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The Review Geek
2 days ago
- The Review Geek
Capturing Their Killer: The Girls on the High Bridge Review – An intriguing & perplexing docu-series
Season 1 Episode Guide Episode 1: 'Missing in Delphi' Episode 2: 'Evil Among Us' Episode 3: 'A Killer in Focus' True Crime documentaries often have a way of re-invigorating interest in viewers about a crime that may have occurred decades ago. One recent documentary series that does just this is the new ABC & Hulu original – Capturing their Killer: The Girls on the High Bridge. The show is a 3-episode docuseries detailing the gruesome murders of Abigail 'Abby' Williams and Liberty 'Libby' German. The show details how the two teen girls went on a walk in the small and close-knit town of Delphi, Indiana in February of 2017, which led to their tragic murders. The 7-year-long trial eventually culminates with a conviction – one that has the internet, media and the people of Delphi divided. The show follows the lives of the 13-year-old girls and interviews the people close to them in order to get an insight into their lives before the murder. Along with that, the documentary also features the spouse of the convicted, who maintain a plea of wrongful conviction. For those who are unaware of the case, I won't spoil who that is here! The show is an interesting watch as it also features multiple accounts from internet sleuths and investigative journalists who share their two-cents about the crime and the possible culprits. The show also glosses over the theory that the murders are connected to a cult practice. This detail proves pivotal, leaving audiences second-guessing whether the convicted was truly guilty. Capturing the Killer: The Girls on the High Bridge highlights the impact of crimes committed in the era of the internet too. A simple Snapchat video captured by one of the victims before their death is scrutinized over and over again, prompting internet sleuths to confidently proclaim they can do a better job at solving the crime compared to the authorities. The show plays out as a tragic retelling of the gruesome crime that changed the lives of Abby and Libby's families. However, it also highlights the impact of her husband's arrest on Kathy Allen's life. The documentary culminates on an open-ended note, leaving audiences divided on their feelings at the end. On one hand, the family and friends of Abigail German and Liberty Williams, the prosecution, some investigative journalists and internet sleuths believe that victims have seen justice. On the other hand, the convicted's supporters believe that this person was wrongfully sentenced for a crime that they could never imagine committing. The documentary leaves things open and challenges audiences to make their own mind up. Overall though, Capturing the Killer: The Girls on the High Bridge is an interesting watch, remaining unbiased throughout. Instead, it provides viewers with a clear picture of the crime that was committed, leaving them to decide on the fairness of the conviction.
Indianapolis Star
3 days ago
- Business
- Indianapolis Star
Is Hulu shutting down in 2026? What we know about Disney+ and Hulu merging into one app
Is Hulu shutting down in 2026? Not exactly. The Walt Disney Co. announced that they are moving forward with plans to integrate Hulu into the Disney+ app. In an earnings call on Aug. 6, CEO Bob Iger said the plan is to combine the two streaming services to create a "unified app experience." Here's what we know. Last month Disney finalized a plan to take complete ownership of Hulu, buying out Comcast's one-third stake, according to a report from Busines Insider. With full ownership, they will be able to move forward with completely merging Hulu into the Disney+ app. Iger spoke about the impact of merging the two streaming platforms in an earnings call, CBS News reported this week. "This will create an impressive package of entertainment, pairing the highest caliber brands and franchises, great general entertainment kids, programming news and industry leading live sports content all in a single app," Iger said on the call. Hulu content: New docuseries on Delphi murders hits streaming. How to watch and more about the case The new "unified Disney Plus and Hulu streaming app" will be available to consumers in 2026, the Disney CEO said on the earnings call. At the time of publication, both Hulu and ESPN content are already accessible within the Disney+ streaming app. Contributing: CBS News, Business Insider
Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Daily Mail
Cult member breaks his silence on explosive theory Delphi murders were ritualistic sacrifice
