CounterClock

By audiochuck

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After more than two decades of rumors and secrets, the question still remains, who killed Denise Johnson?

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20 of 20: Picking Up Pace

04.29.2021

Delia realizes the potential significance of the Pelley's .22 revolver much to the surprise of Jeff's defense attorney. The investigation into Eric Dawson's murder takes a surprising turn and puts Delia in the same room with investigators. Listeners can help ...

CounterClock episodes:

04.29.2021 20 of 20: Picking Up Pace Delia realizes the potential significance of the Pelley's .22 revolver much to the surprise of Jeff's defense attorney. The investigation into Eric Dawson's murder takes a surprising turn and puts Delia in the same room with investigators. Listeners can help ...
04.29.2021 19 of 20: Name and Face Delia investigates whether or not a fictitious identity manufactured in South Florida in the late 1970's could tether Bob and Phil's history more than previously thought. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
04.29.2021 18 of 20: Factually Based? Delia discovers new information buried in the Pelley's phone records could be critical. Jeff's attorney makes a bold claim she plans to argue in court and Delia brings on a crime scene assessment expert to weigh in on the facts ...
04.29.2021 17 of 20: Frauds and Fakes The sentences for the defendants in Fort Myers raise suspicion about the court’s integrity and Delia learns startling facts about members of the prominent family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
04.29.2021 16 of 20: Copy and Paste Bombshell testimony from Eric Dawson's former secretary and an undercover informant reveals the suspects' depth of deception in stealing Eric's land days before he vanished. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
04.29.2021 15 of 20: Hogs & Snakes Delia investigates the brutal murder of Eric Dawson in Fort Myers, Florida. A former lead detective on the case explains the complicated secrets of the slain land developer’s life and business. Family friends of the Pelleys’ emerge as persons of ...
04.29.2021 14 of 20: Fines & Grace The CounterClock investigation pivots to focus on the disappearance of a man in Southwest Florida seven months before the Pelley murders. Eric Dawson’s story is integrally important for the remainder of the series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
04.29.2021 13 of 20: Check The Bank Delia revisits the history of an enormous financial scandal with Bob Pelley’s former employer, Landmark Bank. The CounterClock investigation reveals never-before heard testimony from a woman who told authorities that Bob was afraid of people from his past in Florida. ...
04.29.2021 12 of 20: Guilty Face Jeff’s current defense attorney, Frances Watson, invites Delia to her “Pelley Case” war room at IU McKinney School of Law and lays out the facts she is using to contest Jeff’s conviction. Delia uncovers that former Saint Joseph County Police ...
04.29.2021 11 of 20: Trial Phase - Part 2 Alan Baum admits his failures as Jeff’s defense attorney but insists the physical evidence in the case suggests more than one shooter was involved. The final verdict comes in and new characters in the Pelley family's life speak publicly, raising ...
04.29.2021 10 of 20: Trial Phase - Part 1 The trial of the State of Indiana vs. Jeff Pelley begins in South Bend. Jeff’s lead defense attorney recalls important moments and delays that defined the high-profile proceedings. He explains to Delia the defense's strategy that was pushed to the ...
04.29.2021 9 of 20: Years to Wait The cold case homicide investigator who built a case against Jeff 13 years after the Pelley murders details his investigation and logic. Delia raises questions about a critical piece of evidence used to make the arrest that he can't explain. ...
04.29.2021 8 of 20: Switch and Bait Jeff's attempt to retrieve his inheritance early backfires and lands him in a world of trouble in Florida. Indiana police jump at the chance to try and get Jeff to confess to his family’s murders but that backfires too. Learn ...
04.29.2021 7 of 20: Time and Place Delia re-investigates the narrow window of time police believed Jeff committed the four murders. Eyewitness testimony becomes key to knowing Jeff's whereabouts and the last time the Pelley family was seen alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
04.29.2021 6 of 20: No Clues to Waste Indiana police try to find physical evidence linking Jeff to the murders. Delia examines their methods and uncovers documents that contradict one another. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
04.29.2021 5 of 20: Retrace Original detectives on the case remember tracking down 17-year-old Jeff Pelley at a theme park in Illinois and Delia dissects the first videotaped interview authorities conducted with the teenager. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
04.29.2021 4 of 20: Motive and Haste The Pelleys' next door neighbors remember critical details about the timeline leading up to the massacre and Delia learns the depths of mounting resentment between Jeff and Bob. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
04.29.2021 3 of 20: Evidence Race Bob, Dawn, Janel and Jolene's autopsies reveal details about their killer's mindset and Delia examines how reliable the police’s investigative case record really is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
04.29.2021 2 of 20: Crime and Case Eyewitnesses and police investigators who discovered the Pelley murders in 1989 remember the horrific scene inside the Pelley home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
04.29.2021 1 of 20: Establishing Base Delia launches her investigation into the Pelley family murders by going back in time. Interviews with family members and close friends establish critical information that explains what led the family from South Florida to Indiana. Learn more about your ad ...
04.25.2021 Season 3: The Pelley Family Massacre Investigative journalist Delia D’Ambra is launching the third installment of audiochuck’s popular podcast CounterClock. Season 3 is the biggest investigation yet sending Delia hunting for answers across five decades. This 20-episode series will release in its entirety on April 29th, ...
03.29.2021 NEW SHOW: O.C. Swingers Hey CounterClock listeners, Delia has been hard at work for the last year reporting, writing, and producing CounterClock Season 3. All 20 episodes will be released on April 29th of this year, so you guys can binge! But in the ...
