College aged men across the US have been going missing for decades, only to be discovered drowned days (sometimes even months) later. When smiley faces were discovered at many of the presumed drowning sites, it raised the question: Was this the act of a serial killing group or just creepy coincidences?

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On March 28, 1995, Sherwood Brown was found guilty in a triple homicide case and sentenced to death. For 28 years, 23 on death row, he fought for his innocence. In 2021, the courts finally agreed with his counsel and exonerated him, making him the 100th African American in the US since 1973 to be exonerated from a wrongful conviction and death sentence.

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Between 1992 and 1995, at least three different men in a small Mississippi town were convicted for brutal rape and murders: Two were sentenced to death and one to life in prison. Today, all three men have been exonerated. The reason for their exoneration? Flimsy forensics.

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In the early 2000s, a jury in Mississippi convicted Leigh Stubbs and Tami Vance of a brutal assault. The prosecution’s theory on what happened relied on junk science, homophobic bias and omission of contradicting evidence. Were they really guilty or did the real attacker get away free?

Join your host, Aine, in discussing the wrongful conviction of Leigh Stubbs and Tami Vance.

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On May 24, 2013, 8 year old Gabriel Fernandez died as a consequence of heinous torture and abuse at the hands of his mother and her boyfriend. His death raises the question: Why do the very systems designed to help children not step in to save them when all signs point to severe harm?

PROTECT ALL KIDS.

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When a 10 year old boy dies from a fatal brain bleed within days of disclosing to his mother his sexual orientation, police quickly rule the death suspicious. What would become apparent in the investigation is the multitude of failures by the very systems designed to protect this boy and his siblings.

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If you or anyone you know is a member of the LGBTQ+ community and needs help, you can text START to 678-678 or call 1-866-488-7386 to speak with a crisis counselor from the Trevor Project in the US. If you live in Ireland you can call the free National LGBT+ Helpline at 1800 929 539.

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In 1942, a string of young girls throughout Pascagoula, Mississippi, woke up with less hair than they went to bed with. Why was this happening, though? Would cops ever find the aptly named phantom barber terrorizing their town?

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After his business partner is shot in an assassination attempt, Dr. Ford is quickly suspected as the mastermind behind it all. What police and the neighborhood weren’t expecting was for the investigation to uncover potential ties to South African Biological warfare. Was Dr Ford just your friendly neighborhood gynecologist or did he have another life no one knew about?

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When a young boy shows up in Spain, 3 years after he went missing from San Antonio, Texas, the Barclay family couldn’t believe their luck. But was it really luck that brought their child back to them, or was it something more sinister? 

In 1933, Monsieur Rene Lancelin returned home to a completely pitch black house after his wife and daughter failed to attend a party. What followed would shock EVERYONE and tear psychiatrists apart about a psychiatric condition called Folie A Deux. This is the Papin Sisters case.

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