The Reiner Murders | The Trial Of Nick Reiner

Rob Reiner directed some of the most beloved films in American history. On December 14, 2024, he and his wife Michele were stabbed to death in their Brentwood home. Their daughter found the bodies. Their son Nick was arrested that night.

This podcast covers the case from arrest through trial — but the real story starts seventeen years earlier.

Nick Reiner went to rehab at fifteen. By nineteen, he'd been through seventeen programs. Homeless in three states. Heroin. Meth. His parents had every resource imaginable — money, connections, access to the best treatment in the country. They followed the protocols. They trusted the experts. They did everything right by the system's standards.

And the system gave them nothing.

Because here's what nobody wants to say out loud: in America, if your adult child is addicted, mentally ill, or dangerous, your legal options are essentially zero. You can beg. You can pay. But you cannot force treatment. Their autonomy is protected. Your safety is not.

The Reiners lived that nightmare for almost two decades. It ended the way these stories sometimes do — with two people dead and a family destroyed.

This isn't true crime as entertainment. No breathless narration. No shock-jock nonsense. Just rigorous, fact-based coverage with legal experts, former prosecutors, defense attorneys, and behavioral analysts breaking down the evidence, the strategy, and the questions that actually matter.

We're following this case because it exposes something broken in how we handle mental illness, addiction, and families in crisis. The Reiners had every advantage. It didn't save them.

New episodes as the case develops.

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Episoder(132)

Why Didn't Nick Reiner Ever Get The Money His Parents Promised?

Before anyone asks what happens to Rob and Michele Reiner's money, there's a harder question hiding inside this Nick Reiner case update: why didn't he ever get it while they were alive?The trust they ...

12 Jun 16min

Why Is One Reiner Brother Grieving While The Other Reportedly Retaliates?

Jake Reiner said he'd trade every Dodger game and every Broadway show for one more hour with his parents. He wrote it in a Substack essay that reads like a son saying goodbye in the only way left avai...

25 Mai 43min

The Reiner Siblings Made a Decision About Nick That Stunned Everyone

They call him "Satan incarnate." They've cut all contact. They've severed financial support. And the Reiner siblings — Jake, Romy, and Tracy — are telling prosecutors not to seek the death penalty aga...

9 Mai 30min

Rob Reiner's Values Are Being Tested by His Own Family's Tragedy

Rob Reiner spent decades in the public eye standing for something. He was vocal about justice, about human rights, about the belief that the state should not execute its citizens. He was unapologetic ...

5 Mai 15min

Nick Reiner: When Saving Someone Becomes the Thing That Destroys You

Rob and Michele Reiner spent years trying to save their son. Rehab. Financial support. Patience. Second chances. They co-wrote a film together about a father and son working through addiction. They sh...

3 Mai 43min

Nick Reiner: The Family Is Still Waiting for Answers

Rob and Michele Reiner are gone. Their daughter found them. Their son was arrested hours later. And over four months after the most violent night imaginable, the system hasn't even finished documentin...

1 Mai 15min

Two Brothers, One Tragedy: Jake’s Truth vs. Nick’s Tell-All

They grew up in the same Brentwood home. They shared the same parents — Rob and Michele Reiner. They stood inside the same Hollywood world, shaped by the same privileges and pressures. And now, four m...

28 Apr 21min

Nick Reiner’s Reported Tell-All and What It Means for Jake and Romy

Jake Reiner wrote that he’d give up everything just to talk to his parents one more time. Romy found them. And now, the brother who allegedly took Rob and Michele Reiner from this family is reportedly...

28 Apr 21min