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IrelandBrandon Boudreaux explains why he wrote "Unthinkable" after surviving shooting
His Courtroom Insider interview connects the escape from danger with the quieter work of explaining his decisions and rebuilding community.
East Idaho News
Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 91,793 views a day, 10 times a normal first day on this channel (8,782).
"Unthinkable." Brandon Boudreaux shares his story of survival, betrayal and hope
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- 14:18Boudreaux explains that his memoir preserves his thoughts and decisions for his children.
- 17:08He recounts the shooting outside his home after returning from the gym.
- 25:38He describes fleeing with his children on a U.S. Marshal's advice.
- 39:20Boudreaux reflects on testifying and being cross-examined during the Daybell trial.
- 45:14A monthly gathering with neighbors helped him find community.
- 54:07Eaton introduces Deceived: The Daybell Story, a KSL podcast launching October 29.
Brandon Boudreaux wanted his children to understand what he had been thinking during events they might otherwise know only through public accounts.
"I wanted to have a way to explain to them what I was thinking as I went through all of this stuff," he tells Nate Eaton on Courtroom Insider, discussing his memoir, Unthinkable.
The East Idaho News interview drew an estimated 92,000 views in its first day, more than ten times the usual start for the channel's regular videos. It gives Boudreaux room to describe life beyond the courtroom footage that opens the broadcast.
He recounts surviving a shooting outside his home after returning from the gym, then fleeing with his children on a U.S. Marshal's advice. Writing the book, he explains, gave him a way to express the overwhelming emotions of the attack and the thoughts behind his actions.
The conversation also returns to the strain of testifying and being cross-examined during the Daybell trial. "For seven, eight months of my life, I felt like a crazy person," Boudreaux says.
Later, the subject shifts to a more ordinary source of connection: a monthly "meat night" with neighbors. That recurring gathering becomes part of his account of finding community after years shaped by danger and court proceedings.
Eaton also announces Deceived: The Daybell Story, a KSL podcast he says he has worked on for six years, with its launch set for October 29.
Lori Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell led a small apocalyptic religious group. Along with Lori's brother, Alex Cox, they killed four people and attempted to kill another.
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- Channel
- East Idaho News
- Subscribers
- 634,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 2,091,904
- Channel views, pace per day
- 222,870 (on a normal day: 332,894)
- Video published
- October 27, 2026
- Video views so far
- 96,197 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 76,483
The numbers
Boudreaux's interview drew an unusually large first-day audience for East Idaho News. Its comment section was also much busier than a typical new upload.
