Maureen O'Connell
25-year FBI veteran and co-host of the 'Best Case Worst Case' podcast
Maureen O'Connell (25-year FBI veteran and co-host of the 'Best Case Worst Case' podcast) has appeared as a guest on 2 episodes in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, Nancy Guthrie disappearance.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
Disappearance of Nancy Guthrie
O'Connell argues that the Guthrie abduction does not resemble a cartel-style kidnapping.
“they're not they're not running this operation like a cartel would run a a kidnapping because it's a hit and run”
The Megyn Kelly Show: All the LIES in Karmelo Anthony Case From “The View,” with VDH, and Former FBI Special Agent Says She's 75% Confident There Will Be Arrest in Guthrie Case | Ep. 1345 (Jun 23, 2026) · Listen from 2:22:17
O'Connell predicts that investigators will identify the man on the porch and that doing so will open up the case.
“I think they're getting close to. The porch guy. And when they get the porch guy, the floodgates shall swing open”
The Megyn Kelly Show: All the LIES in Karmelo Anthony Case From “The View,” with VDH, and Former FBI Special Agent Says She's 75% Confident There Will Be Arrest in Guthrie Case | Ep. 1345 (Jun 23, 2026) · Listen from 2:07:44
O'Connell says her sources indicate investigators are close to building their case.
“I think they're close right now to pulling this case together. And that's what my sources are telling me”
The Megyn Kelly Show: All the LIES in Karmelo Anthony Case From “The View,” with VDH, and Former FBI Special Agent Says She's 75% Confident There Will Be Arrest in Guthrie Case | Ep. 1345 (Jun 23, 2026) · Listen from 2:05:42
O'Connell says the language of the second ransom note sounds feminine and comforting.
“It sounds feminine to me. A lot of the verbiage is feminine. This buried with nature. It's like they're trying to comfort people”
The Megyn Kelly Show: All the LIES in Karmelo Anthony Case From “The View,” with VDH, and Former FBI Special Agent Says She's 75% Confident There Will Be Arrest in Guthrie Case | Ep. 1345 (Jun 23, 2026) · Listen from 1:38:30
O'Connell rejects the note's claim that the death was unintended and calls the abductors murderers.
“Yeah, it's just utter nonsense. They're murderers. They murdered her, period”
The Megyn Kelly Show: All the LIES in Karmelo Anthony Case From “The View,” with VDH, and Former FBI Special Agent Says She's 75% Confident There Will Be Arrest in Guthrie Case | Ep. 1345 (Jun 23, 2026) · Listen from 1:36:39
Nancy Guthrie disappearance
O'Connell says she believes Savannah Guthrie knows her mother is dead but hopes to bring her home for a celebration of life.
“I actually believe that savannah knows her mom's gone i i don't see any hope left for her to be alive”
The Megyn Kelly Show: CNN Identity Crisis, and How Boys Become Men, with Jesse Kelly, and New Nancy Guthrie Timeline Questions, with James Hamilton and Maureen O'Connell | Ep. 1283 (Mar 27, 2026) · Listen from 2:27:43
O'Connell says the Apple Watch detail and its location are the elements that likely convinced the FBI the first note was credible.
“So it's got a couple of elements that just no one else knew about unless they were there”
The Megyn Kelly Show: CNN Identity Crisis, and How Boys Become Men, with Jesse Kelly, and New Nancy Guthrie Timeline Questions, with James Hamilton and Maureen O'Connell | Ep. 1283 (Mar 27, 2026) · Listen from 2:00:39
O'Connell says the FBI's standard guidance is not to pay a ransom without proof of life.
“Wel, dwi'n meddwl bod y FBI yn ei ddweud, heb arwain o bywyd, nad ydych chi'n gwneud cymorth i'r bobl hyn”
The Megyn Kelly Show: CNN Identity Crisis, and How Boys Become Men, with Jesse Kelly, and New Nancy Guthrie Timeline Questions, with James Hamilton and Maureen O'Connell | Ep. 1283 (Mar 27, 2026) · Listen from 1:36:21
Appearances
All the LIES in Karmelo Anthony Case From “The View,” with VDH, and Former FBI Special Agent Says She's 75% Confident There Will Be Arrest in Guthrie Case | Ep. 1345The Megyn Kelly Show · Jun 23, 2026 · 2 h 31 min
Megyn Kelly, Victor Davis Hanson, and ex-FBI agents Maureen O'Connell and James Hamilton discuss the Karmelo Anthony appeal, Bill Ayers, Bryon Noem, and the Nancy Guthrie ransom notes.
- CNN Identity Crisis, and How Boys Become Men, with Jesse Kelly, and New Nancy Guthrie Timeline Questions, with James Hamilton and Maureen O'Connell | Ep. 1283
The Megyn Kelly Show · Mar 27, 2026 · 2 h 31 min
Megyn Kelly, Jesse Kelly, James Hamilton and Maureen O'Connell discuss the Iran war's political fallout, CNN's identity crisis, raising boys, and the Nancy Guthrie case.
Discussed in
- Taylor Swift's "Big Fat Disney Wedding," Prince Harry's UK Plot, and Nancy Guthrie Ransom Note Debate, with Maureen Callahan | Ep. 1352
The Megyn Kelly Show · Jul 2, 2026 · 1 h 43 min
Megyn Kelly and Maureen Callahan discuss Taylor Swift's Madison Square Garden wedding, Blake Lively's fee demand, the Obamas, the Nancy Guthrie case, and Prince Harry's UK visit.
- Latest Arrest Connected to Karmelo Anthony Case, Nowak Prosecutors Appeal Digwa’s Lenient Sentence, New Developments in Nancy Guthrie Case | Ep. 1348
The Megyn Kelly Show · Jun 26, 2026 · 2 h 9 min
Megyn Kelly discusses the Karmelo Anthony retaliation arrests and Caitlin Clark with Jason Whitlock, the Henry Nowak sentence appeal, and the Nancy Guthrie case with profilers James Fitzgerald and John Kelly.
Often appears with
- Megyn Kelly · 2 shared episodes
- James Hamilton · 2 shared episodes
- Victor Davis Hanson · 1 shared episode
- Jesse Kelly · 1 shared episode