Podcasts by Not Guilty
What defines guilt? Should we judge the accused based on the evidence found against them? Or by the decision made about them by a jury of their peers? Each week we look at complicated criminal cases, where the evidence and the verdict don’t always line up, testing the limits of “innocent until proven guilty.” Not Guilty is a Spotify Original from Parcast.
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Crossover Week: Crimes of Passion (Lorena Bobbitt Pt. 3) from 2020-04-13T07:05
If you enjoy the true stories told in Not Guilty, check out this episode from our series Crimes of Passion: Just because John and Lorena Bobbitt were acquitted for their individual crimes in 1994 d...
ListenCrossover Week: Crimes of Passion (Lorena Bobbitt Pt. 2) from 2020-04-13T07:03
If you enjoy the true stories told in Not Guilty, check out this episode from our series Crimes of Passion: After the now-infamous maiming on June 23rd, 1993, Lorena and John both faced criminal ch...
ListenCrossover Week: Crimes of Passion (Lorena Bobbitt Pt. 1) from 2020-04-13T07:01
If you enjoy the true stories told in Not Guilty, check out this episode from our series Crimes of Passion: Lorena Bobbitt thought she'd found her piece of the American dream when she married John ...
ListenO.J. Simpson Pt. 2 from 2020-01-09T08:03
For eight months, lawyers argued the case against O.J. Simpson. Prosecutors laid out a narrative of domestic violence and showed DNA evidence. The defense blamed racist cops. And the world waited a...
ListenO.J. Simpson Pt. 1 from 2020-01-09T08:01
On the evening of June 12th, 1994, the body of Nicole Brown Simpson was found on the steps outside her condominium, in a pool of her own blood. The corpse of Ron Goldman was sprawled in the nearby ...
ListenBest of 2019: The Boorn Brothers Pt. 2 from 2020-01-02T08:05
Here’s one of our listeners’ most requested episodes of 2019: In October of 1819, the two Boorn brothers, 27-year-old Jesse and 31-year-old Stephen, stood trial for the murder of their brother-in-l...
ListenBest of 2019: The Boorn Brothers Pt. 1 from 2020-01-02T08:01
Here’s one of our listeners’ most requested episodes of 2019: Jesse and Stephen Boorn never liked their sister’s husband, Russell Colvin. They would become prime suspects in connection with Colvin’...
ListenBest of 2019: “The Scopes Monkey Trial” Pt. 2 from 2019-12-26T08:01
Here’s one of our listeners’ most requested episodes of 2019: In July of 1925, William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow finally faced off in Judge Raulston’s courtroom in Dayton, Tennessee. The f...
ListenBest of 2019: “The Scopes Monkey Trial” Pt. 1 from 2019-12-19T08:01
Here’s one of our listeners’ most requested episodes of 2019: The state of Tennessee saw the Theory of Evolution as a direct assault on Christian values and therefore banned the subject from classr...
ListenReleased: The Tulia Convictions Pt. 2 from 2019-12-12T08:01
In the summer of 2000, Kareem White stood trial for drug charges that he insisted were false. Over 30 other defendants had been convicted ahead of him. But White insisted that all of the Tulia case...
ListenReleased: The Tulia Convictions Pt. 1 from 2019-12-05T08:01
In 1999, the town of Tulia, Texas was rocked by the racially motivated arrests of 46 people—39 of them African American. This resulted in 38 convictions for various drug charges with sentences of u...
ListenInsanity: John Hinckley Jr. Pt. 2 from 2019-11-28T08:01
Following the 1981 attempted assassination of President, Ronald Regan, FBI agents interviewed John Hinckley, Jr. and were certain they had an open and shut case. But they soon realized the case was...
ListenInsanity: John Hinckley Jr. Pt. 1 from 2019-11-21T08:01
Driven by an obsessive fixation, John Hinckley Jr. would ultimately cause one of the most shocking events in recent American history: the 1981 attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan. Le...
ListenPardoned: Richard Nixon Pt. 2 from 2019-11-14T08:01
On May 17, 1973, the Senate Select Committee began its hearings of several key witnesses in the Watergate break-in. What they would uncover would shock the country, dismantle a powerful presidency,...
