Best Somethin Else The Marshall Project Sony Music Entertainment Podcasts (2024)

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Smoke Screen Returns: Meet My Friend, the Serial Killer 4:33

10d ago4:33

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What would you do if someone you knew turned out to be a serial killer? In the 1970s, Steve Fishman was an intern at his local newspaper. One day, he hitched a ride back home from Boston with a kind stranger who graciously picked him up and dropped him off at his destination. What Steve didn’t know however, was that this stranger was hiding a dark …

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Introducing: RESCUE 1:58

9M ago1:58

1:58

A podcast series that marvels at the sheer magnitude of the human spirit and the lengths we will go to preserve the most sacred of things – life. Join primitive survival expert and United States Marine Corps Veteran, Donny Dust, as he hosts the brand-new series from Sony Music Entertainment, Rescue. This 20-part weekly podcast series explores the s…

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4. Memory, Taste and Odor 54:07

10M ago54:07

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Driskill is in jail ahead of a potential court case when an informant comes forward with information that seems to blow a hole in his claims of innocence. Meanwhile James Holland moves on to his next case. It’s a story with eerie similarities to Driskill’s. Another veteran, Christopher Ax, is being investigated for the murder of a woman. But this t…

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6. Closure Doesn't Exist 48:42

1y ago48:42

48:42

Driskill’s lawyers discover that he is theoretically eligible for parole after serving seven years of his sentence. But this is a long shot — it's notoriously difficult to get released whilst still maintaining your innocence. Chammah talks to a leading cold case prosecutor to ask how interrogations like Holland’s can be justified. And he seeks to u…

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5. The Serial Killer Whisperer 54:35

1y ago54:35

54:35

A young law student called Ashely is the first to read Driskill’s letter and becomes obsessed with his story. The Innocence Project of Texas take his case and begin working to find evidence that could clear his name. Chammah hunts down crucial leads throwing serious doubt on the informant’s story and on the forensic sketch that led Holland to Drisk…

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3. The Grand Canyon 53:00

1y ago53:00

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It's Day 2 of Holland’s interrogation of Driskill. Over the course of several hours Holland uses a variety of extreme but legal tactics as he chases a confession. He lies to Driskill about the evidence they have against him and feeds the veteran a story to explain how he might have come to murder Bobbie Sue Hill. Holland is relentless and the inter…

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2. The Word of God 47:18

1y ago47:18

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Chammah investigates the cop at the centre of the story — James Holland is so celebrated as an interrogator that he’s known in the media as "the serial killer whisperer." He’s a leading member of that legendary and storied police force, the Texas Rangers. Chammah traces Holland’s steps as he starts trying to close a cold case which has gone unsolve…

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1. Not That I Recall 36:03

1y ago36:03

36:03

Texas Ranger James Holland approaches Air Force veteran Larry Driskill and asks him for help with a murder case. These are the first moments in a psychological battle that will end in Driskill confessing to a brutal killing. All while swearing he doesn’t remember the crime. Incredibly, the whole thing is caught on tape. Through Holland's recordings…

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Introducing... Smoke Screen: Just Say You're Sorry 2:31

1y ago2:31

2:31

Texas Ranger James Holland is celebrated as the ‘serial killer whisperer’, solving dozens of murders through his legendary interrogation skills. But how far does he go to get confessions? And has he put innocent people in prison along the way? Smoke Screen: Just Say You're Sorry uses shocking police tapes to reveal the psychological drama behind on…

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Somethin Else The Marshall Project Sony Music Entertainment Podcasts

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Smoke Screen: Just Say You're Sorry

Somethin’ Else / The Marshall Project / Sony Music Entertainment

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Smoke Screen Returns: Meet My Friend, the Serial Killer 4:33

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Introducing: RESCUE 1:58

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4. Memory, Taste and Odor 54:07

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6. Closure Doesn't Exist 48:42

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5. The Serial Killer Whisperer 54:35

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3. The Grand Canyon 53:00

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2. The Word of God 47:18

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1. Not That I Recall 36:03

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Introducing... Smoke Screen: Just Say You're Sorry 2:31

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