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When Shirley Carter was found shot to death on her kitchen floor, police automatically looked to her family first.  Afterall, it’s typically a family member responsible for a crime like this.  But what if they’re wrong? For this week’s Court TV Podcast we have another episode of Court TV’s ongoing true crime original Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall.  This week’s episode entitled Family Business. To see more of Someone They Knew With Tamron Hall tune into Court TV every weeknight at 7pm or Sundays at 9pm when we premiere original episodes.  You can also watch the series on demand on the Court TV website by clicking here. To see Court TV’s gavel to gavel coverage of Iowa vs. Jason Carter, click here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ask anyone who knew Ramona Krotine and they would tell you the married mother of three loved to wind down from a long day of work at a local bar enjoying the company of friends and doing a little dancing. One night those plans turned out to be the last she ever made because Ramona was found beaten and shot to death. Was she the victim of a robbery?  Or was her husband Jeff’s suspicious behavior in the days after her death a sign of something far more sinister?  This week’s Court TV Podcast tells that story with an audio edition of the Court TV Original Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall.  To see more of Someone They Knew With Tamron Hall tune into Court TV every weeknight at 7pm or Sundays at 9pm when we premiere original episodes.  You can also watch the series on demand on the Court TV website by clicking here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Florida plumber John Cataneo didn’t think the had anything to fear when he stepped outside of his duplex to talk with a familiar face, but then shots rang out and Cataneo was soon dead. Investigators soon learned that the people closest to him both had alibis, but that doesn’t mean they weren’t involved.  For this week’s episode of the podcast we the audio version of the Court TV Original Someone They Knew With Tamron Hall, And Murder Makes Three. To see more of Someone They Knew With Tamron Hall tune into Court TV every weeknight at 7pm or Sundays at 9pm when we premiere original episodes.  You can also watch the series on demand on the Court TV website by clicking here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For this edition of the Court TV Podcast we have another audio version of the Court TV True Crime show Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall.  This week’s episode entitled Who Shot the Sheriff.  They say politics is a dirty game, but in Dekalb County, Georgia late in 2000 it became deadly when someone gunned down Sheriff-elect Derwin Brown in front of his home just days before he was to be sworn into office. A life-long law enforcement officer it would be easy to assume he was targeting by someone out for revenge --- and that indeed proved to be the case, but it wasn’t an ex-con.  It was the man Brown beat in that election to be the county sheriff. Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall airs Sunday nights at 9pm eastern.  You can find out more about the show and upcoming episodes on CourtTV.com.   To watch Court TV’s gavel to gavel coverage of Georgia vs. Sydney Dorsey, click here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After three days of deliberations the seven-member jury in the Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard defamation trial came to a decision and it was as shocking and dramatic as expected.  Court TV’s Chanley Painter was in the room where it happened and joins host Vinnie Politan with full coverage of the reading of the verdict, the crowd’s reaction outside the courthouse and the impact this trial has had around the world.  Get the latest updates on CourtTV and CourtTV.com and tune in to see Vinnie Politan and the entire Court TV team review each day’s testimony on Closing Arguments weeknights from 8pm to 10pm.   To see more of our coverage of the Depp vs. Heard verdict, click here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard defamation trial winds down, we’ve entered into the rebuttal phase of the proceeding with Team Depp calling witness to cast doubt on Amber Heard’s case.  And without a doubt the biggest rebuttal witness they called was Johnny Depp himself.  Court TV’s Chanley Painter was in the room when Johnny returned to the stand and will discuss the impact the A-list movie star and his supermodel ex-girlfriend Kate Moss had on the jury.  Get the latest updates on CourtTV and CourtTV.com and tune in to see Vinnie Politan and the entire Court TV team review each day’s testimony on Closing Arguments weeknights from 8pm to 10pm.   To see our gavel-to-gavel coverage of Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard, click here.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard Defamation trial took a pre-schedule week off, but it did nothing to diminish the feverish fascination people have with this trial, especially since Amber Heard was schedule to return to the witness box for cross examination when the trial resumed.  Court TV’s Chanley Painter was in the courtroom for that dramatic and often continuous cross examination and will share with host Vinnie Politan what she picked up on from the jury.  Get the latest updates on CourtTV and CourtTV.com and tune in to see Vinnie Politan and the entire Court TV team review each day’s testimony on Closing Arguments weeknights from 8pm to 10pm. To see our gavel-to-gavel coverage of Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard, click here.