11.19.2020 Bonus: Q & A Host Delia D’Ambra and CounterClock executive producer Ashley Flowers discuss details of the unsolved murder of Denise Johnson and the murder of Stacey Stanton. Delia goes through your email-submitted questions about both cases and tells all about her personal knowledge ...
11.12.2020 Bonus: Clif In today's episode Delia sits down for a raw one-on-one conversation with Clifton Spencer. The two dive deep into how law enforcement investigated the murder of Stacey Stanton and why the criminal justice system kept Clifton behind bars for nearly ...
11.05.2020 Episode 10: The Long Game Clifton may be a free man but the state of North Carolina is still after a big part of his life. During the season finale one of his post-conviction attorneys speaks openly about what the future holds. Counterclock is also ...
10.29.2020 Episode 9: New Evidence Delia explains Clifton Spencer's journey through the criminal justice system and why, time after time, evidence that could've helped free him, was never fully explored. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
10.22.2020 Episode 8: Overlap Delia reveals unbelievable connections between the murders of Stacey Stanton and Denise Johnson that include the same people, places and new jailhouse confessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
10.15.2020 Episode 7: The Break Ins Delia uncovers a violent history of crimes and suspicious behavior swirling around Mike Brandon. SBI agent, Donnie Varnell, is once again called upon to remember his former case work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
10.08.2020 Episode 6: Thin Walls A bank receipt from an ATM becomes a critical piece of evidence. Eyewitnesses on Ananias Dare Street are able to place individuals at Stacey's apartment during the early morning hours of the day she was murdered. Learn more about your ...
10.01.2020 Episode 5: Conflicting Stories Delia discovers that statements from Stacey's ex-boyfriend and his entourage are not adding up. Where they were and when leaves a lot of time unaccounted for on the night of the crime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
09.24.2020 Episode 4: Bar Rats Delia interviews a case of characters who were inside the Green Dolphin Pub on the night of February 2, 1990. These witnesses shed more light on the circumstances leading up to Stacey's murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
09.17.2020 Episode 3: Open and Shut Clifton Spencer fights his conviction in court and wins a small victory...but a bigger battle is still head. Delia uncovers that the events from three decades ago still weigh heavy on key players in the case. Learn more about your ...
09.10.2020 Episode 2: Prime Suspect Within hours, authorities develop their prime suspect in the Stacey Stanton murder case. This lead takes investigators to a town just outside of Manteo and to a man who was with Stacey the night she died. The clock to make ...
09.10.2020 Episode 1: Cluttered In season two, host Delia D'Ambra is back in her home town to investigate another brutal murder from the 90s. To the local police and DA the case is closed and a man has been sentenced for the crime. But ...
08.26.2020 Season Two - Coming Soon! It’s been 30 years since someone brutally stabbed 28-year-old Stacey Stanton inside of her second-story apartment. Investigative journalist Delia D’Ambra is back in her hometown on the Outer Banks of North Carolina to figure out if a man was wrongfully ...
03.26.2020 Episode 13: New Lead Who was really after who inside 2014 Norfolk Street on July 13th 1997? In 2020, a major update emerges in a cold case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
03.18.2020 Episode 12: Irrelevant After two years of searching, Delia tracks down Teresa but runs into unforeseen twists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
03.12.2020 Episode 11: Vandal Someone is still targeting Denise Johnson and a new crime taunts investigators in two neighboring small police departments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
03.05.2020 Episode 10: Male Figures Delia tracks down Denise’s long term boyfriends and discovers their overlapping information could point to the murderer’s motive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
02.27.2020 Episode 9: Body of Evidence CounterClock revisits the crime scene at 2014 Norfolk Street and uncovers there are secrets beneath the floorboards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
02.20.2020 Episode 8: The Tall Blonde One of the last people to see Denise Johnson alive comes forward and Delia tracks down the man who lived next door to Denise in 1997. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
02.13.2020 Episode 7: Caller Unknown CounterClock uncovers a terrible secret about Denise’s past in Florida and unearths a police report from Kill Devil Hills in 1996 that could point to who wanted her dead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
02.13.2020 Episode 6: The Brass All of the former key law enforcement detectives on he Denise Johnson case go on record about the investigation and mistakes that were made. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
02.06.2020 Episode 5: Search Warrant A set of siblings start to suspect their downstairs tenant is involved in the crime and when police return to Norfolk Street, a new lead emerges. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
01.30.2020 Episode 4: Of Interest Denise's roommate from 22 years ago remembers critical details that could help investigators and Delia uncovers a perplexing connection between Denise and the first eyewitness on scene. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
01.23.2020 Episode 3: The Dog In 1997, the first eyewitness on scene is detained by police and years later CounterClock tracks him down. Investigators begin to consider Denise’s four-legged companion a critical piece of evidence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
01.16.2020 Episode 2: Small Operation Kill Devil Hills police detectives, past and present, weigh in on the lagging progress in the case and the location of evidence from Denise's autopsy comes into question. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
01.16.2020 Episode 1: Dainty A killer remains at-large 22 years after a woman is brutally murdered inside her home in coastal North Carolina. Host, Delia D’Ambra, begins a new investigation into the unsolved murder starting with recollections from eyewitnesses. Learn more about your ad ...
11.27.2019 Trailer An investigative journalist revisits her small coastal hometown in North Carolina to dive deep into a 22-year-old cold case murder and arson that's marred the image of where she grew up. This investigative series reveals new clues, never-before-heard interviews and ...

