415 // The Earwitness w/ Beth Shelburne

Crawlspace - True Crime & Mysteries

Crawlspace Media

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🗓️ 24 September 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Welcome to Crawlspace. In this episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna sit down with investigative journalist Beth Shelburne to speak about the injustice inflicted upon Toforest Johnson in the wake of the murder of Deputy Sheriff William G. Hardy in Birmingham Alabama. Lace 'em up and run for a good cause! Go to: PIFTM.org/RUN for more information on Private Investigations for the Missing's first annual 5K Run for the Missing and to register!! https://runsignup.com/Race/MA/Reading/RunForTheMissing We love our Air Doctors! And if you want your air to be easier to breathe, head to airdoctorpro.com and use promo code CRAWLSPACE and, depending on the model, you’ll receive UP TO 39% off or UP TO $300 off! We love our AquaTru water purifiers! Receive 20% off any AquaTru water purifier when you go to AquaTru.com and use code "CRAWLSPACE" Check out our Subscription Service where we have a bundled our bonus material from Missing, Crawlspace and Dark Valley shows! Ad-free episodes and more at https://missing.supportingcast.fm/ Use promo code, "Missing" for your first month FREE! Follow us: IG: https://www.instagram.com/crawlspacepodcast/ TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast YT: https://www.youtube.com/crawlspace Twitter: https://twitter.com/CrawlspacePod FB: https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast/ Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crawlspace-true-crime-mysteries/id1187326340 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/58cll3enTW2SNmbJUuLsrt The music for Crawlspace was produced by David Flajnik. Listen to his music here: https://www.pond5.com/artist/bigdsound Check out the entire Crawlspace Media Network at http://crawlspace-media.com/ Check out our entire network at http://crawlspace-media.com/ Join the Crawlspace Discussion Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/talkcrawlspace/ Crawlspace Media is part of the Glassbox Media Network. Check them out here: https://glassboxmedia.com/ Follow Private Investigations For the Missing https://investigationsforthemissing.org/ http://piftm.org/donate https://twitter.com/PIFortheMissing https://www.facebook.com/PIFortheMissing/ https://www.instagram.com/investigationsforthemissing/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Glassbox Media Podcast.
0:07.0	In 1995, a police officer, Deputy Sheriff William Hardy,
0:11.0	was shot and killed while off duty working as a security guard
0:15.0	at a hotel in Birmingham, Alabama.
0:17.0	Police were determined to crack this case, apparently, at any cost.
0:21.0	They arrested five men in connection to the murder.
0:24.0	In 1998, they wound up convicting this man to Forest Johnson.
0:29.0	It was sentenced to death and he's been on death row for more than 20 years.
0:33.0	Writing about to Forest Johnson's case and became familiar with the outrageous facts of this case.
0:41.0	Really, it's just like absurdity after absurdity.
0:45.0	It's perfect to tell in the podcast form because there's so many twists and turns.
0:52.0	There's so many different steps and missteps that had to happen
0:57.0	for to Forest Johnson to end up in prison wrongfully for this murder.
1:23.0	Welcome to Crawl Space. I'm Tim here today with Lance. Lance, how's it going today?
1:36.0	It is going fantastic today, Tim. Thank you so much for asking. I hope everyone who's listening.
1:41.0	I hope they're doing as fantastic as I'm doing because the person who we're speaking with today taught us so much
1:47.0	about the legal system, the ins and outs and really brought a lot of these frustrating details to our attention.
1:54.0	But I think that's important because then we need to identify them and see how we can fix them.
1:58.0	But Tim, you need to fix me right now by letting me know how you're doing.
2:02.0	I'm doing great. Thanks a lot for asking.
2:04.0	Yeah, Beth Shellburn joins us in this conversation. She's a journalist and an investigative reporter.
2:11.0	And she's really great and has a new podcast with our friends from Lava for Good.
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