The Clearing

4.5 (69)
TRUE CRIME
COMPLETE SERIES

When April Balascio was 40 years old, something she’d feared for decades was finally proven true. Her father, Edward Wayne Edwards, really was a murderer. The Clearing is about what came after April called a detective in 2009 to tell him about her suspicions — a call that led to her father’s arrest and eventual conviction on multiple murders — and tracks the emotional journey as she and host Josh Dean dig back into her childhood, unravel the truth of her father’s life, and overturn a viral online narrative that had turned Edward Wayne Edwards into a kind of serial killer caricature. Produced by Pineapple Street Studios in association with Gimlet.

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Josh Dean

Host

4.5

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69 Ratings

Interesting

12/09/2019

Dunneps

This story is captivating. Well worth a listen.
Voices are grating I’m sorry

04/11/2019

fckyuu

I love a good true crime podcast and generally listen to one each night before bed,this was very pitchy and sounded like college radio and they really don’t know how to control their voices for radio/podcasts. Sorry I just didn’t enjoy it..

When April Balascio was 40 years old, something she’d feared for decades was finally proven true. Her father, Edward Wayne Edwards, really was a murderer. The Clearing is about what came after April called a detective in 2009 to tell him about her suspicions — a call that led to her father’s arrest and eventual conviction on multiple murders — and tracks the emotional journey as she and host Josh Dean dig back into her childhood, unravel the truth of her father’s life, and overturn a viral online narrative that had turned Edward Wayne Edwards into a kind of serial killer caricature. Produced by Pineapple Street Studios in association with Gimlet.