Tom Webster

Hi everybody,

I had the opportunity to debate Richard Allen’s guilt with his attorneys Andy Baldwin and Jennifer Auger. You may have seen them on TV or YouTube stating they believe Rick is innocent, but not getting much pushback on certain facts from the hosts…until Dec. 22, 2025 when they were generous with their time to debate the case with me for over 6 hours (Auger had to leave after 3 hours).

My goal was to show what I believe are the undeniable facts that show Rick was Bridge Guy, possibly leading his attorneys to question his innocence and ask him about it and hopefully Rick finally telling the world what happened. I was hoping to ease the continuing stress for the victim’s families, and anyone who thinks Rick was falsely convicted, as the appeal possibly proceeds for years. Spoiler alert: I failed at my goal.

I will upload the full discussion (with minor edits) as a “premiere” which means there will be a chat window to the right of the video when I first make it public. You won’t be able to fast-forward until after the first airing. There will be chapters indicating different topics timestamps, so you don’t have to watch the full 6 hours after the premiere.

Saturday, January 17 at:
US: 8:00 am PT / 11:00 am ET
London: 4:00 pm
Sydney: 3:00 am (Sunday. Sorry, but it will still be going when you wake up at 8:00 am.)

If you join the chat and are wondering when the heck it will end: 6 hours and 37 minutes later.

I posted 3 “shorts” preview videos and a 16-minute preview of some of the discussion and some questions that will be answered in the full video. The topics were mostly related to case facts / Rick being guilty or not guilty, and not the drama surrounding the case like leaks, the defense getting thrown off the case, etc. I didn’t get to ask many questions I prepared because Jennifer spent 3 hours and Andy over 6 hours and it was on a workday and I wanted to respect their time, but it was a very interesting discussion and I learned new things about the case.

I know there are strong opinions in this case, but just ask that people be polite in their comments in the chat/under the videos. Andy and Jennifer are business owners who were nice enough to agree to debate some random fool like me for many hours on a workday during a holiday week and were polite in their disagreements with me about case analysis.

Thanks

4 months ago | [YT] | 426

Tom Webster

In 24 hours, my deep dive video on John O’Keefe and Karen Read will debut as a “premiere” which means there will be a live chat box to the right of the video. You will not be able to fast forward until the end of the video (almost 4 hours later).

If you are familiar with the case, I suggest you don’t waste time with the first parts of the video which are for people new to the case. Below are the time stamps of topics if you want to join around 1 hour and 35 minutes after it starts when I will review my spreadsheets of evidence for and against Karen and other suspects.

Chapters
00:00 Intro
03:08 Case Overview
07:03 Who’s Who?
12:03 Trials 1 and 2
13:05 Timeline
38:05 Karen’s Voicemails To John
48:26 John’s Injuries
51:19 SUV Damage
55:31 Karen’s Changing Story
59:24 SUV and Phone Data
1:09:13 Motives
1:16:18 Lies
1:23:40 Police Corruption and Incompetence
1:34:13 Federal Investigation
1:35:05 Evidence For & Against Karen’s Guilt
2:43:57 Evidence For & Against Someone Else’s Guilt
3:28:19 Collision vs Assault Scenarios
3:46:01 My Verdict
3:49:05 What’s Next?

Start times on Saturday, Oct. 18:
US: 11:00 am PT/2:00 pm ET
UK: 7:00 pm
Australia: 5:00 am Sunday

I’m doing a members-only live chat 1 hour earlier to discuss the case, but not doing another chat after the end of the 4-hour video.

After the video is over, I will also upload 2 videos which are just excerpts of the longer video. One is the evidence review, and the other is the collision vs assault scenarios for people who don’t want to navigate the longer video.

Thanks

7 months ago | [YT] | 173

Tom Webster

Hi, after over 600 hours since June, I finished my deep dive into the John O’Keefe and Karen Read case. The video is 3 hours and 51 minutes. I’ve uploaded it for members, but figured I would do a premiere which is when there is a chat box that you can watch along with me when I upload the public version. I tried to pick the best time/day for all time zones around the world including Australia but right now there isn’t a perfect time for everyone, so the premiere will be:
Saturday, Oct. 18 at:
US: 11:00 am PT/2:00 pm ET
UK: 7:00 pm
Australia: 5:00 am Sunday (Sorry, I’ll still be talking if you wake up at 8:30.)

