The Trial Of Donna Adelson | The Murder Of Dan Markel

Everything we covered this week on the Adelson case — Charlie's appeal heading to oral arguments, Donna's transfer to South Florida, and the question that won't go away.

On February 3rd, 2026, Florida's First District Court of Appeal will hear oral arguments in Charlie Adelson's bid to overturn his life sentence. His 91-page brief makes four main arguments, but the numbers tell the story: of 130 potential jurors interviewed, 96 had heard of the case. Of the 54 who formed an opinion, 53 believed Charlie was guilty before the trial started. His attorneys argue pretrial publicity made a fair trial impossible. They also cl...

Charlie Adelson will be back in a Florida courtroom on February 3rd, 2026 — but this time, it's not a trial. It's an appeal. His attorneys have filed a 91-page brief with Florida's First District Court of Appeal arguing that his conviction for the murder of Dan Markel should be reversed. The core claims: Leon County was so saturated with pretrial publicity that an impartial jury was impossible; potential jurors were caught discussing the case after being instructed not to; text messages that could have supported his defense were improperly excluded; and his attorney Dan Rashbaum operated under a conflict of interest th...

In this 2025 Year-in-Review Hidden Killers special, we bring together the two most explosive pillars of the case against Donna Adelson: the alleged long-term orchestration of a murder-for-hire plot — and the undercover “bump” that may have exposed her entire operation in a single moment.

Tony Brueski sits down with defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis, along with retired FBI Behavioral Analysis Program Chief Robin Dreeke, to deliver the most complete psychological and legal breakdown of Donna Adelson we’ve produced yet.

We start with the big question hanging over the entire trial:
Was Donna Adelson the mast...

In today’s explosive Hidden Killers breakdown, we examine the testimony that has completely reshaped the Donna Adelson trial — testimony not from police, not from experts, but from Donna’s own children, whose words now carry some of the greatest weight in the courtroom.

First, we turn to Wendi Adelson, whose strategy has the courtroom buzzing. While her brother Robert delivered blunt, precise answers, Wendi leaned heavily on one phrase:
“I don’t remember.”
 Again. And again. And again.

But is this selective memory a trauma response from years of family pressure, manipulation, and emotional con...

The façade of the “sweet grandmother in a cardigan” shattered today. In this hard-hitting Hidden Killers breakdown, we walk through nine of the most devastating revelations from Sergeant Christopher Corbett’s testimony — evidence so precise, so digital, and so tightly woven that it left the courtroom stunned.

These weren’t theories. These weren’t assumptions. These were time-stamped movements, call patterns, incriminating texts, and Donna Adelson’s own words, laid out with forensic clarity.

Among the biggest blows:

• The “Outside your house” text. A message sent at the exact moment prosecutors say Donna was tracking Dan Mark...

In this 2025 Year-in-Review Hidden Killers special, we break down one of the most significant moments to emerge from the Donna Adelson trial: the testimony of Jeffrey LaCasse, Wendi Adelson’s former boyfriend, whose words added a new layer of depth — and danger — to the State’s narrative.

LaCasse took the stand with a calm, steady presence, recounting conversations he had with Wendi in the months leading up to Dan Markel’s murder. His testimony struck the courtroom when he recalled Wendi telling him that Charlie Adelson had “looked into all options” to fix the family’s custody frustrations. In 2014, it soun...

In this 2025 Year-in-Review Hidden Killers special, we break down two of the most devastating developments in the Donna Adelson trial — the explosive emails prosecutors say reveal her true motives, and the jaw-dropping testimony from her own children and Wendi’s ex-boyfriend that shattered the family narrative she’s tried to control for more than a decade.

First, we examine the emails Donna sent to Wendi during the custody battle, messages prosecutors use to peel back the “sweet grandmother” facade. These emails — strategic, emotional, manipulative — show Donna instructing Wendi how to behave in court, urging her to use psychological tactics, float...

The Trial of Donna Adelson took an even more complex turn today as Robert “Rob” Adelson, Donna’s eldest son, stepped into the witness box. Unlike the investigators and outside witnesses, Rob brought jurors a deeply personal perspective, one that intersects family loyalty with the gravity of a murder trial.

Rob’s testimony centered on family communications and interactions around the time of Dan Markel’s murder. He fielded questions about his mother’s involvement, the family’s frustrations over Wendi’s custody battle, and whether Donna ever spoke openly about solutions to “fix” the problem. While carefully measured in his answ...

In one of the most emotionally charged moments of the Donna Adelson trial, Wendi Adelson took the stand — and the courtroom shifted. This wasn’t just another witness testifying about timelines and documents. This was the daughter of the accused, the ex-wife of the victim, and the woman whose family turmoil prosecutors say fueled a murder-for-hire plot that stunned the nation.

Wendi walked jurors through her bitter divorce from FSU law professor Dan Markel, the custody battles that stretched on for years, and the deep frustration her parents felt about her being “stuck” in Tallahassee instead of living near the...

In this powerful Hidden Killers special, we bring together two of the most revealing conversations ever recorded about the Adelson family — the psychological roots of the crime and the stunning courtroom collapse that followed. This is the full story behind the guilty verdict, built from expert behavioral insight and razor-sharp legal analysis.

Retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke returns to break down what he calls one of the most disturbing dynamics he’s ever studied: the enmeshed, codependent, emotionally fused relationship between Donna Adelson and her son, Charlie. This wasn’t maternal affection — it was psychological domination. Dreeke explores...

In this 2025 Year-in-Review Hidden Killers special, we examine one of the most explosive family implosions in any modern true-crime case: the unraveling alliance between Donna Adelson and her daughter Wendi, and why that break may define the future of the Dan Markel murder trial.

This combined episode covers two of the biggest developments of the year. First: the seismic moment when Wendi Adelson refused to testify for her mother. Donna’s defense team attempted a high-risk maneuver by subpoenaing her to the stand — but Wendi fought back, and the judge quashed it. Her refusal is more than a lega...

The verdict dropped — and the courtroom snapped to attention. In this full, uncut Hidden Killers upload, you’ll see the exact moment Donna Adelson reacted to being found guilty, followed immediately by the judge warning her she would be removed from the courtroom if the behavior continued. No edits, no cuts, no commentary layered over the moment itself — just the raw courtroom footage exactly as it unfolded.

After the clip, Tony Brueski breaks down the legal mechanics behind what you just witnessed:
 • Why judges issue removal threats
 • What qualifies as disruptive courtroom conduct
 • How jurors interpret emoti...

