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Bear Brook S2 Ep 1: Extraordinary
Sharon Johnson’s family and friends have spent the last 35 years coping with her brutal murder. But what if that story was based on a lie?
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Bear Brook S2 Ep 2: The Pursuit
We begin with the story police told about Sharon Johnson’s murder.
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Bear Brook S2 Ep 3: The Breaking Point
Police interrogate a second teenager named Jason Carroll – with help from Jason’s own mother.
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Bear Brook S2 Ep 4: ‘Promises Have Been Made’
One set of confessions leads to another and three men are arrested for Sharon Johnson’s murder.
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Bear Brook S2 Ep 5: Trial in a Trial
A new true crime story is told and when juries hear it, it leads to different results for all three defendants.
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Bear Brook S2 Ep 6: ‘Don’t Roll the Dice’
Jason Carroll stands trial twice – and the juries come up with their own versions of what happened.
Customer Reviews
Superb journalism
High-quality journalism and compelling storytelling. I loved Season 1 host’s other podcasts Bear Brook & Patient Zero.
You know it’s a good story when a non-US listener like myself can be so engrossed by something so US specific as New Hampshire court decisions. Highly recommend.
Season 1 was great, season 2 not so much
Loved season 1 - with Jason Moon. Interesting unusual topic, intelligently and thoughtfully covered. I’d have left a 5* review based on that alone.
But season 2 was all wrong. When dealing with domestic violence, the opioid epidemic, poverty and death, there’s a tone that needs to be taken. This hosts tone was constantly close to absolute delight at her own good fortune in having discovered a “story”. Treating a tragedy like a thriller. Her questions were at times so painfully naive - she so clearly did not understand the circumstances of the people she was dealing with . And the whole thing was just not her story to tell- her attempt to “discover” an autopsy report a family had tried to keep private was disgusting, as was the attempt at suspense around his death, and the details of further domestic violence.
Incredible
Wonderful insight. Fascinating story. Absolutely worth a listen.