I will post reminders 3 hours, and 15 minutes before. The video has been scheduled if you want to click the button under it to be notified when it starts.

Since it will be almost 4 hours of having an opportunity to chat, I don’t plan to do a separate chat after the premiere, but will do a members-only chat starting 1 hour before.
This is my last true crime deep dive. I’ve spent hundreds of hours each on my deep dive videos and they make me less than $1 / hour for my time and that is not helping pay my bills, but I may do shorter videos on other cases in the future.

Thanks

7 months ago | [YT] | 203

Tom Webster

Delphi Murders documentary now streaming on Hulu and Disney +.  

A 3-part series about the case of Abby Williams and Libby German is titled: “Capturing Their Killer: The Girls on the High Bridge.” The families of both girls and Richard Allen's wife provide extensive interviews plus several other people who have never spoken publicly. It was balanced in presenting opposing views and most of the facts although it seems like time constraints prevented deeper dives on certain topics.

I imagine the comments below will include some spoilers, so if you haven't watched, you may not want to read the comments.

9 months ago | [YT] | 260

Tom Webster

Delphi case update: Richard Allen has been moved out of his Indiana prison and is currently in Oklahoma. It is unknown if this is temporary while he is being transferred to another facility. It was rumored he asked to be allowed in general population at prison and authorities possibly thought it was a risk to his safety because Indiana prisoners are aware he was convicted of murdering 2 children. This should have no effect on his appeal.

10 months ago | [YT] | 280

Tom Webster

I’m working on a John O’Keefe and Karen Read case deep dive video and researching all day every day. Someone asked if I could do live chats as I watch testimony from both trials. I am watching all testimony, but will only do live chats reviewing certain witnesses. Below is the schedule of chats I will be doing for trial 1 over the next week which have all been scheduled under the LIVE tab of my channel if you want to select the notification option when it starts streaming. I will do chats for trial 2 the following week.

June 28 and 29, and July 1, 2, and 3 start times:
US: 9 am PT / Noon ET
UK: 5:00 pm / 17:00
Australia: 2:00 am

June 30 and July 4 start times:
US: 8 am PT / 11:00 am ET
UK: 4:00 pm / 16:00
Australia: 1:00 am

6/28
Opening statements (1 hour 15 minutes).
Canton Police Officer Steven Saraf (1 hour 20 minutes).
Canton Fire Dept. Anthony Flematti (1 hour 49 minutes).
Canton Police Paul Gallagher (1hour 55 minutes).
Canton Police Michael Lank (1 hour 41 minutes).

6/29
Nicole Albert (1 hour 30 minutes).
Brian Albert (1 hour 18 minutes, and 2 hours 41 minutes).
Matt McCabe (1 hour 41 minutes, and 1 hour 30 minutes).

6/30
Jen McCabe (2 hours 9 minutes, and 2 hours 46 minutes, and 1 hour 20 minutes).
Kerry Roberts (1 hour 29 minutes).

7/1
Lt. Kevin O’Hara - MSP SERT Team (1 hour 27 minutes).
Maureen Hartnett - MSP Forensic Scientist (2 hours 8 minutes).
Ashley Vallier - MSP Forensic Scientist (1 hour 31 minutes).
Christina Hanley - MSP Forensic Scientist (56 minutes).

7/2
Trooper Michael Proctor (2 hours 14 minutes, and 3 hours 37 minutes).
Brian Tully (3 hours 2 minutes).
Sergeant Barros (12 minutes).


7/3
Dr. Justin Rice (40 minutes).
Teri Kun (46 minutes).
Dr. Stonebridge (25 minutes).
Dr. Irini Scordi-Bello (2 hours 5 minutes).
Dr. Marie Rusell (48 minutes).
Dr. Frank Sheridan (60 minutes).

7/4
Trooper Paul Crash Reconstruction (2 hours 37 minutes, and 2 hours 6 minutes).
Dr. Wolfe ARCCA (1 hour 9 minutes).
Dr. Rentschler ARCCA (40 minutes).
Closing arguments (2 hours 56 minutes).

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11 months ago | [YT] | 161

Tom Webster

As I explore the John O'Keefe and Karen Read case, I want to hear from people who are more knowledgeable as I try to figure things out before I make a final video analysis. I've scheduled 4 live chats for this weekend.

