Aaron Habel's latest season of Framed botches its coverage of the murder of Scott Macklem. It's just the latest example of the whitewashing of convicted killer Temujin Kensu.

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Aaron Habel's latest season of Framed botches its coverage of the murder of Scott Macklem. It's just the latest example of the whitewashing of convicted killer Temujin Kensu.

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Aaron Habel's latest season of Framed botches its coverage of the murder of Scott Macklem. It's just the latest example of the whitewashing of convicted killer Temujin Kensu.

Check out our upcoming book events and get links to buy tickets here: https://murdersheetpodcast.com/events

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We discuss Murder on Songbird Road with our friends at the Viper Pit

Here is a link to the Viper Pit's coverage of the Jade Beasley case: https://lnns.co/jQw0zItO324

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We spoke with Monia Ali, author of the Fandom Exile Substack, about how true crime is becoming more and more like a fandom. We talked about the difference between stans and fans, how fandoms go bad, and how we can all combat toxicity in true crime.

In new segment, True Crime Wave, we’ll be talking about issues endemic to true crime. At its best, true crime offers the audience a way to learn about stories of crime, social issues, legal realities, and the real human beings at the heart of cases. It can be educational and compassionate and cathartic and thoughtful and incisive, and it can help raise awareness of cases. Good true crime can show case all kinds of different perspectives. It can center journalism, advocacy, legal analysis, investigative approaches, the experiences of survivors or victims’ families, and more. That is all very good. But too often, we see true crime devolve. We have seen online mobs, harassment, conspiracy theories, ethics-washing, and more. True crime won’t get better on its own. We think talking about these things will help. 

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Sam McGuire studies conspiracy theories. He is a master's graduate from OCAD University in Toronto, Ontario. We were fortunate enough to get to talk to him about conspiracy theories, their prevalence in true crime, and how we can try to help people break the cycle of conspiratorial thinking.

In new segment, True Crime Wave, we’ll be talking about issues endemic to true crime. At its best, true crime offers the audience a way to learn about stories of crime, social issues, legal realities, and the real human beings at the heart of cases. It can be educational and compassionate and cathartic and thoughtful and incisive, and it can help raise awareness of cases. Good true crime can show case all kinds of different perspectives. It can center journalism, advocacy, legal analysis, investigative approaches, the experiences of survivors or victims’ families, and more. That is all very good. But too often, we see true crime devolve. We have seen online mobs, harassment, conspiracy theories, ethics-washing, and more. True crime won’t get better on its own. We think talking about these things will help. 

Check out Sam's Master's thesis here: https://openresearch.ocadu.ca/id/eprint/4061/

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Today, we will discuss issues around moderation with Elle, the moderator for our Facebook group. If you'd like to join, search Murder Sheet Discussion Group on Facebook — just remember to follow the rules! We spoke with Elle about how moderators can help save true crime.

In our new segment, True Crime Wave, we’ll be talking about issues endemic to true crime. At its best, true crime offers the audience a way to learn about stories of crime, social issues, legal realities, and the real human beings at the heart of cases. It can be educational and compassionate and cathartic and thoughtful and incisive, and it can help raise awareness of cases. Good true crime can show case all kinds of different perspectives. It can center journalism, advocacy, legal analysis, investigative approaches, the experiences of survivors or victims’ families, and more. That is all very good. But too often, we see true crime devolve. We have seen online mobs, harassment, conspiracy theories, ethics-washing, and more. True crime won’t get better on its own. We think talking about these things will help. 

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Nobody’s safe from surveillance and data breaches. We sometimes seem to live in a post-privacy world. But there’s something you can do to take back the power. DeleteMe is a quick, easy, and safe service that lets you remove your personal data online.

We love DeleteMe and we’ve used it long before the company sponsored us. We’re pretty outspoken in true crime and that makes a target for some pretty unstable people. The people who sit in their basement screaming nonsense can be pretty threatening when you talk about a fact they don’t like. And we all know that our old enemy TrueCrimeSwine89 won’t rest until he’s got us — definitely don’t want any information getting into his hooves. 

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We discuss why many people seem to have been surprised by the verdict in the Delphi trial. 

