‘I CONFESS! Except I didn’t do it.’ – Ep. 23 episode artwork

EPISODE · Jul 5, 2024 · 44 MIN

‘I CONFESS! Except I didn’t do it.’ – Ep. 23

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A teenager confesses to shooting a man outside a nightclub. A woman confesses to stabbing her elderly landlord to death. A man confesses to killing his father, even though he can’t remember doing it. Different situations, different cities, different years – all with one thing in common: in every case, the confession was coerced. Call it “crisis brain” in full force!  So ... how did these suspects escape their own false confessions? And how long did it take for the truth to come out? Find out in this episode of The Escape Pod!     Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers:  Topic #1  00:54  Escaping weird tics and terrifying drivers!  Topic #2 12:20   Wisconsin, 2018: An 18-year-old becomes a shooting suspect  Topic #3 18:15   New York, 1995: A tenant and would-be informant becomes the suspect in her landlord’s fatal stabbing  Topic #4 28:19   California, 2018: Man’s father goes for a walk but doesn’t return  Topic #5 38:01   Co-hosts' final thoughts on coerced confessions    Resources & Links    Tony Saavedra. May 23, 2024. https://www.sbsun.com/2024/05/23/fontana-pays-nearly-900000-for-psychological-torture-inflicted-by-police-to-get-false-confession/   KC Baker. May, 28, 2024.  https://people.com/man-coerced-confessing-murdering-father-father-was-alive-8654832   https://www.birdsall-law.com/false-confessions-the-eddie-gill-case  https://www.forensicmag.com/609996-Coerced-Confession-Evidence-Withholding-Renay-Lynch-is-Exonerated-26-Years-Later/   https://innocenceproject.org/renay-lynch-is-exonerated-after-nearly-26-years-of-wrongful-conviction-in-buffalo-new-york/       Sign up to be a Patron today! Get access to the Patron-Only Facebook Group, Bonus Episodes, and more at http://www.escapepod.live    Want to share your story? Have a Question for us?  General mail: [email protected]   Submit listener stories: [email protected]    

A teenager confesses to shooting a man outside a nightclub. A woman confesses to stabbing her elderly landlord to death. A man confesses to killing his father, even though he can’t remember doing it. Different situations, different cities, different years – all with one thing in common: in every case, the confession was coerced. Call it “crisis brain” in full force!  So ... how did these suspects escape their own false confessions? And how long did it take for the truth to come out? Find out in this episode of The Escape Pod!     Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers:  Topic #1  00:54  Escaping weird tics and terrifying drivers!  Topic #2 12:20   Wisconsin, 2018: An 18-year-old becomes a shooting suspect  Topic #3 18:15   New York, 1995: A tenant and would-be informant becomes the suspect in her landlord’s fatal stabbing  Topic #4 28:19   California, 2018: Man’s father goes for a walk but doesn’t return  Topic #5 38:01   Co-hosts' final thoughts on coerced confessions    Resources & Links    Tony Saavedra. May 23, 2024. https://www.sbsun.com/2024/05/23/fontana-pays-nearly-900000-for-psychological-torture-inflicted-by-police-to-get-false-confession/   KC Baker. May, 28, 2024.  https://people.com/man-coerced-confessing-murdering-father-father-was-alive-8654832   https://www.birdsall-law.com/false-confessions-the-eddie-gill-case  https://www.forensicmag.com/609996-Coerced-Confession-Evidence-Withholding-Renay-Lynch-is-Exonerated-26-Years-Later/   https://innocenceproject.org/renay-lynch-is-exonerated-after-nearly-26-years-of-wrongful-conviction-in-buffalo-new-york/       Sign up to be a Patron today! Get access to the Patron-Only Facebook Group, Bonus Episodes, and more at http://www.escapepod.live    Want to share your story? Have a Question for us?  General mail: [email protected]   Submit listener stories: [email protected]

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