In 1993, three eight-year-old boys were brutally murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas.

As this was a small town, local police struggled to solve the crime, and rumors soon spread

that the killings were the work of a satanic cult.

Suspicion soon landed on three local teenagers, but there was no real

evidence leaking them to the murders. But still, that would not protect them. This is Wondery's

American scandal, a podcast where host Lindsay Graham brings to life some of the

biggest controversies in U.S. history. Presidential lies, environmental disasters, corporate

fraud, and of course, in their latest series, they explore the case of three teenage boys

who are falsely accused of a vicious

triple homicide, but their story doesn't end with their trials or convictions. Instead,

their plight will capture the imagination of the entire country and spark a campaign for justice

that will last for almost two decades.

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Yeah. Lindsey Graham, and this is American Scandal. On the night of May 5, 1993, the tiny police department in West Memphis, Arkansas was swamped with distress calls.

Three local eight-year-old boys had gone missing, and no one had a clue where they'd gone.

Michael Moore, Stevie Branch, and Christopher Byers were

second-grade boys from ordinary blue-collar families. They were best friends, members of a local

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