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The Trial: USA

The Trial: USA

The Crime Desk 92 Episodes Jul 1, 2026

Launched in the UK in 2022, The Trial is an award-winning, chart-topping podcast that goes behind the headlines of some of the biggest trials in the world. It takes listeners into the courtroom, bringing detail as evidence unfolds, examining key moments, and carrying out exclusive interviews with detectives, victims, and experts. The series occasionally uses actors and AI-generated voices, with words taken verbatim from official court transcripts.

Episodes

Chainsaw, Body Bag And Inflatable Pool: How D4vd's Alleged Murder Materials And Other Evidence May Play Into Key Hearing Jul 1, 2026 29:21 They were materials that prosecutors say were procured for a sole purpose: murder.In this episode, we’re joined by the Daily Mail’s West Coast News Editor Marjorie Hernandez to discuss the upcoming preliminary hearing in the Los Angeles district attorney’s case against singer D4VD, or David Anthony Burke.Hernandez details what prosecutors have revealed so far, including that the young music artist
Top Cop Who Revamped Gilgo Beach 'Demon' Probe Reflects On Rex Heurmann And Cracking The Case Jun 24, 2026 51:35 “A demon that walks among us.”That’s what former Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison said about Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heurmann during an announcement of the elusive suspect’s arrest in 2023.Harrison worked on numerous headline-grabbing investigations over a 30-year career in the NYPD as an investigator and top executive but he may best be known for orchestrating the law enfo
Karmelo Anthony Trial Deep-Dive: Part 2 Jun 18, 2026 45:07 Karmelo Anthony’s lethal force against Austin Metcalf during a 2025 teenage track meet scuffle was not justified.  That was the finding of the Texas jury in Anthony’s case last week. The same panel sentenced the 19-year-old to 35 years in prison for murder.Yet the conviction remains a topic of intense interest and controversy. It has been framed as a racial injustice by Anthony’s support
Karmelo Anthony Trial Deep-Dive: Part 1 Jun 17, 2026 56:13 Karmelo Anthony’s murder trial happened in Texas but the case has triggered strong reactions from observers around the country. The 19-year-old’s legal team argued self-defense but witnesses told the jury that Anthony was never in danger. He was simply being asked to leave a private area belonging to a rival high school’s track squad.Daily Mail’s Texas Bureau Chief MaryAnn Martinez joins us t
‘Cults’ and Cold Cases: A 2026 CrimeCon Recap Jun 10, 2026 36:42 Cartisha Morgan came to CrimeCon in the hopes of bringing attention to the case of her missing daughter and young grandchild, a toddler when she vanished. Morgan believes her daughter Ma’Kayla Wickerson bought into the teachings of a group that police have called a cult before disappearing with the tot from their Missouri home. Another family was at the event to ask to promote their campaign
Kaylee Goncalves’s Parents On Treating Killers 'Like The Animals That They Are' Jun 3, 2026 36:28 We share in this episode an in-depth conversation with the parents of Kaylee Concalves at CrimeCon 2026 in Las Vegas where they promoted the “Murder Has a Name” foundation started in their daughter’s honor to help other families find answers with the help of advanced DNA technology.   Steve and Kristi Goncalves also discussed their family’s raw anger at killer Bryan Kohberger’s sent
Prosecutor Speaks on Death Sentence for 7-year-old Athena Strand’s Killer May 27, 2026 49:41 James Stainton spent years working to bring Tanner Horner to justice for abusing and killing a beloved child before callously discarding her remains in rural Texas on November 30, 2022.On this episode, Stainton shares with The Trial: USA’s Kayla Brantley what it was like to shoulder the task of seeking justice for Athena Strand and her devastated family. He also discusses capital punishment and wh
Murdaugh Wife And Son Murder Verdict Tossed Out: What Went Wrong And What’s Coming May 20, 2026 38:19 The latest development in the Alex Murdaugh story was a ruling by the highest court in South Carolina reversing his conviction for the 2022 murder of his wife and son.An elected county court clerk was accused of tampering with the jury process by hinting to sitting panelists that Murdaugh was guilty — a stunning betrayal of the public’s trust that the court said denied him a fair trial.The clerk,
Killer Is Sentenced To Lethal Injection In Texas For Killing First-Grader May 13, 2026 31:55 Justice for a joyful little girl who was abducted outside her rural Texas home and murdered by a stranger driving a delivery truck.MaryAnn Martinez, the Daily Mail’s Texas bureau chief, was in the courtroom as a jury sealed the fate of 7-year-old Athena Strand’s killer, Tanner Horner.Athena, a first-grader with an affinity for the outdoors and the color pink, was abused and tortured by Horner, a F
Lively vs. Baldoni: The Real Reason the Feuding Stars Settled May 6, 2026 16:31 After two years of legal mudslinging between “Gossip Girl” actress Blake Lively and actor-director Justin Baldoni, a civil trial was set to unfold in New York.The “It Ends With Us” co-stars instead capped their bitter dispute with a settlement deal that ended an ugly and costly two-year public ordeal that battered their reputations.The Trial: USA this week examines the history of the litigation an
I Was At The White House Dinner With Kash Patel - Then The Shooting Started Apr 29, 2026 26:53 Shots rang out at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner — just yards from the President of the United States.At one table sat FBI Director Kash Patel.On this episode of The Trial: USA, Kayla Brantley and Daily Mail Associate Editor Wills take you inside the room as the shooting unfolded — including what happened at their table in the moments the chaos began.They walk through the night step by ste
D4vd Charged With Murder: A Career Worth Killing For? Apr 22, 2026 14:51 A rising music star is now facing one of the most serious charges in the US justice system.D4vd (real name David Anthony Burke) has been charged with the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.Prosecutors allege the two were in a relationship - and claim he killed her to protect his career, after fears their connection could be exposed. Her remains were later discovered inside a Tesla linke

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