On America's Crime Lab, the podcast, we're revealing the true story of the Idaho Four.

I was so frantic that morning and scared that the person who did this would come from me next.

They were struggling to identify a direction, a person of interest.

And I said, why wouldn't we work this case?

This three-part series features never before heard interviews about a crime that shook the nation and the forensics lab that cracked the case wide open.

Listen to America's Crime Lab on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

To be sent to MZ, you have to commit the worst of the worst crimes in Idaho.

He's holding out that anchor, and as things got more chaotic, what do you do?

You go back to your anchor more.

He does have a target on his back, 100%.

This is The Idaho Massacre, a production of KT Studios and IHeart Radio.

Season 3, Episode 6, Behind Bars.

I'm Courtney Armstrong, a producer at KT Studios with Stephanie Leidegger, Gabriel Castillo, and Allison

Bankston.

On July 23rd, 2025, Brian Coburger officially became inmate number 163214 at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution in CUNA, Idaho.

It's a notorious facility that lands it on Security Journal America's 24 list of the worst

prisons in the United States.

It's built to contain the state's most violent and unpredictable offenders.

This prison has a reputation for relentless conditions, solitary confinement, overcrowding,

and frequent lockdowns.

Inside, inmates have few opportunities for social interaction, education, or rehabilitation.

The facility has also been criticized as an environment that often breeds severe behavioral issues for harsh treatment and lack of adequate mental health care.

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