In this 2025 Year-in-Review Hidden Killers special, Tony Brueski breaks down one of the most talked-about courtroom moments of the year: the opening statements in the high-stakes murder-for-hire trial of Donna Adelson. From the prosecution’s meticulously crafted narrative to the defense’s chaotic stumble out of the gate, this episode captures the full shockwave of a trial Florida—and the nation—can’t stop watching.

Prosecutors came out swinging, painting Donna not as a grieving grandmother swept into family conflict, but as the driving force behind the plot to kill Florida State law professor Dan Markel. They laid out motive...

Assistant State Attorney Georgia Cappleman took center stage in the Donna Adelson trial and delivered one of the most consequential closing arguments of the entire case — a summation built on motive, timing, and a digital trail prosecutors say Donna cannot outrun.

Cappleman told jurors the path to the truth was simple: “Follow the evidence and find her guilty.” And with that, she walked them step by step through the 2014 murder-for-hire plot that left FSU law professor Dan Markel dead in his driveway.

Her message was direct. For Donna Adelson, relocation wasn’t a hope — it was a mission...

In this full-length Hidden Killers special, Tony Brueski brings together the complete story of Donna Adelson, the woman prosecutors say sat at the center of one of Florida’s most cold-blooded murder-for-hire conspiracies. With three co-conspirators already convicted—including her son Charlie—Donna is now the final alleged architect heading toward trial, and this episode lays out the entire case: the family pressure, the money trail, the coded prison calls, and the psychology of a matriarch accused of pulling the strings.

We begin with the internal dynamics of the Adelson family, where prosecutors argue Donna exercised powerful influence over m...

Donna Adelson is officially back in South Florida — just not the way she planned. According to Florida Department of Corrections records, the convicted mastermind behind the Dan Markel murder-for-hire has been transferred from the Ocala reception center to Homestead Correctional Institution in Miami-Dade County. It's the exact placement her defense team requested at sentencing, when Judge Stephen Everett recommended she be housed close to her husband Harvey. The woman who allegedly funded a contract killing because she couldn't accept her grandchildren living in Tallahassee is now thirty miles from her former life, behind razor wire, serving life without parole. Her so...

As part of our Hidden Killers 2025 Year in Review series, we revisit the shocking moment that shattered the illusion of Adelson family unity — Wendi Adelson’s refusal to testify for her mother, Donna, in one of Florida’s most explosive murder-for-hire trials.

In a stunning pretrial twist, Donna’s defense team tried to subpoena her daughter, Wendi, hoping her testimony might humanize Donna or counterbalance the prosecution’s narrative. But Wendi’s lawyers fought back, arguing that testifying could incriminate her — and the judge agreed. The subpoena was tossed, meaning Wendi will not be forced to take the stand.
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As part of our Hidden Killers 2025 Year in Review series, this full-length special brings together all four parts of our deep investigation into the case of Donna Adelson — the grandmother, mother, and alleged mastermind at the center of one of Florida’s most shocking murder-for-hire conspiracies.

This is the complete, unbroken story — from the private family dynamics that prosecutors say sparked a deadly plot, to the public trial that could end with Donna spending the rest of her life behind bars.

We begin inside the Adelson family, where Donna’s influence allegedly shaped everything — including her children’s...

As part of our Hidden Killers 2025 Year in Review series, we’re breaking down the most calculated—and sometimes downright desperate—moves by Donna Adelson, the matriarch at the center of Florida’s most infamous murder-for-hire case.

In one of the year’s most revealing episodes, Tony Brueski exposes how Donna’s defense team has spent months trying to slow, stall, and spin the inevitable. From filing motions to disqualify the judge, to claiming Tallahassee’s residents are too “emotionally informed” to serve on a jury, to arguing that routine evidence is somehow “prejudicial,” this has become a masterclass in delay t...

As part of our Hidden Killers 2025 Year in Review series, we’re revisiting the case that dominated headlines, divided families, and exposed the darkest corners of privilege and power — the unraveling of Donna Adelson.

Just weeks before jury selection was set to begin, Donna’s long-awaited murder trial imploded into chaos. Prosecutors dropped a stunning bombshell: a massive cache of new evidence — more than 80,000 emails, months of wiretap recordings, and what insiders say could include jailhouse informant testimony. Suddenly, Judge Stephen Everett had no choice but to halt the trial, citing an avalanche of discovery that left even seasoned...

As part of our Hidden Killers 2025 Year in Review series, we revisit one of the most surreal twists in the Donna Adelson murder trial — the moment when a novel became potential evidence in a real-life homicide case.

In this special episode, Tony Brueski breaks down the unprecedented legal and psychological debate surrounding This Is Our Story, a book written by Donna’s daughter, Wendi Adelson, years before the murder of her ex-husband, Dan Markel. What began as fiction has now been pulled into a courtroom as a possible roadmap to motive.

Prosecutors argue that the story — about...

As part of our Hidden Killers 2025 Year in Review series, we’re revisiting two defining moments in the unraveling of the Adelson family empire — moments that exposed not only the legal chaos behind the Dan Markel murder case, but the chilling psychology that fueled it.

In this special combined episode, Tony Brueski dissects Donna Adelson’s courtroom performance of a lifetime — a bond hearing turned one-woman show where the alleged murder-for-hire mastermind painted herself as the real victim. Frail, misunderstood, and oh-so-tragically sleepless behind bars, Donna leaned hard into self-pity, deflection, and emotional theater. But beneath the trembling voice an...

As part of our Hidden Killers 2025 Year in Review series, we revisit one of the most chilling and dysfunctional family dramas ever to play out in a courtroom — the Adelson saga, where murder, money, and manipulation collided in one of Florida’s most unforgettable true crime stories.

In this combined special, Tony Brueski sits down with Defense Attorney Bob Motta (Defense Diaries) to dissect the bizarre downfall of Donna Adelson and the lingering shadow of her daughter Wendi.

First: Donna’s bond hearing — a spectacle of self-pity and denial. The 75-year-old matriarch tried to paint herself as a fra...

As part of our Hidden Killers 2025 Year in Review series, we’re revisiting one of the most jaw-dropping courtroom sagas of the year — the unraveling of Donna Adelson, the 75-year-old grandmother accused of orchestrating the murder-for-hire plot that took the life of Florida State law professor Dan Markel.

In two of the year’s most explosive episodes, Tony Brueski sat down with both Defense Attorney Bob Motta (Defense Diaries) and retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer to break down how a once-untouchable matriarch’s arrogance and denial helped destroy her family’s last shred of credibility.

Donna’s co...

This Thanksgiving, three of the most talked-about defendants in America are experiencing the holiday in a way most people never imagine: behind the walls of three very different prison systems. Bryan Kohberger. Sean “Diddy” Combs. Donna Adelson. Three names dominating headlines — now sharing the same institutional reality when the rest of the world gathers around family tables.

