The JonBenét Conspiracies: Presumed Guilty — Ep. 3 | MK Confidential

The Megyn Kelly Show

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Society & Culture, News Commentary, News

4.4 • 38.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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“MK Confidential” continues its deep dive into the murder of JonBenét Ramsey. It is 1997, and the case is being decided not in a courtroom, but on cable news, in the tabloids, and in the court of public opinion. Megyn Kelly traces how a local homicide became a national media obsession: the pageant tapes, police leaks, disputed footprints, handwriting claims, sexual-abuse rumors, Geraldo Rivera’s mock trial, and unidentified male DNA that barely made a headline. By November of that year, 88% of Americans with an opinion blame one or both parents, a verdict built on months of media spin, not evidence tested in court. This is Episode 3 of 5 in The JonBenét Conspiracies. Birch Gold: Text MK to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold. Supersure: Ditch the Jargon: Simplify Your Insurance at https://Supersure.com/Megyn Follow The Megyn Kelly Show on all social platforms: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MegynKelly Twitter: http://Twitter.com/MegynKellyShow Instagram: http://Instagram.com/MegynKellyShow Facebook: http://Facebook.com/MegynKellyShow Find out more information at:https://www.devilmaycaremedia.com/megynkellyshow

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0:00.0	It's November 1997, a makeshift television studio in Boulder, Colorado dressed up as a courtroom,
0:07.9	a bench, a witness stand, a jury box, and a studio audience. But it is not a courthouse. It is a daytime
0:15.1	talk show hosted by Geraldo Rivera. And over several days, he puts the parents of a murdered six-year-old little girl on trial,
0:23.7	live on national television.
0:26.2	No one has been arrested.
0:27.8	No one's been charged.
0:29.6	There is no real defense, no judge, no law.
0:33.5	The defendants, John and Patsy Ramsey,
0:36.2	are not even in the room.
0:41.3	And at the end of it, Geraldo's jury returns a verdict. We the jury find John Bennett Ramsey liable for the wrongful death of John Bonnet Ramsey.
0:47.3	And as to Patsy?
0:48.3	We the jury find Patsy Ramsey liable for the wrongful death of Jean Bonnet Ramsey.
0:53.3	To the best of our knowledge, there is no real evidence in this case that points in any direction
0:59.0	other than straight into the faces of John and for Patsy Ramsey.
1:05.0	Liable for the wrongful death of their own baby girl.
1:10.0	The verdict is not handed down by a court,
1:12.2	but by a TV audience,
1:14.3	an audience made up of staff from Boulder TV stations,
1:18.9	guests at the local hotel,
1:21.1	and other, quote, invite only attendees.
1:24.5	This, in a case where no one has been charged with anything.
1:29.6	Geraldo and his squadron of producers with no due process to the family give us a final
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