An apparent Odinist cult member has spoken out for the first time since being publicly accused of the Delphi murders by convicted child killer Richard Allen. Patrick Westfall furiously denied any involvement in the 2017 murders of Libby German and Abby Williams and insisted 'violence and human sacrifice' play no part in his Pagan rituals in a new interview for ABC News Studios' docuseries 'Capturing Their Killer: The Girls on the High Bridge'. 'There's nothing that's part of it that has anything to do with violence and human sacrifice and killing,' he said of his Norse Pagan religion. 'There's no initiation or ritual where you have to go out and stomp somebody out to be a practitioner.' Best friends Libby, 14, and Abby, 13, were murdered back on February 13, 2017, after setting off on a walk along the Monon High Bridge in Delphi, Indiana. Their bodies were found the next day - Valentine's Day - around half a mile from the trail, close to Deer Creek. Both of their throats had been cut, with the murder weapon believed to be a box cutter. Libby was naked while Abby was fully dressed in some of Libby's clothes. For more than five years, the case went cold. Then in October 2022, local CVS worker Allen was arrested and charged with the murders, after a resurfaced tip and an unspent bullet tied him to the crime scene. Allen, 52, was convicted in November on two counts of murder and two counts of felony murder, before two of the counts were vacated under double jeopardy rules. Judge Fran Gull sentenced him to the maximum penalty of 130 years in prison. Investigators said there is no evidence anyone other than Allen, a married man with a daughter, was involved in the shocking crime. But conspiracies, in particular around a wild claim of an Odinist cult, continue to swirl with Allen's attorneys still professing his innocence and appealing his conviction. Westfall's name was dragged into the case when Allen's legal team made a bombshell accusation against him and three other local men that they - and not their client - could be the real killers. In court documents filed ahead of the trial, Allen's attorneys took the extraordinary step of alleging Libby and Abby were murdered as part of a 'ritualistic sacrifice' by a white nationalist cult called Odinists. Odinism is a pagan Norse religion which has become increasingly tied to white supremacist and neo-Nazi beliefs. The attorneys publicly named four men - Westfall, his friend Brad Holder, Elvis Fields and Johnny Messer - as the killers. The four men have never been named as suspects or persons of interest by police and have never charged in connection to the case. As part of the shocking theory, Allen's defense pointed to sticks found on the victims' bodies, claiming they were arranged specifically into runes or Pagan symbols. They also claimed a bloodstain on a tree was another symbol of a ritualistic sacrifice. The defense also pointed to a video of the Pagan group carrying out a ritual in the woods. In the series, Westfall defended the group's actions and said the footage simply shows a traditional drinking ritual. 'That was just a standard sombal where people come together,' he said. 'You have your meat and different other things you can have as an offering. 'We're nature based. We love nature. Trees have a special meaning to us.' Westfall slammed Allen's attorneys for accusing him of being involved in the murders. 'It absolutely crushed me,' he said of his name being thrust into the case. 'That's not small-change stuff. This is a double homicide. It's a worldwide watched event and my name's slapped all over this.' He added: 'I'm tired of hearing Odinism. I never have had anything to do with it. I get that that's an attorney's job to create reasonable doubt but, man, they really ruined a lot of things by doing it that way.' The Odinism theory had been investigated by law enforcement in the early days of the case. Todd Click, a former police officer for the Rushville Police Department, previously said he believed Abby and Libby were killed during an Odinite ritual. But, Indiana State Police Lt. Jerry Holeman said the possible connection was investigated thoroughly and no link was found to the murders. Holder and his son Logan, who was Abby's boyfriend, were interviewed in the days after the murders and Holder had an alibi for the time the girls were killed. While a defense expert claimed the bloodstain on a tree was a rune, prosecution experts said it was Libby's handprint from when the slain teen tried to steady herself after her throat was cut by her killer. Judge Gull ultimately blocked the defense from introducing the Odinism theory into Allen's trial - or introducing any alternative suspects - finding they did not produce admissible evidence that linked Odinism or the suspected Odinists to the killings. The net closed in on Allen in 2022 when a tip that had been overlooked back in 2017 was discovered. Days after the murders, Allen had come forward - at the request of his wife - to police to admit he had been on the trails that same afternoon as Abby and Libby. Despite placing himself at the scene of the murders, the information was lost for more than five years due to a clerical error. When it was found in October 2022, Allen was re-interviewed. As well as placing himself at the murder scene, Allen also confirmed he was wearing the same outfit - blue jeans and a Carhartt jacket - as the man caught on video by the victims. In the moments before they died, Libby had captured a cell phone video of the killer following them over the rickety bridge. It captured the chilling voice of the man - who became known as 'Bridge Guy' - ordering the terrified girls: 'Guys... down the hill.' Libby's cellphone was found hidden beneath Abby's body, leading cops to find the footage. A search executed at the Allen home uncovered a 'Bridge Guy starter kit' including blue jeans and a Carhartt jacket matching the outfit worn by 'Bridge Guy.' Investigators also found a Sig Sauer Model P226 pistol which Allen said only he had access to. Ballistics experts matched the gun to an unspent bullet found between the two victims' bodies. While behind bars awaiting trial, Allen then confessed to murdering the girls a staggering 61 times including in