In this episode, we take you inside what Thanksgiving actually looks like in prison. Not the fantasy version, not the movie version — the real, stripped-down version served on plastic trays under fluorescent lights. Idaho, federal, and Florida prisons all have their own rhyt...

How does a grandmother, a former schoolteacher, a woman who spent decades projecting the image of a devoted matriarch, end up at the center of one of the most disturbing family-driven crimes in recent memory? Tonight, we go deep into the psychology behind the Donna Adelson case — not to excuse her actions, but to finally understand the mental scaffolding that allowed her to justify something most people couldn’t even imagine doing.

In this episode of Hidden Killers, we break down the narcissistic mindset that shaped Donna’s worldview for decades. We explore the internal story she built, one wh...

How does a grandmother, a former schoolteacher, a woman who spent decades projecting the image of a devoted matriarch, end up at the center of one of the most disturbing family-driven crimes in recent memory? Tonight, we go deep into the psychology behind the Donna Adelson case — not to excuse her actions, but to finally understand the mental scaffolding that allowed her to justify something most people couldn’t even imagine doing.

In this episode of Hidden Killers, we break down the narcissistic mindset that shaped Donna’s worldview for decades. We explore the internal story she built, one wh...

In this extended episode of Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski, we go deep into the quietest chapter yet in the saga of the Adelson family: the appeals.

On November 4, 2025, Donna Adelson filed her notice of appeal with Florida’s First District Court of Appeal — one day before her son Charlie filed his reply brief in his own appeal. It marks the moment both mother and son officially stepped into the long, lonely process that almost never changes anything.

Tony breaks down what really happens next: how the appellate process works, what judges actually review (hint — not new ev...

In this extended episode of Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski, we go deep into the quietest chapter yet in the saga of the Adelson family: the appeals.

On November 4, 2025, Donna Adelson filed her notice of appeal with Florida’s First District Court of Appeal — one day before her son Charlie filed his reply brief in his own appeal. It marks the moment both mother and son officially stepped into the long, lonely process that almost never changes anything.

Tony breaks down what really happens next: how the appellate process works, what judges actually review (hint — not new ev...

In one of the most chilling post-verdict revelations yet, we’re hearing directly from the woman Donna Adelson once called her “jailhouse daughter.”

Her name is Dina Burnernhard, and according to her testimony and a new interview with Surviving the Survivor, she spent five months locked up alongside Donna in the Leon County Jail. What she witnessed behind those walls is nothing like the frail, weeping grandmother the world saw in court.

Dina says Donna began their friendship with a powdered donut — a simple gesture that soon turned into a full-blown manipulation campaign. From there, Donna promised...

In the shocking aftermath of Donna Adelson’s life sentence and Charlie Adelson’s conviction, one name still hangs in the air: Wendi Adelson.

Dan Markel was murdered in 2014, shot in his Tallahassee driveway amid a vicious custody battle. The plot has been proven. The masterminds have been convicted. The money trail is mapped. And yet, the woman at the center of the motive — Wendi Adelson, Markel’s ex-wife — remains uncharged.

Why?

In this Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski deep-dive, we break down what could actually trigger charges against Wendi. From the missing digital breadcrumb...

When a murder destroys a family, the world often focuses on the killers, the trials, and the endless courtroom drama.
But in the case of Dan Markel and the Adelson family, the most important victims aren’t in prison or on TV — they’re two children quietly living in the wreckage.

In this episode, Tony Brueski takes a deep dive into the psychological trauma faced by the children of Wendi Adelson and Dan Markel — the victims of a murder-for-hire plot that shattered two families and left the kids trapped between love and truth.

Imagine growing up knowi...

Dan Markel wasn’t just a brilliant legal scholar — he was a father fighting to protect his sons from a world he saw as dangerous, manipulative, and morally bankrupt. Before his murder in 2014, Markel was locked in an emotional and legal battle with his ex-wife Wendi Adelson’s family — a fight over where their children would live and, more importantly, what kind of people they would become.

In this episode of Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski, we step into Dan Markel’s shoes and see the story from his perspective. Why did he fight so hard to keep his boys i...

In the murder-for-hire case of Florida State law professor Dan Markel, one name still divides the public — Wendi Adelson.
She was his ex-wife. The mother of his children. The woman whose family — Donna and Charlie Adelson — now sit behind bars for orchestrating his killing.
And yet, Wendi remains free.

In this episode, Tony Brueski breaks down the exact words Wendi spoke under oath and what her immunity deal really protects her from.
This isn’t speculation — it’s straight from the courtroom.

Wendi testified that her mother called her life in Tallahassee a “hostage situat...

In the shocking aftermath of Donna Adelson’s life sentence and Charlie Adelson’s conviction, one name still hangs in the air: Wendi Adelson.

Dan Markel was murdered in 2014, shot in his Tallahassee driveway amid a vicious custody battle. The plot has been proven. The masterminds have been convicted. The money trail is mapped. And yet, the woman at the center of the motive — Wendi Adelson, Markel’s ex-wife — remains uncharged.

Why?

In this Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski deep-dive, we break down what could actually trigger charges against Wendi. From the missing digital breadcrumb...

Before Donna Adelson was a headline — before the mugshots, the trials, the whispers about murder-for-hire — she was a woman built for control.

In this episode of Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski, we trace how Donna Adelson became Donna Adelson — from her 1950s New York upbringing to the mindset that would one day define her downfall.

What happens when an entire generation is raised to believe obedience equals love, achievement equals safety, and perfection equals survival? Tony digs into the psychology of authoritarian parenting, the postwar obsession with order, and the quiet fear that can turn control into c...

In this full episode of Hidden Killers Live, Tony Brueski, Stacy Cole, and Todd Michaels take you inside the minds of two of America’s most notorious convicted murderers — Donna Adelson and Chad Daybell — through the words they wrote themselves.

Segment 1: Donna Adelson’s Prison Letter
From a Florida jail cell, Donna Adelson wrote a 2024 letter to her husband Harvey describing how her heart “breaks” over missing her grandsons’ first day of school. What could have been a rare glimpse of remorse quickly spirals into denial and bitterness:

“If I don’t get out, then hopefully I die so...

Before Charlie’s smirk, before Donna’s letters, before the Adelson name became synonymous with murder — there were the first flips.

In this haunting episode of Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski, we go back to where it all began: the deals, the confessions, and the whispers that cracked open the Daniel Markel murder-for-hire case.

This is the untold story of how Luis Rivera — a gang member with nothing left to lose — traded silence for survival, and how Katherine Magbanua — caught between love, money, and manipulation — became the bridge that connected killers to the Adelson family.