ListenPardoned: Richard Nixon Pt. 1 from 2019-11-07T08:01
In 1972, a break-in at the Watergate office complex in Washington D.C. had the FBI investigating what they thought was an ordinary burglary. But when the evidence led them to the White House, they ...
ListenExonerated: Claus von Bülow Pt. 2 from 2019-10-31T07:01
After his wife Sunny von Bülow fell into a mysterious coma in 1980, Claus von Bülow was charged with her attempted murder. A high-profile trial would follow—resulting in a shocking verdict, and ult...
ListenExonerated: Claus von Bülow Pt. 1 from 2019-10-24T07:01
Sunny von Bülow collapsed in her Rhode Island home in December of 1980—inexplicably falling into a coma, ultimately never to recover. An investigation would soon be launched by her children into th...
ListenExonerated: Lynn DeJac Peters Pt. 2 from 2019-10-17T07:01
Buffalo, NY: After being arrested for the murder of her thirteen-year-old daughter in 1993, we follow Lynn Peters’ criminal proceedings, and also examine the shocking cold-case investigation that u...
ListenExonerated: Lynn DeJac Peters Pt. 1 from 2019-10-10T07:01
In 1993, Lynn DeJac Peters found her 13 year old daughter naked and dead. A year later, Peters found herself convicted of her daughter’s murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoic...
ListenCharles Chilton Moore Pt. 2: “American Atheist” from 2019-10-03T07:01
By 1895, a middle-aged Charles Chilton Moore had been arrested three times due to libel, blasphemy, and the mailing of "obscene materials". But Moore simply used his subsequent imprisonments to fur...
ListenCharles Chilton Moore Pt. 1: "The Blue Grass Blade" from 2019-09-26T07:01
In Reconstruction era Kentucky, Charles Chilton Moore was a minister-turned-atheist whose criticisms of religion would set him on a path to become a famous atheist, and founder of the so-called "in...
ListenSteven Steinberg Pt. 2: Sleepwalker from 2019-09-19T07:01
When Steven Steinberg went on trial in 1981 for the murder of his wife, Elana, his defense team used an unorthodox strategy; a gambit known as the “MacBeth Defense.” Learn more about your ad choice...
ListenSteven Steinberg Pt. 1: The Murder of Elana Steinberg from 2019-09-12T07:01
In May of 1981, housewife Elana Steinberg was brutally stabbed to death; a pair of home invaders attacked her, using a knife from her own kitchen. Her husband, Steven Steinberg, tried to fight off ...
ListenBoorn Brothers Pt. 2: Ghost Evidence from 2019-09-05T07:01
In October of 1819, the two Boorn brothers, 27-year-old Jesse and 31-year-old Stephen, stood trial for the murder of their brother-in-law, Russell Colvin. The only problem for the prosecution: Colv...
ListenBoorn Brothers Pt. 1: The Disappearance of Russell Colvin from 2019-08-29T07:01
Jesse and Stephen Boorn never liked their sister’s husband, Russell Colvin. It stood to reason that when he disappeared from their small town in Vermont, that the brothers would be regarded with so...
ListenThe Scopes Monkey Trial Pt. 2: Trial Of The Century from 2019-08-22T07:01
In July of 1925, William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow finally faced off in Judge Raulston's courtroom in Dayton, Tennessee. The future of American morality was on the line. Parcasters - This...
ListenThe Scopes Monkey Trial Pt. 1: Majority Rule from 2019-08-15T07:01
When Darwin published On Human Evolution, theists around the world had to grapple with their faith and this new scientific knowledge. The state of Tennessee saw the Theory of Evolution as a direct ...
ListenThe Chicago Eight Pt. 2: The Walker Report from 2019-08-08T07:01
After the protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention devolved into riots, the country demanded answers. Who was responsible for the rampant violence in the streets? In the end, eight of th...
ListenThe Chicago Eight Pt. 1: Trouble at the National Convention from 2019-08-01T07:01
The Democratic National Convention was hotly contested in 1968. On the streets of Chicago, liberal protesters turned out in droves. Much to the dismay of Mayor Richard Daley, who enforced a hard li...
