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The Story

The high school class that found a serial killer

The Story

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Politics, Daily News, News

41.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

When Alex Campbell suggested to his high school sociology class that they would be investigating a 40-year-old cold case, he had no idea where it would lead. Within a year, a serial killer had been identified. In his next class, they decided to try and overturn a wrongful conviction. And they did. So just how did Mr. Campbell breed a class of super sleuths?

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Host: Luke Jones.

Guest: Harriet Alexander, Senior Features Reporter, The Times and The Sunday Times.

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From The Times and Sunday Times, this is the story. I'm Luke Jones.

1:17.0

We're with Times reporter Harriet Alexander and she's off on a curious reporting trip.

1:28.4

It's Tuesday morning 943 a.m. and I am driving through eastern Tennessee through the Blue Ridge Mountains

1:38.0

part of the Appalachian Mountains and I am on my way to a small place called Elizabethton.

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