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James sits down with David Mitchell of Patients for Affordable Drugs to discuss why medicines in the USA are unaffordable and what we can do about it
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On a fall evening in 1982, as residents of Newport News, Virginia lay peacefully asleep in their beds, a vicious predator quietly crept through the dark and quiet streets preparing to attack.
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Keith Harward:
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Ashton Morrow
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Sources:
https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4869
https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/uva-law-professor-questions-testimony-in-82-murder-case/
https://time.com/wrongly-convicted/
article_385f646c-f506-11e5-a994-773521dd4cc9.html
https://www.dailypress.com/news/crime/dp-nws-harward-release-20160408-story.html
https://dailyprogress.com/archives/wrongly-imprisoned-man-adjusts-to-freedom-family-technology/article_6d02709e-0a49-11e6-851a-cf8ac019e065.html
https://www.innocenceproject.org/keith-harward-innocence-files-where-is-he-now/
https://screenrant.com/innocence-files-keith-harward-now-what-happened/
https://www.dailypress.com/news/crime/dp-nws-harward-innocent-20160407-story.html
https://roanoke.com/news/virginia/one-year-after-release-keith-harward-travels-country-to-point-out-failures-of-forensic-science/article_a1e6e54c-7626-52c3-8e8d-6b8f474e49b9.html
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https://www.innocenceproject.org/keith-harward-demands-change/
https://www.innocenceproject.org/cases-where-dna-revealed-that-bite-mark-analysis-led-to-wrongful-arrests-and-convictions/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/08/keith-allen-harward-exonerated-dna-evidence-virginia
https://www.dailypress.com/news/newport-news/dp-nws-harward-wrongful-conviction-20170216-story.html
https://heraldcourier.com/news/va-attorney-general-agrees-keith-harward-innocent-of-1982-rape-and-murder/article_eace94e8-fc12-11e5-8cd3-e7b6d7a101b6.html -
Billie Holiday makes a decision. The jazz singer will perform "Strange Fruit," the protest song about lynchings, no matter what happens to her—and no matter how many times law enforcement tells her to stay quiet. But that puts her in the crosshairs of one federal official, who uses any means necessary to silence Holiday.
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In 2003, America is at war with Iraq, as part of its global campaign on terror. Former diplomat Joe Wilson sharply criticizes the war, making him an enemy of the White House. Payback is swift, but the crosshairs are aimed at someone else: Wilson’s wife, covert CIA agent Valerie Plame.
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The delicate system of secret bribes and kickbacks used to transform a mediocre record into a hit -- that’s payola. And on the eve of rock ‘n’ roll, it’s consuming the music industry. As the public catches wind of the corruption, DJ Alan Freed and American Bandstand host Dick Clark will be caught in the crosshairs of the investigations.
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In early 1930s America, segregation is the law of the land, and syphilis remains a grave public health concern. A handful of white government doctors aims to treat African Americans in a rural Alabama county where infection rates are especially high. But several officials conspire to alter the program’s goals, launching a decades-long program that will stain medical history.
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On March 28, 1979, Bill Zewe hears an alarm at Three Mile Island. Something has gone terribly wrong at the nuclear power plant, in southern Pennsylvania. And now, the operators at the plant must move fast—before a crisis engulfs the region.
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In 1993, a massive conflict erupts in rural Texas. The federal government launches a siege against the Branch Davidians, a religious group based in the outskirts of Waco. What follows is the longest firefight in the history of American law enforcement. And it’s a battle that ends in tragedy. But the standoff has its genesis years before. It’s then that Vernon Howell comes looking for a new religious community to call home. He finds it with the Branch Davidians, and soon, he begins working to seize power.
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Merrell Williams stumbles on a terrible secret, one that's been hidden for decades. Jeffrey Wigand starts a new job with the tobacco industry, only to come face to face with a bitter truth. Soon, both will have to make a choice that could put them in danger.
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In 2006 Eliot Spitzer is elected governor on a promise to tackle corruption in the most dysfunctional state capital in the country--Albany, NY. He is quickly challenged by one of the most powerful men in the state. Will the governor change Albany or will Albany change him?
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A college dropout with no background in science turns himself into an expert on performance enhancing drugs. Soon he attracts some of the world’s best athletes—along with the attention of a determined federal agent.
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Stories: "Clown Zombie" - What happens when you make a happy clown very, very angry.
"Polaroid Phantom" - Two men discover that the ghosts in their home are not camera shy. Pics at www.seeingthingsthebook.com
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Stories: "Spirit on the Board" - What happens when a group of kids conjure a spirit?
"The Seance" - A long-lost love comes to town for a visit, and he's been dead for years. Produced by Bob Carlson and KCRW's Unfictional.
"Dollhouse" - Ali Standish came home after surgery and was shocked to find her grandmother in the living room with a gift--a dollhouse.
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Stories: " Devil’s Water" - What happens when your god-fearing family agrees to dance with the dark side in a moment of desperation.
"Hot Water" - Three girls planned a relaxing trip to a remote hot springs, and ended up fighting for their lives against a shadowy figure.
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Stories: "Great Aunt Rose" - When Christina McKenna’s cruel aunt comes back from the grave to make amends--she’s not sure if she can forgive. Read more about Christina in her book, My Mother Wore A Yellow Dress.
"The Unicorn Prince" - Every year, Maria's aunt bought her a cute doll for her doll collection, but then came this one. This story comes to us from our Spooked listener Maria Serratore-Gunter.
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Stories: "A Boy Named Thomas" - Shane Dunphy spent years working with kids as a social worker. He’d seen it all until he met a little boy named Gregory. For more, get Shane Dunphy’s book The Boy They Tried to Hide.
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Witch Cage: A woman buys a medieval jail… and tries to make it her home.
Phantom Border Agent: A border agent encounters his long-dead colleague in the middle of the desert.
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Stories:
"Indonesian Ghost Show" - When a TV crew shows up to film a ghost show their disrespect angers the gods.
"Daikon" - Susan's dog Daikon kept giving signs that an intruder was haunting her old Victorian in New Orleans. Then one night in October, the intruder crossed the line.
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Stories : "La Bruja" Your family is cursed--who you gonna call? La Bruja.
Nestor Gomez is a storyteller based in Chicago. You can find him on Twitter @soloyochapin and at his website.
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Stories:
"Border Boogeyman" - Rocky Elmore worked as a border patrol agent and out there, in the pitch black, he was never sure if he was completely alone.
"The Seer" - The trouble began in Sri Lanka, when Chandra’s aunt woke up one day and couldn’t move her arms or legs. The doctors had no answers, but a mysterious priest did.
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