Bryan Kohberger’s Selfie, the Knife, and the Receipt That Changes Everything | 2025 Year in Review
Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary
True Crime Today
3.3 • 907 Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
In this special combined episode, Tony Brueski is joined by Defense Attorney Bob Motta (Defense Diaries) and former prosecutor Eric Faddis to dissect the revelations that turned a complex case into a potentially airtight one.
First, the receipts — literally. Prosecutors say Kohberger bought the exact model of knife and sheath found at the crime scene months before the murders. The order allegedly came straight from Amazon, complete with a matching knife sharpener that looks suspiciously like a vacuum attachment. It’s the kind of detail that might sound absurd if it weren’t so chilling.
Tony and Motta break down how this discovery — paired with the bizarre thumbs-up bathroom selfie allegedly taken hours after the killings — creates a psychological portrait of someone who wasn’t just methodical, but disturbingly proud. Was the selfie a trophy? A taunt? Or the self-satisfied smirk of a man who believed he’d gotten away with it?
Then, Faddis brings the legal heat — explaining why this evidence could be devastating for the defense, how the alleged receipts demolish claims of “planted evidence,” and what the prosecution will do with a timeline that screams premeditation. Could Kohberger’s team still angle for a plea deal to avoid the death penalty? Or has this case already crossed the line into the inevitable?
Beyond the evidence, Tony and his guests explore the deeper question: Why document your own destruction? From online purchases to photos, the alleged digital breadcrumbs reveal a mindset obsessed with control — and undone by it.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers Year in Review. |
| 0:02.7 | A look back at the biggest stories of 2025. |
| 0:06.9 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Brewski. |
| 0:11.3 | He stood in front of the shower, freshly groomed, wearing a crisp, tightly buttoned up shirt. |
| 0:21.6 | Can anybody ever see anybody wearing shirts this tight anymore, ever? |
| 0:26.6 | Suppose if you're wearing the tie, |
| 0:28.6 | you'd probably button it up there, but there's no tie. |
| 0:31.6 | It's just awkward. |
| 0:35.6 | Brian Coburger, flashing the thumbs up with this little smirk. |
| 0:44.2 | It was 10.31 a.m. on November 13th to 2022, and that date is very noticeable for this conversation, |
| 0:50.9 | and notable, not just noticeable, but notable, because just hours earlier, |
| 0:56.2 | the University of Idaho, four students, they've been murdered, and they're off-campus home. |
| 1:02.8 | No one knew who knew who Brian Koberger was at that moment in time or suspected him at that |
| 1:08.0 | moment in time. |
| 1:09.7 | But here he was taking a selfie. |
| 1:12.6 | That very morning. |
| 1:15.6 | If someone had nothing to do with this, okay. |
| 1:18.3 | Sometimes people take selfies. |
| 1:20.2 | A lot of times people take selfies. |
| 1:22.6 | Brian Coburger doesn't strike me as a selfie kind of guy. |
| 1:26.3 | I could be completely off on that assumption. |
| 1:31.2 | At first glance, the photo might seem like nothing more than an awkward mirror shot. |
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