meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

Was Bryan Kohberger Driven by Incel Rage? | Unmasking a Possible Motive in the Idaho Murders

Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

True Crime Today

True Crime, News, News Commentary

3791 Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Was Bryan Kohberger Driven by Incel Rage? | Unmasking a Possible Motive in the Idaho Murders

Description:
Was the Idaho killer fueled by incel ideology? In Part 4 of our deep-dive into the incel phenomenon, we examine the disturbing case of Bryan Kohberger—the criminology Ph.D. student accused of murdering four University of Idaho students—and how his life story eerily mirrors those of known incel killers.

We analyze Kohberger’s social isolation, history of rejection, alleged creepy behavior toward women, and even his bizarre post-Tinder date comment about “birthing hips.” We break down how he messaged one of the victims repeatedly before the murders, stalked the house multiple times, and may have operated under an online alias referencing Elliot Rodger. And what does it mean that the killings appeared targeted, methodical, and focused on attractive college women?

Though Kohberger hasn’t been formally linked to any incel group, the patterns are disturbingly familiar: loneliness, resentment, misogyny, and escalation.

We also explore what experts like former FBI agents and forensic psychologists have said about the incel theory—and why even without a manifesto, this case raises serious red flags about male entitlement, gendered violence, and the deadly blend of personal failure with online extremism.

If you think this was just another case of evil without reason, think again. Because the warning signs were there—and they sound just like the ones we’ve seen before.

#BryanKohberger #IdahoMurders #IncelMotive #TrueCrimePsychology #KohbergerAnalysis #DarkWebCulture #EntitledViolence #IncelTheory #MisogynisticExtremism #BlackpillBehavior

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

This is Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske.

0:03.0

Here now, Tony Bruske.

0:07.0

When news broke of the brutal quadruple homicide in Moscow, Idaho in November of 2022,

0:12.0

the country collectively recoiled in horror.

0:16.0

Four bright young University of Idaho students,

0:19.0

Madison Mogan, Kaylee Gonzalez,

0:26.2

Zana Kurnodl, and Ethan Schapen were slaughtered in their sleep in what appeared to be a cold,

0:27.4

calculated attack.

0:32.8

For weeks, there was no suspect, no weapon, no known motive, just blood, grief.

0:55.5

A lot of questions. Then came Brian Koberger, criminology PhD student, arrested in Pennsylvania and charged with the murders. His background stunned people, a man studying criminal minds, had become the prime suspect and one of the most savage murders in recent American memory.

1:02.9

And the details trickled out. A disturbing theory started to emerge. Was Brian Coburger driven by the same misogynistic resentment that's defined in-cell motivated killers like

1:08.9

Elliot Roger and Alec, Minneson.

1:14.2

We don't know for sure, but what we do know suggested as a very real chilling possibility.

1:22.8

The murders took place in the early morning hours hours of November 13th, 2022. The

1:29.3

victims, Madison, Kaly, and Zana

1:30.9

chaired a house just off campus. Zana's

1:33.3

boyfriend, Ethan, had stayed over that

1:35.3

night. All four were found stabbed

1:37.2

to death in their bedrooms.

1:39.3

There was no sign of sexual assault,

1:41.2

no theft, just extreme close-up violence.

1:47.4

Police found a K-bar knife sheet at the scene, later matched via DNA to Brian Coburger. Cell phone data placed him

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from True Crime Today, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of True Crime Today and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.