Love Brings You Home

A genealogist finally digs into her own family’s past and unearths a 100-year-old tragedy. Then, she sets out to make sure the truth will never be bur...

A Duck’s a Duck

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Behind the Brick Wall

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Why Did the Deer Cross the Road?

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Introducing: Operation Night Cat

Introducing a special three-part series from NHPR’s Document team and Outside/In: Operation Night Cat. 
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Feds Arrest Eric Spofford

Federal prosecutors now say the vandalism scheme was Eric Spofford’s idea all along. Spofford appears in federal court, and Lauren explains what this...

Part 4: Tibbs Comes Back

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Part 3: ‘Close and Tight’

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Part 2: #JusticeForTibbs

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Part 1: Chicken Livers

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Epilogue

Three years after his sentencing, Josh Cook and his mom have lived through even more consequences of America’s drug crisis and the ways we respond to...

The Sentencing

A federal judge sentences Eric Labarge, the man who pled guilty to orchestrating the vandalism in retaliation for our reporting on Labarge’s friend, E...

Emelia's Thing

A young police officer unexpectedly finds herself back in New Hampshire, and she’s not the same person she was when she left. Something happened to he...

Sober Algebra

This flood of roughly 1,300 people who’ve come forward all started with one man. How the widespread abuse at YDC finally came to light and how people...

If You Let a Dog Bite You

Karen Lemoine didn’t arrive at YDC looking to start trouble. But the red flags she saw were hard to ignore, especially when it came to one kid in part...

The Black Box

For three decades, Andy Perkins didn’t talk about what happened to him at a place called YDC – the Youth Development Center. Then, he saw something on...

The Reversal

The state of New Hampshire has made a sudden about-face: Prosecutors have now agreed to DNA test old evidence in Jason Carroll’s case. It’s the bigges...

A New Bill and a Final Ruling

New Hampshire lawmakers consider a new oversight bill proposed in response to the podcast. And the judge issues his final ruling in Eric Spofford’s de...

A Big Arrest

Federal prosecutors have charged a fourth person in the vandalism case, a man they describe as a “close, personal associate” of Eric Spofford.

The Box

The true crime media spotlight shines on Jason Carroll. Then, a chance encounter leads to a surprising discovery that changes the course of his case.<...

This Side of the Line

How could someone possibly confess to murder if they didn’t do it? A modern understanding of confessions sheds new light on Jason Carroll’s case.

‘Don’t Roll the Dice’

Jason Carroll stands trial twice – and the juries come up with their own versions of what happened.
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Trial in a Trial

A new true crime story is told and when juries hear it, it leads to different results for all three defendants. During the first trial, the lead detec...

‘Promises Have Been Made’

One set of confessions leads to another and three men are arrested for Sharon Johnson’s murder. Then, an alleged secret comes to light that changes ev...

The Breaking Point

Police interrogate a second teenager named Jason Carroll – with help from Jason’s own mother.
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The Pursuit

We begin with the story police told about Sharon Johnson’s murder. The veteran detective on the case develops a theory involving her husband and a tee...

Extraordinary

Sharon Johnson’s family and friends have spent the last 35 years coping with her brutal murder. But what if that story was based on a lie? The man imp...

Vandalism Arrests

Federal prosecutors have charged three men for their alleged roles in the vandalism incidents. According to the feds, the vandalism was "solicited" by...

Epilogue: Employee A

A conversation with one of the women whose story of sexual assault you heard earlier in this podcast. She talks with Lauren about what it was like to...

The Glam Room

Since Lauren began reporting, Eric Spofford sold his New Hampshire company for millions of dollars and filed a defamation lawsuit in response to NHPR’...

The Litter Police

What does it take to catch a predator in the addiction treatment industry? We hear about a case in California where the CEO of a network of treatment...

A Wild (Wild?) West

How did 13th stepping become so common in the recovery world and who can hold people accountable? Lauren looks into the history of the addiction treat...

Just the Beginning

In March of 2022, Lauren publishes her first story detailing allegations against Eric Spofford. The events of the next several months illustrate the w...

The God of Recovery

As Eric Spofford tells it, he spent his teen years in the throes of addiction and crime. When he got sober, he became a crusader for recovery. We hear...

The Shadow

What is “the 13th step,” and why does it matter? It all starts with understanding what it’s like to be in the earliest days of recovery. We meet two w...

Update: A First Look at the Laurie List

You Gotta Have an Opinion

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A Normal Member of Society

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Launching A War

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The Crime

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