S18E3: Inside the Idaho College Murders | Mystery and Murder: Analysis by Dr. Phil
Mystery and Murder: Analysis by Dr. Phil
Dr. Phil McGraw
4.4 • 10.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2025
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
As the trial date shifts again, Dr. Phil breaks down the psychology of the suspect and the defense’s strategy in one of the most chilling murder cases in recent memory.
What’s taking so long? In Episode 3, Dr. Phil examines why Bryan Kohberger’s trial is delayed until 2025 and what it reveals about the defense's strategy. With exclusive insight into the mental health claims, courtroom motions, and mounting legal complexities, Dr. Phil breaks down how diagnoses like autism and OCD are being weaponized in court. He also revisits his chilling criminal profile from the early days of the case, exploring the “Dark Triad” and how it may apply to Kohberger’s alleged behavior. Plus, the disturbing messages from survivors, new digital evidence, and why prosecutors now say the murder weapon was purchased months before the crime.
Victims remembered: Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, Ethan Chapin.
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| 0:00.0 | Since this episode was recorded, there's been a major update. On July 2nd, 2025, Brian Colberger |
| 0:08.2 | pled guilty to four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary, avoiding |
| 0:14.7 | the death penalty. And just three weeks later, on July 23rd, he was sentenced to four |
| 0:20.3 | consecutive life sentences without parole |
| 0:23.9 | and an additional 10 years for burglary. The court also imposed a $270,000 restitution and civil |
| 0:36.4 | penalties. |
| 0:51.1 | Welcome back to Mystery and Murder, the podcast where, as you know, we unravel the most captivating and infamous true crime cases. |
| 0:53.9 | And the goal is to go beyond the headlines and examine the minds of the perpetrators, |
| 1:01.0 | why they do what they do, and how their actions can help us better understand the human |
| 1:08.0 | psyche. |
| 1:09.0 | We also look at the minds of the victims and how it affects them, how it affects their |
| 1:17.0 | families. |
| 1:18.6 | We just look at the psychological aspects of these terrible episodes and incidences and how they |
| 1:26.2 | impact everybody involved, because it has a ripple effect, |
| 1:30.3 | doesn't it? You know that. Sometimes just going through these and studying them has a ripple |
| 1:35.3 | effect. It touches so many lives, including yours. And so I want to give you the tools to |
| 1:43.3 | use this and analyze it. |
| 1:46.5 | During our last episodes, we dove into the horrifying case of the Moscow-Ida-O murders, |
| 1:53.7 | the shocking and brutal, quadruple homicide that claimed the lives of four college students. |
| 2:00.0 | The suspect that emerged, a 28-year-old |
| 2:03.7 | criminology PhD student named Brian Coburger, who went on to be arrested on December 30th, |
| 2:11.6 | 2022 in connection with the murders. This alleged killer awaits trial and the world is watching. And I say alleged |
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