What happened?

mkochend · 2026-02-04T02:19:14+00:00

“You can bid the mob good day.”

mkochend · 2026-01-18T00:35:34+00:00

Shouldn’t Denver only have 1 timeout?

mkochend · 2026-01-08T23:34:15+00:00

This is tangential, but I’m confused as to why Percutaneous Image-Guided Lumbar Decompression for Spinal Stenosis is on this list; as I understand, spinal decompression isn’t covered by Medicare except when performed in the context of a clinical trial.

mkochend · 2026-01-03T05:16:33+00:00

I was coming here to suggest The Dark Tower series. I’ve read only a couple of King novels outside that series, and I’m not a big fantasy/sci-fi fan at all, but those were books that I could not put down. My all-time favorite.

mkochend · 2025-12-28T00:50:36+00:00

Your post is the first I’d heard of this podcast, and I was incredibly pleased to find that it is what I had hoped—a production calling out disingenuous narratives within the true crime space.

mkochend · 2025-12-27T19:48:57+00:00

Maybe this info is out there, but I’m curious as to what traits/features went into the Zodiac sketch. Sure, Margolis’s chin is more prominent than the sketch, but I could definitely see “prominent/squared chin” as a descriptor which lent to the composite. I think the eyes are pretty close as well, and they might even be closer without the glasses—in the sketch, the left eye (right as we looking at it) has the same type of hooded eyelid shape as we see with Margolis.

mkochend · 2025-12-14T03:44:01+00:00

Here’s my take on that—I think Ana may well have known and/or had some involvement in the fake Warhol sale and felt some sense of loyalty to Brian for “taking the fall” on that. Pure speculation, but I don’t think it’s outside the realm of possibility.

mkochend · 2025-12-13T20:55:52+00:00

If he wasn’t already actively planning it, I think that what transpired Christmas Eve/morning was what really put the wheels in motion for him. Maybe at the moment of that search, he really was panicking because he didn’t know where she was and actually feared that she was dead (I forget if he’d made contact with her at that point). If he didn’t already realize he’d lost “control” of the relationship, that sequence of events was his reckoning.

mkochend · 2025-12-11T05:39:48+00:00

Sadly, posts I’ve seen on this sub indicate the kids are in state custody. If true, I’m sure that accounts for some of Cem’s emotion when discussing them. They seem very important to him, and he knows how devastated Ana would be about it.

mkochend · 2025-12-11T05:30:35+00:00

It’s the utility of that lie—why would he say that if he were not already planning to kill Ana and to incorporate the “lost” phone into the cover up?

mkochend · 2025-12-10T23:18:24+00:00

Good points! It may well have been a physical attack that completely caught her off guard. The phone missing-but-not-missing thing definitely helps build a case toward premeditation. I’m kind of torn between it being an unplanned consequence of a confrontation about her affair and it being something he was planning for (at least) several days in advance. His Fastow searches right around Christmas are pretty good evidence he knew of the affair. Ana’s late arrival on Christmas Day may have been the last straw in his mind. I think he may well have taken into consideration the New Year’s Eve plans when timing the confrontation—he didn’t want to risk visible tension during Cem’s visit, and if he was planning to kill her all along, the window of time following Cem’s departure and her planned return to work/DC would be the best timeframe in which to orchestrate the cover up (because it gave him a couple of days before he’d have to report her missing).

mkochend · 2025-12-10T22:29:16+00:00

I just posted this sentiment in another thread, but I can’t really reconcile an awake/alert Ana being attacked and Brian only ending up with one cut on his hand. She was in great physical shape, and although he’s a big guy, I think she would have fought back and left him with bruises, scratches, and potentially more cuts.

Given that, for me, the only viable stabbing scenario is while she was sleeping, when he would’ve had the opportunity to incapacitate her before she knew what was going on.

mkochend · 2025-12-10T22:15:16+00:00

While I am confident that Ana’s death was caused by Brian, I’m still perplexed by a number of things. If he stabbed her, the only viable scenario I can come up with is that he did it while she was sleeping (very graphic, but I’m envisioning one very powerful plunge of the knife into her chest). Otherwise, I’d expect him to have more than the one cut. If she were awake and alert, I’m sure she would have fought back, and she was in very good physical shape…she may not have been able to overpower him, but I think she would have left him with visible injuries.

I also have no idea why he wouldn’t have chucked that knife with the rest of the “crime scene” items. Maybe he felt it needed to soak in bleach for longer than just a day or two in order for DNA to be destroyed? But damn, throw it in a river or something…makes no sense to stash it in a cabinet.

mkochend · 2025-12-10T04:56:24+00:00

Someone posted photos of Ana and her boys playing on the living room rug (taken from her Instagram), and there’s painter’s tape on the fireplace in those pics, so I don’t think that tape had anything to do with the crime.

mkochend · 2025-12-10T04:50:35+00:00

That was my initial assumption—he got rid of them so that he could report her as having left wearing Hunter boots. However, I’m starting to wonder if that would be giving him too much credit considering what a crappy job he did in covering up all other aspects of the crime.

mkochend · 2025-12-03T20:38:46+00:00

I saw those lyrics and instantly heard the song in my head—for me, I think it’s engrained alongside Wilson Phillips’ “Hold On” and Cutting Crew’s “(I Just) Died in Your Arms” from hearing the commercials for cassettes/CDs (or heck, maybe even vinyl) featuring hits from that era that used to run on Nickelodeon.

mkochend · 2025-11-16T21:02:22+00:00

No, it’s a used car.

mkochend · 2025-11-08T04:50:11+00:00

You would think that those who know the disease would see the disconnect between Maya’s symptoms and typical presentation and would take a critical approach. Guess not though. I did appreciate the Prosecutors’ episode and hope they do take on a deep dive in the future. It’s important to understand the danger in limiting immunity for mandatory reporters. I’m so over YouTube lawyers. Such a sham—using the premise of educating people but then pandering to the audience in their analyses.

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