Full Trial Audio: Karen Read (John O'Keefe Murder)

All the audio from all trial days. We remove the long silences, so you hear everything the jury hears.
Karen Read is accused of driving drunk and hitting her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe, before leaving him to die in January 2022. Read is now facing several charges, including second-degree murder for the death of O'Keefe. Read is demanding that the indictment be dismissed, claiming that she is the victim of a massive frame-up by state and local police.
This is the full audio of her trial (long periods of silence removed).
Season 1: Trial 2024
Season 2: Re-trial motion hearings
Season 3: Re-trial 2025

Recent Episodes
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 1
    Apr 29, 2024 – 03:51:05
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 2
    Apr 30, 2024 – 03:00:28
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial - MA v. Karen Read - Day 3
    May 2, 2024 – 03:04:59
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 4
    May 3, 2024 – 03:08:46
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 5
    May 7, 2024 – 02:55:48
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 6
    May 7, 2024 – 02:39:14
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 7
    May 8, 2024 – 04:19:29
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 8
    May 10, 2024 – 02:29:59
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 9
    May 10, 2024 – 04:13:23
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 10
    May 13, 2024 – 04:38:33
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 11
    May 14, 2024 – 03:12:47
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 12
    May 15, 2024 – 04:34:35
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 13
    May 16, 2024 – 02:45:39
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 14
    May 17, 2024 – 04:29:28
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 15
    May 21, 2024 – 02:58:03
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 16
    May 22, 2024 – 04:08:24
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 17
    May 24, 2024 – 04:58:03
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 18
    May 29, 2024 – 03:36:53
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 19
    Jun 3, 2024 – 05:21:08
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 20
    Jun 5, 2024 – 04:56:15
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 21
    Jun 6, 2024 – 02:08:18
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 22
    Jun 10, 2024 – 04:21:37
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 23
    Jun 12, 2024 – 04:36:00
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial - MA v. Karen Read – Day 24
    Jun 13, 2024 – 04:12:33
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 25
    Jun 14, 2024 – 04:05:18
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 26
    Jun 17, 2024 – 05:13:04
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 27
    Jun 18, 2024 – 02:06:28
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 28
    Jun 20, 2024 – 04:57:05
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 29
    Jun 22, 2024 – 04:17:27
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 30
    Jun 24, 2024 – 03:16:01
  • Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 30 (Charge Conference)
    Jun 24, 2024 – 39:45
  • VERDICT WATCH: Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 31
    Jun 25, 2024 – 03:13:45
  • VERDICT WATCH: Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 32
    Jun 26, 2024 – 25:11
  • VERDICT WATCH: Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 33
    Jun 28, 2024 – 02:41
  • VERDICT WATCH: Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 34
    Jun 28, 2024 – 10:35
  • MISTRIAL DECLARED: Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial – MA v. Karen Read – Day 35
    Jul 1, 2024 – 14:13
  • Supreme Court Arguments - Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial
    Nov 7, 2024 – 01:00:55
  • Motions Hearing - 7 January 2025
    Jan 8, 2025 – 03:57:44
  • Motions Hearing - 26 November 2024
    Jan 8, 2025 – 01:23:59
  • Motions Hearing - 12 December 2024
    Jan 8, 2025 – 04:37:12
  • Motions Hearing - January 31 2025
    Feb 2, 2025 – 02:05:16
  • Motions Hearing - February 6 2025
    Feb 7, 2025 – 53:26
  • Motions Hearing - February 18 2025
    Feb 18, 2025 – 01:15:03
  • Motions Hearing - February 25 2025
    Feb 25, 2025 – 03:13:29
  • Motion To Dismiss Hearing, Day 1 - March 4 2025
    Mar 4, 2025 – 01:49:44
  • Motion To Dismiss Hearing, Day 2 - March 5 2025
    Mar 5, 2025 – 02:36:56
  • Motions Hearing - March 18 2025
    Mar 18, 2025 – 01:37:24
  • Motions Hearing - March 20 2025
    Mar 20, 2025 – 03:41:20
  • Motions Hearing - March 25 2025
    Mar 26, 2025 – 01:36:08
  • Motions Hearing - March 28 2025
    Mar 28, 2025 – 28:32
Recent Reviews
  • Gretta732
    Thank you!
