After Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt’s child abuse charges in 2023, a new Netflix documentary is diving into the influence that Hildebrandt held over Franke and many other LDS church members throughout her career.

Shane’s position as an active LDS member lends perspective as to why local bishops would endorse Hildebrandt and the emphasis that the Mormon culture seems to place on certain “addictions”.

Plus, Emily admits her own theories about Jodi and why she targeted her harshest punishments towards men and children specifically.

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As 2025 comes to an end, we'd like to thank every single one of you for listening and supporting this podcast. We can't wait to continue diving into true crime in the new year, and we have a few exciting changes coming your way... Have a safe holiday! 

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We're wishing you all a very happy holiday! Thank you for supporting and listening to Legally Brunette. We'll see you back in the New Year! 

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On Christmas Eve in 2008, Bruce Pardo dressed up as Santa Claus and set out to kill his ex-wife and all of her relatives. He used semi-automatic guns and a self-made flame thrower to accomplish his goal, killing 9 people in total.

Emily and Shane are diving into this horrific massacre, analyzing Bruce’s motives and plans to accomplish such a huge tragedy. 

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We’re breaking down The Capture of the Green River Killer. It’s the story of serial killer Gary Ridgway, who confessed to 48 murders and evaded capture for nearly 20 years, and the detective who refused to give up the chase. This true-crime drama shook a generation and delivers performances that are impossible to forget. The iconic Sharon Lawrence joins us with stories you won’t hear anywhere else.

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Nick Reiner has officially been charged with two counts of first-degree murder. 
Emily and Shane are diving into new details about his strange behavior the night before the murders, the bloodied hotel room he left behind and the surveillance video showing his arrest. 

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Emily and Shane are highlighting the biggest moments from 50 Cent’s new Netflix docuseries “Sean Combs: The Reckoning”. 

From Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls’ death to never-before-seen footage of Diddy right before his arrest in 2024…

Did the filmmakers obtain the 2024 footage of Diddy legally? One of the jurors seems as though she was a “superfan” of Diddy’s… How could that have skewed his sentencing?

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Just yesterday, the bodies of Rob and Michele Reiner were found inside of their Brentwood mansion. 

What’s been released about the case and what’s being speculated? Did their son, Nick, really stab his parents to death? Does his past drug abuse have anything to do with it?

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If you’re binging Murdaugh: Death in the Family, we’re giving you an inside  look at the case and behind the scenes of the series that has us questioning everything 

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Emily and Shane are discussing Nathan Carman, the boy that was accused of fatally shooting his grandfather in 2013 before murdering his mother three years later.

Was his grandfather’s $42 million fortune his incentive to commit the first murder? Did he abandon his mother in the middle of the ocean because she knew his secret? When Nathan committed suicide in his jail cell, did that prove his guilt?

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