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We both love gift-giving —picking out the perfect gift for each other! That’s why we’re grateful to our awesome new sponsor Quince. They make it so easy to get your loved ones — and yourself — amazing, premium gifts at an affordable price. Quince is all about the finer things in life — cashmere, gold, Italian handbags. But they make these products affordable on any budget. 

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Today, The Murder Sheet interviews Kelly Sue DeConnick, an award-winning comic book writer. Her latest book FML deals with plenty of themes around true crime, centering a cartoonist out of Portland, Oregon with an obsession for gory podcasts. We'll talk with Kelly Sue about true crime, art, and why we all seek out disturbing stories.

Preorder FML at your local comic shop, which you can find at Comic Shop Locator: https://www.comicshoplocator.com/

Learn more about FML here: https://www.fmlcomix.com/

Check out the details on FML Issue #1 (along with pre-order links): https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/3013-235/FML-1

Here's the announcement about FML and pre-order links: https://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/4147/kelly-sue-deconnick-and-david-lopez-return-to-crea

Learn more about FML here: https://www.darkhorse.com/Search/fml

Find your local comic book shop by going to the Comic Shop Locator here: https://www.comicshoplocator.com/

Check out Dark Horse Comics here: https://www.darkhorse.com/

Buy Wonder Woman: Historia: The Amazons here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/wonder-woman-historia-the-amazons-kelly-sue-deconnick/19695715?ean=9781779521354

Here are some books that came up during our conversation:

Buy Mia Zapata and the Gits: A Story of Art, Rock, and Revolution by Steve Moriarty here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/art-rock-and-revolution-the-story-of-the-gits/19663701?ean=9781627311502

Buy the The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America by David Hajdu here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-ten-cent-plague-the-great-comic-book-scare-and-how-it-changed-america-david-hajdu/10092241?ean=9780312428235

Buy Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/helter-skelter-the-true-story-of-the-manson-murders-curt-gentry/7327756?ean=9780393322231

Check out Maggie Estep’s work here: https://bookshop.org/contributors/maggie-estep

Check out Kimberle Crenshaw’s work here: https://bookshop.org/contributors/kimberle-crenshaw

Buy Ice Haven by Daniel Clowes here or wherever you get your comics: https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31921083673&dest=usa&ref_=ps_ggl_18382194370&cm_mmc=ggl-_-US_Shopp_Trade0to10-_-product_id=COM9780375423321USED-_-keyword=&gclid=CjwKCAjwlbu2BhA3EiwA3yXyu5tDVNTTThQU5QdohYkZ89Ef-qKEMyHoT-2UdWkWhi6E3YjQ1rAn7hoClnwQAvD_BwE

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Check out works by and about the photographer Arthur Fellig, known as Weegee, here: https://bookshop.org/search?keywords=weegee

The Los Angeles Kirby Vision exhibition is no longer running out but definitely check out Jack Kirby’s work here: https://bookshop.org/search?keywords=jack+kirby

Check out Matt Fraction’s Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen: Who Killed Jimmy Olsen? here: https://www.dc.com/graphic-novels/supermans-pal-jimmy-olsen-2019/supermans-pal-jimmy-olsen-who-killed-jimmy-olsen

Check out Ed Brubaker’s Criminal series here: https://bookshop.org/contributors/ed-brubaker

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Today, we will delve more into the relationship between Richard Allen's defense investigator Matthew Hoffman and internet cranks. Specifically, we unpack communications from Discord in which Angela Sadlowski and Courtney Parsons discuss meeting with Hoffman in November 2023 and getting information on phone pings around the crime scene, as well as identifying information about at least one person whose phone pinged there.

Part one of our report on secret Twitter messages between appellate attorney for Richard Allen Cara Wieneke, attorney for attorneys Andrew Baldwin and Bradley Rozzi Michael Ausbrook, self-proclaimed "voice" of Richard Allen Bob Motta, and internet cranks Sadlowski, Parsons, and Nicole Miller: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/26d853a0-e61d-4087-be17-bb1d68cf91ee

Part two of that same report: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/fbfdaf09-ddb0-4f92-832d-72f984e36018

Our interview with Paul Mannion: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/b617f209-abbe-4cef-9636-d4349bb577d7

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The Murder Sheet sits down with Jayson Blair of the Silver Linings Handbook podcast for a conversation about ethical true crime. We will talk about our recent coverage of Twitter messages between figures in the Delphi murders case: namely, appellate attorney for Richard Allen Cara Wieneke, attorney for defense attorneys Andrew Baldwin and Bradley Rozzi Michael Ausbrook, attorney and Defense Diaries Youtuber Bob Motta, and a trio of internet cranks. We also break into wider topics around true crime, gag orders, and what it means to be an ethical creator.

