Podcast Episodes

#356 Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - Peter Reilly

Episode 356

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 continued to interrogate 18-year-old Pete…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

#355 Guest Host Gilbert King with Juan Roberto Melendez

Episode 355

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 but they quickly dismissed it since one of…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

#354 Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - Tommy Ward Pt. 2

Episode 354

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 to Ada, OK, for the second half of the sto…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

#353 Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - Tommy Ward Pt. 1

Episode 353

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 missing. A few months after her disappea…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

#352 Jason Flom with Terry Ceasor

Episode 352

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 a game that consisted of Terry chasing B…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

#351 Maggie Freleng with Hank Skinner

Episode 351

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 girlfriend, Twila Busby, left for a party, and wh…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

#350 Guest Host Lauren Bright Pacheco with Lamar Johnson

Episode 350

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 with guns, ambushed them and shot Marcu…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

#349 Maggie Freleng with Gwen Graham

Episode 349

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 been in a brief relationship at the time. …

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

#348 Jason Flom with Zavion Johnson

Episode 348

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 Johnson, eventually told authorities that…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

#347 Maggie Freleng with Talalelei "TJ" Edwards

Episode 347

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, Derrick. Talalelei often watched the boys…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago