005, leaving a community stunned and without answers for over a decade until Ryan Duke, a former student at the school she taught at, was arrested and charged with her murder. Just weeks later, Ryan’s friend Bo Dukes was also arrested in connection to her disapp…

In 2016 eight members of the Rhoden Family were all fatally shot at four different locations. These murders became known to many as the Pike County Massacre. Authorities were perplexed as to why someone would commit such a heinous act. A child custody dispute between Hannah Rhoden and Jake Wagner eventually became the motive for this massacre, lead…

Shanda Vander Ark testified in her own defense, facing child abuse and murder charges in the death of her fifteen-year-old son Timothy who had special needs. Prosecutors said that her and her older son Paul tortured and starved Timothy, who weighed only sixty-nine pounds when he died. On this week’s Court TV Podcast you’ll hear Shanda face an inten…

Shanda Vander Ark was charged with murder and child abuse in the death of her fifteen-year-old son with special needs. Timothy was just sixty-nine pounds when he was found dead by his mom and brother in June of 2022. Prosecutors alleged that Shanda and her older son Paul tortured Timothy with ice baths and bread soaked in hot sauce made from two of…

The Koslow’s were an upper-class, socialite family, well known in the Fort Worth area, which is why their community was stunned when Jack and Karen Koslow were the victims of a brutal home invasion, leaving Karen dead and Jack critically injured. Authorities zeroed in on the two assailants and their alleged ringleader: Jack’s daughter who stood to …

Morgan Leppert was just fifteen years old when she ran away from home with Toby Lowry, her twenty-two-year-old boyfriend. As authorities searched for Morgan and Toby they made a haunting discovery: the last call to Morgan’s cell phone was made from a home belonging to an elderly disabled man who was found beaten to death. Was Toby telling the truth…

Tonica Jenkins had a gift for manipulating people. She used that gift to scam her way into getting into Yale. This serial con artist would end up facing federal drug trafficking charges which led to her darkest scheme yet: roping her family into faking her own death by killing another woman. The only problem: the victim survived. This week’s Court …

This week’s Court TV Podcast features an audio edition of the latest Court TV Special The Case Against Bryan Kohberger. This all-new original documentary takes a closer look at the Idaho Student Murders by paying tribute to Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, and Kaylee Goncalves, the four young lives tragically taken last November and expl…

After her husband was killed during a robbery attempt, Renée Poole’s multiple affairs and second life as a stripper made her the main suspect in his murder. But who was the gunman? And why would he want Brent Poole dead? This week's Court TV Podcast dives deeper into this case with an episode of our original series Accomplice to Murder with Vinnie …

In 2014, Florida State University law professor Dan Markel was in the middle of a bitter child custody battle when he was gunned down in his garage. Now three people have been convicted of his murder and prosecutors say a fourth person, his ex-brother-in-law Charlie Adelson, orchestrated this murder-for-hire plot. But just how far does this all go?…

Paula Gutierrez fell in love as a teenager with Nestor “Chino” de Jesus. They struggled to make ends meet while raising their baby daughter and resorted to a desperate plan hatched by Nestor; the couple armed themselves and attempted to rob a bank. By the end of that fateful day, two people would end up dead and Paula would end up facing a potentia…

Raynella Dossett Leath appeared to be plagued by a string of deadly bad luck. In 1992 her first husband, Ed, who was in the late stages of a terminal cancer was found dead in the couple’s corral supposedly trampled by cattle. Over a decade later, Raynella would call 9-1-1 reporting that she had found her second husband dead from an apparent suicide…

In October 1988, Aissa Wayne, daughter of John Wayne, and her boyfriend Roger Luby were brutally assaulted by a pair of gunmen on their way home from an aerobics class. Was this attack a retaliation to some of Luby’s shady business dealings? Or was Aissa’s soon-to-be ex-husband the one behind the assault? This week’s Court TV Podcast dives deeper i…