Crime Analyst

By Laura Richards

What's Crime Analyst about?

If you are curious about the ‘who dunnit’ and the ‘why dunnit’ and how and why victims become footnotes in their own murders, Crime Analyst is for you. Hosted by world renowned and award-winning Criminal Behavioural Analyst Laura Richards.

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Ep 132: The Murder of Gabby...

05.26.2023

On May 24 2023, in a fascinating development in the lawsuit Nichole Schmidt and Joseph Petito filed against Roberta and Christopher Laundrie, Judge Danielle Brewer ordered Roberta and Christopher Laundrie to share the ‘Burn After Reading’ letter Roberta Laundrie wrote ...

Crime Analyst episodes:

05.26.2023 Ep 132: The Murder of Gabby Petito: Analysing the ‘Burn After Reading’ Letter,’ Part 22 On May 24 2023, in a fascinating development in the lawsuit Nichole Schmidt and Joseph Petito filed against Roberta and Christopher Laundrie, Judge Danielle Brewer ordered Roberta and Christopher Laundrie to share the ‘Burn After Reading’ letter Roberta Laundrie wrote ...
05.23.2023 Ep 131: The Murdaugh Murders: Analysing Alex Murdaugh’s Interview with South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) cont., Part 5 Laura continues to analyse Alex Murdaugh’s first interview with Special Agent David Owen from SLED and Colleton County Sheriff's Office Detective Laura Rutland on June 7, 2021. Laura deconstructs Murdaugh’s narrative highlighting indicators of deception, a moment of leakage about ...
05.16.2023 Ep 130: The Murdaugh Murders: Analysing Alex Murdaugh’s Interview with South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), Part 4 Laura analyses Alex Murdaugh’s first interview with Special Agent David Owen from SLED and Colleton County Sheriff's Office Detective Laura Rutland on June 7, 2021. This interview took place in a car, after Murdaugh claimed he found his wife, Maggie, ...
05.09.2023 Ep 129: The Murdaugh Murders: Analysing the Crime Scene and Law Enforcement Response, Part 3 Laura shares her analyses about the targeting of Maggie and Paul, the choice of location, the sequence of events and when triangulated, it reveals that this horrific double murder could only have been committed by someone close to them. Laura ...
05.02.2023 Ep 128: The Murdaugh Murders: Analyzing Alex Murdaugh’s 911 Call, Part 2 In this episode, Laura analyses the 911 call Alex Murdaugh made on June 7, 2021, in which he claimed he had discovered the dead bodies of his wife, Maggie, and his son, Paul. Alex Murdaugh called 911 at 10.07pm and ...
04.25.2023 Ep 127: The Murdaugh Murders: The Murders of Maggie and Paul, Part 1 Laura starts a deep dive into the murders of Margaret ‘Maggie’ and Paul Murdaugh. On June 7, 2021, 52-year-old Maggie and her 22-year-old son, Paul, were shot dead at Moselle, the family’s 1770-acre estate in the small town of Islandton, ...
04.18.2023 Ep 126: Profiling Bible John: Creation of a Serial Killer with Audrey Gillan, Part 2 Laura continues her interview with award winning writer and reporter Audrey Gillan about her remarkable BBC Scotland podcast, Bible John: Creation of a Serial Killer. In part 2 of this fascinating conversation, you’ll hear more about the new information and ...
04.11.2023 Ep 125: Profiling Bible John: Creation of a Serial Killer with Audrey Gillan, Part 1 In this episode, Laura interviews award winning writer and reporter Audrey Gillan about her remarkable BBC Scotland podcast, Bible John: Creation of a Serial Killer. If you haven’t listened to this 10-part series, you really should. In the 1960’s Patricia ...
03.28.2023 Ep 124: 10 Reasons Why Andrew Tate And Tristan Tate Are Still In Jail In this episode, Laura discusses 10 reasons why Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate had their release from custody denied by a Judge for a fourth time on March 22nd, 2023. Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate are currently being held in ...
03.22.2023 Ep 123: The Murder of Sarah Everard: A Deep Dive into the Culture of the Metropolitan Police Service with Henry Riley In this episode Laura talks with special guest Henry Riley, LBC journalist, about Sarah Everard’s abduction, rape and murder by Wayne Couzens, a Metropolitan Police officer. What followed was a nationwide outpouring of grief, shock and anger. Women shared stories ...
