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Today we cover a major Florida undercover operation resulting in hundreds of arrests and charges, along with cases involving alleged attempts to exploit children and a Louisiana man accused of a fatal stabbing attack. We also discuss a deadly Learjet crash, a passenger accused of threatening to hijack a flight, and several Halloween-related crimes, including a shooting at a Spirit Halloween store and the sentencing of three brothers convicted of sexual assaults. Other cases include a mother accused of abandoning her young daughter, assaults at a haunted attraction, and alleged assaults involving police officers and children. We close with reports on a prison escape in Tennessee and a Florida homeowner accused of killing two roommates. Timestamps 00:31 Plane Crash, Polk County Sting, and Halloween Crimes 01:39 Polk County’s 281-Arrest Sting Operation 08:00 Quadruple Homicide in Terrebonne Parish 12:42 Fatal Learjet Crash in Palm Beach 24:32 Flight Diverted Over Hijacking Text 32:10 Public Pool Indecency and Dinosaur Assault 37:17 Alexander Brothers Sentenced for Sex Crimes 41:51 Mother Accused of Abandoning Her Children 45:38 Haunted Attraction Supervisor Charged With Assault 49:55 Fugitive Search and Police K-9 Encounter 56:25 Soap Punishment Leaves Child Injured 1:00:45 Shooting at a Spirit Halloween Store 1:04:05 Escaped Murderer Sparks Multi-State Manhunt 1:09:30 Roommates Killed in Ice Cream Dispute 1:13:34 LSU-Bama Showdown VIDEO VERSION OF CRIME WIRE WEEKLY ON PATREON can be found via either link below: Exposed Patreon Unspeakable Patreon Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/exposed-scandalous-files-of-the-elite--6073723/support.

Mega-Church | The Fall of Robert Morris Part One of a Two Part Series For more than two decades, Robert Morris stood at the center of one of America’s largest megachurches. As the founding pastor of Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, he built a sprawling ministry, became a trusted voice in evangelical circles, and even served as a spiritual adviser to Donald Trump. To his congregation and the wider public, he was a man of faith, leadership, and influence.  Then, in June 2024, the truth that had been hidden for decades came into the open. Cindy Clemishire, then 54, publicly described how Morris began sexually abusing her on Christmas night in 1982, when she was 12 years old and he was a 21-year-old traveling evangelist staying in her family’s Oklahoma home. The abuse continued for roughly four and a half years, until 1987, when she told her parents. The story did not end with the resignation. In 2025 Morris was indicted in Oklahoma on five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child. In October 2025 he pleaded guilty. Under the plea deal he received a 10-year suspended sentence, served six months in the Osage County Jail, agreed to pay Clemishire $270,000 in restitution, and must register as a sex offender for life. He was released in March 2026 For commercial free early releases, bonus episodes and more! https://www.patreon.com/exposedpodcastfiles Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/exposed-scandalous-files-of-the-elite--6073723/support.

Part One of a Two Part Series For more than two decades, Robert Morris stood at the center of one of America’s largest megachurches. As the founding pastor of Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, he built a sprawling ministry, became a trusted voice in evangelical circles, and even served as a spiritual adviser to Donald Trump. To his congregation and the wider public, he was a man of faith, leadership, and influence. Then, in June 2024, the truth that had been hidden for decades came into the open. Cindy Clemishire, then 54, publicly described how Morris began sexually abusing her on Christmas night in 1982, when she was 12 years old and he was a 21-year-old traveling evangelist staying in her family’s Oklahoma home. The abuse continued for roughly four and a half years, until 1987, when she told her parents. The story did not end with the resignation. In 2025 Morris was indicted in Oklahoma on five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child. In October 2025 he pleaded guilty. Under the plea deal he received a 10-year suspended sentence, served six months in the Osage County Jail, agreed to pay Clemishire $270,000 in restitution, and must register as a sex offender for life. He was released in March 2026

