Two cases attempt to employ the contentious “gay panic” defense to wildly different results. After two hookups go sideways, a gay man and transgender woman are murdered. But what is the difference between these two killings and the trials that came after? Why are we still using the "gay panic” defense in the court of law? And is using this defense its own type of hate crime if it further persecutes members of the LGBTQ community?

Host Daryn Carp is joined by scholar Dr. Warren Carsten Andresen to discuss the gay and trans panic defense and how it is still used today.

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A woman is found dead in her home and a questionable investigation leads to a decades-long search for justice. Was Lorelei Bringe planning to leave her husband before her murder? How is it possible for an investigation to be so mismanaged? What did it take to re-open this cold case decades later, and how was it eventually solved?

Host Daryn Carp is joined by Joe Kennedy to dive into the exasperating details of the investigation and cold cases to reveal how justice was finally served.

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After a body is found in the woods, an autopsy cannot reveal a cause of death and a murderous mystery is born. How could Jeannette DePalm have died with no clear or obvious injuries? Was this a satanic or occult sacrifice? And although this is considered a “suspicious” active case to this day, what would it take for this case to be considered a homicide?

Host Daryn Carp is joined by Michelle Belanger to discuss the scary circumstances at the scene and why very few people involved with this case wants to speak on the record.

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