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The Binge Crimes: Cut, Color, Kill

The Crimes of Margo Freshwater | 2. Bad Lead

The Binge Crimes: Cut, Color, Kill

Sony Music

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.23.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

On the run with nothing but adrenaline and borrowed luck, Margo Freshwater vanishes into Baltimore while detectives waste precious time chasing the wrong trail. Binge all episodes of The Crimes of Margo Freshwater ad-free today by subscribing to The Binge. Visit The Binge Crimes on Apple Podcasts and hit ‘subscribe’ or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access. Want more of the story? Join our free newsletter at Patreon.com/TheBinge. The Crimes of Margo Freshwater is brought to you by Glass Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment. Find out more about The Binge and other podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:30.5

Listen to all episodes of the Crimes of Margo Freshwater ad free right now by subscribing to the binge.

0:36.9

Visit the binge channel on Apple Podcasts and hit subscribe at the top of the page,

0:41.0

or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you listen.

0:44.7

The Binge. Feed your true crime obsession.

0:48.9

The Binge. All right, so this is actually happening in T-minus five minutes.

1:03.1

I will be sitting down with Tanya McCarter, aka Margot Freshwater, for her first ever interview.

1:12.3

And I truly cannot believe this.

1:17.9

This has been a long time coming.

1:21.3

For the past three years, we've been trying to find Margo Freshwater.

1:26.4

And back in 2021, when this podcast was still a seat of

1:30.1

an idea, we started plotting our approach. We knew this could take some time. A few of my colleagues

1:37.3

pursued her over the years, but Margo Freshwater lived up to her reputation. She was really hard

1:43.2

to track down. We tried going through the attorney

1:46.1

who had once defended her. We thought if we could build trust with him, maybe he'd be our key to

1:51.6

finding her. He took a call, but communication fizzled. Then somehow, word got back that we were

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