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Brooklyn North

By: Peter McDonnell, Josh Sanburn
Narrated by: Aaron Goodson
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Episodes
  • Episode 1: They Gave Me a Murder
    Dec 3 2020
    In 1989, Jonathan Fleming is on a family vacation to Disney World when his friend is murdered in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
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    41 mins
  • Episode 2: An American Kid
    Dec 3 2020
    After a major homicide, star NYPD detective Louis Scarcella launches a citywide manhunt that leads him to a 14-year-old boy named John Bunn.
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    51 mins
  • Episode 3: False Confessions
    Dec 3 2020
    Sundhe Moses and Jabbar Washington are interrogated by the notorious Detective Scarcella, who pressures them to confess to crimes they know nothing about.
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    44 mins

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About the Creator

Peter McDonnell is a writer, reporter, and producer who co-created and co-wrote the New York Times bestselling Audible Original, Evil Has a Name, about the Golden State Killer case. He is the co-creator and writer of the Audible Original Call Me God, selected as one of Audible's top 10 books of 2019. Peter runs the audio department at XG Productions, where he has also been a co-executive producer of the Netflix documentary series Pandemic, and an executive producer of the NBC documentary series The Forgotten West Memphis Three. Peter has written about the environmental impact of cruise ships, Rachel Carson’s pioneering work on DDT, and Richard Byrd’s Antarctic survival for magazines including Outside. He’s been an editor at McGraw-Hill Education and taught writing at Oregon State University. Peter is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. A native of St. Louis, he lives in Los Angeles with his wife Sarah and two children, Angus and Anna.

About the Creator

Josh Sanburn is a writer, reporter, producer, and former national correspondent for TIME Magazine, where he covered crime, policing, rural America, and social and demographic change across the U.S. He wrote TIME's cover stories on the Flint water crisis and the construction of One World Trade Center and features about the decline of capital punishment, man-made earthquakes in Oklahoma, and the increasing popularity of cremation. He's since produced documentaries for ABC News and National Geographic about the white working-class and the year 1969 and has written for Vanity Fair and New York Magazine. Sanburn is originally from Linton, Indiana, and graduated from Indiana University. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., with his wife Claire and daughter Kate.

About the Host

Aaron Goodson is a classically trained actor having studied at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. He is a former Drama teacher and now a voice talent who can be heard on commercials for Sprite, AT&T, Dove, Boost Mobile, Under Armour, the NBA, Atlanta Braves, and many more.

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Love it.

Following the events if August 12, I started researching the racial history of America. I was appauled at how minorities have been treated throughout American history. This story us among several I've studied as well as my first podcast. It was great lustening to in the car and will be looking for others.

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gripping harsh reality that really changed my mind

it is captivating from start to finish. hearing the testimony of so many people. and to hear what police officials, and the judicial system did to them Is shocking and immoral. the sad part is it continues today.

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Captivating

This was something that was captivating, tragic, hurtful and yet they men showed so much strength. Thank you to the men who told the truth.

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It's a heartbreaking but eye opening story

It's a fantastic take on systemic racism, and possible solutions to it. The story's lessons could be applied not only to the US justice system, but to many other nations' systems.

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A Must Listen!! What you Dont Know Can Most Certainly Hurt You!!!!

Kudos to the researchers and great minds behind this series. It was both moving and eye opening! People seem to think that just because we are seeing some Police reform that this is enough, but the courageous men in these stories are living proof that abuse of power and police brutality leaves decades if not generations of pain and residual collateral damage. Hearing how kids were ripped from homes, fathers losing their children. Those who are in a position to effect change need to listen and use their influence so there aren’t any more wrongful conviction cases!!

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A paragon in true crime podcasts

Almost finished it in a day. I listen to many true crime podcasts, or rather I sample many. To find such an intriguing and captivating story this well composed and presented is a listener gem. They just don't get much better than this.

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BEST True crime podcast I've listened to yet!

This is such an important and incredibly compelling story. i love that is was filled with the voices of the actual players. Seriously the BEST true crime podcast I've listened to yet!

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Enlightening!

This book gave me a glimpse into a worldveiw that I am not exposed to regularly. I am grateful to have been able to learn from this literary work. Knowledge is power!

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not scripts

pena que não têm scripts, para acompanhar as palavras, os sons de casa uma. t

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Heartbreaking, heart opening, hopeful for change

This true story makes me cry and feel ashamed to be a human. I can only hope that the truth being told will be heeded and that we can become a more civil people on the planet. I am repeatedly struck by the grace and dignity of these men in the telling of their experiences, and only hope that we can all learn from them. Can’t we all just get along?

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