Introducing The Burden: Season One Ep1

Crawlspace - True Crime & Mysteries

Crawlspace Media

True Crime, News, Society & Culture

4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

The Burden is a documentary series that takes listeners into the hidden places where justice is done (and undone). It dives deep into the lives of heroes and villains. And it focuses a spotlight on those who triumph even when the odds are against them. This is Episode 1 of Season 1 - The Burden. Listen to all seasons of The Burden here: https://pod.link/1734312219. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-burden/id1734312219. https://open.spotify.com/show/3sV1OFddCnIXEKOnSeiW26. In the 1990s, Detective Louis N. Scarcella was legendary. In a city overrun by violent crime, he cracked the toughest cases and put away the worst criminals. “The Hulk” was his nickname. Then the story changed. Scarcella ran into a group of convicted murderers who all say they are innocent. They turned themselves into jailhouse-lawyers and in prison founded a lway firm. When they realized Scarcella helped put many of them away, they set their sights on taking him down. And with the help of a NY Times reporter they have a chance. For years, Scarcella insisted he did nothing wrong. But that’s all he’d say. Until we tracked Scarcella to a sauna in a Russian bathhouse, where he started to talk..and talk and talk. “The guilty have gone free,” he whispered. And then agreed to take us into the belly of the beast. Welcome to The Burden. Listen to all seasons of The Burden here: https://pod.link/1734312219. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-burden/id1734312219. https://open.spotify.com/show/3sV1OFddCnIXEKOnSeiW26. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Burden is a new investigative true crime podcast from Orbit Media.
0:05.4	It's one of the year's most anticipated true crime podcast releases,
0:09.8	following Orbit's number one hit, Empire on Blood.
0:13.1	The show tells the story of Detective Lewis Scarcella once celebrated for his prowess in solving
0:18.0	tough cases in 1990s, New York City.
0:21.0	Scarcella becomes embroiled in controversy as a group of convicted murderers who all claim
0:26.0	to be innocent, turned jailhouse lawyers, uncover his involvement in dozens of cases,
0:32.1	leading to the release of over 20 individuals he helped convict.
0:36.3	But can they get themselves out too?
0:39.2	The government has paid out a record-breaking $150 million in wrongful conviction settlements with more to come.
0:46.4	And the burden is Crawl Space approved, and it is available now on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts.
1:07.0	Dax, this is the first story I ever heard Louis Scarcella tell.
1:12.6	The legendary New York detective. Tell me more.
1:16.3	So Detective Scarcella is with his partner.
1:19.5	They're testifying in court one day.
1:21.9	It's lunchtime.
1:22.7	The court breaks.
1:24.9	And Detective Scarcella and his partner decide that this is the moment to track down
1:30.7	a murder suspect. We park right here. Right here. There was an Italian guy right here smoking a
1:40.5	shrewd. I say, Venetka, Venetka. And I showed him the picture.
1:44.7	He looked at the picture.
1:46.1	He backed up.
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