Check out Jayson's show at the Silver Linings Handbook website: https://silverliningshandbook.com/

Check out this fundraiser to help Othram solve cases involving Missing and Murdered Indgenous People: https://www.bonfire.com/stand-with-indigenous-people/

Please read about this case that Jayson's podcast is sponsoring with Othram: https://dnasolves.com/articles/hennepin-county-john-doe-1986/

Part one of our coverage of the Delphi defense brain trust's secret messages: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/26d853a0-e61d-4087-be17-bb1d68cf91ee

Part two of our coverage of the Delphi defense brain trust's secret messages: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/fbfdaf09-ddb0-4f92-832d-72f984e36018

Part three of our coverage of the Delphi defense brain trust's secret messages: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/b617f209-abbe-4cef-9636-d4349bb577d7

Listen to our previous episode covering the actions of Sadlowski and Parsons here: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/4adacab5-5280-47e8-a08f-8899bc4efc48

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In the true crime space, we have noticed the creep of misinformation and conspiratorial thinking. It's not always easy to spot, though. Critical thinking can help us all engage better with stories about law and crime. But how can we start engaging in critical thinking around our favorite genre?

Today's guest, Dr. Steven Novella, can help. Dr. Novella is a clinical neurologist at Yale University School of Medicine. He's also one of the hosts of the podcast The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe. We'll talk to him about how to spot a con job, our adversarial criminal justice system, Occam's razor, and the appeal of conspiracy theories.

Learn more about Dr. Novella and his podcast The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe here: https://www.theskepticsguide.org/

Check out the Science-Based Medicine website here: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/

The Skeptics' Guide to the Future: What Yesterday's Science and Science Fiction Tell Us about the World of Tomorrow by Dr. Steven Novella, Jay Novella, and Bob Novella: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-skeptics-guide-to-the-future-what-yesterday-s-science-and-science-fiction-tell-us-about-the-world-of-tomorrow-steven-novella/18588557?ean=9781538709542

Read the other book from the Novella brothers: The Skeptics' Guide to the Future: What Yesterday's Science and Science Fiction Tell Us about the World of Tomorrow: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-skeptics-guide-to-the-future-what-yesterday-s-science-and-science-fiction-tell-us-about-the-world-of-tomorrow-steven-novella/18588557?ean=9781538709542

Read the other books that Dr. Novella mentioned!

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-demon-haunted-world-science-as-a-candle-in-the-dark-ann-druyan/6315853?ean=9780345409461

Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time by Michael Shermer: https://bookshop.org/p/books/why-people-believe-weird-things-pseudoscience-superstition-and-other-confusions-of-our-time-michael-shermer/11054136?ean=9780805070897

Nonsense on Stilts by Massimo Pigliucci: https://bookshop.org/p/books/nonsense-on-stilts-massimo-pigliucci/8283291?ean=9780226495996

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We spoke to Brett and Alice from The Prosecutors about some concerning trends in true crime.

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The truth will set you free. 

We live by that on the Murder Sheet. We’re always look to get at the truth when we cover criminal cases — parsing through legal documents and stories from survivors, detectives, and attorneys to get the full picture. 

So you can imagine why we love to listen to Brittani Ard’s quest for the truth on new podcast "You Probably Think This Story's About You.” 

Britt is all about getting an answer to a deeply personal question: What if the person you thought was your soulmate never really existed?

After a chance meeting on the Hinde dating app, man name Canaan stole Britt’s heart. She fell hard for him. But he ended up dragging her into a web of lies. The Canaan she came to love was an invention. A ghost. 

Britt’s journey to piece together this disturbing mystery isn’t just compelling. It’s a raw look at self-discovery, and the power of coming together to form a community through shared grief and trauma. 

