Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield

Brian Hooker has officially been spotted for the first time since leaving the Bahamas after his wife, Lynette Hooker, vanished. An exclusive photo obtained by Drop Dead Serious shows Brian at his mother’s home in Sacramento as the U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service continues its federal murder investigation into Lynette’s disappearance. Do the feds finally have enough evidence to make their move, and if so, why hasn’t Brian Hooker been arrested?
In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani joins Ashleigh Banfield to explain how federal murder investigations work, why prosecutors often build nearly their entire case before making an arrest, and what the delay could mean for Brian. Brian Hooker has not been charged with a crime and denies any wrongdoing.

Instagram Influencer & OnlyFans Model Courtney Clenney was facing the possibility of life in prison for the fatal stabbing of her boyfriend, Christian “Toby” Obumseli. Instead, the 30-year-old Instagram influencer has secured the plea deal of a LIFETIME that could have her walking free in as little as 18 to 20 months. Clenney, known online as “Courtney Tailor,” was originally charged with second-degree murder with a deadly weapon after stabbing Obumseli inside their Miami apartment on April 3, 2022. Just weeks before her murder trial was expected to begin, she pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of manslaughter with a deadly weapon and received six years in prison, five years of probation and credit for the four years she has already served.
In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield is joined by former Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg to examine how a murder case built around disturbing videos, explosive audio recordings and disputed claims of self-defense ended with such an astonishingly lenient sentence.

Was 35-year-old Lindsay Clancy a mother consumed by severe postpartum mental illness or a calculating killer who sent her husband away before strangling their three children? Lindsay Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse, admits killing five-year-old Cora, three-year-old Dawson, and eight-month-old Callan with exercise bands inside their Duxbury, Massachusetts home in January 2023, then cutting herself and jumping from a second-story window. Prosecutors say she deliberately created an opportunity to be alone with the children and knew her actions were wrong. Her defense argues she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and should be found not guilty by reason of insanity. 
In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield is joined by renowned criminologist, attorney, and Criminal Appeal host Dr. Casey Jordan to dissect the most pivotal testimony and evidence to emerge from the Lindsay Clancy trial. They examine the disturbing evidence pointing to both psychosis and planning, and the question now facing the jury: Was Lindsay so mentally ill that she could no longer distinguish right from wrong, or was she fully aware that murdering her children was wrong?

Strange new clues are surfacing in the unsolved murder of Brooke Hanlon, the 35-year-old psychotherapist and new mother found stabbed to death inside her secluded Chester Township, New Jersey, home on June 6. Nearly two months later, no arrest has been made and investigators have not named a suspect. Now, Daily Mail reporter Dana Kennedy has uncovered troubling new details about the investigation, including questions surrounding Brooke’s husband Conor Hanlon’s frantic 911 call, the couple’s baby daughter, the family’s silence and when police began questioning neighbors.
In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield speaks with Dana Kennedy about what she discovered while reporting from the scene, the unusual response she received from Conor Hanlon’s family and the critical questions authorities still have not answered. Conor has not been accused of any crime or wrongdoing, but with Brooke’s killer still unidentified, the mystery surrounding her brutal death only continues to deepen.

For the first time, the full Nancy Guthrie ransom notes reveal the alleged kidnappers’ complete series of demands, deadlines and chilling threats, including claims that Nancy “perished” and was “buried in nature.” But another bombshell is now raising serious questions about the investigation: Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos says no one has been ruled out, including two individuals previously detained in connection with this case and members of Nancy’s own family.
In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield examines the ransom notes in full, breaks down the mystery DNA details, the latest evidence, and the troubling questions still surrounding the search for Savannah Guthrie’s missing 84-year-old mother.