The Trail Went Cold - Bonus Episode - Interview With Scott Reeder

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2017

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

September 17, 1990. Davenport, Iowa. Jennifer Lewis, a nine-year old girl from nearby Rock Island, Illinois, is found murdered on a school playground and her body has been set on fire. A man named Stanley Liggins is soon convicted of the crime, but this would only be the beginning of a very controversial case in which Liggins’ conviction has overturned on two separate occasions. This story is chronicled on a brand new true crime podcast called “Suspect Convictions”, which examines the case from all angles and follows it in real time as Liggins prepares to go on trial for the third time this spring. In this episode, “The Trail Went Cold” is joined for an interview by veteran journalist Scott Reeder, who has covered this case since day one and thought it deserved to be turned into its own podcast. Click here to visit the official “Suspect Convictions” website and download the podcast. Click here to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Click here to listen to the podcast on Stitcher. Click here to subscribe to the podcast on Google Play Music. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

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0:00.0	Oh, Hello everyone and welcome to a very special episode of the Trail went cold.
0:39.0	I'm your host Robin Warder and today we are going to be conducting our very first interview on our
0:44.3	podcast. Recently we were contacted by representatives of a new true crime
0:49.5	podcast called Suspect Convictions which debuted in early January.
0:54.0	Much like Serial, Suspect Convictions is a podcast told in multiple chapters,
1:00.0	and it examines the brutal 1990 murder of a nine-year-old girl named Jennifer Lewis
1:05.0	and the subsequent conviction of a suspect named Stanley Liggins.
1:09.1	The case is fraught with controversy as Liggins has gone on trial for the crime twice and had his convictions
1:15.2	overturned twice.
1:17.0	His third trial is set to take place in a few months, so in addition to providing this case's
1:21.5	backstory, suspect convictions will be featuring its
1:24.8	conclusion as it unfolds in real time.
1:28.0	The subject of today's interview will be Scott Reader, a veteran journalist who has been involved in this case since day one, and thought this story deserved its own podcast.
1:37.0	But before we get started, just a quick mention that even though we're delivering you a special bonus episode today,
1:43.6	the Trail Went Cold is a weekly podcast about unsolved cold cases
1:47.4	which alternates between our regular full-length episodes
1:50.5	and 15 to 20 minute minisodes. We deliver either a new full length episode or a new minisode every Wednesday.
1:57.0	We're currently available for download on several platforms including iTunes Stitcher and Google Play Music. So if you like this
2:04.9	podcast be sure to subscribe to it. So without any further delay let's dive
2:09.4	right into my interview with Scott Reader and talk about suspect convictions.
2:14.0	So we're here with Scott Reader from the podcast Suspect Convictions and before we talk about the case
2:19.7	in question and the podcast, Scott, would you like to tell us a little bit about your
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