S1E8: This Season In Review (Feat. Michele McPhee)
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Carly and Michele talk about biased reporting practices, the media's responsibility as a political instrument, and how technology can be better integrated in law enforcement.
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S1E7: Breaking The Cycle
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Vann’s confessing to strangling women in Illinois points to a profound reality: not only is Hargrove’s algorithm effective at detecting serial murder activity, but it detected two clusters involving the same serial killer…
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S1E6: A Serial Killer’s Confession…
Marginalized Murder
Back in 2014, Thomas Hargrove’s algorithm sounded the alarm on a cluster of potential serial murder activity brewing Gary, Indiana. Despite Hargrove’s repeated efforts to share his data, the Hammond Police turned a blind eye until a few months later when the information became a reality.
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S1E5: The Washington Park Murders
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While Reverend Robin Hood and Senator Patricia Van Pelt unite in reducing the DNA backlog, Gerald Hamilton, a retired Chicago Homicide Detective, introduces one of the most chilling cases in the 51…
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S1E4: Murderers Amongst Us
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Despite ample DNA found at the scene of Gwendolyn Williams’ murder pointing to a suspect named Gerald Lyons, the District Attorney refuses to prosecute this case, bringing the wheels of justice to a screeching halt.
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S1E3: Justice for Gwen?
Marginalized Murder
In 2001, Dr. Sharon Pritchett’s life is upended when her oldest sister, Gwendolyn Williams, is found strangled to death behind a 99 cent store. Her murder is seemingly random until Pritchett learns that her sister’s case is a part of a mysterious pattern of 51 murders that has plagued the city of Chicago for the last two decades.
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S1E2: Seeing The Forest For The Trees
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With the help of Thomas Hargrove, founder of the Murder Accountability Project and creator of the algorithm that sounded the alarm in Chicago, we map out key clues in this complex murder mystery.
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S1E1: A Serial Killer In Chicago
Marginalized Murder
Over the course of twenty years at least 51 women were strangled to death in the South and West sides of Chicago. Their deaths were seemingly unrelated, until 2017, when an algorithm pointed to something much more sinister: serial murder.
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Marginalized Murder: The Case of the 51 - Coming Soon to the Storic Media Network
Marginalized Murder
This season of Marginalized Murder we dive into "The Case of the 51", the largest active serial murder mystery in the county.
info_outlineEpisode 3: Justice for Gwen?
In 2001, Dr. Sharon Pritchett’s life is upended when her oldest sister, Gwendolyn Williams, is found strangled to death behind a 99 cent store. Her murder is seemingly random until Pritchett learns that her sister’s case is a part of a mysterious pattern of 51 murders that has plagued the city of Chicago for the last two decades.
With little momentum, the case goes cold until Pritchett discovers a major backlog with DNA testing in the Illinois State lab system that has kept the truth of who is behind her sister's murder buried away for years...