In Episode 9, Lisa and guest co-host Robb Chadwick took a look at Oklahoma v. Anthony Sanchez . In July, 2004, Sanchez was linked to the December 20, 1996 kidnapping, rape and murder of OU graduate Jewell "Juli" Busken via a cold case DNA hit. They discussed the evidence against Sanchez, his trial, direct appeal and state and federal post-conviction claims, including his recent actual innocence claim, pointing the finger at his deceased father, Thomas Glen Sanchez, who allegedly began confessing...
Aug 22, 2023•3 hr 32 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Lisa and Kyle continue their review of the case against Richard Glossip, who was convicted of the 1997 murder-for-hire of his boss, Barry Van Treese. In Part 2, they talked about the 2022 propaganda campaign being waged by his advocates in the media and his 2022 state post-conviction claims. They continued their discussion of the two writs currently pending at the U.S. Supreme Court, the result of the Oklahoma Attorney General’s “independent” investigation that we learned was directed by Reed Sm...
Jul 04, 2023•3 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 8
In Episode 7, Oklahoma v. Richard Glossip: Update, Part 1, Kyle and Lisa talked about Glossip’s state post-conviction claims, including his 2015 claims and the 1st and 2nd claims filed in 2022, including the supplemental findings of Reed Smith.
Jun 25, 2023•2 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 7
In Episode 6, Lisa and Kyle talk about State of Texas v. Rodney Reed, including Reed's state court litigation seeking DNA testing, the agreed DNA testing outside Chapter 64 and the results and Reed's federal challenge to the state court DNA procedures, which included U.S. Supreme Court opinion that returned Reed’s challenge to Texas’ DNA testing statute to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. They also talked about what that development really means and the DNA evidence underlying Reed's convicti...
Jun 25, 2023•2 hr 26 min•Season 2Ep. 6
In Episode 5, Lisa and Kyle look at the case of State of North Carolina v. Molly Martens Corbett and Thomas Michael Martens. Martens, a former FBI agent, and his daughter are awaiting re-trial for murder in North Carolina. In the early morning hours of August 2, 2015, Molly's husband, Jason Corbett was beaten to death with a paver wielded by his wife and a child's bat wielded by his father-in-law, Martens. Their self-defense claims were quickly rejected by investigators, who presented the case t...
Jun 04, 2023•2 hr 34 min•Season 2Ep. 5
In Part 3, Lisa and Kyle conclude their discussion of the 1994 murder-for-hire of Farah Baquer Fratta, a mother of three gunned down in her garage in Humble, Harris County, Texas. In Parts 1 and 2, they talked about the case against Farah’s estranged husband, Robert Fratta, who was executed on January 10, 2023 and Joseph Prystash, a felon and gym rat who acted as Fratta’s middleman. In this episode, they talk about the case against Howard Paul Guidry, the trigger man. They talk about the case ag...
Apr 30, 2023•2 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 4
In Part 2, Lisa and Kyle continue discussing the 1994 murder-for-hire of Farah Baquer Fratta, a mother of three gunned down in her garage in Humble, Harris County, Texas. In Part 1, they talked about the the case against Farah’s estranged husband, Robert Fratta, who was executed on January 10, 2023. In Part 2, they look at the case against the middleman, Joseph Prystash, a felon and gym rat with Fratta at the President and First Lady Health Club in Harris County. They talk about the evidence aga...
Mar 24, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Season 2Ep. 3
In Part 2, Lisa and Kyle continue discussing the 1994 murder-for-hire of Farah Baquer Fratta, a mother of three gunned down in her garage in Humble, Harris County, Texas. In Part 1, they talked about the the case against Farah’s estranged husband, Robert Fratta, who was executed on January 10, 2023. In Part 2, they look at the case against the middleman, Joseph Prystash, a felon and gym rat with Fratta at the President and First Lady Health Club in Harris County. They talk about the evidence aga...
Mar 24, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Season 2Ep. 3
In Part 1, Lisa and Kyle talked about the 1994 murder-for-hire of Farah Baquer Fratta, a mother of three gunned down in her garage in Humble, Harris County, Texas. In Part 1, State of Texas v. Robert Alan Fratta, they examined the case against Farah’s estranged husband. They talked about the evidence against Fratta and his initial conviction, as well as his 2009 re-trial, direct appeals and state and federal post-conviction claims. Finally, they talked about the last-minute claims made in an uns...
Mar 15, 2023•1 hr 42 min•Season 2Ep. 2
In Season 2, Episode 1, Kyle and Lisa update the cases and topics covered during Season 1, including recent events and developments in Texas v. Reed, Echols v. Arkansas, Oklahoma v. Glossip and Texas v. Skinner. They talked about the executions of James Coddington, Benjamin Cole and Richard Fairchild and Oklahoma's challenge to the federal Bureau of Prison's interference in the execution of John Fitzgerald Hanson. Finally, they talked about some of the cases they'll talk about during Season 2. I...