jailhouse phone calls to his wife and mom as well as in meetings with a prison psychologist. In one damning confession presented at trial, Allen revealed information that only the killer could have known. He said he had planned to take the girls into the woods to rape them but was startled by a white van driving past and so quickly killed them, jurors heard. The man in the white van testified he drove home from work at around 2.30pm that afternoon, to his property close to Deer Creek - a timeline that matched the time Libby's cellphone last recorded movement. The evidence about the van was not known until Allen offered up that information, prosecutors said. At trial, Allen's defense claimed his damning confessions were the result of a mental health crisis due to the 'prisoner of war' treatment he endured inside state prison. Jurors convicted Allen on all charges and he was sentenced to life in state prison. Last month, he was moved out of state from the Pendleton Correctional Facility in Madison County, Indiana, to the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center in Cleveland County, Oklahoma. Richard and Kathy Allen on their wedding day. Kathy Allen has spoken out for the first time since her husband Richard Allen's conviction for the Delphi murders In the new three-part series, Allen's wife of 34 years Kathy Allen revealed she is standing by her husband and refuses to believe he is the killer. Speaking out for the first time since his conviction, she insisted he is a 'family man' and 'not the monster' people think he is. 'My husband's not a monster. He's not the monster that people think he is,' she said in the series. 'He is a family man. Ricky is a wonderful, caring, compassionate father. Non-judgmental, very giving. He has good morals.' She said: 'How dare you accuse someone who is nothing but a people-pleaser and works out in the public. How dare you.' Allen continues to appeal his conviction. On July 29, Allen's attorneys filed a motion for a 30-day extension to appeal his conviction.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Yahoo
Wife of man convicted in ‘Delphi murders' speaks out for the first time: ‘My husband's not a monster'
The wife of Richard Allen, the man convicted of killing two teen girls in Delphi, Indiana, in 2017, has broken her silence on the horrendous double murder, claiming her husband is not what people portray. 'My husband's not a monster. He's not the monster that people think he is,' Kathy Allen said. Allen received the maximum sentence of 130 years in December after he was found guilty of four counts of murder and kidnapping in the deaths of Abigail 'Abby' Williams, 13, and Liberty 'Libby' German, 14. The case was dubbed the 'Delphi murders' and became a focus for true crime fanatics. Before his arrest, one of the only clues was a grainy cell phone video of a man near the girls shortly before they were killed. The two teens went missing on February 13, 2017, while taking a walk along a hiking trail in their hometown of Delphi. The next day, their bodies were found by the trail with their throats slashed. His wife, Kathy Allen, opened up about her reaction to the killings and defended her husband for a new ABC News Studios series, 'Capturing Their Killer: The Girls on the High Bridge.' 'The whole town was devastated,' Kathy Allen said of learning about their vicious killings. 'I felt so badly, especially for the mothers.' The day the teens went missing, Richard Allen had off from his job at a local CVS. When he and his wife learned of their disappearance while watching the news, he told her he was on the trail earlier, but hadn't seen the girls, she recalled. 'Ricky called the police department to speak to the officers – he was more than willing to help,' Kathy Allen said. After meeting with an officer, they 'heard nothing.' Five years later, police interviewed her husband again and conducted a search warrant on their home. 'Ricky said something like, 'Well, it's over, it doesn't matter anymore,' she said. He was arrested in October 2022 after admitting to being on the trail that day, though he denied being involved in the killings. His wife believed him. The case went unsolved for years, until a volunteer helping police with the case flagged Richard Allen's statement, which had been misfiled. He had been interviewed by police because he was also on the trail the day of the killings, but his file had inadvertently been marked 'cleared.' Weeks after the information was flagged to police, he was arrested. During his 2024 trial, prosecutors honed in on multiple confessions he made in jail to his psychologist, corrections officers and to his wife. In one call, according to testimony, he told his wife, 'I did it. I killed Abby and Libby.' 'No, you didn't,' Kathy Allen responded. He then replied, 'Yes, I did.' 'Why would you say that?' she asked. 'I know you didn't. There's something wrong.' In November 2024, Richard Allen was found guilty on all four charges following 17 days of testimony. That December, he was handed the maximum sentence of 130 years. In February, when Richard Allen began his life sentence, his wife was still claiming his innocence. "I want true justice for Abby and Libby, but it should not be at the expense of an innocent person," Kathy Allen said, according to ABC News. "I'm very hopeful for an appeal," she said. "It was definitely our dream to grow old together, and it still is. I'm looking forward to that. I'm not giving up."
