Introducing Suspect: Five Shots in the Dark

Southern Fried True Crime

Erica Kelley

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 10.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Leon Benson spent 24 years in an Indiana state prison for the 1998 murder of a young man named Kasey Schoen. His conviction hinged on the testimony of two eyewitnesses – but what if their memories turned out to be wrong? And what if the people who knew what really happened had never been allowed to speak? Suspect Season 3: Five Shots in the Dark is the story of two victims: one murdered, one sentenced to life. Follow host Matt Shaer and attorney Lara Bazelon as they investigate how the justice system failed both Leon and Kasey, and who the real killer might be. Join this unprecedented look inside the attempt to overturn a wrongful conviction and find out if justice will finally be served. Listen to Suspect wherever you get your podcasts. You can binge Suspect ad-free on Wondery Plus.

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0:00.0	Hey, Southern Fried listeners. I want to tell you about a podcast that I think you'll
0:06.2	enjoy called Suspect, Five Shots in the Dark. This latest season looks at a case with
0:12.6	two victims, one murdered in cold blood and one imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit.
0:19.4	It follows Leon Benson's story, a man who spent more than half of his life, a total of
0:24.8	24 years in an Indiana State Prison for the murder of Casey Shane, a man he never met.
0:31.8	Casey was murdered in the middle of an August night, shot point-blank while idling in his
0:36.7	Dodge pickup truck in North Indianapolis. There was no physical evidence, no known motive,
0:43.5	and no one coming forward with information, except one woman who swears to this day she
0:49.2	saw Leon Detroit Benson pull the trigger. He was sentenced to 60 years in prison, all
0:55.9	because one person swore they saw something. But what if she was wrong? From Wondery
1:03.5	and Campside Media comes season three of the hit podcast Suspect. This is a story of
1:10.7	a botched police investigation, the dangers of shaky eyewitness testimony, and the community
1:16.7	who feared law enforcement, with good reason. I'm about to play a clip from Suspect Five
1:22.8	Shots in the Dark, while you're listening follow Suspect wherever you get your podcasts.
1:28.9	You can binge Suspect Add Free on Wondery Plus, find Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple
1:35.4	podcasts. A long time ago, I remember watching an episode of Oprah about eyewitness testimony.
1:43.9	I actually haven't been able to find the episode in question online. This would have been like
1:48.2	three decades ago when I was a kid home from school watching TV. It's entirely possible,
1:54.3	I imagine parts of it. But in my memory, Oprah, without telling anyone, has this guy run on
2:00.0	stage and snatch up a purse belonging to one of the panelists. And then afterwards, Oprah asks
2:05.8	everyone to identify the thief, but no one can. Each person, Oprah, asks they've got a different
2:12.3	answer as to what the guy looked like. I don't remember how the show ended. I probably went off
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