S22 E5: Face the Music | "The Band Played On"

On a clear spring day in 2017, witnesses call 911 to report a fiery car crash. The driver of the car is a high school music teacher who’d been facing charges of sexual assault. That teacher's former student, Laurie Howat, is the one who pulls the thread that unravels a troubling ...  Show more

In 1986, Peter Hamer told a school administrator about his vulgar, abusive music teacher. Soon, the teacher was gone. Other adults had known what was going on, but it was a different time. This episode explores the institutional failure that allowed the abuse to continue. Listene ...  Show more

A long journey to justice begins, and ex-lovers are reunited in a courtroom. This episode originally published on December 19, 2024.

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Investigators working Tammy’s case take a big risk in an effort to match her killer’s DNA. Phelps and former Master Sergeant Marty McCarthy have a heated conversation about the issues with his prime suspect, as a former detective comes forward with a troubling new claim. See omny ...  Show more

One suspect is freed, another makes a surprising choice, and an investigator is accused of planting evidence.

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