Check Out Our New Investigative Podcast, Dig

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Introducing Dig, Season 3: The Girls

From the Peabody Award-winning team behind "The Pope's Long Con," a new season of "Dig" is available now. This season, we meet Ronnie and Donnie Stoner. They were trusted educators and respected coaches. But in the summer of 2025, the twin brothers were indicted on more than 50 c ...  Show more

The Pope's Wife

We knew the story wasn't over at the end of the last chapter — but no one could've known what would happen next. + 

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17-year-old Aryalle Stoner runs away from home and tells the police that her father, Ronnie Stoner, has been sexually abusing her for years. The cursory investigation that follows is representative of a larger issue with child sex abuse investigations in Louisville.Hearing storie ...  Show more

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