BONUS: The Karen Read Case Explained — Prosecution vs. Defense

Killer Queens: A True Crime Podcast

True Crime, Comedy

4.4 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

In this bonus episode, we’re breaking down the two drastically different narratives at the heart of the Karen Read case — one that’s captured national headlines and divided a Massachusetts town. The prosecution says Read struck her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, with her SUV during a snowstorm. But the defense claims she’s been framed in an elaborate cover-up to protect insiders. We walk through both sides of the case and invite you to draw your own conclusions. This is the perfect primer if you’re just diving into the case — or if you want a refresher before following the trial coverage. Remember Tyrella is also covering the second trial of Karen Read in real time over on our YouTube channel, with weekly recaps, key testimony, and trial analysis. If you want to stay on top of all the courtroom drama as it unfolds, head over to our channel and hit subscribe — just go straight to https://killerqueens.link/youtube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sitting quietly once you've made the house all shiny.
0:04.0	Down time can be just fine, playing bangers from the 90s.
0:08.0	Tea break.
0:09.0	Lunch break.
0:10.0	Maybe listen to the outbreak.
0:12.0	Sometimes it's not time for some tombola, right?
0:15.0	It's enjoying lasagna time, chilling with a book time, or time to visit your nan time go on play some other time put your phone down
0:23.8	tombole open for fun terms apply 18 plus gambleaware.org
0:29.3	hey y'all before we get into it i just want to give you a quick heads up that this is a bonus
0:34.7	episode of the podcast so today we are going to break down the Karen
0:38.7	Reed case, which is one of the most talked about trials in the country right now. And this
0:43.3	episode is the perfect way to get caught up on the case so far. We're also covering the second
0:48.8	trial of Karen Reed in real time over on our YouTube channel with weekly recaps. I'm going over key testimony,
0:55.7	trial analysis. So if you want to stay on top of all the courtroom drama as it unfolds,
1:00.7	head over to our YouTube channel and hit subscribe. The link is in the show notes, or you can just go
1:06.1	straight to killer queens.link slash YouTube. Enjoy. One man dead, one woman on trial, and a nation divided.
1:16.5	The Karen Reed case has captured national attention, not just because of what happened that night,
1:21.4	but because of what might not have happened. So today we're going to break down both sides of this
1:27.0	case, What the Commonwealth
1:28.0	says happened to Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe and then what Karen Reed's defense team says
1:33.3	actually went down. And today we are going to get Nikita's live reaction because she's going
1:38.8	and blind on this one. She doesn't know. No. Okay. So all I know so far is just like the major, major headlines that supposedly she
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