Used His Own Kids For Cover-Up?! EXPLOSIVE Testimony From the Children | James Craig Day 3 Recap

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Hidden True Crime

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🗓️ 18 July 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Day 3 of the James Craig trial —emotions hit the ceiling. Two of the Craigs’ children take the stand, painting a human portrait of their mother: devoted, vibrant, and “had plans for the future.” Meanwhile, prosecutors roll out the detective and digital‑forensics team, detailing how phones, hard drives, and chemical logs tie back to Craig. The courtroom buzzes as a Midland Scientific rep recounts a mysterious cyanide order to his office email—and the shocking “biohazard” package that followed. About Hidden True Crime: What started as a simple conversation at their dinner table became a captivating podcast. Join the dynamic duo of Dr. John Matthias, a criminal psychologist, and Lauren Matthias, an investigative journalist, as they delve into the psychological facets of unthinkable crimes every week. Their unique perspectives and in-depth analysis offer a fresh take on true crime storytelling. Thank you for your support through sponsorships, subscribing, listening, and becoming a Patreon member at Patreon.com/HiddenTrueCrime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, Hidden Gems. We have a show prepared for you, a full recap of everything that happened in court today at the James Craig.
0:12.5	And also I would like to wish everybody happy emoji day because I tried to wish my Gen Z producer happy emoji day and she looked at me and said, what is that? So that is the day
0:23.4	where you get to use your emoji that says July 17th on it. If you know that there's a calendar
0:29.1	emoji, and the date on it is July 17. And that's today. It's also my half birthday. So happy birthday
0:35.7	to me. We'll go celebrate after some drinks. I actually not
0:41.1	really happy that I'm already there. But, all right, let's talk about everything that happened
0:46.3	in court today at the James Craig trial. It was day three of the James Craig trial and it kicked
0:51.6	off at 840 sharp.
1:01.4	But thanks, I have to say, to our new fancy media credentials that I mentioned that we now have, we almost got too comfortable.
1:05.0	We thought we were living the dream, sleeping in like seasoned professionals who got
1:10.3	cocky with our new media designation
1:12.1	until we looked at the clock and we realized we had about 30 seconds to teleport across Denver.
1:18.9	Kua's jumping out of our Uber and sprinting up the courthouse steps.
1:22.5	I actually had to use an inhaler afterwards.
1:24.4	I'm clearly out of shape, but maybe it's also the elevation that got me.
1:28.7	Denver is the mile high city. But hey, we made it, sweaty, slightly panicked, breathing heavy,
1:33.7	but somehow with time to spare since court began 10 minutes late, thankfully, we will be better
1:39.6	tomorrow and get some sleep tonight. James Craig showed up in the same black pinstripe suit jacket.
1:47.1	He wore Monday. So clearly he's on rotation now. We're back to Monday's outfit.
1:52.3	Hair done, looking polished. He really is one of the best dressed defendants I have seen.
1:58.0	And in the front row behind him were some familiar faces. His mom, two brothers with
2:03.3	their wives and his oldest son, Tolliver, who seems to be switching sides each day, possibly still
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