03.19.2023 Ep 122: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 21 Today, March 19th, would have been Gabby Petito’s 24th birthday. In this special episode Laura highlights the latest developments in Gabby’s case regarding the two ongoing lawsuits Gabby’s family have filed against Moab City Police and Brian’s parents, Roberta and ...
03.14.2023 Ep 121: The Murders of Cathy Thomas and Rebecca Dowski and the Colonial Parkway Murders, Part 3 Laura continues her conversation with Bill Thomas, brother of Cathy Thomas, and researcher, writer and advocate Kristin Dilley about the brutal murders of Cathy Thomas and Rebecca Dowski and the other three double murders often referred to as the ‘Colonial ...
03.07.2023 Ep 120: The Murders of Cathy Thomas and Rebecca Dowski and the Colonial Parkway Murders, Part 2 Laura continues her interview with Bill Thomas, brother of Cathy Thomas, and researcher, writer and advocate Kristin Dilley about the brutal murders of Cathy Thomas and Rebecca Dowski and the other three double murders often referred to as the Colonial ...
03.01.2023 Ep 119: Victory! Dangerous Domestic Abusers to be added to the Violent and Sexual Offenders Register In this short update Laura shares the good news and explains why it is so important that dangerous domestic abusers will be included on the violent and sexual offender register as well as further detail about the law reform. Announcing ...
02.28.2023 Ep 118: The Murders of Cathy Thomas and Rebecca Dowski and the Colonial Parkway Murders, Part 1 Laura interviews Bill Thomas, brother of Cathy Thomas, and researcher, writer and advocate Kristin Dilley about the brutal murders of Cathy Thomas and Rebecca Dowski and the other three double murders often referred to as the ‘Colonial Parkway Murders.’ From ...
02.21.2023 Ep 117: Who Killed Lollie Winans and Julie Williams? Part 3 Laura continues her conversation with award winning investigative journalist, author and outdoors expert Kathryn Miles about her re-investigation into the double murder of Lollie Winans and Julie Williams, which is detailed in her book Trailed: One Woman’s Quest to Solve ...
02.14.2023 Ep 116: Who Killed Lollie Winans and Julie Williams? Part 2 Laura continues her interview with award winning investigative journalist, author and outdoors expert Kathryn Miles about her re-investigation into the double murder of Lollie Winans and Julie Williams, which is detailed in her book Trailed: One Woman’s Quest to Solve ...
02.07.2023 Ep 115: Who killed Lollie Winans and Julie Williams? with Kathryn Miles, Part 1 Laura interviews award winning investigative journalist, author and outdoors expert Kathryn Miles about her re-investigation into the double murder of Lollie Winans and Julie Williams, which is detailed in her book Trailed: One Woman’s Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders. ...
01.31.2023 Ep 114: Deconstructing Coercive Control and the Impact on Children with Dr Emma Katz Laura interviews Dr Emma Katz about her new book ‘Coercive Control in Children’s and Mother’s Lives.’ Emma is an Associate Professor at Durham University and is the leading academic expert on how coercive control impacts on children and young people. ...
01.24.2023 Ep 113: Behind the Scenes of the Prince Andrew BBC Newsnight Interview with Sam McAlister Part 2 In this episode Laura continues her fascinating interview with Sam McAlister, the producer and booker extraordinaire who secured the BBC Newsnight Interview with Prince Andrew. Laura and Sam discuss the set-up of the interview and continue to discuss the psychology ...
01.17.2023 Ep 112: Behind the Scenes of the Prince Andrew BBC Newsnight Interview with Sam McAlister Part 1 In this episode Laura speaks with Sam McAlister, producer, and booker extraordinaire for the BBC, who secured the BBC Newsnight Interview with Prince Andrew in 2019. Sam is a former barrister and author of the book, Scoops. Scoops details all ...
01.11.2023 Ep 111: Reflections of Joanna Simpson, Part 4 In this special tribute episode Diana Parkes, Hetti Nanton and friends share memories and reflections of Jo, in their own words. This episode and series are dedicated to correcting the narrative and memory of Joanna Simpson. #JoannaSimpson #HerNameWasJoSimpson #CoerciveControl #Stalking ...
01.10.2023 Ep 110: How to Save a Life with Hetti Nanton, Part 3 In this episode Laura is once more joined by Hetti Nanton, Joanna Simpson’s best friend and chair of the national domestic violence charity, Refuge. In the aftermath of Jo’s brutal death, and following the previous in-depth interview, Hetti had lingering ...