It’s a chil...

Before Donna Adelson was a headline — before the mugshots, the trials, the whispers about murder-for-hire — she was a woman built for control.

In this episode of Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski, we trace how Donna Adelson became Donna Adelson — from her 1950s New York upbringing to the mindset that would one day define her downfall.

What happens when an entire generation is raised to believe obedience equals love, achievement equals safety, and perfection equals survival? Tony digs into the psychology of authoritarian parenting, the postwar obsession with order, and the quiet fear that can turn control into c...

In this episode of Hidden Killers Live, Tony Brueski, Stacy Cole, and Todd Michaels take listeners inside a letter that shocked everyone who followed the Dan Markel murder case — a 2024 note written by convicted killer Donna Adelson from her jail cell.

It begins with a mother’s lament — the pain of missing her grandsons’ first day of school — but quickly morphs into something darker.

“If I don’t get out, then hopefully I die soon so that no one remembers me in prison garb behind bars.”

The words read less like remorse and more like resentment...

In this full episode of Hidden Killers Live, Tony Brueski, Stacy Cole, and Todd Michaels take you inside the minds of two of America’s most notorious convicted murderers — Donna Adelson and Chad Daybell — through the words they wrote themselves.

Segment 1: Donna Adelson’s Prison Letter
 From a Florida jail cell, Donna Adelson wrote a 2024 letter to her husband Harvey describing how her heart “breaks” over missing her grandsons’ first day of school. What could have been a rare glimpse of remorse quickly spirals into denial and bitterness:

“If I don’t get out, then hopefully I die soo...

When a man who orchestrated a murder-for-hire scheme starts claiming he didn’t get a fair trial, you know the irony writes itself.

Charlie Adelson — the Miami dentist convicted for the 2014 murder of Florida State law professor Dan Markel — is now hanging his hopes on an appeal that looks more like a delay tactic than a legal triumph. He says Tallahassee was too biased, too saturated with media, too impossible for him to get a fair jury.

But the State of Florida isn’t buying it. In a pointed, 57-page filing dropped just hours after his mother D...

When the Florida Department of Corrections locked the door on Donna Adelson, it didn’t just end a chapter in the Dan Markel murder case — it ended a dynasty built on money, manipulation, and control.

For years, the Adelsons operated like a family above the law — insulated by privilege, convinced they could script reality itself. But that illusion shattered when a Tallahassee jury saw through the act and convicted 75-year-old Donna Adelson of orchestrating the murder of her former son-in-law, FSU law professor Dan Markel.

Now, the woman who once ruled her family with an iron will f...

When the gavel came down and the jury pronounced Donna Adelson guilty of first-degree murder, it should’ve been the end of the story. But for Donna—the matriarch at the center of Florida’s most infamous murder-for-hire plot—it was only the beginning of a new obsession: the appeal. In this episode of Hidden Killers, Tony Brueski breaks down the cold, technical road Donna faces as she fights for a retrial, dissecting the difference between emotional theater and the unforgiving machinery of Florida appellate law.

From her denied motion for a new trial to the looming question of wheth...

When the Florida Department of Corrections locked the door on Donna Adelson, it didn’t just end a chapter in the Dan Markel murder case — it ended a dynasty built on money, manipulation, and control.

For years, the Adelsons operated like a family above the law — insulated by privilege, convinced they could script reality itself. But that illusion shattered when a Tallahassee jury saw through the act and convicted 75-year-old Donna Adelson of orchestrating the murder of her former son-in-law, FSU law professor Dan Markel.

Now, the woman who once ruled her family with an iron will f...

When the gavel came down and the jury pronounced Donna Adelson guilty of first-degree murder, it should’ve been the end of the story. But for Donna—the matriarch at the center of Florida’s most infamous murder-for-hire plot—it was only the beginning of a new obsession: the appeal. In this episode of Hidden Killers, Tony Brueski breaks down the cold, technical road Donna faces as she fights for a retrial, dissecting the difference between emotional theater and the unforgiving machinery of Florida appellate law.

From her denied motion for a new trial to the looming question of wheth...

There’s a reason the public response to Donna Adelson has felt so personal — because for millions, it is. In this unflinching episode, we break down why her courtroom statements, jailhouse calls, and carefully crafted victimhood aren’t just offensive — they’re textbook narcissistic manipulation.

Donna doesn’t just represent a woman implicated in a murder-for-hire plot. She represents something far more familiar — the boss, the ex, the parent who guilted, gaslit, and rewrote your reality. The tone, the tears, the deflection — it’s all there. And this time, it didn’t work.

We dive into the psychology behin...

What happens when control becomes a way of life — and then suddenly, it’s gone?
When the gavel fell in Donna Adelson’s sentencing, the courtroom witnessed more than a verdict. It witnessed the collapse of a family built on manipulation, image, and moral blindness. Former FBI Behavioral Analysis Chief Robin Dreeke joins Tony Brueski, and Stacy Cole to dissect the deeper psychology behind every glance, every denial, every word spoken by Donna and Harvey Adelson.
From Donna’s muttering defiance to Harvey’s calm but seething contempt, this wasn’t just a sentencing — it was a behavioral autopsy of pow...

 When the judge read out Donna Adelson’s sentence, the courtroom expected silence — accountability, maybe even remorse. Instead, it became a masterclass in denial. Eye-rolls, muttered words, an almost theatrical refusal to accept reality. To the untrained eye, it looked like arrogance. But as former FBI Behavioral Analysis Chief Robin Dreeke explains, it was something deeper: the collapse of control.
In this powerful breakdown, Tony Brueski, Stacy Cole, and Robin dissect the psychological mechanics behind Donna’s unraveling — from her desperate body language to the language of moral blindness. Why do some people fight reality even as it’s closing in...

In this searing courtroom breakdown, we examine Harvey Adelson’s chilling statement at his wife Donna Adelson’s sentencing — a moment that has haunted viewers far beyond the courthouse. As the last Adelson to speak publicly, Harvey delivered what can only be described as a masterclass in narcissistic denial: praising his wife as a saint, mourning anniversaries missed, and ignoring the name of Dan Markel entirely.

Why did Harvey never acknowledge the victim? Why did his words sound like a eulogy for himself instead of a reckoning with reality? And how does this tie into a decades-long family patter...

