A teenager confesses to shooting a man outside a nightclub. A woman confesses to stabbing her elderly landlord to death. A man confesses to killing his father, even though he can’t remember doing it. Different situations, different cities, different years – all with one thing in common: in every case, the confession was coerced. Call it “crisis brain” in full force! 

So ... how did these suspects escape their own false confessions? And how long did it take for the truth to come out? Find out in this episode of The Escape Pod! 

Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers: 

• Topic #1  00:54 

• Escaping weird tics and terrifying drivers! 

• Topic #2 12:20  

• Wisconsin, 2018: An 18-year-old becomes a shooting suspect 

• Topic #3 18:15  

• New York, 1995: A tenant and would-be informant becomes the suspect in her landlord’s fatal stabbing 

• Topic #4 28:19  

• California, 2018: Man’s father goes for a walk but doesn’t return 

• Topic #5 38:01  

• Co-hosts' final thoughts on coerced confessions 

Resources & Links 

• Tony Saavedra. May 23, 2024. https://www.sbsun.com/2024/05/23/fontana-pays-nearly-900000-for-psychological-torture-inflicted-by-police-to-get-false-confession/  

• KC Baker. May, 28, 2024.  https://people.com/man-coerced-confessing-murdering-father-father-was-alive-8654832  

• https://www.birdsall-law.com/false-confessions-the-eddie-gill-case 

• https://www.forensicmag.com/609996-Coerced-Confession-Evidence-Withholding-Renay-Lynch-is-Exonerated-26-Years-Later/  

• https://innocenceproject.org/renay-lynch-is-exonerated-after-nearly-26-years-of-wrongful-conviction-in-buffalo-new-york/  

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