12.20.2022 Ep 109: Dear Crime Analysts: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Laura shares a special holiday message to each and every one of you lovely lot – which then turned into breaking news and a breakdown of the jury’s split verdict in the LA Harvey Weinstein’s trial. AND…..Laura gives her two ...
12.14.2022 Ep 108: The Los Angeles Harvey Weinstein Trial with Louise Godbold, Part 2 Laura interviews Louise Godbold, a survivor of Harvey Weinstein who came forward in October 2017. By this time, Louise had been a trauma specialist for nearly a decade and is the executive director of the non-profit Echo. Echo provides trauma ...
12.13.2022 Ep 107: Joanna Simpson: A Miscarriage of Justice, Part 2 In this episode Laura, Diana Parkes, Joanna’s mother and Hetti Nanton, Joanna’s best friend and chair of the national domestic violence charity, Refuge discuss the events leading up to Jo being brutally killed by Robert Brown, as well as how ...
12.11.2022 Ep 106: The Los Angeles Harvey Weinstein Trial with Louise Godbold, Part 1 Laura interviews Louise Godbold, a survivor of Harvey Weinstein who came forward in October 2017. By this time, Louise had already been a trauma specialist for nearly a decade and is the executive director of the non-profit Echo. Echo provides ...
12.06.2022 Ep 105: Joanna Simpson: A Miscarriage of Justice, Part 1 Laura interviews Diana Parkes, Joanna’s mother and Hetti Nanton, Joanna’s best friend and chair of the national domestic violence charity, Refuge. Joanna Simpson was brutally killed on October 31, 2010, by her ex-husband Robert Brown a British Airways pilot, one ...
11.29.2022 Ep 104: Forensically Deconstructing Bill Cosby with Nicki Weisensee Egan, Part 2 In part 2 of Laura’s interview with award winning investigative journalist Nicki Weisensee Egan, Laura and Nicki discuss Bruce Castor’s decision not to prosecute Bill Cosby in 2005 and the non-prosecution agreement, which none of the prosecutors or police knew ...
11.22.2022 Ep 103: Forensically Deconstructing Bill Cosby with Nicki Weisensee Egan, Part 1 Laura interviews award winning investigative journalist Nicki Weisensee Egan. For years Nicki was the one reporter who investigated Bill Cosby. Nicki documented her investigation in the book Chasing Cosby, which was the basis for her award winning podcast of the ...
11.15.2022 Ep 102: Re-Investigating Dirty John with Tonia Bales, Part 2 Laura continues her conversation with Tonia Bales, John Meehan’s first wife of 10 years. In part 2, Tonia details the night her world was shattered forever, when she accessed John’s hard drive and read all his emails he had sent ...
11.08.2022 Ep 101: Re-Investigating Dirty John with Tonia Bales, Part 1 Laura interviews Tonia Bales, John Meehan’s first wife of 10 years about her life with John. Tonia had two daughter’s, Emily and Abigail, with John. Having listened to the podcast ‘Dirty John’ and watched scripted Bravo show of the same ...
11.01.2022 Ep 100: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 20 Laura highlights key events, witnesses and evidence in the timeline and sequence of events, revisiting Gabby and Brian’s Instagram and what friends have said about Gabby and Brian’s relationship. Laura also breaks down the 9-minute video footage that was released ...
10.25.2022 Ep 99: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 19 Laura concludes her analysis of the 99-page Moab City Police Investigative Review by detailing and breaking down Captain Ratcliffe’s conclusion and recommendations. Laura shares her professional thoughts about why the conclusion makes little sense and why the recommendations will not ...
10.18.2022 Ep 98: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 18 Laura continues to analyze the police report filed by Officer Pratt and Officer Robbins and the 99-page Moab City Police Investigative Review of the Police Stop was published on 12th January 2022. Laura reveals that another witness came forward and ...
10.11.2022 Ep 97: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 17 Laura continues to analyze the police report filed by Officer Pratt and Officer Robbins and the 99-page Moab City Police Investigative Review of the Police Stop was published on 12th January 2022. Laura outlines why the predominant aggressor law in ...
