21 episodes

On April Fools Day 1999, 26-year-old Yvonne Layne was found murdered in her Ohio home. David Thorne, her ex-boyfriend and father of one of her children, was instantly a suspect. David was eventually tried, convicted, and sentenced to life without parole for the murder of Yvonne. But the entire investigation may have been botched, or even worse, covered up. Now, after 22 years journalist Maggie Freleng investigates Yvonne’s murder alongside Jason Baldwin (himself wrongfully convicted as a member of the West Memphis Three) and his organization Proclaim Justice. Is David actually innocent? And if so, who did kill Yvonne Layne?

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    • 4.7 • 311 Ratings

On April Fools Day 1999, 26-year-old Yvonne Layne was found murdered in her Ohio home. David Thorne, her ex-boyfriend and father of one of her children, was instantly a suspect. David was eventually tried, convicted, and sentenced to life without parole for the murder of Yvonne. But the entire investigation may have been botched, or even worse, covered up. Now, after 22 years journalist Maggie Freleng investigates Yvonne’s murder alongside Jason Baldwin (himself wrongfully convicted as a member of the West Memphis Three) and his organization Proclaim Justice. Is David actually innocent? And if so, who did kill Yvonne Layne?

    The Reckoning

    The Reckoning

    In the season finale, Maggie give David a chance to explain what happened when Danny and John visited and the guys make a decision on whether or not to take David's case.

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    • 49 min
    The Circling

    The Circling

    The team finally gets to speak with David Thorne himself and ask him about everything they've learned. However, the answers were not what they were looking for.

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    • 39 min
    The Choir Boy

    The Choir Boy

    After speaking with Joe Wilkes, the team reckons with the possibility that David could have been involved after all.

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    • 45 min
    The Visit

    The Visit

    Maggie, John, and Danny finally get to speak with Joe Wilkes...and what he had to say was shocking. His story gets even more complicated than we could have imagined. 

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    • 41 min
    The Best Friend

    The Best Friend

    Maggie, John, and Danny search for Joe Wilkes' best friend who he allegedly confessed to that he killed Yvonne. Things take a turn to where no one thought the investigation would go.   

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    • 36 min
    The Star Witness

    The Star Witness

    Back on the ground in Ohio, Maggie and the guys continue their search for Chris Campbell. Chris and his girlfriend Rose say the night of the murder they saw Joe Wilkes at the Carnation mall. He chatted with them for a while and then dropped a bomb: Rose and Chris both testified Joe told them he was in town to do a job - to kill a girl.

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    • 33 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
311 Ratings

311 Ratings

true crime chick ,

Amazing.

I realize I’m late to the game. But that was a trip. Very thoughtful, explained everything from start to finish. Plus I really loved those investigators. They did a great job, very open to every possibility. They made me laugh too.

H_RUM ,

Binge worthy!

Such a great listen. Host did such a great job and the investigation into this case was something to leave you feeling many different emotions.

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Great story, well researched, drags on and on and on…

One the better true crime stories out there, we’ll researched, we’ll written, good use of objective media but drags on little too long with different perspectives culminating on the same conclusion ultimately.

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