The Delphi Murders: The Appeal: Oral Arguments Granted
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🗓️ 19 May 2026
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The Court of Appeals of Indiana has scheduled oral arguments in the case of Richard Allen, who was convicted of murdering Liberty German and Abigail Williams.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Kevin, and today we're going to be talking about the recent decision by the Indiana Court of Appeals to grant an oral argument in the ongoing Delphi murders case, |
| 0:10.9 | and more specifically the conviction of Richard Allen. Content warning. This episode includes discussion of murder, including the murder of children. |
| 0:22.3 | So before we get started, yeah, I think probably most of us saw the news last week |
| 0:28.8 | that an oral argument had been granted in the ongoing appeal of Richard Allen. |
| 0:34.7 | Mr. Allen was convicted of the murder of Liberty German and Abigail Williams |
| 0:42.0 | and he, his attorneys, as is their right, have filed a number, they filed an appeal on his |
| 0:48.5 | behalf in which they made a number of arguments as to why they think that his case was handled in an unfair way |
| 0:58.7 | and why they think he deserves a new trial. And in their most recent filing, they said, we don't |
| 1:06.0 | just want the Court of Appeals of Indiana. We don't just want them to make a decision. We want to have an |
| 1:12.2 | oral argument. And the Indiana Court of Appeals said, sure, we'll do it. So what does all that mean? |
| 1:18.2 | We'll talk about it in a minute. My name is Anya Kane. I'm a journalist. And I'm Kevin Greenlee. |
| 1:24.5 | I'm an attorney. And this is the murder sheet. We're a true crime podcast focused on original reporting, interviews, and deep dives into murder cases. |
| 1:33.9 | We're the murder sheet. |
| 1:35.4 | And this is the Delphi murders, the appeal, oral arguments granted. |
| 1:40.0 | Thank you. I'm The |
| 2:03.6 | The You know, Anya, I think it's only natural whenever you have a process that is long, |
| 2:32.2 | and God knows anything that happens in the criminal justice system is a long |
| 2:36.4 | process. It's very natural for people to look for signs as to what it means, because we're all |
| 2:44.3 | impatient for what the final result is going to be. And so people have certainly been doing that in this case, even though I think we all know |
| 2:55.6 | what the ultimate final conclusion of this story is going to be. |
| 3:02.0 | Richard Allen is going to die in prison. |
| 3:04.8 | But it's only natural, of course, for us to want to follow this appeals process. |
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