John Matthias

Podcast Host

Birthday July 14, 1963

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace United States

Age 62 years old

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About

Forensic psychologist, podcast host, and true crime commentator known for being the co-host of the podcast and YouTube channel Hidden True Crime with journalist Lauren Matthias.

Before fame

He graduated with honors in philosophy from Princeton University and earned graduate degrees from the University of Southern California including a master's degree in marriage, family and child counseling and a doctorate. He and Lauren Matthias started Hidden True Crime in June 2020 after connecting two USB microphones to a laptop during the pandemic. He and Lauren began uploading their podcast onto YouTube in August 2020.

Trivia

His first conversation with Lauren Matthias was about a murder case she was covering as a journalist in September 2015. He became an adjunct assistant professor in the University of Nevada Las Vegas clinical psychology doctoral program in 2007, and he has trained more than 25 doctoral students.

Family life

He married Lauren Matthias in July 2016, and they had their son in 2017.

Associated with

He has covered and analyzed the Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt case on Hidden True Crime.