Saturday, June 21
Members-Only
US: 10:30 am PT/1:30 pm ET
UK: 6:30 pm
Australia: 3:30 am Sunday

Public
US: noon PT/3:00 pm ET
UK: 8:00 pm
Australia: 5:00 am Sunday

Sunday, June 22
Members-Only
US: 2:00 PT/5:00 pm ET
UK: 10:00 pm
Australia: 7:00 am Monday

Public
US: 4:00 PT/7:00 pm ET
UK: 12:00 am
Australia: 9:00 am Monday

Thanks

11 months ago | [YT] | 80

Tom Webster

Hi true crime peeps,

I've paid a bit of attention to Karen Read's case over the past few years and last week put on my deep dive scuba gear researching all day every day since then. It will take me a month to do a true "deep dive" and that just isn't the best use of my time/life, but I've fallen down the rabbit hole and I can't get up until I learn more and come to some conclusions. I have 70 pages of notes, some spreadsheets, and saved files so I've decided to mostly focus on what happened 12:24 to 12:36 am the day John O'Keefe died and spend the next week or so researching and making a video. 

From what I've gathered, my "for or against" Karen's guilt list has more items pointing to her hitting John with her car and not a fight with several people in the home. Take a chill pill, LOL, I know some experts (and many people online) say his injuries were not from a car and have all kinds of conspiracy theories.

I'm posting this to get feedback from those of you who have spent a lot of time looking into the case. What are your thoughts? What should I focus on?

I try to focus on actual evidence and then wonder "What does this indicate happened?" It seems like the majority of people online think Karen is innocent and I've read some "interesting" theories that frankly make no sense to me about the Albert's dog and a fight inside.
 
I have seen no true evidence John went in the house at 34 Fairview. Karen's statements don't add up to John going up to the door and inside when compared to John's phone data. Yes, I spent the past 2 days taking notes while watching all of Ian Whiffin's testimony, but have more research to do. I do not believe Jen McCabe's search for how long it takes to die in the cold was done at 2:27 am indicating a conspiracy. Ian showed during his testimony that was the browser that was opened earlier that morning, but the searches were at 6:23 and 6:24 am which match up to Karen and Jen trying to figure out what happened.

I still have to look at Karen's SUV data and a lot of other stuff before I feel confident to make final conclusions and a video.

The marks on John's arm are one of the most confusing things to me. From what I've seen so far, it doesn't seem like his sweatshirt had rips that would match or explain how his skin got cut in so many places and the way it did. I know witnesses and people online have argued it was / was not from Chloe, the Albert's German Shepherd, but no dog DNA was found on John's arm, and the phone data doesn't support he went inside, got in a fight, and then was carried out since his phone never showed it went inside. It didn't move from the flagpole area after 12:32 am. Were there any marks on John's left hand showing he tried to get a dog to stop biting him repeatedly? Does anyone think another animal could have come along in the night and scratched / bit John?

For members, I will upload a draft of my video maybe early next week to get your feedback and probably do a members-only live chat to make sure I'm not missing anything important before I make a final video by the end of June.

This case has some very strong opinions. I just ask that you be polite to others when replying to comments.

Thanks

11 months ago | [YT] | 213

Tom Webster

Delphi chat starts in 15 minutes. I will be showing some trial exhibits that were obtained by Fox 59 and the YouTube channel "Turbo Uncloaked" a few weeks ago. The first 21 minutes are a review of those exhibits for people who haven't seen them yet.
youtube.com/live/hfa72ZycCe8?feature=share

1 year ago | [YT] | 77

Tom Webster

People asked me to do a Delphi live chat to show more trial exhibits when they were released so I’ll be doing a member chat followed by a public chat this Saturday, May 17 (Sunday in Australia).

Members-only: Saturday, May 17
US: 10:00 am PT / 1:00 pm ET
London: 6:00 pm
Sydney: 3:00 am (Sunday)

Public: Saturday, May 17
US: 1:00 pm PT / 4:00 pm ET
London: 9:00 pm
Sydney: 6:00 am (Sunday)

I have already created the placeholders for the chats in the “Live” tab of my channel so you can click the notification bell.

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1 year ago | [YT] | 215