The Lawless Files
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The Lawless Files is a society podcast hosted by The Lawless Files. It has 50 episodes, with the latest published June 2023.
On Nov. 8, 1992, Angela "Mischelle" Lawless was murdered on the exit ramp of the interstate near her home in rural Missouri. Less than two years later, an 18-year-old man named Josh Kezer was convicted of the crime. Kezer was exonerated in 2009 on an "actual innocence" ruling. This podcast examines the investigation of the murder, and whether law enforcement intentionally convicted an innocent man while protecting the state's star witness from suspicion. This podcast is hosted by a veteran journalist and is based on original reporting, interviews and thousands of pages of records.
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The alleged hit placed on Josh Kezer
Troubles in Iron County
Doug Teel, Part 3: Karen Langston loses home to fire, then beats felony charges
The sheriff strikes back, takes aim at Connie Goodwin, mother who had to drain lake for son's remains
Doug Teel Part 2: Was Doug set up by his friend?
Doug Teel case, Part 1: How did a 19-year-old end up in the middle of the road to be struck by a car?
When a mom had to drain a pond to retrieve her murdered son's remains
The 30-year anniversary. We remember Mischelle. A bold prediction. Now is the time to come forward
Timmy Dees autopsy inconclusive, so why have investigators closed the case?
New documentary on Cape Girardeau County cold murder case of Debbie Manning
In back-to-back witnesses, Hulshof tried to put Josh Kezer in two places at once
Episode 23: Prosecutor Accountability
Quick Lawless, Dees, Wilfong updates
The Derontae Martin case: Another Fredericktown Mystery
The night a criminal justice student was killed by a police captain's Hellcat
Timmy Dees update: The MSHP told Barb Hall what?
Why a former police chief believes her sister could be innocent of murder
One small town. Three cops charged with sex crimes.
Timmy Dees update: An interview with Barb Hall
Episode 22: Why Aug. 2 is such an important date in the Mischelle Lawless case, then and now
Josh Kezer responds to Beardslee, Maya, perjury TLF episodes
Breaking: Timmy Dees' body found
Episode 20: Let's talk about perjury
TLF spinoff: Timmy Dees' disappearance
TLF Spinoff: Breaking news: First-degree murder charges in the Jessi Wilfong case
TLF Spinoff 2: Breaking news in the Jessi Wilfong case
TLF Spinoff 1: The disappearance of Jessi Wilfong
Episode 19: What does the prosecuting attorney challenger have to say about the Lawless case?
Episode 18: How a mobster died in the house of a judge's son before the judge's family's drug ring was publicly known
Episode 17: The Southern Illinois Mafia
Episode 16: First Appearance for weapons charge
Episode 15: Breaking: Mark Abbott indicted on weapons charge
Episode 14: The grand jury
Episode 13: DNA Crime recinstructionists and emails between Mark Abbott and Josh Kezer
Episode 12, Part 2: "We got it."
Episode 12, Part 1: Abbott and Williams testify
Episode 11: The audits and the firing of a drug task force officer and a new story by Chantelle Crider
Episode 10.5 (Breaking news): Prosecutor seeks help from AG, highway patrol
Episode 10: The morning after the murder
Lawless Files Episode 9: More stories emerge that the wrong man was convicted
The Lawless Files Episode 8: From a murder conviction to a drug ring
Lawless Files Episode 7: The state pushes through the recanted statements
Lawless Files Episode 6: The sheriff takes the stand
Lawless Files Episode 5: Snitches come forward before the trial to recant
Lawless Files Episode 4: A new suspect ID'd by Mark Abbott
Episode 3: Beardslee pulled off the case
Bonus: Abbreviated Beardslee interview
Episode 2: Mischelle's diary - does it offer clues as to her killers or their motive?
Episode 1: Introduction to the Mischelle Lawless murder, the identical twins and an investigation off to a rocky start
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