Even after years of recordings, evidence, and convictions — the Adelsons still say it’s all a lie.
 Why? Because when your identity is built on control, truth becomes negotiable.
 In this episode, Tony Brueski, Stacy Cole, and behavioral expert Robin Dreeke examine how cognitive dissonance, self-justification, and moral compartmentalization allowed the Adelsons to maintain their innocence narrative long after it collapsed. Donna’s defiance, Harvey’s “controlled rage,” and their total lack of empathy aren’t just arrogance — they’re survival mechanisms for people whose reality depends on never being wrong.
Robin breaks down how deception fatigue, emotional rigidity...

Even after years of recordings, evidence, and convictions — the Adelsons still say it’s all a lie.
 Why? Because when your identity is built on control, truth becomes negotiable.
 In this episode, Tony Brueski, Stacy Cole, and behavioral expert Robin Dreeke examine how cognitive dissonance, self-justification, and moral compartmentalization allowed the Adelsons to maintain their innocence narrative long after it collapsed. Donna’s defiance, Harvey’s “controlled rage,” and their total lack of empathy aren’t just arrogance — they’re survival mechanisms for people whose reality depends on never being wrong.
Robin breaks down how deception fatigue, emotional rigidity...

Donna Adelson was sentenced to life in prison—but you wouldn’t know it by her behavior in court. What was meant to be a solemn moment of justice turned into a shocking display of entitlement, arrogance, and complete lack of remorse.

In this episode, we break down the bizarre spectacle of Donna’s sentencing. From her declaration of innocence to her scolding of the jury and the judge, Donna seemed more interested in controlling the narrative than accepting her fate. But it didn’t end there—her husband Harvey doubled down with a tone-deaf rant blaming the system, th...

It wasn’t just Donna Adelson who broke down at sentencing—it was her husband Harvey, too. And in their back-to-back emotional outbursts, we witnessed the unraveling of an entire family narrative that had held for over a decade.

In this joint psychological breakdown, Tony Brueski and Stacy Cole are joined by psychotherapist Shavaun Scott to dissect the most emotionally charged—and revealing—moments of both Donna and Harvey’s final courtroom statements.

Together, we examine:

How narcissistic collapse shows up in real time through fractured speech, emotional spirals, and selective memory

Why Harvey...

Harvey Adelson hasn’t been charged. But he’s far from forgotten.

In this episode, we walk the razor’s edge of what the evidence actually says about Harvey Adelson—the patriarch of a family fractured by murder, scandal, and courtroom spectacle. From wiretaps and Zelle subpoenas to call-detail records and coded texts, we examine the mounting circumstantial web that places Harvey near the center of a conspiracy that has already led to multiple life sentences.

We dissect:
 • Messages about a "birthday present" that prosecutors say point to premeditated planning
 • Call records placing Harvey’s number in cont...

Convicted of masterminding the murder of her former son-in-law Dan Markel, Donna Adelson is now fighting for her life — again. Her motion for a new trial has been denied, and her defense team is preparing to appeal the 2025 verdict that sent the 75-year-old matriarch to Florida’s state prison for life.

But what does an appeal like this really look like? Can it work — or is this just a ritual step on the road to nowhere? Attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis joins Tony Brueski and Stacy Cole on Hidden Killers Live to cut through the noise and map th...

Two cases. Two women. Two very different ends of the justice system — and both asking the same question: how does this happen?

In Philadelphia, Ellen Greenberg was found dead with twenty stab wounds, yet her death is still officially classified as a suicide. In Florida, Donna Adelson sits in a state prison for orchestrating her former son-in-law’s murder, preparing to appeal a conviction that rocked her family to its core. Both cases raise a larger truth: the law doesn’t always get it right — and when it does get it wrong, it rarely admits it.


Defen...

Donna Adelson didn’t beg for mercy at sentencing—she grabbed the mic and tried to rewrite history.

In this raw, emotionally fractured courtroom speech, Donna portrayed herself not as a conspirator—but as a victim. “There are two crimes,” she declared. “The second is taking my life.” Her voice cracked, her story crumbled, and what we witnessed was more than denial—it was psychological collapse playing out live.

In this episode, psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Tony Brueski to dissect:

What narcissistic collapse really looks and sounds like when the façade finally breaks

Why Don...

What happens when a man loses not just his wife—but the version of reality he’s built for over 50 years?

In this gripping episode, we unpack the emotional, erratic, and deeply revealing courtroom statement of Harvey Adelson, the husband of convicted murderer Donna Adelson. At her sentencing, Harvey took the stand and delivered a passionate defense of his wife—denying all wrongdoing, blaming the justice system, accusing witnesses of lying, and even calling Dan Markel’s grieving parents dishonest.

But here’s the twist: Harvey’s grief is real. So is his collapse. And so is his refus...

It wasn’t just Donna Adelson who broke down at sentencing—it was her husband Harvey, too. And in their back-to-back emotional outbursts, we witnessed the unraveling of an entire family narrative that had held for over a decade.

In this joint psychological breakdown, Tony Brueski and Stacy Cole are joined by psychotherapist Shavaun Scott to dissect the most emotionally charged—and revealing—moments of both Donna and Harvey’s final courtroom statements.

Together, we examine:

How narcissistic collapse shows up in real time through fractured speech, emotional spirals, and selective memory

Why Harvey...

Harvey Adelson hasn’t been charged. But he’s far from forgotten.

In this episode, we walk the razor’s edge of what the evidence actually says about Harvey Adelson—the patriarch of a family fractured by murder, scandal, and courtroom spectacle. From wiretaps and Zelle subpoenas to call-detail records and coded texts, we examine the mounting circumstantial web that places Harvey near the center of a conspiracy that has already led to multiple life sentences.

We dissect:
 • Messages about a "birthday present" that prosecutors say point to premeditated planning
 • Call records placing Harvey’s number in cont...

Donna Adelson was sentenced to life in prison—but you wouldn’t know it by her behavior in court. What was meant to be a solemn moment of justice turned into a shocking display of entitlement, arrogance, and complete lack of remorse.

In this episode, we break down the bizarre spectacle of Donna’s sentencing. From her declaration of innocence to her scolding of the jury and the judge, Donna seemed more interested in controlling the narrative than accepting her fate. But it didn’t end there—her husband Harvey doubled down with a tone-deaf rant blaming the system, th...

Donna Adelson’s story ends where it always seemed destined to — in control until the very last breath she could muster.

At 75 years old, the matriarch of the family that orchestrated the 2014 murder-for-hire of FSU law professor Dan Markel was officially sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in a Tallahassee courtroom today.

Judge Stephen Everett declined her attorneys’ plea for leniency, rejecting what they called a “downward departure.” He told the court he would not exercise discretion to reduce her punishment. Adelson will serve life for first-degree murder, plus two concurrent 30-year sentences...

