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Society & Culture, True Crime

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🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Joshua Ritter breaks down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. He discusses Brian Walshe pleading guilty for lying to police and improperly disposing of a body while maintaining his innocence in wife Ana’s death, Matthew Farwell seeking a change of venue after the former police officer was charged with grooming and killing his pregnant mistress Sandra Birchmore, and Lindsay Clancy’s upcoming trial for allegedly strangling her three children as a judge rules media coverage hasn’t biased potential jurors. Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCNSidebar. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	When I was a teenager, a girl went missing from my hometown, Blackpool. Her name was Charlene
0:07.0	Downs. And the story of what happened to her is not what it seems. 22 years after Charlene
0:13.9	went missing, I want to try and uncover not just the truth about what happened to her, but the
0:19.5	lies too.
0:24.0	I'm Nicola Thorpe, and this is Charlene.
0:26.3	Somebody knows something.
0:29.4	Available now, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:32.5	Based on the worldwide best-selling novel.
0:33.5	Why do you want this job?
0:34.9	I really enjoy being a housemaid.
0:36.0	This Christmas.
0:55.5	Would you like the Grand Torah? See what you're getting yourself into? Discover what lies. I don't know what's been going on with her lately. Behind closed doors. I need this job. I do not want to go back. Sydney Sweeney. You'd lie it about everything. Amanda Seifred. What kind of monsters are we? I want you to feel safe here.
0:56.5	The House Maid.
0:58.0	In Cinema's Everywhere, Boxing Day.
0:59.9	See it first with previews from December 22. Hello and welcome to the Sidebar, presented by true crime news, taking you inside the
1:14.8	courtrooms of high profile and notorious cases from across the country.
1:18.3	I'm your host, Joshua Ritter.
1:19.8	I'm a criminal defense lawyer based in Los Angeles and previously an L.A. County prosecutor
1:24.1	for over a decade.
1:25.5	You can find me on all social platforms at Joshua
1:28.3	Ritter ESQ or at Joshua Ritter.com. We are recording this episode on Wednesday, November 19th,
1:35.3	2025. In this week's episode, a police officer accused of killing a young pregnant woman
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