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The Silence in Robin Hood Hills: The West Memphis Three | The Missing Files
In this episode of The Missing Files, host Una Graham dissects the harrowing case of the West Memphis Three, a true crime mystery that exposed profound failures in the American criminal justice system. This is not just a story about three eight-year-old boys—Steve Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers—who vanished while playing near Robin Hood Hills in West Memphis, Arkansas, on May 5, 1993. It is a deep dive into how moral panic, racial bias, and class prejudice can override forensic evidence, leading to the wrongful conviction of three teenagers: Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and…
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