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EPISODE · Jan 6, 2026 · 27 MIN

Richard Allen's Confessions EXPOSED: Wrong Details, Psychotic Episodes, and What the Jury Never Heard

from Delphi Murders: Richard Allen & The Search For The Truth · host True Crime Today

The state's case against Richard Allen came down to his confessions. Without them, there's no eyewitness identification, no DNA, and a bullet "match" that even the state's own expert admitted is subjective. The confessions were everything.So let's talk about what those confessions actually looked like.According to the Appellant's Brief filed in December 2025, Richard Allen confessed while declared "gravely disabled" by Indiana's own doctors. He confessed while smearing feces on himself. While drinking toilet water. While asking if he was dead. While claiming he'd started World War III and rambling about "old bear claw" hypnotizing him.He said he shot the girls. Abby and Libby were stabbed, not shot. He confessed to molesting his sister and daughter—both women denied it. He said a van scared him off mid-attack. According to defense evidence, that van arrived 25 minutes after the phone data suggests the attack ended. Days after confessing to the prison psychologist, he asked her if he had confessed. He couldn't remember doing it.Before five months in maximum-security solitary confinement, Allen sat through two interrogations without breaking. "I did not murder two little girls." After solitary—after losing 45 pounds, after being placed in conditions that violated Indiana's own 30-day policy for mentally ill inmates—he was eating pages from his Bible and banging his head until his face was black and blue.The jury saw videos of Allen in this state. Judge Gull ordered the audio muted. They never heard him screaming. Never heard him incoherent. The prosecution told them his confessions were "logical and organized."Today we examine every confession, every wrong detail, and what the science says about false memories formed in isolation.#DelphiMurders #RichardAllen #DelphiAppeal #AbbyAndLibby #JudgeGull #FalseConfession #DelphiCase #LibbyGerman #AbbyWilliams #DelphiTrialJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISDOES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

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The state's case against Richard Allen came down to his confessions. Without them, there's no eyewitness identification, no DNA, and a bullet "match" that even the state's own expert admitted is subjective. The confessions were everything.So let's...

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