18 episodes
Bear Brook NHPR
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- True Crime
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4.8 • 13.7K Ratings
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Jason Carroll is serving life in prison for a murder he says he didn’t commit. The only evidence against him? His own taped confession. More than 30 years later, is it possible to get to the truth – and who gets to tell it?
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Episode 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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Episode 2: The Pursuit
We begin with the story police told about Sharon Johnson’s murder.
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Episode 3: The Breaking Point
Police interrogate a second teenager named Jason Carroll – with help from Jason’s own mother.
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Episode 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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Episode 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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Episode 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
Striking & well produced
Wonderful unbiased reporting here. Love the production.
Excellent
Enjoyed the tenacious drive of so many to find answers. I have recommended to family and friends.
Great reporting, 2nd season pacing is a little glacial
First, i just want to say that the reporting and story telling of the first season of Bear Brook is phenomenal.
It’s one of the best, and maybe genre setting podcasts of its time.
The second season, however, is a little lacking. I am pausing and waiting for all of the episodes to come out (I just finished the fourth and started on the 5th) because I am having a hard time remembering who said what because the pace is glacial. Also, it seems like the protagonist of the podcast also had trouble remembering what he said and quite frankly, unless there’s something amazing lurking around the corner, I am going to have a hard time believing he is actually innocent.