24 episodes
Murderville The Intercept
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4.1 • 51 Ratings
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Harris County, Texas, has sent more people to death row than any jurisdiction in the nation. Among them is Charles Raby. He confessed to the grisly murder of an elderly woman in Houston in 1992. But the evidence tells a different story — one in which the state went after the wrong man. In the second season of Murderville, Intercept reporters Liliana Segura and Jordan Smith explore faulty forensics, the fallibility of memory, and a system ill-equipped to acknowledge its mistakes.
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Behind the Scenes of Murderville, Texas
Intercept Senior Editor Andrea Jones speaks with Jordan Smith and Liliana Segura — the reporters behind Murderville, Texas — on The Intercept’s podcast Intercepted. They discuss how they learned about Charles Raby’s death penalty case and his innocence claim and the investigative reporting that ensued, such as talking to key individuals involved, including detectives. They also talk about how they met Linda McClain, the daughter of the woman who Raby was convicted of murdering in 1992. They also share an update from McClain.
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S2 Ep. 9: The Other Suspect
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.
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S2 Ep. 8: Memories
Charles Raby’s early life was defined by abuse and neglect. His own behavior later took a toll on the people who knew him, many of whom remain certain that he killed Edna Franklin. No one is more convinced than his ex-girlfriend, who has a surprising story about Charles that she says proves his guilt. Charles is adamant the story isn’t true. But memories are complicated things.
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S2 Ep. 7: Merry Alice
Charles Raby says he confessed to protect his girlfriend, Merry Alice Gomez. Some people don’t believe this — as they understand it, Charles had only known Merry Alice for a few weeks when Edna Franklin was murdered. Why would he lie for a woman he barely knew? But it turns out this premise was incorrect. And there’s a lot more to Merry Alice’s story.
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S2 Ep. 6: Linda
Linda McClain has always believed that Charles Raby killed her mother. But when she finds out about the evidence concealed at trial, it raises new questions. And she has insight into the death penalty that most people don’t: Charles isn’t the only person she’s known on Texas’s death row.
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S2: Ep. 5: The Evidence
Foreign DNA is found under Edna Franklin’s fingernails. And in the wake of a scandal within the Houston police crime lab, Charles Raby’s lawyers discover that forensic evidence was hidden from the defense at trial.
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Customer Reviews
Excellent podcast
Hope justice is served soon.
Great podcast
Very well researched and story told in a professional with an empathetic approach.
Addictive listening
True crime is a saturated market, there are some high quality and not so high quality pods out there. This is a sleek, very finished professional podcast.
These hosts have taken pains to research exhaustively, what is a very compelling case of wrongful conviction. Witnesses have been interviewed and reinterviewed.
Another reviewer criticised the podcasters for making tenuous connections between crimes and suggested they were simply trying to get on the exoneration
bandwagon. I can only suggest the reviewer didn’t listen very carefully at all.
While the adjudication of the case waits for the appellate courts. What they reveal about the glaring misconduct from an investigative, prosecutorial and judicial perspective gives you serious concerns. Did someone get away with viciously murdering an innocent women? Has someone else being paying for it?