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Atlanta, 1995. A 14-year-old honor student named Nacole Smith leaves for school on a June morning in the last week of eighth grade, turns back for a forgotten school project, and never makes it home. What happened in the woods off Campbellton Road would haunt southwest Atlanta for 26 years, outlast four homicide detectives, and become one of Georgia's most infamous unsolved cold cases.

This week, The Black Docket takes you inside the decades-long hunt for her killer: the DNA evidence that sat waiting on science to catch up, the survivor whose memory gave the case its only face, the mother who refused to let her daughter's name fade, and the groundbreaking genetic genealogy technology that changed everything. Some answers take 26 years. Some come at a price no family should pay.

A true crime deep dive into the Nacole Smith case, told the way only The Black Docket tells it: completely, and centered on the victims and the community that never stopped fighting.

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In the 1980s, a woman called "Mother Anna" built a cult compound. She promised salvation. She delivered abuse and murder. For thirty years, the survivors of the House of Prayer stayed silent. 

Then came a phone call that changed everything. This is the story of Anna Young, and what it took to finally bring down one of America's most disturbing cults.

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Marcellus Williams spent 23 years on death row in Missouri for a murder he denied until his very last breath. This week, we sit down with his whole story, who he was before any of this happened, what that courtroom did to him, and the fight to save his life that came far too late. Because some questions don't go away just because a state decides it's done answering them. 

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A Yale, Michigan. A husband murdered in his own bedroom. A wife who survived twenty-six stab wounds to tell the story herself. And the person behind it all was someone nobody in that house ever saw coming.

This week on The Black Docket, we're going full case-file deep on the Tia Skinner story. The investigation, the trials, and the legal fight that followed all the way to the Michigan Supreme Court.

When it's on the docket, we gon' clock it.

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A man freed from death row after 13 years. Proven innocent. Given a second chance. He met a woman who believed in redemption. She loved him completely. She protected him.

Then everything changed.

This is a true crime story about the distance between belief and reality. About what happens when love meets trauma. About a family that had to confront the unthinkable. About the price of redemption.

The Black Docket tells complete stories about cases affecting communities. Deep dive. No rush. No filler. Just the truth.

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233.

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A Baltimore preacher. Eight marriages. And Four bodies in her wake. 

In the 1980s, Geraldine Parrish orchestrated a series of contract murders to collect insurance benefits. She turned faith, family, and fear into weapons. She positioned herself as a spiritual guide while secretly building a network of manipulation that reached into the most intimate relationships.

But when her own family becomes a target and miraculously survives three attempts on her life, everything unravels. A detective's investigation reveals forty-five insurance policies, a voodoo threat used to coerce a nephew into marriage, and a young woman forced into complicity.

This is a true crime story about predators hiding in plain sight. How trust becomes a weapon. How systems fail until they finally work. What it takes to bring a killer to justice.

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How does love become a weapon? 

On this episode we're breaking down the case of Falicia Blakely, a story about trafficking, manipulation, and a justice system that failed everyone involved.

At just 19 years old, Falicia became Georgia's youngest woman to face the death penalty. But this isn't a story about a cold-blooded killer. It's a story about a girl who was groomed, controlled, and coerced into committing crimes she couldn't refuse. It's about the man who orchestrated everything and walked free.

We explore how predators use love as a weapon. How complete control masquerades as partnership. 

This is a deep dive into trafficking, coercion, and systemic injustice. If you've ever wondered how someone could be both a victim and perpetrator, this episode answers that question.

A cautionary tale for anyone who needs to recognize the signs before it's too late.

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A Cleveland woman defended herself from a violent attack in her own home. She called 911. She told the truth. And how would the system  repay her for her troubles? 

This week on The Black Docket we cover the case of Thomia "Mia" Hunter a story about domestic violence, self-defense law, battered woman syndrome, and what happens when the criminal justice system fails a Black woman who did everything right. 

We break down the trial, the evidence the jury never heard, and the fifteen year fight to correct what a Cuyahoga County courtroom got wrong in 2005.

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What happens when the person responsible isn’t a stranger… but someone already inside the circle?

This week on The Black Docket, we break down the case of Chad Choice, a missing child investigation that didn’t end with a search, but with years of unanswered questions.

As robberies unfold and a shocking murder shakes the community, investigators begin to realize this story isn’t what it first seemed.

And the deeper they look… the closer the truth gets to home.

If you think you know how this story ends YOU DON'T.

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Some cases shake a community.
Some cases shake a family.

And some cases force you to ask a question nobody ever wants to ask…

What happens when home becomes the most dangerous place in the room?

On this episode of The Black Docket, we walk through the heartbreaking and complicated case of Jasmiyah and Tasmiyah Whitehead, the Georgia twin sisters at the center of one of the most disturbing family crime cases in recent memory.

Before the headlines… before the courtroom… before the world heard their names… there were years of tension building inside a family trying to hold itself together. Custody battles. Shifting homes. A mother trying to establish rules. Teenagers pushing back. Police being called to the house more than once. A relationship between a mother and daughters that was already under strain.

And then one night… everything changed.

In true Black Docket fashion, we don’t just tell you what happened — we walk you through it. The family dynamics. The warning signs. The moments that people overlooked. And the courtroom decisions that followed.

Because this story isn’t just about a crime. It’s about family, pressure, loyalty, anger, and the moment when conflict turns into something nobody can take back. If you’re new to The Black Docket, this is a podcast where we break down real cases from the courtroom perspective with honesty, context, and conversation rooted in community.

So pull up a chair.

Because when it’s on the docket… we gon’ clock it.

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