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Baking A Murder

Introducing: The Set

Baking A Murder

Stephanie Soo

True Crime, Comedy, Tv & Film

4.93K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

It’s the crack era.The most violent time in New York City history. The NYPD is fighting a losing battle and instead of protecting the city from drug dealers, some police officers have become them. This is the never-before told, first-person documentary of the biggest police corruption scandal in NYPD history and the investigation that uncovered it all. From Audacy Originals and Zak Levitt, the Emmy, Peabody, and NY Press Club Investigative Journalism Award winning creator of Root of Evil, Gangster Capitalism, and Relative Unknown. 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

Let me tell you what I've been hooked on.

0:01.4

Okay, I want to introduce you to the new documentary series called The Set, created by Zach Levit.

0:07.5

This is the same creator behind the hit podcast, Rude of Evil, Gangster Capitalism.

0:12.0

That one's a great one.

0:13.0

And relative unknown, the set tells the inside story of the biggest police corruption scandal in New York City history.

0:19.8

And there's a whole investigation that uncovered all of it.

0:23.0

I'm just going to drop you in the scene.

0:24.6

It is the height of the crack era and the most violent time in New York City's history.

0:28.7

But instead of protecting New Yorkers from drug dealers, some police officers became them.

0:33.9

When a commission was formed to investigate police misconduct, it discovered Harlem's 30th precinct had been overrun with corruption.

0:41.5

But even worse, the NYPD had been turning a blind eye.

0:44.7

In total, 33 officers were arrested and even convicted of corruption and the precinct became known as the Dirty 30.

0:53.1

In the set, we hear never before told story shared directly by the dirty cops who were convicted.

0:58.2

The undercover internal affairs officer who blew the whistle and the investigators, the prosecutors, the police commissioner who exposed the truth about what happened when the world's largest police department failed to police itself.

1:10.3

If you like this preview, be sure to search for the set available now wherever you get your podcast.

1:16.7

You know what, after fucking 30 someone years, you would think that you got to get over it.

1:25.6

But, apparently not.

1:28.6

I'm not a bad guy, man.

1:32.6

Made a mistake and I fucking went down the wrong path.

1:38.1

I'm not a bad guy.

1:40.8

But, Zach, I mean, the story should be told.

1:47.7

From Odyssey Originals, I'm Zach Levit, the creator of Root of Evil, gangster capitalism and relative unknown.

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