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Former Kansas City, Kansas, detective Roger Golubski is accused of putting an innocent man in jail, exploiting vulnerable Black women, and terrorizing the community for decades. How did he get away with it for so long, and what does justice look like for his victims? From KCUR Studios and the NPR Midwest Newsroom, Overlooked is a new investigative podcast about the systemic problems long left unaddressed throughout the Midwest.

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    • True Crime
    • 4.8 • 115 Ratings

Former Kansas City, Kansas, detective Roger Golubski is accused of putting an innocent man in jail, exploiting vulnerable Black women, and terrorizing the community for decades. How did he get away with it for so long, and what does justice look like for his victims? From KCUR Studios and the NPR Midwest Newsroom, Overlooked is a new investigative podcast about the systemic problems long left unaddressed throughout the Midwest.

    Chapter 1: Niko Quinn’s truth

    Chapter 1: Niko Quinn’s truth

    After watching her cousin get murdered in 1994, Niko Quinn became one of the eye witnesses who sent Lamonte McIntyre to jail for a crime he didn’t commit. Quinn says then-Kansas City, Kansas, detective Roger Golubski pressured her into submitting false testimony, and she’s been trying to “make it right” ever since.

    • 40 min
    Chapter 2: The wrong Lamonte

    Chapter 2: The wrong Lamonte

    In 1994, Kansas City, Kansas, Police arrested Lamonte McIntyre for a double homicide he didn’t commit — sending him to prison for more than two decades before he was finally exonerated. Except McIntyre was a mile away from those Hutchings Street murders. As it turns out, the only evidence police had to charge McIntyre was his first name, and the coerced testimony of two eyewitnesses.

    • 38 min
    Chapter 3: Stacey Quinn’s story

    Chapter 3: Stacey Quinn’s story

    Kansas City, Kansas, detective Roger Golubski started taking advantage of Stacey Quinn when she was only a teenager. Local activists allege this was a pattern for “Golubski’s girls”: The detective would pick up vulnerable women in the neighborhoods he patrolled, sexually abuse them for years, and manipulate them into silence. And just like Stacey Quinn, many of them were murdered.

    • 38 min
    Chapter 4: Roger Golubski, the chameleon

    Chapter 4: Roger Golubski, the chameleon

    Who is Roger Golubski? Once interested in being a Catholic priest, Golubski spent 35 years in the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department, which had a reputation for racism and corruption. The secret to Golubski’s career was his use of “confidential informants,” who he cited to secure countless convictions — including at least one person who was innocent. Now, Golubski is facing a federal indictment for kidnapping, raping and assaulting women.

    Chapter 5: A list of murdered women

    Chapter 5: A list of murdered women

    Former detective Roger Golubski is connected to a litany of murdered women in Kansas City, Kansas. Several were sex workers who Golubski was accused of abusing and using as informants. But their cases were never solved by his fellow officers, and their families have spent decades without closure.

    Chapter 6: Untouchable

    Chapter 6: Untouchable

    Residents of Kansas City, Kansas, had been sounding alarms about detective Roger Golubski and corruption in the police department for decades. But city leaders did nothing, and Golubski retired in peace while the families of his victims mourned. It wasn’t until a year after KCUR started working on this podcast that the FBI finally arrested Golubski — on just a fraction of his alleged crimes. What does justice even look like after all this time?

    • 41 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
115 Ratings

115 Ratings

Reeledge ,

It’s not a few bad apples.

Police departments are breeding grounds for bad behavior. And this podcast shines another spotlight on criminal cops. More importantly the podcast gives us a chance to know the many victims and their families. I hope everyone shares the families’ pain and outrage.

FunBearForever ,

Amazing, harrowing history

Brilliantly reported and produced, well worth a listen.

Kms1284739293648 ,

A MUST-Listen

Reporting by KCUR staff and contributors has been incomparable for the 20+ years I have listened and been a member, and this podcast exemplifies why my opinion is shared by so many in and around Kansas City and beyond our region. You’re a friggin’ wonder, Peggy Lowe - incredible professionalism, humanist to your core, and a beautiful knack for finding little moments of levity with these survivors - your warmth as a person is so palpable in your journalism. All the awards!!!

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