Listen and follow You Probably Think This Story’s About You wherever you listen to podcasts.

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In 1991, a young college student named Anita Byington went out with friends in Austin, Texas. The following morning, she was found brutally murdered.

A man named Allen Andre Causey was tried and convicted of the murder in 1992. His confession to police was a major piece of evidence against him.

Now, the Innocence Project of Texas says Causey is a factually innocent man. The Travis County Prosecutor's Office agreed with this, although members of Anita Byington's family say that they still believe the evidence against Causey points to innocence. Causey was paroled in 2022, but he could soon receive an exoneration as well.

In this episode, we will hear from Causey's Innocence Project of Texas team: executive director Mike Ware, senior staff attorney Jessi Freud, staff attorney Chase Baumgartner, and attorney Amber Vasquez. They will explain why they believe the evidence strongly points to Causey's innocence, and who they think really killed Anita.

Listen to our interview with Anita's cousin Kristina Byington here: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/3779b01f-4126-4e92-abe0-1336fd7ad890

The Innocence Project of Texas's website: https://innocencetexas.org/

Texas Monthly's coverage of the case: https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/hector-polanco-andre-causey-false-confessions/

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In 1991, a young college student named Anita Byington was brutally murdered in Austin, Texas. A man named Allen Andre Causey was tried and convicted of the murder, based largely on his confession to police. Causey was paroled recently. But the Innocence Project of Texas took on the case, believing that he was factually innocent of the crime and that he deserved to be exonerated. The Travis County Prosecutor's Office agreed with their assessment, and legal proceedings have been going on this year around Causey's exoneration.

But Anita's cousin Kristina Byington is pushing back. She feels that Causey is guilty of the crime, and she has criticized the Travis County Prosecutor's Office for leaving her in the dark and working too closely with Causey's team. Today, we will speak to Kristina. Tomorrow, we will hear from the other side when we interview the Innocence Project of Texas, a group of attorneys who strongly feel Causey is innocent and that another man killed Anita all those years ago.

Allen Andrew Causey's confession: https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/third-court-of-appeals/1994/6229.html

Kristina's Facebook group advocating against the Travis County Prosecutor's Office: https://www.facebook.com/groups/396731979507482

Kristina's Medium article on her cousin's case: https://medium.com/@kristinabyington/anita-byingtons-murder-and-the-travis-county-da-s-pursuit-to-pervert-justice-d182e0279a0b

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Offbeat is The Murder Sheet's audio opinion column. It's where we give you our takes on topics in crime. In this episode, we'll talk about our collective bias toward interesting stories, the shortcomings of storytelling in the true crime genre, and how it influences how we all think about real-life crimes.

Check out the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Crime Data Explorer here: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/home

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Offbeat is The Murder Sheet's audio opinion column. It's where we give you our takes on topics in crime. In this episode, we'll talk about our collective bias toward interesting stories, the shortcomings of storytelling in the true crime genre, and how it influences how we all think about real-life crimes.

Today on The Murder Sheet, we'll be talking about the deluge of cranks who seem to flock to every major true crime story.

Our conversation with Michael Arntfield where he shared the plane anecdote: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/c51f3f44-5b07-4fc7-9095-b85badd46d07

Our conversation with Radley Balko where he discussed problematic expert witnesses: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/f10600ae-ee1e-4b54-8238-a3f5395ce496

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Let's talk some True Crime Truths! Are exciting, sensational theories usually the best ones? Should victims' families get veto power over case coverage?

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Let's talk some True Crime Truths! Do amateurs solve decades old crimes by figuring out ciphers? Do books and documentaries that promise final solutions to cold cases pan out?

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Sarah Weinman is an award-winning writer and editor who has spent years covering crime, the true crime genre, and crime fiction. She's recently edited an anthology Evidence of Things Seen: True Crime in an Era of reckoning. It's a collection that asks tough questions about our understanding of crime, and efforts to document crimes in both traditional outlets and new media.

In this episode, The Murder Sheet sits down with Sarah to discuss the book, the process for compiling so many diverse and interesting voices in one volume, ethical considerations in true crime and crime journalism, and the crime fiction author Margaret Millar!

