Untold – A WTVR Podcast

Catie Beck
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Untold is a one-hour journey into the previously unheard stories of the people in charge of making big decisions, generating conversations, and sometimes causing controversy in Richmond, Virginia and beyond.

  1. Jun 4

    Why Crime Insider Jon Burkett is leaving local news

    Jon Burkett, one of the hardest working crime reporters in the country, is leaving CBS 6 after more than a quarter century covering Richmond news. Burkett made the announcement on the latest episode of "Untold – A WTVR Podcast," telling host Catie Beck that his departure is driven by health concerns and a desire to be more present for his family. "After 26 years, and on my 26-year anniversary date of September 29, I will walk away," an emotional Burkett said on the podcast. "It's been a great run, but I think for my health, my peace, for my family… I want to be present." The award-winning journalist said recent health struggles, including sleep apnea and blood pressure issues, weighed heavily on his decision. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    56 min

  2. May 21

    Protecting the President: Untold stories of life in the U.S. Secret Service

    He has dedicated his life to law enforcement. Andy Harris started his career as a police officer in North Carolina. Then he took on one of the biggest jobs in public safety, protecting and serving the President of the United States. Now on Untold, this retired Secret Service agent details what it was like on the most high-profile security detail on the planet, including a close call overseas, where he and President Bill Clinton were nearly attacked by terrorists. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    54 min

  3. May 7

    Retired officer talks survivor’s guilt after deadly shooting

    This month marks 20 years since Officer Joe Diman and his new partner, Gary Buro, responded to a domestic disturbance in Chesterfield County, Va. Moments after arriving and entering the house, Buro was shot and killed. Despite being shot five times during an ensuing gun battle, Diman was able to subdue the gunman, something that almost certainly saved the lives of the gunman’s girlfriend and her son, who were inside the home. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    46 min

  4. Apr 23

    May Pang shares Lost Weekend stories about John Lennon

    May Pang took some of the most cand. id and fascinating pictures in the history of rock ‘n’ roll But Pang never trained to be a photographer, and she never really intended for many people to see her singular snapshots of one of music's biggest stars. "My first boyfriend, this guy named John Lennon, some people may know him," Pang said in an interview with Catie Beck on the most recent episode of "Untold - A WTVR Podcast." Pang's traveling exhibit, "The Lost Weekend: The Photography of May Pang," made a stop in Richmond this week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    55 min

  5. Apr 9

    Bodies in Trunk: Detective on haunting Richmond cold case

    The bodies of two teenaged friends were discovered in the trunk of a car in Richmond's Gilpin Court 25 years ago this month. A quarter century later, there are still more questions than answers about how they got there. Nineteen-year-old Herman Woolfolk III and 17-year-old Latrice Hulin disappeared the night of April 21, 2001.  The Henrico teens, who relatives say were friends but were not dating, called Hulin’s mother to tell her they were going to get some food at the TGI Friday’s restaurant in the 7000 block of West Broad Street. That was the last time anyone heard from them. The teens were reported missing the next day, and Hulin’s mother began driving around the city looking for them herself.  While searching in Gilpin Court, she discovered Woolfolk’s silver Ford Taurus parked in the 1100 block of St. Paul Street.  She then called Richmond police. “Uniformed officers showed up there, I believe there was a key in the car, and entry was gained into the trunk of the vehicle and that's where the remains were located,” said Detective Sgt. George Wade, the head of the Richmond police cold case unit, who joined Catie Beck on the most recent episode of ‘Untold – A WTVR Podcast.’ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    45 min

  6. Mar 26

    Chip Harding

    As one of Virginia’s most notorious crimes is receiving renewed attention, a retired lawman who did his own investigation of the case is speaking out. Chip Harding sat down with Catie Beck on the most recent episode of ‘Untold – A WTVR Podcast’ to discuss his thoughts on the Jens Soering case. Soering, a former UVA student, served decades in prison for the 1985 murders of Derek and Nancy Haysom, the parents of his then girlfriend, Elizabeth. The couple was brutally stabbed to death inside their home in Bedford County. Harding, then the sheriff of Albemarle County, made headlines in 2017, when he reviewed the case files at the request of one of Soering’s attorneys and came to the conclusion that the former UVA student was wrongly convicted. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    1 hr

  7. Mar 19

    Elliott Harding

    Jens Soering sat in prison for decades after being convicted of murdering his girlfriend’s parents, who were found stabbed to death inside their rural Bedford County home in 1985. The case made headlines around the world, in part, because Soering, then a University of Virginia student who was the son of a German diplomat, initially confessed to the shocking crimes. But he later recanted, claiming that he had only admitted guilt to try to protect his girlfriend, Elizabeth Haysom. For years, Soering has sought a pardon. While no Virginia governor has ever granted one, he was released on parole in 2019. Now, seven years after being set free, Soering is asking the Court of Appeals of Virginia to officially clear his name. His attorney, Elliott Harding, sat down with Catie Beck on the most recent episode of ‘Untold – A WTVR Podcast.’ They discussed the petition for a writ of actual innocence they recently filed, and why Harding is certain his client is an innocent man. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    47 min

  8. Mar 12

    Jens Soering

    When he was a teenager, Jens Soering confessed to committing one of Virginia's most shocking crimes. He later recanted, but says he understands why some people still question why he would ever admit to killing two people if he did not really do it. In spring 1985, Soering, the son of a German diplomat, was a first-year student at the University of Virginia when he and his then-girlfriend Elizabeth Haysom were accused of killing her parents at the Haysom family home in Bedford County, Virginia. It became one of the most talked-about cases in the United States, and five years later, it became one of the first trials to ever be broadcast on television. Soering was ultimately convicted of the murders and sentenced to life in prison. Haysom pleaded guilty to being an accessory to murder before the fact and was given a 90-year sentence. Both Soering and Haysom were granted parole in 2019. Soering, who now lives in Germany, joined Catie Beck on the most recent episode of "Untold – A WTVR Podcast," and spoke about the latest effort to clear his name: a petition for a writ of actual innocence before the Virginia Court of Appeals. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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