With Donna Adelson in prison and Charlie Adelson serving a life sentence, the question on every legal watcher's mind is: could Wendi Adelson be next to face charges in the Dan Markel murder-for-hire plot? In this detailed Hidden Killers commentary, we break down the top five reasons legal experts are speculating about her potential future indictment. Wendi has long been referred to as an "unindicted co-conspirator," a legal term with serious implications that we'll fully explain. We'll examine her potential motive, her alleged benefit from the crime, and the subtle but powerful behavioral evidence that has come to light. With...

With Donna Adelson in prison and Charlie Adelson serving a life sentence, the question on every legal watcher's mind is: could Wendi Adelson be next to face charges in the Dan Markel murder-for-hire plot? In this detailed Hidden Killers commentary, we break down the top five reasons legal experts are speculating about her potential future indictment. Wendi has long been referred to as an "unindicted co-conspirator," a legal term with serious implications that we'll fully explain. We'll examine her potential motive, her alleged benefit from the crime, and the subtle but powerful behavioral evidence that has come to light. With...

No Parole, No Air Conditioning, No Escape: Donna Adelson’s Prison Reality

What happens when the woman who orchestrated murder for family legacy wakes up in a concrete box with no A/C, no privacy, and no Plan B?
 This isn’t a spa day. This is Florida Department of Corrections.

In this scorching breakdown, Hidden Killers takes you deep inside what Donna Adelson’s life is about to become. Sentenced to life in prison at age 75, Donna is likely headed to Lowell Correctional, a facility described by the DOJ as leaving women “at substantial risk of s...

From Caviar to Commissary: Donna Adelson’s Brutal New Life in Prison

She once ruled a Miami dental empire—now she’s learning to trade ramen for favors and sleep through screams in 100-degree heat.
 At 75 years old, Donna Adelson has been convicted of first-degree murder and is staring down the rest of her life in a Florida prison system known for its brutality, its heat, and its utter indifference to wealth, age, or legacy.

In this Hidden Killers breakdown, we examine Donna’s likely trajectory from county jail to Florida Women’s Reception Center… and ultimatel...

Diddy’s Apology Letter Exposed & Donna Adelson’s Prison Reality | Hidden Killers Live

This isn’t about guilt or innocence—it’s about what happens when control finally slips.

In this gripping two-hour edition of Hidden Killers Live, we’re pulling back the curtain on two people who once commanded power, loyalty, and luxury—and are now forced to survive inside systems they can’t influence anymore.

🔹 HOUR 1: Diddy — The Letter, the Class, the Performance?

Before sentencing, Sean “Diddy” Combs wrote a deeply personal letter to the judge, claiming sobriety, remorse, and transformation. But benea...

Will Prison Break Donna Adelson—Or Will She Adapt and Thrive?

She manipulated wealth, family, and even murder. But prison doesn’t play that game.
 At 75, Donna Adelson has been sentenced to life for her role in a murder-for-hire plot—and now the only system she can’t charm, buy, or spin is about to take over.

In this Hidden Killers breakdown, we explore the psychological disintegration that often comes for first-time inmates, especially older women, and why Florida prison may be the most punishing environment imaginable for someone like Donna. From the trauma of reception...

Donna & Charlie Adelson Behind Bars: Tantrums, Tablets, and Toe Trauma

Dan Markel was murdered in 2014 in one of the most shocking custody-related hit jobs in American legal history. Now that two of the key players—Donna and Charlie Adelson—are behind bars, how are they handling it?

Spoiler: Not well.

In this voice-driven episode of Hidden Killers, we pull the curtain back on life behind bars for the once-powerful Adelsons. Donna’s jailhouse meltdown just nine days after her conviction is fully documented in prison logs—loud sobbing, door-pounding, and furious rants about judges and juro...

Disclaimer  This story is based on Dan Markel’s 2014 family-court filings in Adelson v. Markel (Leon County, Florida). Everything described here comes from Dan’s sworn motions and memoranda. These are allegations he made; they were never adjudicated by a court, because hearings were postponed and Dan was killed before they could be heard. Nothing here should be taken as established fact or judicial finding.

In 2014, just months before his murder, Florida State University law professor Dan Markel filed a series of motions in his divorce case with Wendi Adelson. These documents were never adjudicated — the hearings were postpon...

Welcome to the "Week in Review," where we delve into the true stories behind this week's headlines. Your host, Tony Brueski, joins hands with a rotating roster of guests, sharing their insights and analysis on a collection of intriguing, perplexing, and often chilling stories that made the news.
    
 This is not your average news recap. With the sharp investigative lens of Tony and his guests, the show uncovers layers beneath the headlines, offering a comprehensive perspective that traditional news can often miss. From high-profile criminal trials to in-depth examinations of ongoing investigations, this podcast takes listeners on a fasc...

Welcome to the "Week in Review," where we delve into the true stories behind this week's headlines. Your host, Tony Brueski, joins hands with a rotating roster of guests, sharing their insights and analysis on a collection of intriguing, perplexing, and often chilling stories that made the news.
    
 This is not your average news recap. With the sharp investigative lens of Tony and his guests, the show uncovers layers beneath the headlines, offering a comprehensive perspective that traditional news can often miss. From high-profile criminal trials to in-depth examinations of ongoing investigations, this podcast takes listeners on a fasc...

Welcome to the "Week in Review," where we delve into the true stories behind this week's headlines. Your host, Tony Brueski, joins hands with a rotating roster of guests, sharing their insights and analysis on a collection of intriguing, perplexing, and often chilling stories that made the news.
    
 This is not your average news recap. With the sharp investigative lens of Tony and his guests, the show uncovers layers beneath the headlines, offering a comprehensive perspective that traditional news can often miss. From high-profile criminal trials to in-depth examinations of ongoing investigations, this podcast takes listeners on a fasc...

Welcome to the "Week in Review," where we delve into the true stories behind this week's headlines. Your host, Tony Brueski, joins hands with a rotating roster of guests, sharing their insights and analysis on a collection of intriguing, perplexing, and often chilling stories that made the news.
    
 This is not your average news recap. With the sharp investigative lens of Tony and his guests, the show uncovers layers beneath the headlines, offering a comprehensive perspective that traditional news can often miss. From high-profile criminal trials to in-depth examinations of ongoing investigations, this podcast takes listeners on a fasc...

Welcome to the "Week in Review," where we delve into the true stories behind this week's headlines. Your host, Tony Brueski, joins hands with a rotating roster of guests, sharing their insights and analysis on a collection of intriguing, perplexing, and often chilling stories that made the news.
    
