Killer Thriller Docu: Could new evidence in the Scott Peterson case prove his innocence?

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🗓️ 4 April 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Golfing or fishing? That one slip might’ve been the first red flag in Scott Peterson’s story and the moment everything started to unravel. Skye Borgman breaks down the red flags, while Amber Frey’s unforgettable press conference and secret phone calls reveal how she helped expose the truth. Plus, why the debate over Scott’s innocence is far from over.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:16.7	Hi, guys.
0:17.8	Welcome back to Killer Thriller, docu edition.
0:20.6	I'm your host, Jen Fessler, and we are going in depth and behind the scenes of the most watched and most binged true crime documentaries and docu-series. So today we are diving into the Netflix documentary American Murder Lacey Peterson. I don't know if anyone of you listeners remember Lacey and this story, but it
0:41.7	happened on December 24th, 2002. I remember it very well. Lacey Peterson, who was eight months
0:47.7	pregnant, was reported missing by her son, Scott Peterson, and stepfather. So Scott claimed that he'd
0:53.4	gone to the Berkeley Marina, which was almost 90 miles away from
0:57.2	their home to go fishing that morning and that he had last seen Lacey before he left their
1:02.4	Modesto, California home.
1:04.5	During the massive, and it was massive search for Lacey, a woman named Amber Frye came
1:08.3	forward and told detectives that she had been dating Scott Peterson for months, which completely blew the whole case wide open and turned everyone's attention on Lacey's husband, Scott, as a possible suspect. Lacey and her son, Conner's body, washed up in the San Francisco Bay, just a few miles away from where Scott Peterson had been,
1:29.3	well, quote unquote, fishing on the day of her disappearance. So Scott was arrested,
1:34.8	charged for the murders of Lacey and their son Connor, and then there was a trial, actually a
1:39.7	five-month trial, and he was found guilty of first-degree murder for Lacey's death and second-degree murder for Connor's death. Initially, he was found guilty of first degree murder for Lacey's death and second degree
1:45.6	murder for Connor's death. Initially, he was sentenced to death in 2005. And then the sentence was
1:52.4	overturned in 2020 due to what they said was juror issues resulting in resentencing in 2021, where he was sentenced to life in prison without the
2:03.4	possibility of parole. And today, I almost cannot believe it, but I am speaking with the most
2:09.4	incredible director of this and many amazing documentaries, Sky Borgman. Sky, I cannot thank you
2:15.8	enough for coming on. I'm a big, big, big fan of yours.
2:19.6	Thank you. I am. I watched a unknown number. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. And we're not here to talk about it today, but maybe some other time.
2:30.0	Maybe.
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