This week’s episode is packed with wild headlines: a Louisiana woman loses $10K to a Bon Jovi impersonator scam, Boosie Badazz’s son gets arrested for robbery, and a New Jersey school teacher is busted for prostitution. We also cover the sentencing in the Faith Hedgepeth case, a man arrested after a diaper-wearing tantrum, a police officer who stole a dead man’s identity, and a pregnancy fraud scheme tied to The Bachelor. Plus, an Ohio man is convicted of killing an officer to avenge his son’s death, a Missouri man shoots his girlfriend in the hospital, a look back at President McKinley’s assassination 125 years later, and more chaotic stories in Overtime. Timestamps 02:16 Louisiana Woman Loses 10k to Bon Jovi Scam. 05:50 Boosie Badazz Son Arrested for Robbery. 12:33 New Jersey School Teacher Arrested for Prostitution. 16:15 Faith Hedgepeth Killer is Sentenced. 22:49 Man Arrested For Diaper Wearing Tantrum *Lustful Lawbreakers* 29:43 Police Officer Steals Dead Mans Identity. 33:46 “The Bachelor” Pregnancy Fraud Scheme. 36:01 Ohio Man Who Killed Officer to Avenge Son’s Death Convicted. 39:24 125 Years Since President McKinley’s Assassination *True Crime Time Machine* 42:49 Missouri Man Shoots Girlfriend in Hospital. 45:55 Trick or Treat Halloween Game - Overtime  52:54 Convicted Man Caught with Unthinkable in Jail. - Overtime Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/exposed-scandalous-files-of-the-elite--6073723/support.

Part Four of a Four Part Series Jim wraps up the 4 part series covering FTX Crypto founder Sam Bankman Fried by bringing you the conclusion of sentences for all parties involved, Sam’s pardon fight and the money found to make the victims of his scam whole again…or did it? Chapters: 06:00 The Defense: Customers Were Repaid 10:01 The Asterisk in the Recovery 15:36 The Inner Circle’s Sentences 19:30 Ryan Salame’s Costly Silence 24:48 Sam’s Parents 28:56 The Campaign for a Pardon 34:00 The Appeals Court  35:54  Netflix For commercial free early releases, bonus episodes and more! https://www.patreon.com/exposedpodcastfiles Tags: sam bankman-fried, crypto, cryptocurrency, fraud, netflix, podcast, exposed, Jim Chapman, crime, effective altruism, Jane Street, cryptocurrency trading, Alameda Research, special account privileges, market downturn, customer funds, lender repayments Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/exposed-scandalous-files-of-the-elite--6073723/support.

Part Four of a Four Part Series Jim wraps up the 4 part series covering FTX Crypto founder Sam Bankman Fried by bringing you the conclusion of sentences for all parties involved, Sam’s pardon fight and the money found to make the victims of his scam whole again…or did it?

Part Three of a Four Part Series November ninth, 2022. Binance spends one day inside FTX's finances and walks away, saying why out loud for the whole world to hear: "mishandled customer funds." One day later, the Bahamas freezes Sam Bankman Fried and FTX’s assets. One day after that, it's a bankruptcy case number in Delaware — and the cleanup man from Enron walks into the wreckage and tells a federal judge the sentence that defines this chapter: "Never in my career have I seen such a complete failure of corporate controls." Chapters: 05:34 The Rescue Deal Falls Apart 18:09  The Inner Circle Turns 27:59 Carolyn Ellison Takes the Stand 30:30 Singh’s Testimony and the Paper Trail 34:33 “I Don’t Recall” 36:44 The Verdict  39:45 The Bankruptcy Estate’s Surprising Recovery 40:57 The Question For commercial free early releases, bonus episodes and more! https://www.patreon.com/exposedpodcastfiles #crypto #podcast #sambankmanfried #podcast #exposed #Binance  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/exposed-scandalous-files-of-the-elite--6073723/support.

Part Three of a Four Part Series November ninth, 2022. Binance spends one day inside FTX's finances and walks away, saying why out loud for the whole world to hear: "mishandled customer funds." One day later, the Bahamas freezes Sam Bankman Fried and FTX’s assets. One day after that, it's a bankruptcy case number in Delaware — and the cleanup man from Enron walks into the wreckage and tells a federal judge the sentence that defines this chapter: "Never in my career have I seen such a complete failure of corporate controls."

