SBSW 36 - True Crime America - Matthew Shepard & Andrew Bagby

For our Season 4 premiere, we tackle True Crime - but this season, our true crime stories are going international! We head to America this episode where Sean will cover harrowing case of Matthew Shepard, the 21 year old gay student who was abducted, tied to a fence, beaten, tortured and left for dead in near freezing conditions where he was found 18 hours later.  The coward act made headlines around the world would see major changes in US hate crime legislation, both at a state and federal level. While Skye covers the death of Andrew Bagby who met his end at the hands of his ex-partner and mother of his son, Shirley Turner.  The case inspired the making of the documentary - 'Dear Zachary, a letter to his son about his father' - a story that takes many turns and ultimately ends in a way that no one saw coming.