Introducing: Burden of Guilt

Disorganized Crime: Smuggler's Daughter

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True Crime

4.2 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2023

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Burden of Guilt is an emotionally harrowing audio docu-series that tells the story of Tracyraquel Berns, a woman who has spent four decades at the center of one of the most bizarre and disturbing criminal cases in American History – surrounding the devastating and mysterious death of her baby brother. This podcast explores Tracyraquel’s pursuit for justice and her journey to confront the burden of guilt she has carried with her for the majority of her life. Listen to Burden of Guilt on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-burden-of-guilt-125035763/

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0:00.0	School of Humans
0:05.0	When Tracy Raquel Burns was two years old, her baby brother died.
0:10.0	I was told that Matthew died in an accident.
0:14.0	And no one really talked about it.
0:16.0	Her parents told police she had killed him.
0:19.0	It states child from crib by system.
0:26.0	Medical records fed that I killed my baby brother.
0:32.0	Could that be true?
0:34.0	Really tough family dynamics fueled much of what happened in this case.
0:39.0	She was the keeper of secrets.
0:42.0	I'm Nancy Glass.
0:44.0	Join me for burden of guilt.
0:47.0	The new podcast that tells the true and incredible story of a toddler who was framed for murder.
0:53.0	And how she grew into an adult determined to get justice and protect her family.
0:59.0	While we had prosecuted some cold cases, this was the coldest, this was frigid.
1:04.0	But how does a two-year-old get blame for murder?
1:07.0	She said we wanted a new life.
1:09.0	You just don't know what it's like when you'll do anything for somebody.
1:12.0	Did that anything include a sinister cover-up?
1:16.0	She woke me in the middle of the night and took me to a state hospital.
1:22.0	It was a very violent, scary, terrified place.
1:26.0	I think she was just trying to get rid of me.
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