Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - Introducing NYPOSTcast: A brand new daily podcast by the New York Post

Episode Date: September 22, 2025

Start your day with the news only the New York Post can deliver, with their brand-new daily podcast, NYPOSTcast. From the iconic newspaper that pulls no punches, you’ll get the headlines you need and the stories you want. Every episode includes a deep dive into a headline impacting your world plus, the Post’s signature mix of politics, business, pop culture, true crime, and everything in between. In today's episode, host Caitlyn Becker looks at the Charlie Kirk memorial service, a shooting at a wedding in New Hampshire, and an Oregon Senator who's children are being blamed for the suicide of a family assistant. Subscribe and find the NY POSTcast in your feeds every morning!Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ny-postcast/id1820479072 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1tpSTdOoWDvDfnjX0YsQSFSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hi, guys, all of you crime stories listeners, I want to thank you for joining us so often. And please take a listen to the brandy morning news podcast. It's a mix of headlines covering the biggest stories from national news, sadly to politics, and most importantly, to true crime. It's hosted by Caitlin Becker, and it's called the NY Postcast, short for New York Postcast. And it's from one of my favorite news outlets, if not my very favorite news. outlet. The New York Post, the best banners in the world. Take a listen. I think you'll really enjoy the episodes. Our greatest evangelist for liberty became immortal. That's all President

Trump paid tribute to Charlie Kirk at a memorial attended by tens of thousands. I have all the details from the emotional service. Plus the latest on a horrific mass shooting at a New Hampshire wedding. What the shooter yelled during the attack could offer clues to a possible motive. And the kids aren't all right. Senator Ron Wyden's children have been blamed for driving his wife's assistant to commit suicide, according to a bombshell lawsuit. Those stories and more today. Monday, September 22nd. I'm Caitlin Becker, and this is the New York Postcast. He's a martyr now. That's just part of how President Trump helped lay Charlie Kirk to rest in front of a football stadium filled with mourners in Arizona. The president described the

shock he felt when he learned of Kirk's death and said he believed that Kirk was killed because he was winning on what he called progressive college campuses. Trump also shared the last words Charlie said to him, quote, please, sir, save Chicago. The president promised to do just that, as he has for several weeks now, to send the National Guard and federal agents to the city to curb crime. The most emotional moments, though, as you'd expect, they came from Kirk's widow, Erica. My husband, Charlie, he wanted to save.

young men just like the one who took his life that man that young man I forgive him other speakers who took the stage included Donald Trump Jr., Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Vice President J.D. Vance, who ended his speech

by speaking right to Charlie, saying, quote, I love you, my friend, we've got it from here. Now to New Hampshire, where one couple's fairy tale day turned into an absolute nightmare when a gunman stormed into the Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua and opened fire during their wedding, leaving one dead and several others injured. 23-year-old Hunter Nadau was later IDed as the alleged shooter armed with a handgun. One wedding guest who was killed is being hailed hero. Witnesses say Robert to Caesar went after the gunman as soon as he kicked through the door of the dining room in an attempt to protect his family.

The father of two was shot and killed while two others were injured by the shooter. Other injuries were sustained as roughly 100 wedding guests ran for cover. One witness said it appeared as if the shooter was specifically going after to Caesar, but police haven't indicated whether or not he was actually targeted. Another witnesses reported Nadeau shouted, Free Palestine during the shooting. The alleged shooter was promptly taken into custody. He's been charged with second-degree murder and is set to be arranged later today.

And while Nadeau's motive is unclear at this point, his apparent shouting of Free Palestine suggests this might be. be the latest instance of the polarizing topic turning violent here in the US. But globally, the tide is taking a different term. This week marks the beginning of the high-profile meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York. The UK, Canada, and Australia all took the opportunity to officially recognize a Palestinian state. And while the move was largely expected, it was still met with outrage from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Late night host Jimmy Kimmel's representatives are reportedly in discussions with Disney

over how his situation, post-Turley Kirk comments, and subsequent indefinite suspension can be resolved. Their goal is for Kimmel to be able to resume taping and get back on the air. The sideline star is said to be concerned for his crew, according to sources who talked to Vanity Fair, and what a permanent cancellation would mean for their livelihoods. An insider notes that a lot of them are still trying to recover from the 2023 actor's strike that took the show off the air, which stopped paychecks. Meanwhile, Kimmel got some surprising support, I guess we'll call it, from a problem. Senator Ted Cruz. While the Texas lawmaker was careful to note that he was not a fan of Kimmel's.