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard defamation trial is on a pre-schedule break this week, but they didn’t break before Heard to the stand for two days to tell her side of the story on direct examination.  Court TV was there to cover every minute of her testimony so far and host Vinnie Politan and Court TV anchor Ted Rowland will break down some of the key moments.  They’ll also predict what’s still to come when Amber returns to the stand after the break for what is sure to be a riveting cross examination by Johnny Depp’s lawyers.  Get the latest updates on CourtTV and CourtTV.com and tune in to see Vinnie Politan and the entire Court TV team review each day’s testimony on Closing Arguments weeknights from 8pm to 10pm.   To see our gavel-to-gavel coverage of Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard, click here.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After weeks of testimony and nearly 30 witnesses – including Johnny Depp himself – Depp’s legal team rested his case-in-chief with a series of witnesses who supported his claims that Amber Heard was the abuser in their relationship.  Witnesses also testified to the damage done to Depp’s career when the Op-Ed written by Amber Heard was published in the Washington Post. Court TV’s Chanley Painter returns to the podcast to discuss all that she has learned about the trial with host Vinnie Politan. Get the latest updates on CourtTV and CourtTV.com and tune in to see Vinnie Politan and the entire Court TV team review each day’s testimony on Closing Arguments weeknights from 8pm to 10pm.   To see our gavel-to-gavel coverage of Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard, click here.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re back in Fairfax County, Virginia for more of our gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard Defamation Trial. Court TV’s Chanley Painter has been in the courtroom from the start and will share with host Vinnie Politan the behind-the-scenes story of how Johnny Depp did during the cross examination by Amber Heard’s lawyers.  Is Depp’s strategy of revealing his struggles with drug and alcohol addiction working with the jury?  Or did his testimony just affirm Heard’s claims of abuse.  And what did the testimony of a psychologist hired by Depp’s team to examine Amber Heard do to the proceedings. Get the latest updates on CourtTV and CourtTV.comand tune in to see Vinnie Politan and the entire Court TV team review each day’s testimony on Closing Arguments weeknights from 8pm to 10pm.   To see our gavel-to-gavel coverage of Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard, click here.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Court TV is in Virginia for the trial of the year (so far).  The civil defamation trial of Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard – the former married couple who now claim spousal abuse claims from both of them have done irreparable harms to their careers in Hollywood.  Court TV’s Chanley Painter is in the courtroom daily and will join host Vinnie Politan with in person details about the mesmerizing testimony of Johnny Depp.  Will his deliberate, thoughtful responses be seen as truthful, or just another example of his skills as an actor? Get the latest updates on CourtTV and CourtTV.com and tune in to see Vinnie Politan and the entire Court TV team review each day’s testimony on Closing Arguments weeknights from 8pm to 11pm.   To see our gavel-to-gavel coverage of Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard, click here.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

High School Football Coach Ed Thomas was a beloved fixture in the small Iowa town he called home and taught generations of pro-caliber football players. So when it was learned that one of his former players walked into Thomas’ weight room and gunned him down it shocked the community who were even more shocked when they learned who shot him and the tragic circumstances that caused it.  This episode of Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall is called Hometown Hero and tells the story of what happened on that tragic day—and why.  Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall airs Sunday nights at 9pm eastern.  You can find out more about the show and upcoming episodes on CourtTV.com.   To watch Court TV’s coverage of the Michael Becker murder trial, click here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ashley Biggs was a divorced single mom working hard as a Domino’s Pizza delivery person in order to provide for her family.  But someone used that very job against her when an unidentified woman placed a pizza order with specific instructions to a location where Ashley would be ambushed and murdered.  Almost immediately the police zeroed in on her ex-husband, Chad Cobb, who confessed to her killing, but that left the police with one looming, unanswered question – who was the woman who ordered that pizza?  This week’s Court TV podcast is an audio addition of Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall, an episode of Court TV’s original production that answers that very question.  Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall airs Sunday nights at 9pm eastern.  You can find out more about the show and upcoming episodes on CourtTV.com. To watch Court TV’s coverage of the Pizza Delivery Murder Trial, click here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Early on the morning of July 23rd, 2000 a man stepped into the backyard of his waterfront home in Merritt Island, Florida and smelled death.  