 This is not your average news recap. With the sharp investigative lens of Tony and his guests, the show uncovers layers beneath the headlines, offering a comprehensive perspective that traditional news can often miss. From high-profile criminal trials to in-depth examinations of ongoing investigations, this podcast takes listeners on a fasc...

Welcome to the "Week in Review," where we delve into the true stories behind this week's headlines. Your host, Tony Brueski, joins hands with a rotating roster of guests, sharing their insights and analysis on a collection of intriguing, perplexing, and often chilling stories that made the news.
    
 This is not your average news recap. With the sharp investigative lens of Tony and his guests, the show uncovers layers beneath the headlines, offering a comprehensive perspective that traditional news can often miss. From high-profile criminal trials to in-depth examinations of ongoing investigations, this podcast takes listeners on a fasc...

Welcome to the "Week in Review," where we delve into the true stories behind this week's headlines. Your host, Tony Brueski, joins hands with a rotating roster of guests, sharing their insights and analysis on a collection of intriguing, perplexing, and often chilling stories that made the news.
    
 This is not your average news recap. With the sharp investigative lens of Tony and his guests, the show uncovers layers beneath the headlines, offering a comprehensive perspective that traditional news can often miss. From high-profile criminal trials to in-depth examinations of ongoing investigations, this podcast takes listeners on a fasc...

Welcome to the "Week in Review," where we delve into the true stories behind this week's headlines. Your host, Tony Brueski, joins hands with a rotating roster of guests, sharing their insights and analysis on a collection of intriguing, perplexing, and often chilling stories that made the news.
    
 This is not your average news recap. With the sharp investigative lens of Tony and his guests, the show uncovers layers beneath the headlines, offering a comprehensive perspective that traditional news can often miss. From high-profile criminal trials to in-depth examinations of ongoing investigations, this podcast takes listeners on a fasc...

Welcome to the "Week in Review," where we delve into the true stories behind this week's headlines. Your host, Tony Brueski, joins hands with a rotating roster of guests, sharing their insights and analysis on a collection of intriguing, perplexing, and often chilling stories that made the news.
    
 This is not your average news recap. With the sharp investigative lens of Tony and his guests, the show uncovers layers beneath the headlines, offering a comprehensive perspective that traditional news can often miss. From high-profile criminal trials to in-depth examinations of ongoing investigations, this podcast takes listeners on a fasc...

All The Trauma You Can Eat! The Adelson’s Buffet Of Crazy -PART 2

Jeff Lacasse has testified multiple times in cases tied to the murder of Dan Markel — and every appearance reveals fresh scars. In this segment, the hosts examine the raw, unfiltered pain in his testimony about his relationship with Wendi Adelson.

Tony, Stacy, and Todd unpack why Lacasse’s words still sound like therapy sessions a decade later. They discuss the manipulative games he endured, the trauma that lingers, and how his testimony paints Wendi in a light the jury can’t ignore. Beyond Jeff’s p...

All The Trauma You Can Eat! The Adelson’s Buffet Of Crazy According to Wendi’s Ex

Jeff Lacasse has testified multiple times in cases tied to the murder of Dan Markel — and every appearance reveals fresh scars. In this segment, the hosts examine the raw, unfiltered pain in his testimony about his relationship with Wendi Adelson.

Tony, Stacy, and Todd unpack why Lacasse’s words still sound like therapy sessions a decade later. They discuss the manipulative games he endured, the trauma that lingers, and how his testimony paints Wendi in a light the jury can’t ig...

Empty Chairs at the Adelsons’ Holiday Table — What’s Next for Wendi?

The Adelson saga is far from over. In this segment, Tony, Stacy, and Todd go deeper into the family’s fractured state. With multiple members behind bars for their roles in Dan Markel’s murder, the spotlight shifts to Wendi Adelson and the children — still living under the shadow of the family name.

The hosts ask: What does “normal” look like when your family is synonymous with crime? Do Wendi’s kids grow up carrying the weight of their family’s choices? And how do grandparents and...

Adelson Holidays From Hell: Will Wendi Celebrate Behind Bars?

The Adelson family has gone from luxury dinners to prison visits. In this opening segment of Hidden Killers Live, Tony, Stacy, and Todd pivot from lighthearted fall banter into the dark reality facing the Adelsons after the Dan Markel murder-for-hire case.

With Donna Adelson now convicted, Charlie behind bars, and Wendi still under public scrutiny, the question becomes: what do family holidays look like now? Are visits scheduled between prison walls the new “family gathering”? Do empty chairs haunt the table where an influential Florida family once sat...

Adelsons’ Dark Holidays, D4VD’s Body in the Trunk, Rex Heuermann’s Trial Tightrope

In this episode of Hidden Killers Live with Tony Brueski, Stacy Cole, and Todd Michaels, the conversation swings from lighthearted Halloween chatter into some of the darkest cases dominating headlines today.

The show opens with pumpkins, pasta sauce, and a creepy animatronic doll that leaves Harper screaming — but the mood shifts quickly as the hosts turn their attention to the Adelson family. Once known for wealth and influence, the Adelsons now face prison cells, empty chairs at holiday tables, and children left in...

How Do You Parent After Murder? Wendy Adelson’s Children in Crisis

What happens to children when their father is murdered, their grandparents are in prison, and suspicion hangs over their mother? In this closing segment of Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski, the panel and Shavaun Scott tackle the impossible parenting dilemmas at the heart of the Adelson saga.

The discussion asks blunt questions: How can Wendy Adelson raise her children under such a cloud of suspicion? How do kids process the reality that their family members conspired to kill their father? And what hope exists fo...

The Holocaust Ring Wendy Adelson Refused to Return! Dan Markel Divorce Bombshell

Divorce filings can reveal more than testimony ever could. In this segment of Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski, the spotlight turns to Dan Markel’s legal filings against Wendy Adelson — allegations that paint a picture of manipulation, secrecy, and unilateral control.

From accusations of hidden accounts and blocked communication, to the shocking claim that Wendy refused to return a Holocaust family ring to Dan’s relatives, these filings suggest behavior that went far beyond typical divorce disputes. Tony and Shavaun Scott examine what these allega...

Were Wendy’s Kids Pawns in the Adelson Murder Plot Of Dan Markel? Expert Weighs In
When psychotherapist and author Shavaun Scott joins Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski, the conversation shifts from testimony to analysis — and the insights are chilling. Scott explains how children in families like the Adelsons are often treated not as individuals but as pawns, used to meet the emotional needs of manipulative parents and grandparents.

The discussion explores Wendy Adelson’s choices through the lens of generational trauma and narcissistic control. Was Wendy repeating the patterns instilled in her by her mother, Donna Adelso...