Part Two of a Four Part Series In Part Two, we open the books — and discover a shocking seven balance sheets, all…made up, to throw off investors. Then, in September of 2022, one of Sam Bankman Fried’s own engineers climbed to a penthouse balcony in Nassau and did the math the world couldn't see. Nishad Singh added it up: roughly eight billion dollars of customer money, gone through the backdoor. The most trusted man in crypto Sam Bankman Fried was eight Billion dollars in the hole — and nobody outside that circle knew. Chapters: 02:34 Following the Money  09:48 Where the Customer Money Went 15:39 Seven Balance Sheets, Seven Lies 24:29 Singh Finds the $8 Billion Shortfall 28:45 What Did Sam’s Parents Know? 34:29 The Leak That Exposed Alameda 36:55 The Bank Run Begins 38:47 Binance’s Rescue? For commercial free early releases, bonus episodes and more! https://www.patreon.com/exposedpodcastfiles #crypto #podcast #sambankmanfried #podcast #exposed #Binance  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/exposed-scandalous-files-of-the-elite--6073723/support.

Part One of a Four Part Series He said he was going to give it all away. Every dollar. Sam Bankman-Fried built his entire public life on a philosophy called effective altruism: get rich as fast as possible, then give the fortune away to save the world. Politicians took his calls. Regulators took his meetings. Investors handed him billions and skipped the due diligence — because the kid in the cargo shorts wasn't just building a crypto empire, he was supposed to be saving us. In Part One of this four-part series, Jim introduces you to the Stanford law professors' son raised on utilitarian philosophy. The MIT physics grad who walked away from a Jane Street trading desk with a plan to "earn to give." The kimchi premium — an arbitrage loophole in South Korea that minted millions a day and seeded a trading firm called Alameda Research. And the founding of FTX, the exchange that made him, at thirty years old, one of the richest and most trusted men in finance. Chapters: 02:08  the FTX Story 04:35 A Stanford Childhood and Elite Privilege 08:28 MIT, Gary Wang, and Effective Altruism 11:43 Jane Street and the Making of a Reputation 14:30 Alameda’s First Big Trade 23:16 The Secret Privileges in FTX’s Code 32:35 Sam Bankman-Fried Goes to Washington 36:52 The Crypto Crash  38:39 Seven Versions of the Truth Tags: sam bankman-fried, crypto, cryptocurrency, fraud, netflix, podcast, exposed, Jim Chapman, crime, effective altruism, Jane Street, cryptocurrency trading, Alameda Research, special account privileges, market downturn, customer funds, lender repayments For commercial free early releases, bonus episodes and more! https://www.patreon.com/exposedpodcastfiles Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/exposed-scandalous-files-of-the-elite--6073723/support.

Part Two of a Four Part Series In Part Two, we open the books — and discover a shocking seven balance sheets, all…made up, to throw off investors. Then, in September of 2022, one of Sam Bankman Fried’s own engineers climbed to a penthouse balcony in Nassau and did the math the world couldn't see. Nishad Singh added it up: roughly eight billion dollars of customer money, gone through the backdoor. The most trusted man in crypto Sam Bankman Fried was eight Billion dollars in the hole — and nobody outside that circle knew.

Part One of a Four Part Series He said he was going to give it all away. Every dollar. Sam Bankman-Fried built his entire public life on a philosophy called effective altruism: get rich as fast as possible, then give the fortune away to save the world. Politicians took his calls. Regulators took his meetings. Investors handed him billions and skipped the due diligence — because the kid in the cargo shorts wasn't just building a crypto empire, he was supposed to be saving us. In Part One of this four-part series, Jim introduces you to the Stanford law professors' son raised on utilitarian philosophy. The MIT physics grad who walked away from a Jane Street trading desk with a plan to "earn to give." The kimchi premium — an arbitrage loophole in South Korea that minted millions a day and seeded a trading firm called Alameda Research. And the founding of FTX, the exchange that made him, at thirty years old, one of the richest and most trusted men in finance.

