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13th Juror Podcast

The Defense of Richard Allen

13th Juror Podcast

Audiochuck

Society & Culture, True Crime, Government

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Was Richard Allen really the man on the bridge, or did investigators lock onto a suspect while overlooking evidence that pointed elsewhere? In this episode, the defense exposes investigative failures, conflicting eyewitness accounts, and digital evidence that suggests someone else may have been handling Libby’s phone long after the murders.

Transcript

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0:00.0

The 2017 murders of 13-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby German shattered the small town of Delphi, Indiana.

0:12.2

And from the beginning, one thing haunted those who followed the case.

0:16.5

The video.

0:18.0

A few seconds of shaky footage, captured by by Libby herself in an attempt to give the

0:23.3

world clues about the man who was approaching. The last terrifying moments of their lives

0:28.5

may have been preserved on a phone, but for years there were no answers. Then, five years and

0:35.8

eight months later, police announced an arrest, Richard Allen,

0:41.3

a name no one had ever heard in a tip, rumor, or piece of online speculation.

0:47.1

In the last episode, we walked through the prosecution's case.

0:50.9

To the state, there was only one possible conclusion that Richard Allen was

0:56.0

bridge guy and that he alone was responsible for the deaths of Abby and Libby.

1:01.1

They called witnesses who said they saw the man from the video on the trails that day.

1:06.0

Questioned investigators who claimed a bullet found near the girls matched Allen's gun and played recordings of

1:13.1

Allen telling his wife from jail that he was guilty and he was sorry. According to the state,

1:19.9

the story was simple, one man, one crime, one conclusion. But the defense said nothing about this

1:27.1

case was simple and had a story of their own.

1:30.6

One where critical witnesses were ignored. Early interviews were lost and investigative

1:36.2

mistakes piled up. A story of a man held in solitary confinement for months who spiraled into

1:43.5

psychosis.

1:45.1

And one where the single most important piece of evidence in this case,

1:49.8

Libby German's phone contained data that made the state's timeline impossible.

1:56.0

And the truth, they said, would leave the jury staring at a very real possibility, that the man sitting at the

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