Circumstantial evidence
Subject in True Crime
Circumstantial evidence has come up in 7 episodes across 4 podcasts in TMT, including Crime Junkie, Morbid, 48 Hours. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Ashley FlowersCreator and host of the true crime podcast Crime Junkie and founder of Audiochuck
Flowers cautioned that Bierbaum's criminal and disciplinary record does not prove he is capable of murder.
“friendly reminder that none of these things prove that he's capable of murder”
Crime Junkie: MURDERED: Joyce LePage Part 2 (Jul 27, 2026) · Listen from 33:48
Flowers said a Bierbaum family member told police of a poem he wrote about a dead girl in a river.
“one of Bruce's family members who told police they found a poem that he wrote about a dead girl looking up at him from the river”
Crime Junkie: MURDERED: Joyce LePage Part 2 (Jul 27, 2026) · Listen from 31:08
Alaina UrquhartCo-host of Morbid, autopsy technician and author of the Butcher novels
Urquhart said Skakel's conviction was never assured given the circumstantial evidence and the long delay before trial.
“But in truth, his conviction was just never a sure bet”
Morbid: The Murder of Martha Moxley (Part 2) (Jun 4, 2026) · Listen from 45:26
Urquhart cautioned that while the evidence looked damning, examined closely it proved little on its own.
“When you really pull apart the pieces though, you go, well, you have to think of every part of this”
Morbid: The Murder of Martha Moxley (Part 2) (Jun 4, 2026) · Listen from 19:04
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- Crime Junkie · 2 episodes
- Morbid · 2 episodes
- 48 Hours · 2 episodes
- The Megyn Kelly Show · 1 episode
Episodes
MURDERED: Joyce LePage Part 2Crime Junkie · Jul 27, 2026 · 47 min
Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat examine the remaining suspects in the 1971 murder of WSU student Joyce LePage, including her roommate Bruce Bierbaum.
Platner Allegation EXPOSES the Media, and the Tyler Robinson Defense REVEALED, with Bevan, Halperin, Aronberg, Holloway, Geragos, Eiglarsh, and Spilbor | Ep. 1354The Megyn Kelly Show · Jul 7, 2026 · 2 h 28 min
Megyn Kelly discusses the Graham Platner rape allegation with Tom Bevan and Mark Halperin, then analyzes Tyler Robinson's preliminary hearing with five legal commentators.
Blanche Taylor Moore, The Oldest Woman on Death Row (Part 2)Morbid · Jul 2, 2026 · 1 h 7 min
Morbid hosts Alaina Urquhart and Ash Kelley conclude the case of Blanche Taylor Moore, who poisoned Reverend Dwight Moore with arsenic and was sentenced to death.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Tripp BrazealeCrime Junkie · Jun 8, 2026 · 1 h 18 min
Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat examine the 2024 death of 15-year-old Tripp Brazeale in Forrest City, Arkansas, ruled a suicide after a deputy's pursuit.
- The Murder of Martha Moxley (Part 2)
Morbid · Jun 4, 2026 · 56 min
Morbid hosts Alaina Urquhart and Ash Kelley conclude the Martha Moxley case, covering Michael Skakel's changed alibi, Mark Fuhrman's book, conviction, appeals, and dropped charges.
The Secret48 Hours · May 27, 2026 · 41 min
Correspondent Tracy Smith reports on the 2007 disappearance of Georgia 911 dispatcher Teresa Parker and the no-body murder trial of her police-officer husband, Sam Parker.
- Desperate Measures
48 Hours · May 14, 2026 · 41 min
Peter Van Sant reports on the 2010 shooting deaths of Dennis and Merna Koula in Wisconsin and the circumstantial murder case against their son Eric.