The Delphi Case They Don’t Want You to See: Richard Allen’s Legal Battle
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Tony Brueski
4.2 • 612 Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
The Delphi murders remain one of the most haunting true crime cases in America — but the conviction of Richard Allen is not the end of the story. In this unflinching conversation with defense attorney and Defense Diaries host Bob Motta, we examine every layer of the case: the appeal process, the prison conditions that pushed Allen to the brink, the questionable evidence presented at trial, and the personal toll on his family.
We explore why “bridge guy” may not be the killer, how witness descriptions don’t match the defendant, and why the “unspent round” ballistic evidence could be one of the weakest links in the state’s case. We dig into the role — and absence — of Kathy Allen at trial, the strategic decisions that shaped the defense, and the broader implications for justice when high-profile cases become political pressure cookers.
This is the Delphi case without the sound bites — a deep dive into the facts, the legal strategy, and the human cost. Whether you believe Allen is guilty or innocent, the details here will challenge what you think you know.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske. |
| 0:03.5 | Here now, Tony Bruske. |
| 0:06.5 | Well, another documentary is out, and with it comes renewed interest in the case of Delphi. |
| 0:13.7 | And that's a good thing, because I think to a lot of us, this is not a settled case. |
| 0:19.8 | Richard Allen, the man convicted of killing Liberty and Abby in that hiking trail or on |
| 0:27.6 | that hiking trail, right by that bridge. |
| 0:29.7 | He is away for the rest of his life. |
| 0:32.4 | But when you dive deep into it like we have over the years and you can go back in our archives, |
| 0:37.3 | Bob's or mine, and you will find there are far too many questions that do not have answers. |
| 0:44.0 | So joining me to discuss Bob Mata, defense attorney, host of the podcast, Defense Diaries. |
| 0:49.6 | You have been close to this as they were developing the documentary. |
| 0:56.7 | And you've also just recently had some conversations with Andrew Baldwin as well, attorney for Richard Allen. |
| 1:03.4 | Let's just start at the beginning here. |
| 1:05.5 | Let's get everybody caught up. |
| 1:07.0 | Where is the appeal process at at this moment in time so the brief is in process of being drafted |
| 1:16.3 | and most recently i think within the last seven days uh the appellate council filed uh for a request |
| 1:26.4 | for an extension of time to get their brief filed. |
| 1:30.8 | I think that they asked for, I'm guessing here, based on my memory, I think it was a date of |
| 1:37.4 | or like in and around September 7th. So, which means that at that point that they have to get their brief in, once that happens, |
| 1:47.7 | it obviously gets tendered over to the state. And whoever's preparing, I don't know if it's the |
| 1:52.3 | attorney general for Indiana, whoever's going to handle the appeal for the state is going to file |
| 1:58.7 | their reply brief or their response brief. |
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