370-A Walk Through The Valley

Affirmative Murder

True Story Media

True Crime, Comedy

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Alvin and Special guest, Pulitzer prize winning journalist, Maggie Freeleng delve into the complexities of the Bone Valley season 3 case, exploring themes of wrongful conviction, the role of citizen detectives, and the emotional toll on victims and their families. They discuss the impact of media on justice narratives and the racial dynamics within the criminal justice system. Maggie shares updates on Quincy Cross's case and reflects on the importance of integrity in storytelling, emphasizing the need for truthful narratives in the face of systemic failures. Catch up on Bone Valley and all the latest from Graves County HERE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	True Story Media.
0:08.0	Hey, affirmative murder fans, I'm James Walner, also here on the True Story Media Network.
0:13.0	My podcast is called Dakota Spotlight.
0:16.0	Imagine you're a teenager, you messed up, you're in trouble, and now you are in juvie trying to learn from
0:21.6	your mistakes. But what if I told you one of the guards watching over you? You know, the one
0:26.1	who likes to give out hugs, once shot a man twice at close range with a shotgun, convicted
0:31.7	of murder, yet out after just five years, and now somehow the state of Minnesota has put
0:37.3	him in charge of you and other kids.
0:39.5	You might wonder, how in the world did that happen?
0:42.6	That's one of the many questions we're asking on my show, Dakota Spotlight.
0:46.7	Season 12 is Meanwhile in Mancato, lies, silence, and murder in Minnesota.
0:52.3	Follow along. It's a wild, unbelievable story that'll leave you
0:55.9	shaking your head and disbelief too. Check out Dakota Spotlight today.
1:01.5	Yeah, obvious. We got a problem here. And it's more than just an album stream and Punisher.
1:06.7	When life begins to suck, who's reporting it. Luckily, you got to friends who you won't forget. Coming live, Alvin and friend on survival. Laughing non-stop case drops on a cycle. Thoughted as an intrusive thoughts off an iPhone. How they make the world seem bright with the lights off? A-ups, it might as well stay up. Lies being told like that dinosaur be us magnifying gloves to the ground up
1:28.4	they don't see us having the time roasting your favorite stuff boozian and option is the waves
1:34.1	taking to the grave app moving to the place you already know when they take the case
1:39.1	laugh to pain away it's a fireman after murder hello and welcome to another episode of affirmative
1:43.7	murder the equal opportunity true crime comedy podcast i am not joined this week by Hello and welcome to another episode of Affirmative Murder,
1:46.3	the Equal Opportunity True Crime Comedy Podcast.
1:49.8	I am not joined this week by my partner and true crime, Frantzell Evans,
1:56.3	but in his stead, we have the grace of being joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and amazing podcast producer Maggie Freeland.
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