We open with a man extradited to Louisiana after an investigation into the online exploitation of an Acadiana child—including allegations he tried to push the minor toward demise. From there we head to Alabama, where a man is accused of using a chainsaw to kill his grandmother and aunt inside their home, then turning a court appearance into its own spectacle. Former University of Kentucky cheerleader Laken Snelling has been sentenced in the case of her newborn son, whose body was found in a closet; she previously admitted in court that she “ended his life.” DNA technology finally closes a long-dormant West Virginia sexual assault and abduction cold case. A maintenance worker is caught on a nanny cam going through a tenant’s underwear drawer. Two 15-year-old girls in California are arrested after authorities say they spent months researching and plotting a school shooting. The man who appeared on The People’s Court with his then-fiancée is charged in her 2011 disappearance and murder. In Florida, a man is accused of shooting his girlfriend outside a bar and then running her over while his young daughter and the family dog were present. In our Lustful Lawbreakers segment we cover the domestic dispute that started over a missing sex toy and ended with both parties in handcuffs (before they reconciled). And we close with the Montreal woman killed in her apartment while she was on a work Zoom call with colleagues—her attacker now charged with first-degree murder. Timestamps 02:16 Online Predator Extradited to Louisiana 12:50 Alabama Chainsaw Double Murder 15:33 Mental Illness, Violence, and Accountability 22:15 Laken Snelling Sentenced in Newborn’s Death 33:49 A Decade-Old Murder Solved 38:43 Maintenance Worker Caught Violating a Tenant’s Home 45:46 Teen Girls’ School Shooting Plot Foiled 50:01 The People’s Court Killer Arrested 54:24 Girlfriend Murdered in Front of Her Child 58:49 Lustful Lawbreakers: A Missing Dildo 1:03:55 Montreal Murder During a Video Meeting 1:06:54 Tragic Accident During Ecuador Mass 1:10:47 Mother Fights Off Home Intruder VIDEO VERSION OF CRIME WIRE WEEKLY ON PATREON can be found via either link below: Exposed Patreon Unspeakable Patreon Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/exposed-scandalous-files-of-the-elite--6073723/support.

In the halls of a Reno, Nevada middle school, Caitlin Rock’s job was to help kids who were already struggling. As an intervention specialist for the Washoe County School District, she worked with students who had attendance problems at Billinghurst Middle School — kids who needed an adult they could trust. Instead, prosecutors say she targeted one of them. Beginning when the boy was just 13, Rock — a married mother in her mid-40s — allegedly spent more than a year and a half grooming, texting, and more. The relationship continued until the victim was 14, when his mother tracked his phone one night after he snuck out and the truth began to unravel. Chapters: 00:32 A Mother Finds Her Son at the Park 09:52 Who Was Caitlin Rock? 14:16 Detectives Confront Caitlin Rock 21:42 The Interview Reveals the Abuse 31:47 The Arrest and the Family Phone Calls 41:52 Nineteen Felony Charges and Trial Evidence 46:23 The Defense, Verdict, and Sentence Exposed Listener Deals! Cozy Earth: Get 30% off on Bamboo sheet sets, pajama sets, pillows, comforters and so much more! Use the code EXPOSED at checkout. www.CozyEarth.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/exposed-scandalous-files-of-the-elite--6073723/support.

In the halls of a Reno, Nevada middle school, Caitlin Rock’s job was to help kids who were already struggling. As an intervention specialist for the Washoe County School District, she worked with students who had attendance problems at Billinghurst Middle School — kids who needed an adult they could trust. Instead, prosecutors say she targeted one of them. Beginning when the boy was just 13, Rock — a married mother in her mid-40s — allegedly spent more than a year and a half grooming, texting, and more. The relationship continued until the victim was 14, when his mother tracked his phone one night after he snuck out and the truth began to unravel.