CounterClock

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CounterClock episodes:

20 of 20: Picking Up Pace

19 of 20: Name and Face

18 of 20: Factually Based?

17 of 20: Frauds and Fakes

16 of 20: Copy and Paste

15 of 20: Hogs & Snakes

14 of 20: Fines & Grace

13 of 20: Check The Bank

12 of 20: Guilty Face

11 of 20: Trial Phase - Part 2

10 of 20: Trial Phase - Part 1

9 of 20: Years to Wait

8 of 20: Switch and Bait

7 of 20: Time and Place

6 of 20: No Clues to Waste

5 of 20: Retrace

4 of 20: Motive and Haste

3 of 20: Evidence Race

2 of 20: Crime and Case

1 of 20: Establishing Base

Season 3: The Pelley Family Massacre

NEW SHOW: O.C. Swingers

Bonus: Q & A

Bonus: Clif

Episode 10: The Long Game

Episode 9: New Evidence

Episode 8: Overlap

Episode 7: The Break Ins

Episode 6: Thin Walls

Episode 5: Conflicting Stories

Episode 4: Bar Rats

Episode 3: Open and Shut

Episode 2: Prime Suspect

Episode 1: Cluttered

Season Two - Coming Soon!

Episode 13: New Lead

Episode 12: Irrelevant

Episode 11: Vandal

Episode 10: Male Figures

Episode 9: Body of Evidence

Episode 8: The Tall Blonde

Episode 7: Caller Unknown

Episode 6: The Brass

Episode 5: Search Warrant

Episode 4: Of Interest

Episode 3: The Dog

Episode 2: Small Operation

Episode 1: Dainty

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