Read Sarah's New York Times op-ed here: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/15/opinion/true-crime-crisis.html

Read Sarah's article on Linda Millar and her family here: https://crimereads.com/linda-interrupted/

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Sarah Turney is a prominent voice in true crime. She runs her own podcast, Voices for Justice. She previously was interviewed in journalist Ottavia Zappala's podcast Missing Alissa. That's because Turney's sister Alissa vanished years ago, and her father Michael was arrested in the case in 2020.

Recently, Turney has taken to social media and Voices for Justice to blast Ottavia and Missing Alissa. She's made all sorts of wild claims, including implying that Ottavia tried to sue her for speaking out about Alissa.

We were curious and dug into Turney's claims. We found that they're untrue. We also interviewed Ottavia about her story, what really happened between her and Turney, and what she has to say about some of Turney's claims.

Here's our past statements on lies that Sarah Turney told about us on The Fall Line: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/1dd5469f-8bb5-4492-9dce-53324855c3b1

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Charles Lindbergh was —for a while — the type of national hero we don't seem to have anymore. Millions of Americans followed the story of his 1927 flight across the Atlantic. He was, of course, the first pilot to succeed in making that journey and the country idolized him for it. 

And then tragedy struck. In 1932, Lindbergh's 20 month-old-son was kidnapped from the family home. Despite the best efforts of everyone involved, the story did not have a happy ending. Lindbergh's son was killed. 

The press coverage of all of this was intense-- and when you hear about it you realize that not much has changed since then. The issue of cameras in the courtroom was contentious then as it is today. There was also debate and controversy then as now about how new media reported on the trial. Back then new media was radio and newsreels. Today new media is podcasts and you tubers

To get a perspective on all of this we spoke with Thomas Doherty, the author of LIttle Lindy is Kidnapped: How the Media Covered the Crime of the Century. It is a terrific book. 

Here's a link: http://cup.columbia.edu/book/little-lindy-is-kidnapped/9780231198486

In our conversation, we will cover the crime and the trial — and also how it has reverberated in ways you may not expect. It has even snuck in an appearance on a popular book you may have read as a child.

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We've done a couple of episodes on the JFK assassination and decided it was time to add a new voice to the conversation. We chose to speak with Fred Litwin, a longtime assassination researcher who was a new book on the case.

You can buy Fred's book — Oliver Stone's Film Flam — on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Oliver-Stones-Film-Flam-Demagogue-Dealey/dp/0994863063?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

 And you can find him online at onthetrailofdelusion.com

In our conversation, we mentioned high resolution pictures of ce 399-- the "magic bullet." You can find those images at

https://www.onthetrailofdelusion.com/post/bombshell-jfk-destiny-betrayed-proven-wrong-on-chain-of-custody-of-ce-399

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In this episode, we'll talk about some of the behind-the-scenes happenings at the Murder Sheet. If you prefer our straight news coverage and case-focused episodes, feel free to skip. We'll be talking about our process for records requests, revealing our latest angles on the Delphi case, and addressing some false accusations thrown at us by Sarah Turney and the Fall Line podcast.

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We get asked a lot about how we put together the Murder Sheet. How do we report on cases without harming them? How do we vet sources?

We feel our audience has a right to transparency. So we decided to write down all of the relevant processes — and ethical considerations — that go into our show.

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The West Memphis Three case is back in the news again- thanks to the efforts of Damien Echols to try to get a piece of evidence DNA tested. Has the media ever given us the full story about this case?

To try to find out, we spoke with researcher Danni Cash, who has an encyclopedic knowledge of this complicated story. Danni is also one of the administrators of the West Memphis 3 discussion group on Facebook. You can find that group at

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1031585231015872

In addition, Danni hosts the podcast 10601 Sabo, which covers a different case. You can find it at

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/10601-sabo/id1586602280

If you are interested in learning more about this case, you can find primary source documents at

http://callahan.mysite.com/index.html

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It's no secret that the Delphi murders case has attracted a robust and at times confounding internet following. But some have carved out an especially extreme and troubling niche within that space.

