Episode 9: Only Hope

Extras from Cecilia Steyn’s harrowing interview, updates on the case of possible police corruption, and stories of the team’s experiences in South Africa.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

The trial picks up steam. On the witness stand, Marinda Steyn claims she is the mastermind behind the murders. Cecilia denies knowing anything about it and Zak Valentine claims he can’t remember. Le Roux and John Barnard’s confessions help the case against EPD, but Marcel’s catha ...  Show more

Watch enough crime shows and it doesn’t take long to figure out the steps a killer will take to get away with murder.They stage the crime scene, they ditch the murder weapon, they fabricate an alibi, and at all costs, make sure to keep their mouths shut until the day they die.But ...  Show more

A homicide detective reveals something unexpected about the practices of the Houston Police Department. He says he cleared the alternate suspect in the murder of Edna Franklin — but it turns out the suspect’s alibi was a lie.If you’d like to support our work, go to theintercept.c ...  Show more

A murder victim’s final moments are caught on tape. The crime scene looks like a clear robbery-murder. Text evidence at first points to a jilted lover, but will his alibi check out? Now police identify a second suspect with a possible motive of deadly revenge. Forensic technology ...  Show more

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: An arrest in the 2012 murder of North Carolina college student Faith Hedgepeth. The case's progress seemed stalled, until last week's announcement of a surprise suspect. And new info in the Colorado case of Suzanne Morphew, a mom of two ...  Show more