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The Decision: Mike Tyson’s Rape Trial, 25 Years Later

It was kind of a big deal. In 1991, Indiana Black Expo was set to host the Miss Black America pageant during its Summer Celebration, and among the celebrities in town to partake in the festivities was...

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A Lawyer’s Look At The Mike Tyson Rape Trial

When former Indianapolis defense attorney Mark Shaw became chairman of the media committee for the Mike Tyson trial, he gained a front-row seat for the hottest legal battle of 1992. Positioned just...

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The Couple Investigating The Death Of Their Daughter

No one loved a good murder mystery more than Jessie Whitehouse. It was in the blonde-haired, blue-eyed, 30-year-old paralegal’s blood. Raised by a lawman-turned–private eye, and the granddaughter of a...

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The Confessions Of Cleveland Bynum

Dr. watson. It was a logical, perhaps elementary, conclusion that Fran Watson’s law students would piece the clues together and bestow upon her a wholly uninspired nickname. Never mind that she wasn’t...

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AMA: Marisa Kwiatkowski, Journalist

Three-hundred-sixty-eight allegations of sexual abuse. The Olympics. A generation of victimized gymnasts. Where did you start? I was working on an investigation in March 2016 related to failures to...

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How The Jill Behrman Case Informed Michael Koryta’s New Novel

Supposedly, the most-loathed question for a writer is: “Where do you get your ideas?” I won’t deny there are times when that has been true for me, when I end up foundering through the explanation of a...

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Next In Line: The Burger Chef Murders

2-2-4-2 They are four digits that Mel Willsey can instantly recall. The sequence is of no practical use to him like, say, an ATM PIN or a coworker’s phone extension within the Marion County Sheriff’s...

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Halfway Across: The Delphi Murders

The original trestle over Deer Creek in Carroll County went up for the Monon Railroad in 1891 and was christened with the accurate if unassuming name of Monon High Bridge. It spans more than 850 feet...

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Donald Cline: The Fertility Doctor Accused of Fraud

Chapter 1 At the beginning of 2019, a weekend after New Year’s, a small group of lookalikes and their children made what has recently become an annual trek to a rented cabin in Indianapolis for finger...

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Catching The Couple Who Conned Amazon

Back in 1995, when Don Howard first joined the Indiana State Police as a road trooper, he didn’t even have a computer in his patrol car. Every time a suspect fled or a robbery was in progress, Howard...

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The Problem With Crime Junkie

To begin the story of a podcast, let’s introduce a voice: I keep hearing that you love stories of true crime. You love all things true crime. But hearing about it once a week isn’t enough for you. You...

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Ten Point Coalition’s Turf War With The City’s East Side

After four straight record-setting years of homicides in Indianapolis, Reverend Charles Harrison was hardly in a mood to celebrate. As the president of the city’s Ten Point Coalition, a faith-based...

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Red Ball Retreads Old Ground In Burger Chef Case

Red Ball—the new true crime podcast from Ashley Flowers, creator of the controversial Indianapolis-based Crime Junkie show—might just be the first narrative audio press release created, in part, by a...

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Ask Me Anything: Randal Taylor IMPD Chief

You had only been chief for a few months when the Black Lives Matter protests began this spring. How are you addressing the issue with your officers? It starts with making sure officers understand why...

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A Conversation With Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears

You’ve taken some high-profile, progressive stances so far as prosecutor: Not prosecuting marijuana possession under a certain threshold; Not prosecuting those who were arrested downtown this past...

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Charles Harrison Of Indianapolis Ten Point Coalition On Indy’s Gun Violence...

The Rev. Dr. Charles Harrison of Barnes United Methodist Church is one of the founders of Indianapolis Ten Point Coalition, which dates back to the late 1990s as a community group that patrols the...

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