He also criticized FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr's threats to revoke ABC's broadcast license as something out of a quote, mafioso playbook. Here's some of what he said on his podcast on Friday. I hate what Jimmy Kimmel said. I am thrilled that he was fired. But let me tell you, if the government gets in the business of saying, we don't like what you, the media have said, We're going to ban you from the airwaves if you don't say what we like. That will end up bad for conservatives. President Trump spent part of his weekend calling for former FBI director James Comey, Senator Adam Schiff, and New York Attorney General Letitia James to be prosecuted by the Justice

Department swiftly, saying all three are, quote, guilty as hell, but nothing is going to be done. guilty as hell of what he didn't say. But the president also claimed to have reviewed 30 statements and posts, saying Attorney General Pam Bondi's team at the DOJ is, quote, all talk, no action. The president has sung the prices of Bondi several times since taking office for a second term, but now he's pressuring her to do more to prosecute people perceived as his enemies. The president complained that Bondi's Justice Department nominated a, quote, Democrat-supported U.S. attorney in Virginia. That man, Eric Siebert, had his nomination withdrawn over the week. and was replaced by Trump's former attorney, Lindsay Halligan. So is Bondi really in the hot seat and should the people Trump name-checked be worried, too? The Post's political reporter Ryan King has been following all of this and he joins me now. So Ryan, let's start with Pam Bondi. The president previously was a Bondi Stan praising her work for the DC Crime Crackdown and his plans for the kind of sequel that he wanted to see in Memphis.

Now he's taking jabs at her at Truth Social and then an hour later praising her again, he's hot needs cold. So what exactly is Pam Bondi's status in Trump world? Yeah, well, I think President Trump clearly put her on notice. He made clear later on that he is supporting her and still believes that she's doing a great job, but he made sure to list out a few complaints that he had with her, particularly over the DOJ's handling of investigations into three of his rivals. In particular, he was also unhappy with how she handled the federal attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, Eric Siebert, who, of course, is in charge of or had been in charge of overseeing the investigation into Letitia James. Trump recently,

over the weekend, moved to oust him. And it was, you know, pretty dramatic for the president to go on truth social and to criticize the DOJ for not being more aggressive in investigating his rivals. Now, he did, again, walk it back in a subsequent truth social post, but But then to reporters, when he was questioned about this, he said that he just wants to get these issues resolved. And he said that he thinks it's just taking too long, regardless of whether or not there's evidence to ultimately prosecute them. He just wants this issue to be settled.

Now, as for Bondi standing in Maguworld, generally, I'd say it's pretty fair to say that she's underwater right now. She might be okay with President Trump, but on somewhat thin ice with him. But like with Magistars, such as Steve Bannon, Megan Kelly, Laura Lume. et cetera. It's very clear that they're not happy with her because of a number of things that she's done, particularly her handling of the Epstein drama. And in more recently, her suggestion that the government can go after hate speech. She said that last week and that kicked up a bit of a firestorm and there are multiple conservative stars that called for her to be fired.

Yeah, there's really two lenses to view her through right now, her relationship with the president and the Trump administration and with the president's base and the MAGA following. So that there is a bit of a differentiation there. Now, you mentioned Letitia James there, and I want to dig a little deeper into the president's beef with the New York AG. The issue here is also connected to the Virginia U.S. Attorney Drama, as you said. So can you just explain a little bit of what the heck is going on here? Where does the real issue? Where's it rooted? Yeah, and this really seemed to be the issue that was big undercurrent in the president's criticism of Bondi. So Latisha James had, of course, overseeing a big investigation into the Trump organization and ultimately brought forward a civil

case against his business empire. And that resulted in a half a billion dollar fine that was recently overturned by an appeals court. But that, of course, angered President Trump. And the federal prosecutor that had been in charge of investigating this, Eric Seaburn, who the president recently ousted, Trump was complaining that he was basically dragging his feet in this investigation wasn't being more aggressive. And his investigation into Lachisha James really revolved around accusations that surfaced in April of mortgage fraud. And it's really technical stuff. But the president felt that the DOJ just has not been making enough progress quickly enough on that case. And he was particularly concerned that that federal prosecutor that he