10.04.2022 Ep 96: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 16 Laura continues to analyze the police report filed by Officer Pratt and Officer Robbins and the 99-page Moab City Police Investigative Review of the Police Stop was published on 12th January 2022. Astonishingly, the report concluded that ‘several unintentional mistakes ...
09.27.2022 Ep 95: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 15 Laura analyzes the police report filed by Officer Pratt and Officer Robbins and answers a number of burning questions including: whether it was known and recorded by police that the van belonged to Gabby, and; what’s happened to the police ...
09.21.2022 Ep 94: My Two Cents: State of Maryland v. Adnan Syed, Adnan is FREE! In this episode, Laura analyses the most significant aspects of the state’s motion report requesting that Adnan Syed’s conviction be vacated. The report was filed on September 14 2022 and it ultimately led to Adnan Syed being freed on Monday ...
09.13.2022 Ep 93: Surviving Dirty John with Debra Newell In this episode, Laura interviews survivor and shero Debra Newell from the podcast “Dirty John,” Bravo show of the same name and Oxygen documentary, “Dirty John, the Dirty Truth,” which Laura served as consultant producer on. Now Debra has written ...
09.07.2022 Ep 92: Happy Birthday Rafi Thank you for tuning in and for all your support. Crime Analyst wouldn’t be possible without you lovely lot. I’m taking some much-needed time out. More soon - so stay tuned! #TrueCrime #Podcast #CrimeAnalyst #Selfcare #Rafi #FirstBirthday You can follow ...
08.30.2022 Ep 91: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 14 In this episode, Laura continues to deconstruct Officer Pratt’s footage of the police stop of Gabby’s van with startling revelations including how Laura believes that the Utah law was not only misunderstood but was also misapplied – and it’s probably ...
08.23.2022 Ep 90: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 13 In this episode, Laura reflects on information shared by Brian Entin, particularly regarding whether there was a planned and co-ordinated strategy after Gabby was killed as well as about Brian’s finances, which provides a new perspective about what he told ...
08.16.2022 Ep 89: Roe vs Wade Overturned with Rabia Chaudry, Part 2 In Part 2 Laura discusses the wide-reaching and catastrophic consequences of Roe vs Wade being overturned in June 2022 with attorney, advocate and best-selling New York Times author Rabia Chaudry. Laura and Rabia highlight how abortions have been banned before ...
08.12.2022 Ep 88: Gabby Petito’s Parents Lawsuit Against Moab City Police, Part 12 Laura discusses a significant update in Gabby Petito’s case. On Monday 8th August 2022, almost a year to the date of the Moab City Police stop of Gabby’s white van, Gabby’s mother, Nichole and step-father Jim Schmidt and Gabby’s father, ...
08.09.2022 Ep 87: Depp vs Heard Trial and Verdict with Rabia Chaudry, Part 1 With the Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard trial back in the news, Laura discusses the case with attorney, advocate and best-selling New York Times author Rabia Chaudry. Laura asks Rabia her legal perspective about the Depp/Heard case and both discuss ...
08.02.2022 Ep 86: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 11 Laura continues her fascinating interview with Brian Entin, senior National Correspondent for NewsNation and discusses how ‘strategic’ Brian Laundrie and his family may have been as well as other information that may come to light from the civil suit Gabby’s ...
07.26.2022 Ep 85: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 10 Laura interviews special guest Brian Entin, senior National Correspondent for NewsNation who covered Gabby’s case from the start. Brian was posted up outside the Laundrie’s home in Florida. He also went to the location where Gabby’s van was last seen ...
07.19.2022 Ep 84: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 9 In this episode, Laura discusses the other police body worn cameras and highlights new key information available from Officer Pratt’s footage, which was released on Friday 1st October. It took Moab City Police Department more than 14 days to release ...
07.12.2022 Ep 83: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 8 In this episode, Laura continues to break down Gabby and Brian’s behaviour using the police body worn camera footage from the Moab City Police Department. Laura highlights an important statement Brian makes about the relationship and finances which is overlooked ...