Feb 08, 2023•2 hr 25 min•Season 2Ep. 1
In Episode 20, Kyle and Lisa conclude their discussion of State of Texas v. Henry Watkins Skinner. Skinner was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in 1995 for the New Year’s Eve 1993 murders of his girlfriend, Twila Busby and her sons, Randy Busby and Elwin Caler in Pampa, Texas. Skinner, the only member of the household to walk away that New Year’s morning, initially admitted that he fought with Twila, but blamed her for the deaths of her sons. Early DNA testing linked Twila and ...
Jan 07, 2023•1 hr 50 min•Season 1Ep. 20
In Episode 19, Kyle and Lisa talked about State of Texas v. Henry Watkins "Hank" Skinner. In 1995, Skinner was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for the December 31, 1993 murders of his girlfriend, Twila Busby and her sons, Randy Busby and Elwin Caler in Pampa, Gray County, Texas. Skinner has admitted that he was in the house when the murders occurred and he was the only member of the household to walk away that New Year’s morning. Early DNA testing linked Twila and Elwin to the...
Jan 06, 2023•1 hr 54 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Kyle and Lisa look at State of Oklahoma v. John Fitzgerald Hanson. Hanson was facing execution on December 15, 2022 for the 1999 murder of Mary Bowles. Hanson and his partner, Victor Miller, kidnapped Mary from a Tulsa mall on August 31, 1999. They brought her to a dirt pit in Owasso, where they encountered the owner, Jerald Thurman. Miller shot Mr. Thurman, then Hanson took Mary from the car and shot her to death as she lay in a ditch. We’ll talk about the case against Hanson, his trial, direct...
Nov 24, 2022•1 hr 52 min•Season 1Ep. 18
In Episode 17, Kyle and Lisa looked at the case against Richard Fairchild, who was convicted of the November 14, 1993 murder of his girlfriend's son, Adam Scott Broomhall. In a drunken rage, Fairchild struck, beat and burned the 3-year old, then threw him into a table, inflicting a fatal head injury. While advocates for Fairchild have never claimed he is actually innocent, they have challenged the OK Court of Criminal Appeal's holding that child abuse murder is a crime of general intent and have...
Oct 17, 2022•1 hr 38 min•Season 1Ep. 17
In Episode 16, Kyle and Lisa looked at the case against Benjamin Cole, who is scheduled to face execution in Oklahoma on October 20, 2022. On December 20, 2002, Cole killed his 9-month old daughter, Brianna while his wife was out of their home doing laundry. We’ll talk about the crime, Cole’s trial, his appeals and post-conviction claims, which have included multiple attempts by his attorneys to challenge his competency in both state and federal court. We’ll also address some of the misconceptio...
Sep 26, 2022•1 hr 54 min•Season 1Ep. 16
In Episode 15, Kyle and Lisa looked at the case against James Allen Coddington. In March, 1997, Coddington murdered his friend, 73-year old Albert Troy Hale, when Mr. Hale refused to lend him money to fuel a drug binge. They talked about the case against Coddington, his trial, resentencing and direct appeals, along with his state and federal post-conviction claims. They also talked about the controversy surrounding his August 25, 2022 execution and the information put forth by his advocates rega...
Sep 17, 2022•2 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 15
In Episode 14, Kyle and Lisa wrap up their look at State of Oklahoma v. Richard Eugene Glossip, who was convicted of arranging the January 7, 1997 murder of Barry Van Treese, his boss at the Best Budget Inn in Oklahoma City. Part 1, looked at the case against Glossip, the legal proceedings that included 2 trials, a direct appeal and state and federal post-conviction claims. Part 2, covered Glossip’s 2015 execution dates, his challenge to Oklahoma’s use of midazolam in its execution protocol, the...
Aug 08, 2022•2 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 14
In Episode 13, Kyle and Lisa talk about State of Oklahoma v. Richard Eugene Glossip, who was was convicted of arranging the murder of his boss, Barry Van Treese, at the Best Budget Inn in Oklahoma City on January 7, 1997. In Part 1, they looked at the case against Glossip, the legal proceedings that included 2 trials, a direct appeal and state and federal post-conviction claims. In Part 2, they talked about Glossip’s 2015 execution dates, his challenge to Oklahoma’s use of midazolam in its execu...
Jul 24, 2022•2 hr 38 min•Season 1Ep. 13
In Episode 12, Part 1, Kyle and Lisa talk about the January 7, 1997 murder of motel owner Barry Van Treese in Oklahoma City, OK. The motel manager, Richard Eugene Glossip, was convicted of arranging that the murder with motel maintenance man Justin Sneed. After Sneed killed Van Treese, he and Glossip split about $4,000.00 in cash taken from under the front seat of Van Treese's car. Glossip came under suspicion not because of Sneed, but due to the fact that he admitted that Sneed confessed commit...
Jul 03, 2022•2 hr 40 min•Season 1Ep. 12
In this bonus episode, I talked to Rick Mullenax of Burn After Reading, whose WM3 episodes include "Perception Isn't Always Reality" and The Forgotten West Memphis Three," which is a review of Bob Ruff's Oxygen series. Rick and I talked about his examination of the WM3 case, future episodes on his YouTube channel and the denial of Echols' request for additional DNA testing that was issued by Judge Tonya Alexander on Thursday, June 23, 2022. We also talked about the next steps and the potential i...
