She never left Harlan alive
In 1969, a young woman was stabbed to death in Harlan, Kentucky, and buried without a name. To many locals, she’s known as “Mountain Jane Doe.” To Darla Jackson and Todd Matthews, her case deserved a...
View ArticleBuried in Blue Earth
In 1980, 18-year-old Michelle Busha left home and never returned. It’s every family’s worst nightmare and it’s a circumstance so tragic that it touched a complete stranger thousands of miles away....
View ArticleMatching the lost and the found
Throughout this month, we’ve heard about NamUs, a federal database of missing and unidentified persons. This system allows law enforcement agencies and amateur sleuths to search and gather information...
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The Making of 'Making a Murderer'
In 1985, Steven Avery was convicted and imprisoned for sexual assault in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. He served nearly two decades of his sentence before being exonerated on the basis of new forensic...
View ArticleScars from Violence in Baltimore, Vietnam, and Brownsville
Coming up on today's show:After two weeks of massive delays at airport security lines across the country, the TSA has replaced Kelly Hoggan, its top security official. Since 2013, the TSA has shrunk...
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A Community Scared by Violence Struggles to Forget
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.John Allen Rubio was born in Brownsville, Texas in August 1980. About 23 years later, alongside his wife Angela, he murdered his three young...
View ArticleJessica Lange, Gabriel Byrne, Michael Shannon on 'Long Day's Journey.' Kitty...
Jessica Lange, Gabriel Byrne and Michael Shannon star in Eugene O'Neill's late masterpiece, “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” on Broadway. Actors Maggie Lacey and John Douglas Thompson, along with...
View Article50 Years Later, Re-examining the Murder of Kitty Genovese
Director James Solomon discusses his documentary, “The Witness” which reexamines the 1964 murder of Kitty Genovese. The film follows Genovese’s brother, Bill Genovese, who was 16 at the time of her...
View ArticleLooking at O.J. Simpson in the Context of Race and Celebrity in America
Director/producer Ezra Edelman discusses his five-part documentary “O.J.: Made in America,” which paints a detailed portrait of O.J. Simpson’s life in the context of race, celebrity and media in Los...
View ArticleProfiting from America's Gun Culture, Calculating the True Costs
The New Yorker's Jeffrey Toobin is filling in for Leonard today!Evan Osnos reports on the business and politics of gun buying in the U.S. for his latest New Yorker article. How the Asian arowana became...
View ArticleJohn McAfee on the Run
John McAfee made millions with his anti-virus software, then moved to the jungles of Belize in a compound set up like a modern-day “Heart of Darkness.” After his neighbor was murdered in 2012, Belize...
View ArticleTrial by fire
In 1988, two powerful explosions shook Kansas City, Missouri, killing six firefighters. Nine years later, five people were convicted of arson and sent to prison for life – but were they innocent?...
View ArticleIt's Just Business
When President Trump signed an order dismantling environmental protections, the photo-op included coal miners. We consider the symbolism and reality of coal country, and what the stereotypes miss....
View ArticleAcquitting the Innocent: Beyond "Serial" and "Making a Murderer"
The widespread popularity of the podcast Serial and the Netflix series Making A Murderer has elevated a new genre of crime stories: not true crime, but true innocence -- considering the very real...
View ArticleThe mystery of Mountain Jane Doe
Investigators dig up an unidentified murder victim, 45 years after she was buried, in an attempt to give her back her name. The exhumation leads to a series of unexpected revelations about who she was...
View ArticleThe mystery of Mountain Jane Doe
Investigators dig up an unidentified murder victim, 45 years after she was buried, in an attempt to give her back her name. The exhumation leads to a series of unexpected revelations about who she was...
View ArticleRunning from cops
In cities across America, black men are on the run. On April 4, 2015, in South Carolina, Walter Scott was killed while running away from a police officer. Eight days later, Freddie Gray ran from police...
View ArticleDoes the Time Fit the Crime?
The number of women in U.S. prisons and jails has increased more than 700 percent since 1980. And for 25 years, Oklahoma has led the nation in locking up women. This week on Reveal, we look at the...
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