At first, he thought it was a decomposing manatee, but upon further investigation it was determined to be the bound body of Misty Morse --- a 22-year-old woman investigators who had been strangled to death, bound in rope and duct tape and callously dumped into the Indian River.  This week’s podcast is an audio version of the Court TV Original production Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall – a comprehensive look at the story of Misty Morse and how investigators used groundbreaking science to bring her killer to justice. Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall airs Sunday nights at 9pm eastern.  You can find out more about the show and upcoming episodes on CourtTV.com. To find out more about Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall, click here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It may come as a surprise to some, but the vast majority of violent crime in this country is not perpetrated by complete strangers.  Instead, the victims knew their attacker – often intimately.  That’s the inspiration for the Court TV Original production Someone They Knew, which airs every Sunday night at 9pm on Court TV.  Hosted by the Emmy award winning journalist Tamron Hall, Someone They Knew delves into the Court TV archives for the most compelling stories of betrayal.  The show premiered with an episode called Too Close to the Sun -- the story of Lance Herndon, an acclaimed successful Atlanta entrepreneur who was found brutally bludgeoned to death in his own bed.  Who killed him though?  A business rival, family member or one of the many women the eligible bachelor was seeing at the time?  Find out in this audio version of the show we’re have for you now. And find out more about Someone They Knew on CourtTV.com.   To see Court TV’s coverage of the Lance Herndon murder trial, click here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Three months after a Chicago jury convicted Empire actor Jussie Smollett of faking a hate crime, he has returned to court to hear his sentence from the judge and it was a dramatic session.  Court TV’s Chanley Painter was in the room when it happened and shares with host Vinnie Politan her observations.  Was his sentence too harsh?  Or did the judge do the right thing?  Get the latest updates on CourtTV and CourtTV.com and tune in to see Vinnie Politan and the entire Court TV team review each day’s testimony on Closing Arguments weeknights from 8pm to 11pm.   For more of Court TV’s continuing coverage of the Jussie Smollett sentencing, click here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On a chilly night in December of 2020, California City residents Trezell and Jacqueline West reported to authorities that their adoptive toddler sons Orson and Orinn had gone missing.  That call kicked off a massive search for the two boys.  Were they lost, kidnapped or worse? 2 years later authorities in nearby Bakersfield, California think they know exactly what happened to the boys and have charged the parents with their murders.  Court TV’s Chanley Painter joins host Vinnie Politan to discuss this tragic story and the shocking details that can be gleaned from the charging documents.  Get the latest updates on CourtTV and CourtTV.com and tune in to see Vinnie Politan and the entire Court TV team review each day’s testimony on Closing Arguments weeknights from 8pm to 11pm.   For more of our coverage of the Cal City Toddlers , click here.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Not Guilty – those were the words Curtis Reeves heard just hours after the jury was charged with determining his fate.  It was a dramatic ending for a dramatic trial – one that left one family devastated and the other equally elated.  Host Vinnie Politan and Court TV’s Ted Rowlands have full coverage of the verdict, including thoughts from the defense team and Curtis Reeves himself.  Get the latest updates on CourtTV and CourtTV.com and tune in to see Vinnie Politan and the entire Court TV team review each day’s testimony on Closing Arguments weeknights from 8pm to 11pm.   To see Court TV’s coverage of FL v. Drejka, click here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Curtis Reeves has never denied that he shot and killed Chad Oulson after an argument about cell phone usage in a movie theatre, so the determination of whether the shooting was justifiable self-defense, or a murder will most likely rest on whether or not the jury believes the testimony of various eyewitnesses to the shooting.  This week host Vinnie Politan and Court TV anchor Ted Rowlands will look at the eyewitness testimony of both the prosecution and the defense – including testimony from Curtis Reeves’ wife and son.  Get the latest updates on CourtTV and CourtTV.com and tune in to see Vinnie Politan and the entire Court TV team review each day’s testimony on Closing Arguments weeknights from 8pm to 11pm.   To see more of the testimony of Curtis Reeves’ wife, click here.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A jury has been seated in the murder trial of Curtis Reeves, the retired police captain who shot and killed Chad Oulson during an argument over cell phone usage in a movie theatre. Reeves is claiming self-defense.  The prosecution says he let his anger get the best of him. And how a jury must decide who is right.  Host Vinnie Politan and Court TV’s Ted Rowlands will look at the opening arguments from both sides and the dramatic testimony of Chad Oulson’s widow.  Get the latest updates on CourtTV and CourtTV.com and tune in to see Vinnie Politan and the entire Court TV team review each day’s testimony on Closing Arguments weeknights from 8pm to 11pm. To see more of our coverage of the Movie Popcorn Murder Trial, click here.     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.