14 episodes
The Hurricane Tapes BBC World Service
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- Society & Culture
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4.7 • 631 Ratings
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A triple murder. 40 hours of tape recordings. Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter. Bob Dylan wrote a song about him. Hollywood made a movie. This is the full story.
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Ep 13. Black Angel
"I know who doesn’t belong in prison. I am an angel. The Black Angel" Plus a final account of Carter from someone who has never told her truth about her father #HurricaneTapes
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Ep 12. Stinkin’ New Jersey
John Artis on who he blames and Jonny Carter reveals who he thinks did it #hurricanetapes
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Ep 11. Joining the dots
Names are named, alibis crumble, as we reveal the details of a never before seen investigation into the case #HurricaneTapes
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Ep 10. Nineteen pages
"Nobody wanted my findings to come out". An investigator’s alternative theory, ignored… until now. #HurricaneTapes
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Ep 9. Take it to the judge
"Racism rather than reason." Judge Sarokin, the man who had the final say in the State of New Jersey v Rubin Carter and John Artis. #HurricaneTapes
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Ep 8. Boy wonder
How Lazarus and a Canadian 'army' took Carter from deep despair to the brink of freedom. #HurricaneTapes
Customer Reviews
Great piece of journalism
Devoured this podcast within hours. Well researched gem of a podcast
Very cool
Stumbled across this via a social media recommendation and it’s stunning. I have a couple of episodes left to go but I’m saving them for a long drive, even though I’m desperate to find out how the story ends. I’m not American, but you can tell from the voices that so much of the racism in the 60s is being repeated now, or never went away. Well done Steve and Joe.
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