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Wrongful Conviction Podcasts
Based on the files of the lawyers who freed them, Wrongful Conviction features interviews with men and women who have spent decades in prison for crimes they did not commit – some of them had even been sentenced to death. These are their stories.
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Wrongful Conviction PodcastsEarwitness: Episode 1 | Behind the Crown
From the production team that brought you the Wrongful Conviction series and Bone Valley, here is Episode 1 of our new podcast: Earwitness. If you like what…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts390: #390 Wrongful Conviction: Junk Science - Bloodstain Pattern Evidence - UPDATE
Bloodstain pattern experts falsely claim that they can identify the culprit of violent crimes by examining the shape and distribution of bloodstains from a…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts389: #389 Guest Host Maggie Freleng with Quincy Cross
18-year-old Jessica Currin’s burned and decomposing body was discovered on August 1, 2000 behind Mayfield Middle School in Mayfield, KY. Jessica had…
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Introducing: Earwitness
One July night in 1995, Deputy Sheriff William G. Hardy was shot behind the Crown Sterling Suites hotel in Birmingham, Alabama. At the same time as the murder…
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388: #388 Wrongful Conviction: Junk Science - Bite Mark Evidence - UPDATE
Like other forms of junk science used in criminal trials, bite mark evidence does not benefit crime victims or their loved ones. So why is it treated like…
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387: #387 Jason Flom with Eduardo Dumbrique and John Klene - UPDATE
On June 28, 1997, 25-year-old member of the Lil Watts gang, Antonio Alarcon, was killed in a drive-by shooting in Hawthorne, California, by a rival gang…
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386: #386 Jason Flom with Kristine Bunch - UPDATE
In the early morning hours of June 30th, 1995 in Greensburg, IN, 21 year old mother Kristine Bunch awoke in a carbon monoxide haze to the decimation of her…
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385: #385 Jason Flom with Al Cleveland - UPDATE
In Lorain, OH, a notorious informant father and son duo traded false information for $2k, wrongfully ensnaring 4 young men in the criminal legal system - one…
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384: #384 Jason Flom with Stephanie Spurgeon - UPDATE
Stephanie Spurgeon was a married mother of two who had been running a daycare facility from her home for 15 years. On August 21, 2008, Stephanie took care of 1…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts383: #383 Jason Flom with Nelson Cruz - UPDATE
On March 28th, 1998, Nelson Cruz was celebrating his birthday over Chinese food with friends when they heard shots fired down the block. Police were…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts382: #382 Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - Walter Ogrod - UPDATE
To win exoneration, it wasn’t enough for the DA to declare innocence. The judge had to agree, or Walter wasn’t going anywhere. Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin…
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380: #380 Jason Flom with Keith Lamar Pt. 2
On April 11, 1993, a riot broke out at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, OH, primarily due to tensions between the prisoners and the…
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381: #381 Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - Daniel Villegas - UPDATE
How can one man save the life of a perfect stranger? The case of Daniel Villegas shows how ordinary people can make an extraordinary difference in the fight…
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379: #379 Jason Flom with Keith Lamar Pt. 1
On April 11, 1993, a riot broke out at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, OH, primarily due to tensions between the prisoners and the…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts378: #378 Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - Hamid Hayat - UPDATE
How could anyone believe a confession about 1,000 pole-vaulting terrorists all dressed like Ninja Turtles? This week, Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin tell us a…
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377: #377 Jason Flom with Tyrone Noling - UPDATE
On April 5th, 1990, Bernhardt and Cora Hartig, both 81, were shot to death in their Atwater, OH home with a .25 caliber gun. Miles away, 18-year-old Tyrone…
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376: #376 Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - Norfolk Four - UPDATE
Four honorable men volunteered to fight for their country, but ended up fighting for their own freedom. Hosts Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin, co-directors at…
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375: #375 Guest Hosts Clayton English and Greg Glod with Louie Garcia
On August 10, 2017, police executed a search warrant at a home in San Antonio, TX and found nearly three pounds of methamphetamine hidden in a bathroom. Upon…
Wrongful Conviction PodcastsBonus Episode of The War on Drugs | Melissa Etheridge on the Therapeutic Benefits of Psychedelics
In this special episode of The War on Drugs, Grammy and Oscar award winning singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge joins our hosts Clayton English and Greg Glod…
