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Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

Cult of Karen: Inside the Extremes of Her Supporters and Detractors

Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

True Crime, News, News Commentary

3791 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Cult of Karen: Inside the Extremes of Her Supporters and Detractors
An intoxicated woman. A dead police officer. A community split down the middle. What started as a tragic accident has spiraled into a full-blown war of public opinion, complete with viral conspiracy theories, witness intimidation, and phone dumps on army bases. In this chilling breakdown of the Karen Read case, psychotherapist and author Shavaun Scott helps unpack why average people have transformed into digital crusaders—camping outside courthouses, harassing witnesses, and clinging to narratives that might never be proven. What is it about this case that triggers such intense tribal loyalty? And how do internet echo chambers create alternate realities with devastating real-world consequences? From the psychology of conspiracies to the shady behavior of investigators, this conversation exposes how modern true crime isn’t just about guilt or innocence—it’s about identity.

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This is Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske.

0:33.2

Here now, Tony Bruske.

0:36.3

Let's talk about the optics of this trial and what has been created outside of the courtroom.

0:45.7

The rabid people on, I'll say both sides to a certain extent, that they're there, they're fighting for someone. Sometimes they

0:54.8

don't even know them. Sometimes they're coming from other states, other countries to support.

1:00.1

Karen Reed, it seems to be what we've seen a lot of. And going to very extremes to show that

1:07.5

support, harassing witnesses, trying to intimidate them, trying to push their narrative,

1:13.5

you know, no matter what, it's been spooky. You have people, there are people in this trial,

1:22.1

or not in this trial, who refuse to testify because they're intimidated. They don't want to be part of this.

1:28.5

They don't want to go say what their account of the day was because if they do and it goes

1:36.6

against what narrative Karen has, you got the flying monkeys that are going to go after

1:41.5

her.

1:42.1

Is this going to become, you think, the new reality of a lot of cases where it's this side or that side

1:48.9

and nobody is looking at the middle other than us?

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