In 1989, the city of Boston was gripped by the murder of Carol Stuart. Stuart was seven months pregnant when her husband Chuck told police a Black man shot and killed her. The police tore through Boston’s predominantly Black community Mission Hill neighbourhood, searching for a culprit. But by the time the real killer came to light, the damage was already done.  
 In this episode, Boston Globe editor, Adrian Walker joins us to talk about his podcast, Murder in Boston, which revisits this sensational case and the shocking twist that upended the narrative too many were quick to believe. 
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Murder in Boston: When a racist lie hoodwinked America

Fraud. Abduction. Murder. Every week, Crime Story host and investigative journalist Kathleen Goldhar goes deep into a true crime case with the storyteller who knows it best. 

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In the new season of her Pulitzer Prize winning podcast Stolen, Connie Walker investigates the disappearance of two women on the Navajo Nation, a place where people say you can get away with murder. 
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Trouble in Sweetwater: Connie Walker investigates a crisis of policing on America’s largest reservation

Dive into the gripping tale of Malcolm Macarthur, Dublin's charming socialite turned bank robber, whose desperate bid to maintain his lavish lifestyle spiraled into tragedy and scandal. 
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Scandal in Dublin: The killer who toppled a government

Tristan Redman didn’t believe in ghosts ... until he was all but forced to consider the possibility. His new podcast, Ghost Story, investigates a murder in his own family and the stories we tell ourselves about the past. 
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Ghost Story: A family murder mystery disturbs the past

Go deep inside one of America’s most pernicious lies with New York Times reporter, Elizabeth Williamson, who spent years uncovering the origins of the myth that Sandy Hook was a hoax. 
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After ​​Sandy Hook: Alex Jones and the battle for truth in America

The women in this story came to a fertility clinic at Yale hoping to become pregnant. They arrived expecting the utmost in care. But when a surgical procedure caused them excruciating pain, their doctors dismissed it. 
 Susan Burton is the host of The Retrievals, a podcast that exposes what was actually going on behind the scenes. In this episode, we discuss the shocking source of the patients’ pain and ask why we still tolerate and misinterpret women’s pain. 
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 This episode's transcript can be found here.

Murder in Boston: When a racist lie hoodwinked America

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