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Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast
Welcome to this long-form podcast series on one of the most controversial and heavily debated true crime cases in American history: the West Memphis Three.
In this series, Paul Day — victim advocate, evidence researcher, and longtime friend of the Byers family — teams up with Kristin Rich, a criminologist and victim advocate who has immersed herself in the case for years. Together, they embark on an in-depth journey that tells the story from the victims’ perspective.
Focusing on the three…
Episodes
- Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast
Case Chat #1: Jason White Responds
In this special bonus episode of Crooked Tree, a voice from the original investigation steps forward after more than three decades. Paul sits down for a long…
- Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast
Episode 21: LG, Damien, and "Dominic"
Who was LG Hollingsworth, and why did his name become so closely tied to Damien Echols in the early days of the West Memphis Three investigation? In this…
- Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast
Q&A #5: The “Evil” Tattoo, The Phone Confession & Other Listener Questions
In this Q&A episode of Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast, victim advocates and researchers Paul Day and Kristin Rich dig into detailed listener questions…
- Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast
Episode 20: The Tacit Confession
On May 10, 1993—the day that never ends—Damien Echols leaves a grueling interrogation with Detectives Ridge and Sudbury and walks straight into a polygraph…
- Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast
Episode 19: Damien's Interview from Hell
In this pivotal episode of Crooked Tree, forensic geologist and victim advocate Paul Day and criminologist and victim advocate Kristin Rich take a meticulous…
- Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast
Episode 18: Covenant of the Divine Light
In this episode of Crooked Tree, hosts Kristin Rich and Paul Day turn their focus to Murray Farris, an 18-year-old West Memphis resident whose name appears on…
- Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast
Episode 17: God, the Devil, and Damien
In the hours and days after the bodies of Stevie Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers are recovered, West Memphis investigators begin receiving tips…
- Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast
Q&A #4: Cub Scout Leaders, Dismemberment Profiles & Other Listener Questions
In this gripping Q&A installment of Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast, West Memphis Three researchers and victim advocates Kristin Rich and Paul Day…
- Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast
Episode 16: West Memphis Confidential
In this episode of Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast, forensic geologist and victim advocate Paul Day and criminologist and victim advocate Kristin Rich…
- Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast
Episode 15: An Unbiased Profile
In the chaotic days after the bodies of three eight-year-old boys were discovered in West Memphis, the police—facing few solid leads—turned to the FBI’s…
- Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast
Episode 14: The Broken Knife
In this episode of Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast, hosts Kristin Rich and Paul Day pick up the trail from Dawn Moore and Kim Williams’ May 8, 1993…
- Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast
Episode 13: A Shot by the Hydrant
In the shadowed hours before three young boys vanished into Robin Hood Hills, a critical gap in the West Memphis Three timeline has long gone unfilled… until…
- Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast
Q&A #3: DNA Testing, Overlooked Leads & Other Listener Questions
In this Q&A episode, West Memphis Three researchers and victim advocates Paul Day and Kristin Rich answer a wide range of listener questions submitted through…
- Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast
Episode 12: Sir Mikeal and the King
West Memphis suffered a devastating blow five years before the murders of Christopher Byers, Michael Moore, and Stevie Branch. In 1988, the burned bodies of…
- Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast
Episode 11: The Devil Thumbs a Ride
In this episode, Kristin Rich and Paul Day dive deep into one of the most intriguing and under-examined leads in the West Memphis Three case: the mysterious…
- Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast
Episode 10: Champagne, Cotten, and the Man on the Train
In this episode of Crooked Tree, Kristin and Paul dive deep into the chaotic first days of the West Memphis Police Department’s investigation following the…
- Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast
Episode 9: Rumors and Whispers
In Episode 9 of Crooked Tree, Paul Day and Kristin Rich dive deep into the raw, unfiltered door-to-door canvassing notes compiled by West Memphis police during…
- Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast
Q&A #2: Stevie’s Missing Hour, the Splashes & Other Listener Questions
In this Q&A episode of Crooked Tree, Paul and Kristin tackle your thoughtful (and tough) questions about the West Memphis 3 case. They start with an important…
- Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast
Episode 8: Canvassing the Neighborhood
In this deep-dive episode, Kristin Rich and Paul Day—victim advocates for two of the families—break down the critical hours between the boys leaving school and…
- Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast
Episode 7: The Bloody Stranger at Bojangles
In Episode 7 of Crooked Tree, Paul Day and Kristin Rich dive deep into one of the most infamous and controversial incidents in the West Memphis 3 case — the…
- Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast
Episode 6: Case No. 666
In this sixth episode of Crooked Tree, Kristin Rich and Paul Day dive even deeper into the chaotic day the bodies of Michael Moore, Christopher Byers, and…
- Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast
Episode 5: Horror Behind the Blue Beacon
In this deeply emotional and difficult episode of Crooked Tree, hosts Paul Day (forensic geologist and victim advocate) and Kristin Rich (criminologist and…
- Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast
Q&A #1: Regina Meek’s Night, Creek Evidence & Other Listener Questions
Welcome to the first bonus Q&A episode of Crooked Tree! Kristin Rich and Paul Day dive into your questions from the Facebook group, tackling key details from…
- Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast
Episode 4: A Shoe in the Unnamed Creek
On the morning of May 6, 1993, exhausted and terrified parents in West Memphis, Arkansas, resume their desperate search for three missing eight-year-old…
- Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast
Episode 3: Searching Robin Hood
In this gripping continuation of the West Memphis Three case timeline, Paul Day and Kristin Rich dive deep into the chaotic night of May 5, 1993, after…
- Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast
Episode 2: Bike Tracks in Devil's Den
In this gripping continuation of our deep-dive series on the 1993 West Memphis Three case, Paul Day and Kristin Rich meticulously reconstruct the critical…
- Crooked Tree: A West Memphis 3 Podcast
Episode 1: Two Bikes and a Skateboard
On May 5, 1993, in West Memphis, Arkansas, three eight-year-old boys—Christopher Byers, Stevie Branch, and Michael Moore—did what kids do on a beautiful spring…
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