ousted had the support of two Democrats. So he was ripping him as a rhino and he was kind of blaming Pam Bondi for him being in that acting role. And he recently, of course, replaced him over the weekend. And again, this is just really, I think, the big undercurrent between the president's slashing out at Pan Bombay. I want to just turn your attention to the other names that the president rattled off in that true social kind of tirade that he had, Schiff and Comey. So what is President Trump asking of Bondi in those cases? Yeah, he was a little bit less specific. But I think his general complaint was that those cases are still being too slow, that the DOJ isn't making enough progress fast enough on those fronts. So this includes accusations of mortgage fraud

by Adam Schiff. Now, Schiff, like Letitia James has, of course, denied this. It also includes Russiagate concerns about James Comey. All three of these people have been really, really prominent adversaries of President Trump, particularly during his last administration and in the time in between his two terms in the White House. So it is pretty significant. And I should know also that President Trump really had beefed with his prior to attorney generals during his first administration. He really had big beef with Jeff Sessions and then later with Bill Barr. So he does have a history of kind of clashing with the head of the DOJ. He definitely does seem to not only have a history of the clashes, but that kind of roller coaster of up and down, up and down, up and down,

support, not supporting, support not supporting. So I guess we are seeing a bit of rinse and repeat as we have seen previously. Thank you so much for joining us, Ryan. Yes, thank you. A new lawsuit is making disturbing claims that the children of Oregon Senator Ron Wyden bullied a personal assistant working for the family to the point of suicide. Brandon O'Brien worked for the Democratic Senator's wife, Nancy, owner of the famous Strand bookstore in New York. And according to court docs, he was often tasked with taking care of the couple's children. Now, when I said the claims in this case were disturbing, I not only meant the suicide itself, but also the twisted things the family is accused of doing. Skip ahead 60 seconds

if you don't want to hear it. The suit, which was filed by Brandon's husband, claims the Wyden's then 10-year-old daughter allegedly exposed herself to O'Brien, making, quote, sexually explicit comments and asked about his, quote, intimate life during school drop-offs. The senator's teenage son is accused in the suit of taunting O'Brien with homophobic slurs and threatening him physically. And in one alleged violent encounter, Nancy Wyden reportedly tried to mace her son in an effort to restrain him but hit O'Brien instead. Now, Wyden's lawyers are seeking to get this lawsuit tossed, calling it, quote, baseless and deeply misguided, riddled with false accusations.

Now, O'Brien quit in frustration in September of 2024, and at the time, Nancy Wyden accused him of stealing $650,000. He then took his own life this past matter. And finally today, a dating app love story. Maybe. A woman on hinge is ready to play ball with one suitor for a very interesting reason. This single lady posted a picture of herself at a baseball game on the app and she asked prospective dates if they could tell where she was.

One guy replied, not just with the location, but the date of the game and even the inning during which the photo was snapped. His bizarrely specific guess was right. The location, arguably pretty easy to get. Yes, any Yankee fan and many Yankee haters could easily see it was taken at Yankee Stadium. The rest of it was some CIA-level work. The guy deduced the rest based on the fact that the Baltimore Orioles in the field include their catcher and pitcher, and the time of the year on the clothing being worn in the stands.

Yeah, it's a lot. The online reactions were split between A for effort and S for S for Scare the Girl Away. Now, the post was not able to confirm whether or not the two actually ever went on a date, but my fingers are crossed, both for their potential love match and for her head, not ending up in his freezer. Maybe he just likes puzzles. Maybe he's really smart. Maybe he'd be ace at trivia or an escape room.

Maybe she'll need to escape from shackles in his basement. Love is a gamble, my friends. But there is no gamble with this podcast, though. I'm here for you five days a week, so like and follow the New York Postcast wherever you get your podcast and on YouTube. And for everything else you need to know on this fine Monday morning, head to the New York Post in print or online. tomorrow. Thank you guys for listening to this episode of the NY Postcast, short for New York

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