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374: #374 Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - Henry McCollum and Leon Brown - UPDATE
I shall no longer tinker with the machinery of death. Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin bring us inside a decades-long fight for the truth. The story of Henry…
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373: #373 Jason Flom with Elwood Jones
On September 3, 1994, Rhoda Nathan was murdered in Room 237 of the Embassy Suites Hotel in Blue Ash, OH. Police focused on hotel employee Elwood Jones as a…
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372: #372 Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - Teina Pora - UPDATE
Have you heard about New Zealand's Brendan Dassey? Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin take us across the globe to New Zealand with a story that hits way too close…
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371: #371 Guest Host Earlonne Woods with Joaquin Ciria
On March 24, 1990, Felix “Carlos” Bastarrica was shot and killed on the street in San Francisco, CA. Following the shooting, Candido “Peter” Diaz, started…
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370: #370 Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - Tyra Patterson - UPDATE
The prisons are filled with people convicted of murder who never killed anyone. Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin take us to Dayton, Ohio where a young woman’s…
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369: #369 Jason Flom with Kwame Ajamu
On May 19, 1975, Harold Franks was confronted by two men as he left a grocery store in Cleveland, OH. The men demanded Franks’ briefcase and, when he resisted…
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Lava for Good Live: The War on Drugs - Did Anyone Win?
Today we present a special episode of The War on Drugs podcast. Hosts Clayton English and Greg Glod are live on stage with some of the top names in podcasting…
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368: #368 Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - Birmingham Six - UPDATE
The thing about torture is that it works, at least if your only goal is to find a scapegoat. Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin take us to Birmingham, England. In…
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367: #367 Guest Host Lauren Bright Pacheco with Sidney Holmes
On June 19, 1988, 20-year-old Vincent Wright and 17-year-old Anissia Johnson were robbed at gunpoint by two men outside of a convenience store in Fort…
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366: #366 Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - Ricky Davis - UPDATE
One woman was forced to talk. The other was forced to listen. Both were powerless. Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin tell us about a California man named Ricky…
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365: #365 Jason Flom with Clarence Jones
On August 25, 1998, in Baltimore, MD, 2-month-old Collin began choking after being put down for a nap. Collin’s father, Clarence Jones, rushed Collin to the…
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364: #364 Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - Eric Weakley and Michael Hash - UPDATE
Michael was serving a life sentence until one person came to his rescue: his mom. Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin bring us to Culpeper County, Virginia, to tell…
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363: #363 Guest Host Susan Simpson with Daryl "Lee" Clark
On October 18, 1996, 15-year-old Brian Bowling and his friend, 17-year-old Cain Storey, were in Brian’s bedroom in Silver Creek, GA when a gun went off and…
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362: #362 Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - Chris Tapp - UPDATE
How could a layperson see all the problems with this interrogation when the police couldn’t? Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin tell us about Chris Tapp, just 20…
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361: #361 Jason Flom with Audrey Edmunds
On October 16, 1995, in Waunakee, WI, 34-year-old Audrey Edmunds, a stay-at-home mother who often babysat for neighborhood families, was watching a neighbor’s…
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360: #360 Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - Midnight Crew - UPDATE
In Chicago, old habits die hard. Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin bring us inside one of the worst police abuse scandals in U.S. history. For decades on the…
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359: #359 Guest Host Susan Simpson with Jeff Titus
On November 17, 1990, Doug Estes and Jim Bennett, who were separately out hunting, were found together, shot and killed at the Fulton State Game Area in…
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358: #358 Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - Dixmoor 5 - UPDATE
So their theory is that a wandering necrophiliac comes across the body and defiles it? Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin tell the story of how five Chicago teens…
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357: #357 Jason Flom with Jennifer Del Prete
In December of 2002, a mother dropped off her 3 month old daughter, I.Z., at daycare in Romeoville, IL. Jennifer Del Prete was working at the daycare center…
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356: #356 Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - Peter Reilly - UPDATE
