Bone Valley

Today, we're bringing you something unexpected: Lava for Good’s investigative series Earwitness will be released right here in the Bone Valley feed. You'll see it here as Bone Valley Season 4: Earwitness. The entire season will be available to Lava For Good+ subscribers on Apple Podcasts on January 28th, and everywhere you listen to podcasts on February 4th.
As an introduction, Gilbert King, Pulitzer prize-winning author and host of Bone Valley, sits down for a Q&A with Earwitness host and producer, journalist Beth Shelburne, as well as Emmy award-winning filmmaker Andrew Jarecki and film producer Charlotte Kaufman to discuss Earwitness, Toforest Johnson - the man at the center of the story - as well as their recent, critically acclaimed HBO documentary The Alabama Solution.
Bone Valley Season 4: Earwitness is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1.

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On April Fools Day 1999, 26-year-old Yvonne Layne was found murdered in her Alliance, Ohio home. David Thorne, her ex-boyfriend and father of one of her children, was instantly a suspect. Another young man admitted to the murder, and David breathed a sigh of relief, until the confessed murderer fingered David; “He paid me to do it.” David was sentenced to life without parole. Two decades later, Pulitzer winner and podcast host, Maggie Freleng (Bone Valley Season 3: Graves County, Wrongful Conviction, Suave) launched a “live” investigation into David's conviction alongside Jason Baldwin (himself wrongfully convicted as a member of the West Memphis Three). Maggie had come to believe that the entire investigation of David was botched by the tiny local police department, or worse, covered up the real killer. Was Maggie correct? Was David’s claim of innocence credible? In Death & Deceit in Alliance, Maggie recounts the case that launched her career, and ultimately, “broke” her.” The results will shock the listener and reduce Maggie to tears and self-doubt. This is not your typical wrongful conviction story. In fact, it turns the genre on its head. It asks the question: What if our champions are foolish?
New episodes of The Burden: Death & Deceit in Alliance are available every Tuesday and Friday wherever you get your podcasts. To binge the entire season, ad-free, subscribe to True Crime Clubhouse on Apple podcasts.
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Leo Schofield turns tables.Exclusive Excerpts from Gilbert King’s new book, Bone Valley: A True Story of Injustice and Redemption in the Heart of Florida.
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Graves County, Chapter 6 | Something Rotten
Just how far are cops and prosecutors allowed to go in their pursuit of justice – and who do we hold accountable when their whole case falls apart? These are questions that Quincy Cross, Tamara Caldwell, and Jeff Burton live with every day. Meanwhile, answers to why Jessica Currin’s murder investigation went so wrong in the first place may lie somewhere in the beginning.
Key figures in this chapter:
Tom Mangold: British journalist who covered the Jessica Currin case and worked alongside citizen investigator Susan Galbreath.
Tim Fortner: The lead Mayfield Police detective on Jessica’s murder case.
Ronnie Lear: Assistant Chief of the Mayfield Police in the early 2000s.
Michael Greisz: Mayfield Chief of Police from 2004 to 2005.
Wayne Potts (1939-2019): Former Mayor of Mayfield.
Joe Currin: He is still waiting for answers on the death of his daughter.
Quincy Cross: He is in prison, fighting for an evidentiary hearing and the chance at a new trial.
Tamara Caldwell and Jeff Burton: They are still hoping to clear their names.
David Cross and Rachelle Brown: Quincy Cross’ father and sister.
Darra Woolman: Our source.
**Editorial Note** This case involved many defendants throughout the years and investigations by three law enforcement agencies. There was a lot we couldn’t get to, including the fact that two more men were charged in Jessica’s case: Isaac Benjamin and Austin Leech. Benjamin pled guilty to complicity to tampering with evidence and served just over one year in prison. Leech went to trial for perjury and tampering with evidence – the only other defendant to stand trial – and was acquitted in 2009.
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Graves County is hosted by Maggie Freleng, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and one of the hosts of Lava For Good’s Wrongful Conviction, and is executive produced by Gilbert King.
New episodes of Bone Valley Season 3 | Graves County are available every Wednesday wherever you get your podcasts. To binge the entire season, ad-free, subscribe to Lava for Good+ on Apple Podcasts.
Graves County is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1.
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Graves County: Chapter 5 | The Receipts
Prosecution witness Rosie Crice was the first person to publicly say that law enforcement made her lie on Quincy Cross and his co-defendants – but she wouldn’t be the last.
Key figures in this chapter:
Vinisha Stubblefield: the last known person to see Jessica Currin alive and one of the prosecution’s main witnesses.
Rosie Crice: Victoria Caldwell’s sister. She was a prosecution witness.
Miranda Hellman: Attorney with the Kentucky Innocence Project working on Quincy Cross’ post-conviction case.
Ken Nixon: Exoneree and volunteer with the Kentucky Innocence Project.
Victoria Caldwell: the prosecution's key witness.
Bob O’Neil: Agent with the Kentucky Bureau of Investigation (KBI).
Tamara Caldwell: Victoria and Rosie’s cousin. She was convicted of manslaughter and abuse of a corpse.
Brenda Jackson: Tamara Caldwell’s mom
Noble Faulkner: Private investigator, Brenda Jackson’s common-law husband.
Others: Victoria and Rosie’s mom, Wanda; KBI agent Lee Wise; Kentucky Assistant Attorney General Barbara Maines Whaley; Citizen investigator Susan Galbreath; British journalist Tom Mangold; and Susan’s friend, Lacey Gates.
For photos and images from this chapter, visit Lava for Good
Graves County is hosted by Maggie Freleng, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and one of the hosts of Lava For Good’s Wrongful Conviction, and is executive produced by Gilbert King.
New episodes of Bone Valley Season 3 | Graves County are available every Wednesday wherever you get your podcasts. To binge the entire season, ad-free, subscribe to Lava for Good+ on Apple Podcasts.
Graves County is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1.
We have worked hard to ensure that all facts reported in this show are accurate. The views and opinions expressed by the individuals featured in this show are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Lava for Good.
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