S5 Ep46: The Central Park Exonerated Five

Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan

True Crime, Science, Society & Culture

4.0 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In April of 1989, a group of boys took part in a series of attacks on innocent park-goers in New York City's Central Park. An awful twist of fate would up-end the boys' lives when they were accused of a truly horrific crime they did not commit.

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0:34.4	with Indeed. A couple of warnings before we begin this episode is about
0:40.1	black and brown boys wrongly accused of an awful attack of a young white woman so trigger warnings
0:46.2	for physical and sexual violence and systemic racism are in order also i will neither entertain
0:52.6	nor tolerate racist comments some of you seem to get really angry
0:56.8	whenever I tell any kind of story about people of color. This is not the podcast for you. You are not
1:02.8	welcome here, and my aim is not to make you comfortable. So if you think you might get angry
1:07.4	because I'm talking about young black and brown men, please move on. I assure you
1:12.2	there are plenty of other podcasts that cater to your worldview. On the other hand, if you're willing
1:17.3	to actually look history in the face and possibly learn something, welcome. How many wrongfully
1:25.9	convicted people does it take to make reform?
1:29.3	How many lives must be needlessly interrupted before the powers that be will admit that the system is broken?
1:36.4	How are there so many stories like this one?
1:40.5	Welcome to Strange and Unexplained with me, Daisy Egan.
1:44.2	I have a child who just turned 13.
1:47.2	My child has ADHD, like parent like child.
1:51.5	Last night, we had a huge revelation about homework.
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