Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield

We’ve got new details about what Bryan Kohberger was doing in the hours right after the murders. And thanks to digital forensics… spoiler alert: it’s creepy. It’s unsettling. It’s a little… Norman Bates. We’re also learning about a book Kohberger owned and the passage he marked on page 118. NewsNation's newly obtained police documents reveal disturbing details about Bryan Kohberger’s life before the Idaho murders, including chilling words he allegedly spoke to Kaylee the night of the killings. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield breaks down what’s inside this 600-page trove, from roommate interviews to WSU professors warning he “would be a predator,” stolen underwear reports, and unsettling patterns in the classroom. 

Bryan Kohberger has only been in Idaho’s maximum-security prison for two weeks.... and he already hates it. Inmates, many of them in solitary themselves, have launched a nonstop campaign of noise and harassment designed to keep the quadruple murderer from sleeping or even thinking straight. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield breaks down how they’re doing it, why prison officials can’t stop it, and what it means for Kohberger’s long road ahead. Plus, retired homicide detective Chris McDonough joins to explain what really happens when the inmate population turns on one of their own. Watch Banfield weeknights at 10 p.m./9 C only on NewsNation. To find NewsNation on your screen: www.NewsNationNow.com Follow Ashleigh: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleighbanfield https://www.instagram.com/DropDeadSeriousPodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tvashleigh https://www.tiktok.com/@DropDeadSeriousPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AshleighBanfield Website: https://www.dropdeadserious.com/

A 19-year-old college student goes on a first date… and vanishes. Within hours, a burned car is found smoldering in the night, and body parts begin washing up along Lake Michigan. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield takes you inside the murder of Sade Robinson — the “demon” she met on a first date, the investigation that exposed his brutality, and the trial that brought him to justice.

At the same time Brian Walshe was allegedly googling how to "dispose of a dead body if you really need to," his wife, Ana Walshe, was supposed to be on a flight to Washington, D.C. for work.... But, she never made it... In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield goes through the entire case: from the moment Ana vanished, to the lies police say Brian Walshe told everyone around him, to the digital evidence prosecutors claim is a blueprint for murder... And where the case stands now, with a trial set for October 2025 and a familiar face from our true crime past... former Massachusetts State Trooper Michael Proctor. Follow Ashleigh on Social Media Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleighbanfield https://www.instagram.com/DropDeadSeriousPodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tvashleigh https://www.tiktok.com/@DropDeadSeriousPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AshleighBanfield Website: https://www.dropdeadserious.com/

An entire family was wiped out, a baby was left abandoned in a stranger’s front yard, and a seven-day manhunt had the country on edge. Now a suspect is in custody, 28-year-old Austin Drummond, but there are still no clear answers. His arrest may only be the beginning of a much deeper and more disturbing mystery. And who is Austin Drummond? The truth about his past is DISTURBING! In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield breaks down everything we know so far. Follow Ashleigh on Social Media Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleighbanfield https://www.instagram.com/DropDeadSeriousPodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tvashleigh https://www.tiktok.com/@DropDeadSeriousPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AshleighBanfield Website: https://www.dropdeadserious.com/

Two bodies were found brutally stabbed on a popular hiking trail — and now there’s been an arrest. The victims were discovered along Devil’s Den Trail, a short loop near the park’s visitor center. Andrew James McGann, 28 years old, was taken into custody at Lupita’s Beauty Salon in Springdale about 30 miles from Devil’s Den. He was in the chair!!! Mid-haircut. Police walked in and cuffed him on the spot. Former prosecutor Matt Murphy joins Ashleigh to break down the murder charges, what we know about the suspect, and how prosecutors will build this case. Follow Ashleigh on Social Media Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleighbanfield https://www.instagram.com/DropDeadSeriousPodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tvashleigh https://www.tiktok.com/@DropDeadSeriousPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AshleighBanfield Website: https://www.dropdeadserious.com/

Lori Vallow Daybell has finally been sentenced in Arizona, and inside that courtroom, the families she devastated delivered a reckoning unlike anything we’ve seen. From Kay and Larry Woodcock to JJ’s biological father, Todd Trahan, and Charles Vallow’s niece, Kresha Trahan- each one stepped forward to confront her with years of grief, rage, and truth. They didn’t hold back. They accused her of hiding behind God, manipulating the people who loved her, and orchestrating murder under the guise of prophecy. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield takes you inside the final chapter of the Lori Vallow saga, where justice finally spoke louder than Lori ever could. Follow Ashleigh on Social Media Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleighbanfield https://www.instagram.com/DropDeadSeriousPodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tvashleigh https://www.tiktok.com/@DropDeadSeriousPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AshleighBanfield Website: https://www.dropdeadserious.com/

As we were recording this episode, Steve Goncalves called in unexpectedly. He is Kaylee’s father, and what he shared while we were reviewing the newly unsealed police records of the Idaho student murders added powerful context to what we were seeing. From roommate testimony and chilling voice quotes to blood evidence and stalker concerns, these documents reveal a devastating timeline of what happened inside 1122 King Road. Follow Ashleigh on Social Media Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleighbanfield https://www.instagram.com/DropDeadSeriousPodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tvashleigh https://www.tiktok.com/@DropDeadSeriousPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AshleighBanfield Website: https://www.dropdeadserious.com/

Bryan Kohberger has just been thrown in prison forever, sentenced to four life terms without the possibility of parole, and the courtroom erupted with emotion. Reporters were seen crying. Families confronted him directly, delivering powerful, gut-wrenching statements. Kohberger, dressed in orange and shackled at the waist and ankles, looked into the gallery, mouthed “I love you” to his mother, and then chose to remain silent. What came next was even more explosive. In a press conference outside the courthouse, prosecutors revealed damning new details, and newly unsealed documents exposed bombshell evidence that had been kept under wraps until now. Follow Ashleigh on Social Media Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleighbanfield https://www.instagram.com/DropDeadSeriousPodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tvashleigh https://www.tiktok.com/@DropDeadSeriousPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AshleighBanfield Website: https://www.dropdeadserious.com/

Idaho Student Murders: What did police find at the crime scene? What’s in those sealed documents? And why did Bryan Kohberger take a plea instead of going to trial? Former homicide prosecutor Matt Murphy joins Ashleigh Banfield to break down what’s coming next, and what the public will finally see now that the case is wide open. Follow Ashleigh on Social Media Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleighbanfield https://www.instagram.com/DropDeadSeriousPodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tvashleigh https://www.tiktok.com/@DropDeadSeriousPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AshleighBanfield Website: https://www.dropdeadserious.com/