Episode five of A Heavy Weight: The body of 20 year old IU sophomore Joseph has been recovered and the investigation into what could’ve happened to him shifts. The prevailing theory around his death is made public leaving those close to him with more questions than answers.

Episode four of A Heavy Weight: 20 year old IU sophomore Joseph has been missing for nearly a week. What clues could the group chat found on his laptop hold? The search for Joseph takes a turn no one could have predicted...

Episode three of A Heavy Weight: 20 year old IU sophomore Joseph hasn’t been heard from in days. What clues do detectives and his sister find as the search continues…

Picking up the night of September 27th, 2015 after Joseph vanished. Where could he have gone? What clues did he leave behind?

Episode 1 of A Heavy Weight; a podcast re-investigating the unexplained disappearance of Joseph Smedley.

20 year old sophomore Joseph vanishes on the night of a blood moon, September 27, 2015.

A Heavy Weight is a series re-investigating the 2015 disappearance of Joseph Smedley, a 20 year old sophomore attending Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. 

The series launches this fall; visit www.aheavyweight.com for source materials and to follow Joseph's story.