Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield

Five months after Brooke Hanlon was found stabbed to death in her own home, a source tells Daily Mail reporter Dana Kennedy there’s a DNA clue the public hasn’t heard about. On June 6, 2026, Conor Hanlon called 911 and said he’d come home to find his wife unresponsive inside their house on Pottersville Road in Chester Township, New Jersey. Brooke was a 35-year-old psychotherapist and mother to an 11-month-old daughter. The medical examiner ruled her death a homicide, but it took more than three weeks for authorities to publicly confirm her name. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield sits down with Dana Kennedy to talk about what her source told her, why investigators were seen back at the Hanlon home five months after the murder, and what it would take to find out whose DNA it is.Brooke Hanlon Case Playlist:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIfNaSd_Ibys

Cherie and Dustin Walker said they had no idea their 11-year-old was pregnant. Then she gave birth at home in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and a DNA test identified her stepfather, Dustin Walker, as the baby’s father. On October 30, 2026, Cherie Walker was sentenced to seven consecutive life terms, while Dustin Walker was ordered to serve 42 years for child neglect before his life sentence begins. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield returns to the Oklahoma House of Horrors to break down what jurors heard at Cherie Walker’s trial, what a younger sister’s drawing revealed in court, and why the girl’s grandmother, Michelle Justus, faces six felony child neglect charges of her own.

A married Massachusetts police detective is accused of killing 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore and her unborn baby to conceal a secret that stretched back to when she was fifteen. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield is joined by WBZ-TV reporter Kristina Rex, who was inside the courtroom when Matthew Farwell's twin brother, Billy Farwell testified. They get into what Billy says his brother told him about wiping his phones, what the medical examiner was never shown before ruling Sandra’s death a suicide, and why a broken bone in her neck and a mark on her chest became points of contention at trial.For a limited time, get 60% off your first order, plus free shipping and free treats for life, when you head to https://Smalls.com/DDS

At a November 2, 2026, hearing, Lindsay Clancy's attorneys challenged the mistrial that followed an 11–1 jury split and demanded answers about alleged misconduct by the lone holdout juror. Could double jeopardy stop a second murder trial over the deaths of Cora, Dawson, and Callan Clancy? In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield breaks down the courtroom clash, the allegations involving the holdout juror’s phone use and jury selection answers, and the prosecution’s push to restrict public statements by attorneys. Plus, Patrick Clancy’s lawsuit against Lindsay’s medical providers, conflicting statements about whether she will testify, and the fight over releasing her mental health treatment records as a possible retrial looms.Lindsay Clancy Case Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL1Mz5h10zAc

Nine months after Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her Tucson, Arizona, home, where are the answers? The 84-year-old mother of “Today” show anchor Savannah Guthrie was reported missing on February 1, 2026. Despite blood found outside her front door, video of an armed, masked man, and purported ransom notes demanding millions in Bitcoin, her disappearance remains unsolved. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield speaks with retired homicide detective Chris McDonough, host of The Interview Room and director of law enforcement relations at the Cold Case Foundation. Chris shares what he and his wife, journalist Karen McDonough, encountered during their trips to Tucson. Ashleigh and Chris debate the ransom notes, whether investigators are putting too much faith in unidentified male DNA, and Chris’s theory that more than one person may have been involved.

She said she was dying of cancer, her family raised thousands to save her, and her little nephew even emptied his piggy bank... But according to the journalists behind “The Lexi Con,” Alexandra “Lexi” Thomas, who goes by Lexi Hannon, built her story on years of lies. Investigative producers Nancy Moscatiello and Scott Eldridge say they traced $220,000 in donations, contacted a doctor who said he had never treated her, and found cancer survivors who were very much alive despite Lexi posting tributes announcing their deaths. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield sits down with Scamanda producer and journalist Nancy Moscatiello and her fellow producer and co-host Scott Eldridge to unpack their three-year investigation for The Slippery’s “The LexiCon.” Listen to LexiCon on The Slipperyhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-slippery/id1891413273Watch LexiCon on The Slipperyhttps://www.youtube.com/@TheSlipperyThe Slippery Website:https://www.theslippery.com/

I went into “You Can See Everything” thinking I had Elizabeth Holmes figured out. Then I watched her boyfriend, Billy Evans, strip naked on camera, negotiate a cut of the documentary, and shut down interviews when he didn’t like the questions. And somehow, the movie left me questioning whether I’d gotten Elizabeth wrong. We need to talk about that shower scene, Billy posting as Elizabeth on her social media, and the fact that after the entire Theranos fraud scandal, these two are planning another blood-testing venture. Would you give them your money? In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh’s husband, Chris Haynor, joins Drop Dead Serious for a very different take. They watched the same movie, sitting right next to each other, and came away with very different opinions about Elizabeth, Billy, filmmaker Nathan Fielder, and what the cameras actually captured. Spoiler warning: This episode discusses scenes throughout “You Can See Everything.”

A bitter engagement-ring fight aired on “The People’s Court,” and that same day, Michelle Parker vanished. Nearly 15 years later, her ex-fiancé, Dale Smith Jr., is charged with second-degree murder. Michelle Parker disappeared on November 17, 2011, after dropping off their 3-year-old twins at his Orlando home. Her Hummer was found abandoned with its business decals removed, her iPhone was recovered from a lake, and her body has never been found. What happened after Michelle dropped off her children, and what evidence finally moved this case forward? Smith has pleaded not guilty and is presumed innocent.Note: This episode was recorded before the 46-page arrest affidavit for Dale Smith Jr. was unsealed. We’ll break down the newly released evidence in an upcoming episode.

Dirty cat litter dumped in their beds, dog poop on their belongings, and forced to run barefoot on a gravel driveway. That’s what three kids say they endured inside their West Virginia home, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department. Erica Lynn Sayre, 45, and her husband, Clifford “Gale” Sayre, 46, are now facing a combined 12 felony charges after the children described years of alleged abuse. One child told investigators, “I can’t go back to that home.” Another said she “just wants a normal life.”

Matthew Farwell’s wife gave birth to their third child on February 2, 2021, the day after prosecutors say he killed 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore, and he was texting colleagues from the hospital asking what was happening at the police station. Sandra’s body hadn’t even been found. Now the former Stoughton police detective’s federal trial is exposing three other affairs, vile texts about sexual punishment, and sex games involving an alter ego named “Joey.” In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh is joined by WBZ-TV Trial Reporter Kristina Rex, who has been inside the courtroom hearing the testimony and watching Farwell as his secrets are read aloud. Matthew Farwell has pleaded not guilty to killing Sandra and her unborn child, and his lawyers maintain she took her own life.Previous Episode: https://youtu.be/Kv-Cq3_tvi4