Inside Wendy Adelson’s Explosive Fight With Her Boyfriend Jeff Lacasse
Jeff Lacasse’s relationship with Wendy Adelson was anything but stable. In this segment of Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski, listeners are taken inside a critical fight in Gainesville, where Jeff’s suspicions of infidelity and Wendy’s manipulative promises collided in a heated argument.

From promises that Jeff would soon be “Daddy” to her children, to sudden cold shoulders and disappearing acts, Wendy’s behavior painted the portrait of a woman living in contradictions. The hosts analyze what this rollercoaster dynamic says about Wendy’s psychological st...

The Broken TV Alibi: Was Wendy Adelson Setting the Stage For Murder?

It’s one of the strangest details in the Dan Markel case: a broken television that just happened to become part of Wendy Adelson’s alibi. In this segment of Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski, the team unpacks Jeff LaCasse’ testimony about visiting Wendy’s home, only to discover her TV was mysteriously shattered. At first glance, it might seem like a household accident — but the timing, the context, and the surrounding testimony suggest something far more sinister.

Charlie Adelson’s dark joke that buying a TV...

Jeff LaCasse Testifies: Wendy Adelson’s Strange Behavior Before Murder

When Jeff LaCasse stepped into the courtroom, his testimony peeled back a layer of Wendy Adelson’s world that had rarely been seen. In this segment of Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski, listeners hear how Jeff described Wendy’s constant distress, her fixation on custody battles, and her emotional volatility during the weeks before Dan Markel’s murder.

The details are unsettling: sudden trip cancellations, meltdowns triggered by legal filings, and a persistent sense of dread that seemed to hang over Wendy’s every move. Tony and his co...

Wendy Adelson’s Divorce From Dan Markel: Secrets REVEALED!

In this opening segment of Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski, the foundation of the Dan Markel murder case is laid bare. Before the shooting, before the arrests, before the shocking headlines, there was a bitter divorce — and in those filings, a story of manipulation, alienation, and escalating conflict begins to emerge. Tony breaks down the allegations Dan Markel leveled against Wendy Adelson during their divorce, exploring how these disputes over custody, communication, and money paint a picture of mounting tension between two very different visions of family life.

T...

Dan Markel Murder: Divorce, Testimony & The Adelson Family EXPOSED
This is the complete uncut episode of Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski covering Wendy Adelson, Jeff LaCasse's’ testimony, and Dan Markel’s explosive divorce filings. Across nearly two hours, Tony and his co-hosts take listeners step-by-step through the evidence, allegations, and personal dynamics that continue to haunt one of the most infamous true crime cases in America.

From the early divorce filings that hinted at manipulation, to Jeff LaCasse's’ account of Wendy’s bizarre behavior in the weeks before Dan’s murder, every detail is explored in depth. The infamo...

Wendi Adelson’s Custody War: The Papers Dan Markel Never Lived to File

In July 2014, Florida State law professor Dan Markel was gunned down in his own driveway — a brutal murder that shocked Tallahassee and the entire legal world.

For years, the question of why lingered. Now, attorney Stephen Webster, who represented Dan during his bitter custody battle with ex-wife Wendi Adelson, is revealing the chilling truth about what was supposed to happen the morning of the murder.

Webster says he and Dan had “damning paperwork” ready to file against Wendi Adelson — filings that could have...

Wendy Adelson’s Fate: Pawn, Accomplice, or Something Worse?

The final cut pulls all the threads together. The hosts debate Jeff’s credibility as one of the strongest witnesses against Wendy—someone with no motive to lie, who came across as clear, consistent, and believable. His testimony doesn’t just implicate Charlie and Donna; it shines an uncomfortable light on Wendy herself.

The discussion ranges from Donna’s iron-grip control (compared to Marie Barone from Everybody Loves Raymond) to audience comments about whether Wendy deserves sympathy or condemnation. Was she simply a pawn in her family’s manipulati...

Did Wendi Adelson Try To Frame Her Ex-Boyfriend For The Murder Of Her Ex-Husband Dan Markel?

This segment covers the aftermath of Jeff Lacasse’s police scrutiny. Initially considered a suspect, Jeff cooperated fully—offering credit card receipts, surveillance video, and cell phone records that placed him in Tennessee at the time of Dan Markel’s murder. His cooperation cleared him, but not before Wendy suggested him as a possible suspect.

The jury’s own questions dig into Wendy’s mindset: her bitterness about losing relocation battles, her constant frustration with custody, and her unhappiness in Tallahasse...

Was Wendy Adelson Controlled by Her Family—or an Active Player?

Here the panel pulls back from testimony to analyze the broader psychology of Wendy Adelson. Was she a victim of her domineering family, or did she actively choose to participate in their schemes? The answer, the hosts argue, may lie somewhere in between.

They dive into the psychology of narcissistic families, where unhealthy dynamics are normalized and children are conditioned to go along with toxic behavior. Wendy may have grown up immersed in Donna’s manipulations, but as an adult she had agency—and she chose...

Wendy Adelson’s Ex Exposes the Chaos Behind Closed Doors
In this 15-minute stretch, we see Jeff’s relationship with Wendy implode. He recalls the June 29 Gainesville trip where he confronted her about suspected infidelity. What followed was a night of accusations, emotional outbursts, and shifting stories—Wendy would confess to other men one moment, then deny it minutes later. The next morning, their three-hour car ride back to Tallahassee was filled with tears and silence.

The hosts dissect this argument as more than just a lover’s quarrel—it’s a case study in gaslighting, manipulation, and emotiona...

Murder Plots Over Dinner With Wendi Adelson? The Adelson Lifestyle on FULL Display

This part of the testimony peels back another disturbing layer. Jeff recalls Wendy telling him about a “celebration dinner” with Charlie shortly after Dan Markel was killed. What should have been an unspeakable tragedy was instead framed as an event to toast. To make matters worse, Wendy would later suggest Jeff himself as a suspect—a move that almost ruined his life.

Cross-examination digs into Jeff’s recollections, with questions about Ferrari colors, Charlie’s charisma, and whether Jeff might have been jealous. The attorn...

Jeff Lacasse Speaks: Wendy Adelson’s Bitter Relocation Battles EXPOSED
This segment brings us directly into the testimony of Jeff Lacasse, Wendy Adelson’s former boyfriend. What starts as a typical courtroom walkthrough—how they met, when they dated, who he was introduced to—quickly spirals into something far darker. Jeff recalls a March 2014 dinner with Wendy, her brother Charlie, and Katherine Magbanua, describing how “extremely close” Wendy was to her family. That closeness sets the stage for what comes next.

The bombshell arrives when Jeff testifies about a chilling conversation: Wendy confided that Charlie had “looked into all optio...