Why do we tell these stories? Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin tell us the story of Peter Reilly, one of the first modern-day false confessors. In 1973, police…
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355: #355 Guest Host Gilbert King with Juan Roberto Melendez
On September 13, 1983, Delbert Baker was found dead – shot and with his throat slashed – in Auburndale, FL. Witnesses gave the police a lead on two suspects…
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353: #353 Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - Tommy Ward Pt. 1 - UPDATE
He thought the police would recognize this was just a dream, not reality. Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin bring us a story from Ada, OK where a young woman went…
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354: #354 Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - Tommy Ward Pt. 2 - UPDATE
No body, no bones, no motive. Just a decades long nightmare that has not ended. For the final episode of Season 2 Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin take us back…
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352: #352 Jason Flom with Terry Ceasor
On October 3, 2004, in Port Huron, MI, Terry Ceasor was at home alone with his girlfriend Cheryl’s 1 year old son, Brenden. Terry and Brenden had been playing…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts351: #351 Maggie Freleng with Hank Skinner - UPDATE
On New Year’s Eve in 1993, Hank Skinner fell asleep early on his couch after being rendered comatose from a cocktail of vodka, xanax and codeine. His…
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350: #350 Guest Host Lauren Bright Pacheco with Lamar Johnson
On the evening of October 30, 1994, Marcus Boyd and Greg Elking were sitting on Marcus’s front porch in St. Louis, MO when two men, wearing ski masks and armed…
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349: #349 Maggie Freleng with Gwen Graham
In 1987, five elderly women passed away at a nursing home in Grand Rapids, MI. Gwen Graham and Cathy Wood both worked at this nursing home, and the pair had…
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348: #348 Jason Flom with Zavion Johnson
In November of 2001, in Sacramento, CA, four month old Nadia was declared brain dead after being rushed to the hospital the day prior. Nadia’s father, Zavion…
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347: #347 Maggie Freleng with Talalelei "TJ" Edwards
In May 2001, Talalelei “TJ” Edwards, his wife and son were sharing an Anchorage, AK apartment with a woman named Melissa along with Melissa’s 1 year old son…
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346: #346 Maggie Freleng with Amanda Busse
From an extremely young age, Amanda Busse endured severe physical and sexual abuse, not only by her father, but also by her father’s friends, who were all…
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345: #345 Maggie Freleng with James Richardson
On June 29, 2009, and into the following morning, James Richardson was out at The Other Place nightclub in Greenville, NC. James and another club goer…
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344: #344 Maggie Freleng with Tami Vance
In March 2000, Tami Vance and Leigh Stubbs completed a 60-day drug rehab program. Once discharged, their friend Kim Williams joined them and they went to Kim’s…
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343: #343 Jason Flom with Brian Neirynck
In 1999, Brian Neirynck and Roberta Smedley separated and got into a custody battle over their three-year-old son. In June of the following year, Smedley…
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342: #342 Maggie Freleng with Nancy Smith
On May 7, 1993, Margaret Grondin brought her four-year-old daughter to the hospital in Lorain, OH. Grondin claimed her daughter had told her that her school…
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341: #341 Jason Flom with John Giuca Pt.2
On October 12, 2003, Mark Fisher was found shot and killed in a driveway in Brooklyn, NY after spending the night hanging out with a group of his peers…
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340: #340 Jason Flom with John Giuca Pt.1
On October 12, 2003, Mark Fisher was found shot and killed in a driveway in Brooklyn, NY after spending the night hanging out with a group of his peers…
Wrongful Conviction PodcastsIntroducing: Alphabet Boys
Alphabet Boys reveals the secret investigations of the FBI, CIA, DEA, ATF, and other alphabet agencies. Hosted by journalist Trevor Aaronson, this podcast…
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339: #339 Maggie Freleng with Garland Leon “Butch” Martin
On February 25, 1998, while Garland Leon “Butch” Martin was out on a fencing job, his home burned down. His wife, Marcia, and their two small children, Michael…
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338: #338 Jason Flom with Dewayne Dunn
On September 3, 2008, in Elkhart, IN, 60-year old Angel Torres was found unconscious and lying face down in a parking lot outside of his apartment complex with…
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337: #337 Maggie Freleng with Amelia Bird
As a child, Amelia’s family members severely abused her. She resorted to drugs and relationships with older men as coping mechanisms. In January of 2006, when…
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336: #336 Jason Flom with Lerico Kearney
On November 21, 1997, Gene Artis and his sister Yvonne Giles were shot and killed at their apartment in Suffolk, VA. Six-year-old Travone Artis was the only…