    Love that it skips all the boring silence and just plays the audio we want to hear. If I can’t watch in real time this is the next best thing! Thank you!!
  • joansprinh
    The ads are such that they ruin the listening experience.
    The ads are jarringly loud. Due to the placement of the microphone, sometimes the various speakers are hard to hear. Turning up the volume sufficiently to hear them means the ads are jarring & oppressively loud. On some episodes there aren’t too many ads & on some they just keep coming.
  • listener65432789
    Great
    Ads are startling loud though
  • Jaded Kay
    Karen Read trial
    Why isn’t the Karen Read trial playing day 15????
  • Aquarius012176
    Excellent work!
    Enjoying every minute!
  • Derrick58
    Audio Skips, and loud commercials
    Too many skips in the audio, makes it very hard to listen to. You have to turn it up then the commercials will start and play very loud. Had to listen to it on YouTube instead. Wouldn’t recommend.
  • boogs510
    Straightforward
    Don’t understand other reviews regarding ads and volume. I find a very limited amount of ads-fewer than most podcasts, and the volume level pretty consistent. The live TV coverage is much more difficult to hear. As this trial is happening five miles from my home, I am extremely invested in it. This podcast is the BEST source of actual testimony as it eliminates the limitless sidebars and breaks. It is a well-flowing, unaltered coverage of this riveting trial.
  • KoolKat444
    Thank you for this!
    The episodes drop on the same day - edited down already! So good to hear the entire trial as compressed as possible.
  • Oranjina
    Perfect for trial junkies
    This is the only place to listen to the trial. #freekarenread
  • nixfinity
    Ads Ads Ads
    Recordings messed up because every witness and attorney (with the exception of Alan Jackson) has a bizarre accent that sounds like these drunks are all slurring their words. Crooked Trumpster cops too lazy and evil to investigate properly to get an honest vehicular manslaughter conviction of this drunken woman
  • FL Beach Blonde
    Audio skips/full of deletions & advert volume is uncomfortably loud
    The audio skips so much I had to stop listening to this podcast and find a different version on YouTube. I couldn’t stand it. It was exactly like one of those bad cell connections where every action or critical word is missing. Here’s an example:, “So, you last testified to [blank]?”, “I was at the scene and [blank]”. “‘Who else was there?’ ‘Uhhh, it was Ms. McCabe and [blank].’” Grrrrr!!!! I normally listen to podcasts at 1.5x speed so I initially assumed that was the problem. But even when I slowed this one down to 1x, normal, speed the skips remained. The painfully loud advertisements were uncomfortable and unwelcome, but the audio skips were something I just couldn’t tolerate and forced me to use an app I find annoying (because it lacks features I need when using my AirPods and trying to multitask hands-free. If you fix it, I’ll come back and change my rating & update my review. I hope that happens.
  • Crossword rockstar
    Ads are too loud
    Please turn down the volume on ads. It’s a real problem. Other than that, thank you for providing this podcast.
  • JLT1116
    Excellent
    The only thing I would change is the volume level so ads and content are the same level.
  • temptingthemuse
    TYPICAL CW ANTICS
    ONLY the CW is such a farce of injustice that even the recordings of course are not accessible…they literally believe the rules don’t apply to them and lack the decency or decorum to taxpayers to do ANYthing, even this, responsibly and professionally. Shame on the CW.
  • Boomer Listener
    Convenient
    It’s handy to be able to listen to trial audio except when sound quality is poor like this last episode. Keep them coming but put the ads at the beginning or end. They are jarringly loud!
  • Nesfhkilesabmcxwagl
    Too many ads
    The witness did not finish his answer then 5 ads thenthe witness answers the question and 5 more ads. If you want to hear the trail not ads do not listen to this podcast it’s a waste of time.
  • NerualAruges
    Great full coverage
    I’m not sure what people are complaining about. The adds are few and far between.
  • beth20000000
    Great full coverage
    It’s full coverage of the trial so I appreciate that. No additional commentary or edits. Just presented as is. Sure they could lose the commercials but I’m listening on a free platform
  • irateviewer123
    Had to stop listening
    After opening statements, commercial played every 5 minutes. What a scam.
  • carebbbear
    Incessant Irritating Commercials
    Nonstop. Constantly interrupting testimonies mid sentence. Absolutely unbearable listen.
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