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  Truer Crime • Oct 11th ’22*BONUS* The Real Impacts of True Crime Media w/ Sarah Turney

  In 2001, Sarah Turney’s sister, Alissa, went missing. Nearly two decades later and no arrests in the case, the police told her they could no longer help her and she needed to get media coverage for the case. So, in 2019, Sarah started The Voices for Justice Podcast as a...

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  Truer Crime • Dec 7th ’21Special Announcement: Robin + Roiann

  When Roiann was diagnosed with early onset dementia, her sister Robin had her back, making sure everything was in order so she could live comfortably in an assisted living facility. When her other sister and mom were also diagnosed with dementia, Robin worked harder and reached deeper to support the...

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  Truer Crime • Oct 12th ’21*BONUS* Womanhood + True Crime w/ Olivia Gatwood

  In 2017, Olivia Gatwood picked up a new hobby: listening to true crime podcasts. Living in a first floor Boston apartment at the time, Olivia was quickly consumed by a new fear: a man breaking into her apartment and murdering her in her sleep. In order to work through this...

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  Truer Crime • Jul 13th ’21Ep. 10: Joan Little Pt. 2

  At just 21 years old, Joan Little finds herself on trial for murder and facing the death penalty. But still, thousands of people around the country insist that Joan’s actions were justified. When her case sparks nationwide protests and a wave of financial support, eyes around the world are suddenly...

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  Truer Crime • Jul 6th ’21Ep. 09: My Story

  Last week I sat in a courtroom, a government building not so different from the ones we often mention on Truer Crime. So this week I decided to do something different: In today’s episode, I’m both crime storyteller and crime victim. This is the story of how a man I...

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  Truer Crime • Jun 29th ’21Ep. 08: Joan Little Pt. 1

  In the early hours of August 27th, 1974, the security camera at North Carolina’s Beaufort County Jail was inexplicably not working. So when the night jailer, Clarence Alligood is found dead in 20-year-old Joan Little’s cell — everyone is left with a slew of unanswered questions. Why was Clarence Alligood...

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  Truer Crime • Jun 22nd ’21Ep. 07: Michael Johnson / Tiger Mandingo

  In the winter of 2013, Dylan King-Lemons went to the doctor with stomach pains. His diagnosis? HIV. A few months later, one of his former sexual partners, Michael Johnson, is arrested. But why? Today’s episode explores identity, crime, and our societal obsession with punishment. Please be aware that today’s episode contains...

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  Truer Crime • Jun 15th ’21Ep. 06: The Tulsa Race Massacre

  In 1921, an act of terrorism would turn a once thriving Black community to ash and rubble overnight. It was an event so horrific that many historians now call it the single worst incident of racist violence in U.S. history. But what led up to that fateful day? And why...

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  Truer Crime • Jun 8th ’21Ep. 05: Relisha Rudd

  No one had seen 8-year-old Relisha Rudd for weeks before she was finally reported missing in March of 2014. So where was she? Why did it take so long for anyone to notice? And who was to blame? Today’s episode explores what can happen when the systems built to protect...

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  Truer Crime • Jun 1st ’21Ep. 04: Josiah Sutton

  At just 16 years old, Josiah Sutton is accused and convicted of a heinous crime he swears he didn’t commit. Only problem? Investigators have DNA evidence which links him directly to the crime. Today’s episode explores forensic science, the effects of imprisonment, and the bond between a mother and her...