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Crime Analyst episodes:

Ep 132: The Murder of Gabby Petito: Analysing the ‘Burn After Reading’ Letter,’ Part 22

Ep 131: The Murdaugh Murders: Analysing Alex Murdaugh’s Interview with South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) cont., Part 5

Ep 130: The Murdaugh Murders: Analysing Alex Murdaugh’s Interview with South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), Part 4

Ep 129: The Murdaugh Murders: Analysing the Crime Scene and Law Enforcement Response, Part 3

Ep 128: The Murdaugh Murders: Analyzing Alex Murdaugh’s 911 Call, Part 2

Ep 127: The Murdaugh Murders: The Murders of Maggie and Paul, Part 1

Ep 126: Profiling Bible John: Creation of a Serial Killer with Audrey Gillan, Part 2

Ep 125: Profiling Bible John: Creation of a Serial Killer with Audrey Gillan, Part 1

Ep 124: 10 Reasons Why Andrew Tate And Tristan Tate Are Still In Jail

Ep 123: The Murder of Sarah Everard: A Deep Dive into the Culture of the Metropolitan Police Service with Henry Riley

Ep 122: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 21

Ep 121: The Murders of Cathy Thomas and Rebecca Dowski and the Colonial Parkway Murders, Part 3

Ep 120: The Murders of Cathy Thomas and Rebecca Dowski and the Colonial Parkway Murders, Part 2

Ep 119: Victory! Dangerous Domestic Abusers to be added to the Violent and Sexual Offenders Register

Ep 118: The Murders of Cathy Thomas and Rebecca Dowski and the Colonial Parkway Murders, Part 1

Ep 117: Who Killed Lollie Winans and Julie Williams? Part 3

Ep 116: Who Killed Lollie Winans and Julie Williams? Part 2

Ep 115: Who killed Lollie Winans and Julie Williams? with Kathryn Miles, Part 1

Ep 114: Deconstructing Coercive Control and the Impact on Children with Dr Emma Katz

Ep 113: Behind the Scenes of the Prince Andrew BBC Newsnight Interview with Sam McAlister Part 2

Ep 112: Behind the Scenes of the Prince Andrew BBC Newsnight Interview with Sam McAlister Part 1

Ep 111: Reflections of Joanna Simpson, Part 4

Ep 110: How to Save a Life with Hetti Nanton, Part 3

Ep 109: Dear Crime Analysts: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

Ep 108: The Los Angeles Harvey Weinstein Trial with Louise Godbold, Part 2

Ep 107: Joanna Simpson: A Miscarriage of Justice, Part 2

Ep 106: The Los Angeles Harvey Weinstein Trial with Louise Godbold, Part 1

Ep 105: Joanna Simpson: A Miscarriage of Justice, Part 1

Ep 104: Forensically Deconstructing Bill Cosby with Nicki Weisensee Egan, Part 2

Ep 103: Forensically Deconstructing Bill Cosby with Nicki Weisensee Egan, Part 1

Ep 102: Re-Investigating Dirty John with Tonia Bales, Part 2

Ep 101: Re-Investigating Dirty John with Tonia Bales, Part 1

Ep 100: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 20

Ep 99: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 19

Ep 98: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 18

Ep 97: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 17

Ep 96: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 16

Ep 95: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 15

Ep 94: My Two Cents: State of Maryland v. Adnan Syed, Adnan is FREE!

Ep 93: Surviving Dirty John with Debra Newell

Ep 92: Happy Birthday Rafi

Ep 91: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 14

Ep 90: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 13

Ep 89: Roe vs Wade Overturned with Rabia Chaudry, Part 2

Ep 88: Gabby Petito’s Parents Lawsuit Against Moab City Police, Part 12

Ep 87: Depp vs Heard Trial and Verdict with Rabia Chaudry, Part 1

Ep 86: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 11

Ep 85: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 10

Ep 84: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 9

Ep 83: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 8