This episode covers the bizarre online behavior by the following so-called internet sleuths: Angela Sadlowski, Courtney Parsons, Paul Mannion, and Kathryn or Kate O'Hehir. These four are dedicated to digging into the Delphi murders case, and willing to use harassment, stalking, and libel to smear just about everyone else involved in the case.

In this episode, we'll also get into shocking claims that Mannion has made regarding the leak of discovery materials in the Delphi case.

Listen to our past coverage of the unsuccessful lawsuit filed against Carroll County filed by Sue Wright and Angela Sadlowski: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/89f862ab-f7f9-4ddd-8bf1-7136cf7e5886

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Members of Richard Allen’s defense team have worked hand-in-hand with internet cranks in order to sway the public narrative of the case, smear perceived enemies, and raise thousands of dollars through a poorly-organized fundraiser.

We have spent weeks looking through a Twitter private message group consisting of Allen's appellate attorney Cara Wieneke, attorney for Bradley Rozzi and Andrew Baldwin Michael Ausbrook, Illinois attorney Bob Motta of the Defense Diaries Youtube show, licensed clinical social worker associate and internet crank Angela Sadlowski, dog food company employee and internet crank Courtney Parsons, and social media crank Nicole Miller.

Today, we'll talk to the owner of the channel, Paul Mannion. He'll get into his concerns about the internet culture around the case, the pipeline between the defense team and the web, and why he is taking a stand and speaking out.

Listen to our previous episode covering the actions of Sadlowski and Parsons here: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/4adacab5-5280-47e8-a08f-8899bc4efc48

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Members of Richard Allen’s defense team have worked hand-in-hand with internet cranks in order to sway the public narrative of the case, smear perceived enemies, and raise thousands of dollars through a poorly-organized fundraiser.

We have spent weeks looking through a Twitter private message group consisting of Allen's appellate attorney Cara Wieneke, attorney for Bradley Rozzi and Andrew Baldwin Michael Ausbrook, Illinois attorney Bob Motta of the Defense Diaries Youtube show, licensed clinical social worker associate and internet crank Angela Sadlowski, dog food company employee and internet crank Courtney Parsons, and social media crank Nicole Miller.

In this episode, listeners will learn more about accusations that Motta and Sadlowski made about us "bullying" Baldwin, why Wieneke wants to entrust personal information about prospective jurors to so-called "internet sleuths," and the defense's possible strategy for getting a mistrial.

Listen to our previous episode covering the actions of Sadlowski and Parsons here: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/4adacab5-5280-47e8-a08f-8899bc4efc48

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Members of Richard Allen’s defense team have worked hand-in-hand with internet cranks in order to sway the public narrative of the case, smear perceived enemies, and raise thousands of dollars through a poorly-organized fundraiser.

We have spent weeks looking through a Twitter private message group consisting of Allen's appellate attorney Cara Wieneke, attorney for Bradley Rozzi and Andrew Baldwin Michael Ausbrook, Illinois attorney Bob Motta of the Defense Diaries Youtube show, licensed clinical social worker associate and internet crank Angela Sadlowski, dog food company employee and internet crank Courtney Parsons, and social media crank Nicole Miller.

In this episode, listeners will learn more about how professional attorneys whipped obvious cranks into a frenzy, what went wrong with the fundraiser for Alllen's trial experts, what this group really thinks of victim Liberty German's family, and how Motta, Sadlowski, Parsons, and Miller frequently derided Judge Frances Gull as a "bitch."

Listen to our previous episode covering the actions of Sadlowski and Parsons here: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/4adacab5-5280-47e8-a08f-8899bc4efc48

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On New Year's Day in 1973, a woman met a man at a New York City bar called W.M. Tweeds. They hit it off and went back to her place. But the story doesn’t end there. The woman — a 28-year-old teacher named Roseanne Quinn — was never seen alive again. At least, not by anyone other than her killer. 

In a way, Roseanne Quinn has died many deaths. First, at the hands of a vicious, violent man. And then again and again and again over the years, as journalists, writers, and filmmakers smeared her name and overlooked her humanity for the sake of scaring other women.

Here’s a link to the Slate article from Jude Ellison Sady Doyle: (shorturl.at/fjsJW). And here’s the piece from Naked City Stories (shorturl.at/fkxDH). All other works were accessed via Newspapers.com. 

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