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Material Fact: True Crime
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True crime, reconstructed from the record.Material Fact is a documentary true crime series about what the record can prove — and what it cannot.Each episode reconstructs a single case through court documents, testimony, forensic findings, police interviews, and contemporary reporting.◇ Facts, allegations, and testimony remain clearly separated◇ No invented dialogue, unsupported motives, or embellishment◇ Where the record ends, the episode says so─── ◇ ───Material Fact.True crime, reconstructed from the record.
Episodes
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The Green Crystals — The Stella Nickell Case
Of five cyanide-contaminated painkiller bottles, two came from the same household. § CASE FILE ▪ **Case:** United States v. Nickell — The Excedrin Poisonings ▪ **Jurisdiction:** King County, Washington — Federal prosecution ▪ **Period:** 1986–1989 ▪ **Disposition:** Convicted in 1988; conviction...
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John List: The Man Who Disappeared for 18 Years
On December 7, 1971, police entered a house in Westfield, New Jersey, and found five bodies. A confession was waiting in a filing cabinet. § CASE FILE ▪ Case: State v. John Emil List ▪ Jurisdiction: Union County, New Jersey ▪ Period: 1971 — 1993 ▪ Disposition: Five murder convictions upheld on...
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John List: The Fingerprints That Exposed Robert Clark
On June 1, 1989, FBI agents arrested an accountant in Richmond, Virginia. His name, according to his documents, was Robert P. Clark. § CASE FILE ▪ Case: State v. John Emil List ▪ Jurisdiction: Union County, New Jersey ▪ Period: 1971 — 1993 ▪ Disposition: Five first-degree murder convictions…
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The Peter Falconio Case: The Bloodstain That Survived the Appeal
Between 12:38 and 12:50 a.m. on July 15, 2001, a security camera in Alice Springs recorded a man at a truck stop. § CASE FILE ▪ Case: The Murder of Peter Falconio ▪ Jurisdiction: Northern Territory, Australia ▪ Period: 2001 — 2025 ▪ Disposition: Conviction upheld on appeal...
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The Revolver That Came Back | The Neil Entwistle Case
On January 21, 2006, a witness noticed that the trigger lock on a revolver was not fitted correctly. § CASE FILE ▪ Case: Commonwealth v. Entwistle ▪ Jurisdiction: Middlesex County, Massachusetts ▪ Period: 2006–2023 ▪ Disposition: Murder convictions upheld on appeal ────────────────────────────…
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The Cabinet Records
On October 31, 2003, Somerset Medical Center fired nurse Charles Cullen. Within weeks, automated medication records would help investigators connect him to drugs his patients had never been prescribed. § CASE FILE ▪ Case: Charles Cullen ▪ Jurisdiction: New Jersey · Pennsylvania ▪ Period: 1987 —...
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The Camera in the Washing Machine
At ten twenty-seven on the night of June 9, 2008, police entered a house in Mesa, Arizona. Inside a washing machine, investigators found a digital camera. § CASE FILE ▪ Case: State v. Jodi Arias ▪ Jurisdiction: Maricopa County, Arizona ▪ Period: 2008 — 2020 ▪ Disposition: Conviction upheld on...
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The Sample Beneath the Door
One laboratory sample from the Willingham house tested positive for an accelerant. It came from beneath an aluminum threshold at the front door. § CASE FILE ▪ Case: Cameron Todd Willingham ▪ Jurisdiction: Navarro County, Texas ▪ Period: 1991 — 2011 ▪ Disposition: Conviction upheld on appeal;...
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The Toll Ticket
At 1:51 a.m., a paper toll ticket was handed in at an exit outside Albany. Twenty-three minutes later, a burglar alarm nine miles away was disarmed with a private master code. § CASE FILE ▪ Case: People v. Christopher Porco ▪ Jurisdiction: New York ▪ Period: 2004 — 2011 ▪ Disposition: Conviction...
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The Drain at Cranley Gardens
On February 8, 1983, a drainage engineer opened a manhole beside a house in north London. Inside were scraps of flesh and small bones. § CASE FILE ▪ Case: Dennis Nilsen ▪ Jurisdiction: London, England ▪ Period: 1978 — 1983 ▪ Disposition: Convicted of six murders and two attempted murders...
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The Marks of a Missing Gun
Rounds of .22 caliber ammunition were taken from a house in Springfield, Oregon. None had ever been fired. According to the ballistics experts who examined them, they still carried the marks of a gun. § CASE FILE ▪ Case: State v. Diane Downs ▪ Jurisdiction: Lane County, Oregon ▪ Period: 1983 —...
