Kohberger’s “Mom Text” & Donna’s Grand Piano: How Loyalty Turns Criminal

Kohberger’s “Mom Text” & Donna’s Grand Piano: How
Loyalty Turns Criminal

Today’s full Hidden Killers Live digs into two explosive
storylines and a deep psychological dive that ties them together.
First, we unpack a new detail in the Bryan Kohberger case: the
night-after exchange with his mother, including a link she sent
describing the victim’s bruises and fight back. Was it innocent
true-crime chatter between a mom and her criminology-student
son—or something far more unsettling in hindsight? We connect
that moment to Kohberger’s narrow fixations, the “coffee shop
girl,” and his Jekyll/Hyde letters to Washington State
University—groveling in one breath, arrogant and contemptuous
toward a female professor in the next.
Then we pivot to Donna Adelson and the trial reality closing in.
We break down the jailhouse witness who says Donna scripted her
testimony word-for-word, promised packages and phone time, even
floated $10,000, veneers, and a grand piano—with Harvey allegedly
wired in via Zelle/Signal. We weigh how much of that is Donna’s
mouth versus a real logistics web, and whether character-witness
“coffee friends” help or hurt her in front of a jury.

Hour two zooms out to the system beneath the headlines: enmeshed
families. Psychotherapist and author Shavaun Scott joins Tony,
Stacy, and Todd to map the continuum (disengaged balanced
enmeshed), cultural norms around close-knit loyalty, and how a
narcissistic parent converts “love” into control. We get granular
on roles (golden child, scapegoat), why kids learn not to push
back, how “mom in your head” can sabotage adult relationships and
marriages, and why some adult children feel literal relief when a
controlling parent dies. We also confront the hard question: how
does enmeshment escalate from everyday manipulation to
high-stakes loyalty—the kind that risks careers, freedom, and, in
the Adelson world, alleged cover-ups?

If you’re following the Kohberger case, the Adelson trial, or
you’ve lived inside a family where loyalty and control got
tangled, this is two hours of context, questions, and candid
conversation. Drop your take in the comments—what crossed the
line for you today?

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