KILLER HUSBAND BRIAN WALSHE TWISTS IN COURT AS WIFE'S LOVER TAKES THE STAND, JURY BRINGS DOWN THE HAMMER
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 24 January 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Brian Walshe has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
This after a Massachusetts jury finds him guilty of killing and dismembering his wife, the mother of their three children, Ana Walshe.
Ana vanished on January 1, 2023.
Walshe, 50, initially plead guilty to improperly disposing of her body and lying to police. He had changed his plea on the two charges before jury selection got underway for the trial, while maintaining that he did not kill her.
Prosecutors say the 48-year-old husband dismembered Ana Walshe and discarded her body in multiple trash cans in the area. Police have recovered blood-stained items from the home, including a hacksaw.
Ana's body has never been found.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.7 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:11.2 | Suspect a killer. |
| 0:13.1 | Suspect a killer husband, Brian Walsh, twists and turns in court as his wife's lover takes the stand. The jury brings down the hammer. |
| 0:27.1 | I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. I want to thank you for being with us. |
| 0:32.0 | A Massachusetts father of three stands trial for his wife Anna Walsh's alleged murder. |
| 0:40.8 | And while he's sitting there, groomed perfectly flanked by a phalanx of attorneys, |
| 0:48.0 | his wife's lover takes the stand. |
| 0:53.2 | That's right, Brian Walsh, accused of murdering and dismembering his wife, Anna, |
| 0:57.4 | the mother of his children, got to sit by and listen to his lover, to her lover on the stand. |
| 1:07.3 | Now, listen to this. And you can't really blame the defense attorney. |
| 1:12.7 | What did he have to work with? |
| 1:14.5 | During opening statements, defense attorney said, |
| 1:16.9 | Brian Walsh found his wife dead in bed on New Year's Day, |
| 1:20.4 | then panicked, lied to police as they investigated her disappearance, |
| 1:25.4 | but swore he didn't kill her. Okay. So he finds her dead and |
| 1:30.6 | didn't call 911. He decided it was a better idea to dismember her and get rid of her body. Okay. |
| 1:36.2 | Juror's also heard testimony from a man who was Anna Walsh's lover on the stand. As well as a voicemail, Brian Walsh left the guy the day she, Anna, |
| 1:49.3 | was reported missing. His name William Fastow, real estate broker in D.C. met Anna while she |
| 1:55.5 | was looking for a home in D.C. and he helped her buy a townhouse. Now, remember, her husband Brian Walsh was on house |
| 2:02.2 | arrest because he's an art con selling fake Andy Warholz. So I guess anybody but him looked |
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