S4 E14 - Appeal Denied: A Second Look

American Nightmares

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True Crime

4.5 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

This is 22 Hours: A Second Look, where we revisit our original season alongside host Megan Cloherty.

In this final episode, Megan continues her conversation with Abigail. She opens up about her feelings on the prosecution of Daron Wint, whether forgiveness is possible, and the questions she’d ask the man who killed her parents and brother.

Original Episode

The D.C. Court of Appeals has denied Daron Wint a retrial in his quadruple murder conviction. Hosts Megan Cloherty and Jack Moore sit down to talk about the three-judge panel's decision.

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1:11.8	us at checkout. This is 22 hours a second look. And the last episode from our original award-winning
1:19.0	podcast that we are re-releasing with new content. At the end of this episode, you'll hear the final
1:25.0	part of my conversation with Abigail. She shares how she
1:29.2	felt about the prosecution of Darren Wendt, whether she can forgive him, and what question
1:34.9	she'd asked the man who killed her parents and brother. First, here's the short episode that
1:40.6	Jack and I cut after learning that Darren's case was truly over. Here's episode 14,
1:46.5	appeal denied.
1:50.7	Hello, it has been a little while since we've talked to you guys. This is Megan
1:58.8	Clority and Jack Moore. Hi.
2:01.0	Coming from WTOP Studios. And we told you we'd bring you a break in the case if there was one.
2:06.7	So we have one. We just learned today that Darren Wint has lost his appeal and he will not get a retrial.
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