ListenMichael Skakel Pt. 2: Little Brother from 2019-07-25T07:01
In 1975, 17-year-old Tommy Skakel was the primary suspect in the Martha Moxley murder case. But when new evidence came to light twenty years later, it was his younger brother, Michael Skakel, who s...
ListenMichael Skakel Pt. 1: The Murder of Martha Moxley from 2019-07-18T07:01
On October 30th, 1975, 15-year-old Martha Moxley was murdered less than a 100 yards from her front door. The police felt certain of the identity of her killer, but wouldn't be able to press charges...
ListenBernard Baran Pt. 2: “Free Baran” from 2019-07-11T07:01
In 1985, Bernie Baran stood trial for the alleged assault of six preschool children. The jury listened in shock and horror as the children, ages 3-6, described their experiences with the young teac...
ListenKristine Bunch Pt. 2: Ring of Fire from 2019-06-27T07:01
In February of 1996, 21-year-old Kristine Bunch stood trial for the arson of her Indiana trailer home and the murder of her three-year-old son. In the wake of Kristine's absolute silence to the pre...
ListenKristine Bunch Pt. 1: Accident or Arson? from 2019-06-20T07:01
In July of 1995, 21-year-old Kristine Bunch woke up up in the middle of the night to her house on fire. As fire investigators picked through the rubble, they found suspicious clues that suggest the...
ListenErnesto Arturo Miranda Pt. 2: The Right to Remain Silent from 2019-06-13T07:01
When Ernesto Arturo Miranda's defense attorney decided to appeal his conviction in 1965, he had no idea the case would make its was all the way to the Supreme Court. The landmark case would introdu...
ListenErnesto Arturo Miranda Pt. 1: The Loophole from 2019-06-06T07:01
In March of 1963, an 18-year-old girl was sexually assaulted on her way home from work in Phoenix, Arizona. The investigation and trial that followed would change the landscape of American policing...
ListenThe Central Park Five Pt. 2: The Sixth Man from 2019-05-30T07:01
In the summer of 1990, The Central Park Five went on trial for the brutal attack on 28-year-old Trisha Meili. But as the evidence against the boys grew thin, the entire case rested on their written...
ListenThe Central Park Five Pt. 1: “Wilding” from 2019-05-23T07:01
On April 19th, 1989, 28-year-old Trisha Meili was brutally attacked while jogging in Central Park. In less than 48-hours, five teenagers between the ages of 14 and 16 were charged for the attack. T...
ListenCynthia Payne Pt. 2: Defining Decency from 2019-05-16T07:01
During her trial in 1980, none of Cynthia Payne's male clients faced any charges. The public wondered who the real transgressor was and whether she deserved punishment or the law deserved a rewrite...
ListenCynthia Payne Pt. 1: The Madam from 2019-05-09T07:01
In 1978, police closed in on a clandestine brothel located in a quiet, humble home in London. The ensuing trial of the brothel’s madam, Cynthia Payne, called into question everything the straitlace...
ListenRobert Blake Pt. 2: TV Cop on Trial from 2019-05-02T07:01
After an 11-month-long investigation, Robert Blake, a household name for his portrayal of 70's TV cop Baretta, was charged with the murder of his wife in 2002, Bonny Lee Bakley. But forensics prove...
ListenRobert Blake Pt. 1: Bonny Lee Bakley from 2019-04-25T04:01:31
On the night of May 4th, 2001, 44-year-old Bonny Lee Bakley was shot to death while she waited in the passenger seat of her husband's car in Los Angeles. Her husband, the actor Robert Blake, claime...
ListenWelcome to Not Guilty! from 2019-04-16T19:07
Take a seat in the jury box as we dive into the most unbelievable acquittals and exonerations to ever take place in a court of law. Analyze the crime, observe the investigation, examine the evidenc...
ListenWelcome to Not Guilty! from 2019-04-16T19:07
Take a seat in the jury box as we dive into the most unbelievable acquittals and exonerations to ever take place in a court of law. Analyze the crime, observe the investigation, examine the evidenc...
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