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Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

Delphi’s Ritual Theory – Why the Jury Never Heard About Brad Holder

Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

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🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Delphi’s Ritual Theory – Why the Jury Never Heard About Brad Holder
Among the most controversial elements of the Delphi case is the so-called “Odinism theory” — the claim that Abby and Libby’s murders had ritualistic elements tied to Norse pagan beliefs. The crime scene reportedly featured sticks arranged in rune-like patterns on the victims’ bodies.

Brad Holder’s name surfaced in court filings from Richard Allen’s defense as one of several locals allegedly associated with Odinist imagery. His connection to the case is direct: his son dated one of the victims. Social media posts showed staged images eerily similar to the alleged crime scene arrangements, rune symbols on his hand, and a cryptic comment posted just days after the murders: “Your real ones don’t judge you… They help you move the body and never speak of it again.”

Despite the disturbing parallels, the state dismissed the Odinism theory as speculative, and the judge barred any mention of it in front of the jury. Holder was never charged, and the jury deciding Allen’s fate never heard about the alleged ritual elements.

In this episode, we examine the Odinism theory, Holder’s alleged connections, and why potentially exculpatory evidence was kept out of the courtroom — raising deeper questions about whether Allen’s trial was a fair search for truth or a curated story with key chapters missing.

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0:00.0

This is Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske. Here now, Tony Bruske. By now, we've talked about

0:07.6

proximity. We've talked about grooming two angles that make you question how Richard Allen became

0:12.8

the focal point at all. But this last thread, this one pulls us straight into territory that's

0:19.6

harder to wave away. The so-called Odinism theory.

0:22.6

It starts with something most of us would have missed entirely.

0:26.6

The way sticks and branches were arranged on the victim's bodies,

0:29.6

not just tossed on to conceal them, but placed deliberately in patterns that experts say resemble

0:35.6

Norse pagan ruins.

0:37.9

I know it sounds crazy.

0:39.6

I thought it sounded insane the first time I heard it.

0:42.3

And then I started looking into it.

0:44.5

And then, oh God, this seems to make sense.

0:48.6

There's people who are into this stuff right there, connected to the girls.

0:58.4

The FBI noticed it. crime specialists noticed it even casual observers saw it and did saw it didn't look random

1:04.0

but the court the investigators Nick McLean in a slickbacked LA gear here there do

1:10.3

they still sell LA gear neck or is this just like a big, big, bulk product that you bought back in the day and you just got freaking cupboards of it? Is it still good after all those years? I suppose you could be buying some new product. They still sell hair gel it is don't go to the cold i used to

1:29.4

put hair gel in my hair when i was in high school when i had hair in wisconsin and go up for the bus

1:35.8

it freezes can actually break off you don't want what you have left to break off trust me you don't

1:43.4

just just go bald it's okay it's a good look i like it it might serve you well too want what you have left to break off. Trust me, you don't. Just go bold.

1:44.6

It's okay.

1:45.4

It's a good look.

1:46.3

I like it.

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