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The Novel That Led Police to a Killer
Four days after Dariusz Janiszewski disappeared in Wrocław, his mobile phone was sold through an internet auction account registered to Krystian Bala. § CASE FILE ▪ Case: The murder of Dariusz Janiszewski ▪ Jurisdiction: Wrocław, Poland ▪ Period: 2000 — 2009 ▪ Disposition: Conviction upheld on...
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The Toll Record She Tried to Remove
At 12:54 a.m. on May 2, 2004, Melanie McGuire's E-ZPass recorded a forty-five-cent toll near Atlantic City. Sixteen minutes later, her missing husband's cell phone called their apartment. § CASE FILE ▪ Case: State v. McGuire ▪ Jurisdiction: Middlesex County, New Jersey ▪ Period: 2004 — 2011 ▪...
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The Jacket That Undid a Murder Conviction
On 2 February 1986, police searching near a dingo lair at Uluru found a small knitted jacket. Five and a half years earlier, prosecutors had told a jury there was reason to doubt it had ever existed. § CASE FILE ▪ Case: The disappearance and death of Azaria Chamberlain ▪ Jurisdiction: Northern...
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The Tire Tracks in the Snow
The roadside stop had been operating for about three minutes when a Nissan Pathfinder approached. § CASE FILE ▪ Case: Russell Williams ▪ Jurisdiction: Ontario, Canada ▪ Period: 2007 — 2010 ▪ Disposition: Guilty plea · Life imprisonment ──────────────────────────── THE TIRE TRACKS IN THE SNOW...
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The Bloodstains That Exposed a Murder
Round drops of blood were found beneath overturned kitchen chairs. The blood had reached the floor before the chairs fell. § CASE FILE ▪ Case: Graham Backhouse ▪ Jurisdiction: Bristol Crown Court, England ▪ Period: 1984 — 1985 ▪ Disposition: Convicted of murder and attempted murder...
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18:46 — The Phone Record That Fixed the Timeline
At 6:46 p.m. on August 4, 2002, a mobile phone stopped communicating with its network. The phone belonged to one of two ten-year-old girls who had disappeared minutes earlier in Soham, England. The network recorded the exact time — and the mast the handset was using when it detached. That small...
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The Evidence the Jury Never Saw
On 27 January 1998, samples taken during the post-mortem examination of eight-week-old Harry Clark were sent for microbiological testing. The results would not reach the jury that later convicted his mother of murder. § CASE FILE ▪ Case: R v Sally Clark ▪ Jurisdiction: Chester Crown Court…
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The Timestamps That Exposed Harold Shipman
On 10 December 1997, medical entries describing months of chest pain were created after Bianka Pomfret was already dead. § CASE FILE ▪ Case: R v Harold Shipman ▪ Jurisdiction: Greater Manchester, England · Preston Crown Court ▪ Period: 1995 — 2000 ▪ Disposition: Convicted on fifteen counts of...
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The Red Light That Never Turned Red
At Highway 49 and Monarch Mills Road, the traffic signal only turned red when a vehicle was waiting on the side road. Susan Smith told investigators the road was empty. § CASE FILE ▪ Case: State v. Susan Smith ▪ Jurisdiction: Union County, South Carolina ▪ Period: 1994 — 1995 ▪ Disposition:...
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The First Murder Case Solved by DNA
In November 1983, semen recovered from the murder of fifteen-year-old Lynda Mann could exclude most men. It could not identify the one who killed her. § CASE FILE ▪ Case: Colin Pitchfork / Narborough murders ▪ Jurisdiction: Leicestershire, England ▪ Period: 1983 — 1988 ▪ Disposition: Guilty…
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BTK Hid for 31 Years. Then He Sent a Floppy Disk.
A deleted document on a floppy disk contained two metadata fields: Dennis and Christ Lutheran Church. § CASE FILE ▪ Case: State of Kansas v. Dennis L. Rader ▪ Jurisdiction: Sedgwick County, Kansas ▪ Period: 1974 — 2005 ▪ Disposition: Guilty pleas; ten consecutive life sentences...
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The Dead Man Who Was Still Alive on Paper
The Rolex on Ronald Platt's wrist stopped at 11:35 on the twenty-second of July, 1996. Investigators worked backwards from the watch to the day he disappeared. § CASE FILE ▪ Case: The murder of Ronald Joseph Platt ▪ Jurisdiction: England ▪ Period: 1996 — 1998 ▪ Disposition: Albert Johnson Walker...
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True crime, reconstructed from the record.Material Fact is a documentary true crime series about what the record can prove — and what it cannot.Each episode reconstructs a single case through court documents, testimony, forensic findings, police interviews, and contemporary reporting.◇ Facts, allegations, and testimony remain clearly separated◇ No invented dialogue, unsupported motives, or embellishment◇ Where the record ends, the episode says so─── ◇ ───Material Fact.True crime, reconstructed from the record.
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