Introducing Murderville, Texas

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4.8 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Murderville, an investigative podcast hosted by senior Intercept reporters Liliana Segura and Jordan Smith, examines the systemic failures that lead to wrongful convictions. Season Two takes Segura and Smith to the death penalty capital of the country, Harris County, Texas, where they investigate a disturbing crime, a startling confession, and a story that doesn’t add up. To follow the series, subscribe to Murderville at Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more at https://theintercept.com/podcasts/murderville/

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Andrea Jones, Senior Editor at the Innercept, and Story Editor.
0:29.7	I'm here for the latest season of Murderville, which I'm very excited to share with you.
0:33.7	This season, investigative reporters, Liliana Cigurra and Jordan Smith take us to Harris County, Texas,
0:41.7	which are sent more people to death row than any jurisdiction in the nation.
0:46.7	Among them is a man named Charles Rabie.
0:50.7	He confessed to the grizzly murder of an elderly woman in Houston in 1992,
0:55.7	but the evidence tells a different story.
0:59.7	Over nine episodes, Liliana and Jordan explore faulty forensics, the fallibility of memory,
1:05.7	and a system ill-equipped to acknowledge its mistakes.
1:09.7	You're about to hear the first episode.
1:12.7	To follow the series, subscribe to Murderville at Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:19.7	A quick listener note. This podcast contains adult language and descriptions of violence.
1:39.7	Huntsville, Texas. August 21st, 2019. It's hot and humid.
1:46.7	The air is thick with the smell of guano.
1:49.7	The late afternoon sun is being chased west by dark clouds.
1:54.7	There's a storm coming.
1:57.7	A group of protesters has gathered outside the imposing prison known as the walls.
2:02.7	We're minutes away from an execution, the fourth this year.
2:07.7	Tonight, the state of Texas will commit pre-meditated murder of an innocent man.
2:15.7	We know that they don't have the evidence to prove he had anything to do with his murder,
2:20.7	and it takes us in its infinite ignorance.
2:25.7	It's going to kill another innocent person.
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