Jun 25, 2022•1 hr 44 min
In Episode 11, Kyle and Lisa talk about the May 5, 1993 murders of Christopher Byers, Steve Branch and Michael Moore, in West Memphis, Arkansas. Their bodies were found bound and naked in a ditch in an area known to locals as “Robin Hood Hills,” a patch of woods bordering the boys’ subdivision. On June 3, 1993, Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, Jr. were arrested after Miskelley confessed to West Memphis detectives. The three were convicted after two separate trials in 1994. The...
Jun 06, 2022•1 hr 44 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In Episode 10, Lisa talked to Joe Nevills (and Natalie Voss Nevills) about the 148th Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby being held on May 6 and May 7, 2022. Lisa has loved horses and ponies all of her life and has been a fan of horse racing since Secretariat won the Triple Crown in 1973. She's experienced the joy of seeing five Triple Crown winners in her lifetime and the heartbreak when young horses like Ruffian, Eight Belles and Barbaro couldn't be saved after an injury. Our lives have highs and...
May 02, 2022•2 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 10
In Episode 9, Kyle and Lisa talked about State of Texas v. Melissa Elizabeth Lucio. Lucio was convicted and sentenced to death in connection with the February 17, 2017 death of her 2-year old daughter, Mariah Alvarez. During five hours of interrogation, Lucio admitted abusing Mariah to investigators and denied that her husband or children inflicted the many bruises and injuries observed on Mariah's body. Lucio also insisted that Mariah's fatal injuries were sustained two days before her death as...
Apr 27, 2022•2 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In Episode 8, Kyle and Lisa discuss the August 14, 1980 murder of Playboy Playmate, Dorothy Stratten. Dorothy was more than a pretty face, who stepped off the pages of Playboy and onto our television and theater screens. During the two years between her arrival in Los Angeles and her casting in the movie They All Laughed , Dorothy grew from a shy, confused little girl into a confident woman, who knew what she wanted and knew how to stand up for herself. Unfortunately, that meant that Dorothy qui...
Apr 11, 2022•2 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In Episode 7, Lisa and Kyle talked about the State of New York v. Carolyn Warmus. On January 15, 1989, Betty Jeanne Solomon was found by her husband, Paul Solomon, in their condo in Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York. The investigation initially focused on Paul Solomon, who had engaged in an extra-marital affair with a younger woman, Carolyn Warmus. During the Summer of 1989, investigation of Warmus’ phone records led detectives to a PI named Vinnie Parco. Parco eventually admitted to ille...
Apr 05, 2022•2 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In Episode 6, Kyle and Lisa talk about the May 5, 1993 murders of Christopher Byers, Steve Branch and Michael Moore, in West Memphis, Arkansas. Their bodies were found bound and naked in a ditch in an area known to locals as “Robin Hood Hills,” a patch of woods bordering the boys’ subdivision. Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, Jr. were arrested in June, 1993 and convicted after two separate trials in 1994. Beginning in 2002, the three began a 9-year saga of DNA testing that end...
Mar 27, 2022•2 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In this bonus episode, I’m joined by Amy Kingry and Jennifer Harmon to talk about the recent developments in Oklahoma, including the pardon and parole reform bill that was passed in committee last week, the propaganda campaign by the bill’s opposition, the Oklahoma lethal injection trial, the grand jury investigation into the release of Lawrence Anderson and the recent and abrupt resignation of Kelly Doyle from the Pardon and Parole Board. We’ll also talk about what that resignation means to the...
Mar 07, 2022•1 hr 24 min
In Episode 5, Lisa is joined by guest co-host Kyle to talk about the 1983 KFC Murders. September 23, 1983 was a typical night in Kilgore, Texas, with families attending football games and ordering take-out for dinner. At the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant, something went horribly wrong at or near closing time. On Saturday, September 24th, the bodies of KFC employees Mary Tyler, Opie Hughes and Joey Johnson, along with friends David Maxwell and Monty Landers were found off an oil lease road in...
Feb 27, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 5
In this bonus episode, Lisa is joined by Oklahoma Victims Innocence Project's Jennifer Harmon to talk about the 02/22/22 press conference announcing the launch of an "independent" investigation into the case of Richard Glossip, who was convicted of the 1997 murder-for-hire of motel owner Barry Van Treese. Lisa and Jennifer talked about the facts and evidence linking Glossip to the murder, including his own words and actions in the hours after Mr. Van Treese was killed.
Feb 24, 2022•1 hr 25 min
In Episode 4, Lisa is joined by guest co-host Kyle to talk about the case against Rodney Reed. In July, 2021, an evidentiary hearing on Reed’s 10th State post-conviction writ was held in Bastrop County, Texas. Prior to the hearing, the state submitted 2 disclosures of information to Reed’s counsel and Kyle and Lisa talk about those disclosures and the witnesses statements. After the close of the hearing, Reed and the state each submitted proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law to the co...
Feb 21, 2022•2 hr 53 min•Season 1Ep. 4