Forbes
16-07-2025
- Business
- Forbes
First Free AI Research Hub Launched By Crypto Giant Delphi
AI Intelligence When I was researching my book AI First, Human Always, I spent months combing through hundreds of sources on artificial intelligence—academic papers, startup blogs, VC reports, and more. What I discovered was a fragmented and often frustrating landscape: most of the best thinking was either deeply technical or locked behind jargon, while the rest was watered down for engagement rather than insight. It was clear that while AI was advancing quickly, access to meaningful, actionable research for business leaders hadn't kept pace. That's what makes the launch of Delphi Intelligence notable. A new initiative from crypto-native firm Delphi Digital, the platform aims to become a go-to research hub for AI and emerging technologies—offering curated, open-access content that's rigorous yet accessible to decision-makers who don't hold PhDs in machine learning. It's the first free AI research hub launched by a crypto-native company whose venture fund has invested more than $25 million in early-stage AI investments, spanning venture capital and accelerator support. The platform is built for professionals navigating the fast-evolving AI space—executives, product leads, policymakers, and investors—who need clarity on where the technology is going and what matters most to their strategies. Delphi's goal is to fill the gap between click-driven summaries and inaccessible academic work. Delphi Intelligence is a Free AI Hub of research. From Crypto Research Pioneer to AI Strategy Platform Founded in 2018, Delphi Digital built its reputation by offering institutional-grade crypto research at a time when such insights were difficult to find. Its early reports on Ethereum economics, DeFi primitives, and Layer 1 ecosystems made it a staple among hedge funds, protocols, and serious retail investors. Over the last five years, the Delphi brand has expanded into investing and acceleration. Delphi Ventures now backs early-stage companies across Web3 and AI, while Delphi Labs runs accelerator programs and technical experiments. But AI didn't emerge as a focus overnight—it's been growing behind the scenes. 'To be the best possible investors and builders going forward, firms will have no choice but to build expertise in other parallel areas—especially AI,' said Anil Lulla, co-founder and CEO of Delphi Digital. Anil Lulla, co-founder and CEO of Delphi Digital, announcing the AI Hub Over the past two years, Delphi Labs has vetted more than 400 AI startups through its accelerator, backed dozens, and produced the 'DeAI' research series exploring the convergence of crypto and artificial intelligence. Delphi Ventures alone has deployed over $25 million into early AI companies. With Delphi Intelligence, those fragmented research efforts are consolidated under a single platform with a public mission. Why Delphi AI Intelligence Is Different Unlike AI newsletters optimized for speed or research journals written for machine learning PhDs, Delphi Intelligence is designed for decision-makers: executives, investors, product leads, and policy professionals who want to understand where the AI landscape is moving—and why it matters to their business. The platform's early content includes an analysis of AI-powered web browsers, an investigation into generative video models, and a multi-part series on reinforcement learning and the evolving value chain between model providers and application layers. Critically, all research will be free to access. Users can also subscribe to receive updates via email. Delphi says its open-access model draws inspiration from the early days of crypto, when public research accelerated industry development and community understanding. The Business Case for Accessible AI Research Executives across industries are increasingly aware of AI's transformative potential—but not all feel equipped to make informed decisions. According to Gartner's 2024 survey of enterprise leaders, 62 percent of executives believe AI will materially affect their industry within the next two years. Yet only 28 percent feel they understand the technology well enough to guide strategic planning. Delphi Intelligence is tailored to this knowledge gap. Rather than teaching readers how to fine-tune a model, the platform focuses on foundational shifts in technology, infrastructure, and business models. Its goal is to help leaders see where value is being created—and where competitive threats may emerge. The company also sees benefits beyond thought leadership. By openly publishing its research, Delphi gains real-time feedback from readers navigating AI transformations across geographies and multiple industries. This loop helps inform Delphi Ventures' investing, Delphi Labs' technical work, and future research priorities. A Crowded Market, But a Clear Niche For AI Research While AI coverage is exploding across Substacks, corporate blogs, and research firms, Delphi Intelligence may be the first initiative of its kind from a crypto-native firm with this level of cross-functional reach. The McKinsey and Company offer Paid AI Research (Photo by Joan Cros/NurPhoto via Getty Images) McKinsey, Bain, and Gartner all publish paid reports on AI and automation, while VC firms such as Andreessen Horowitz periodically release thought pieces. Startups like Not Boring and Every bring narrative storytelling to tech trends, and daily newsletters like Ben's Bites or The Rundown AI summarize headlines. But none offer a dedicated, open-access platform combining research, incubation, and investment under one brand—especially not one shaped by crypto-native experience navigating other frontier technologies. This positioning may give Delphi an edge in a field that increasingly demands multidimensional expertise. AI is no longer just a standalone category—it is converging with cryptography, robotics, privacy infrastructure, and smart contracts. The Stakes: A Multitrillion-Dollar AI Inflection Point The scale of AI's impact is hard to ignore. According to McKinsey, generative AI alone could add between $2.6 trillion and $4.4 trillion annually to global GDP. Meanwhile, Bain & Company reports that 60 percent of institutional investors expect to allocate capital to AI-linked infrastructure by 2026. In this context, understanding how and where value accrues—from models and chips to APIs and middleware—is becoming an executive imperative. Delphi Intelligence seeks to serve that need. Not by adding more noise to an already saturated space, but by offering a new layer of clarity: one rooted in technical curiosity, open discourse, and operational experience. For now, Delphi is betting that the same rigor and independence that made it a trusted voice in crypto can do the same in AI. Did you enjoy this story about the first free AI Hub of research? Don't miss my next one: Use the blue follow button at the top of the article near my byline to follow more of my work.
