The West Memphis Three: Innocent but Convicted?
10 Minute Murder | Bingeable True Crime Stories
Joe Kuner
4.8 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2024
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Were three teenagers wrongly convicted because they didn’t fit the mold of small-town Arkansas in the 1990s? In this episode, we dissect the case of the West Memphis Three—Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley—teenagers who were labeled murderers not because of evidence, but because they wore black and liked Metallica. With no physical evidence tying them to the crime and a confession riddled with inconsistencies, we explore how fear, Satanic Panic, and confirmation bias turned a tragedy into a legal disaster. From the bungled investigation to the ignored DNA evidence pointing elsewhere, this is a story about how justice went completely off the rails. Join us as we examine the fight for exoneration, the cultural reckoning sparked by Paradise Lost, and why the case remains a haunting reminder of what happens when fear trumps facts.
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| 0:00.0 | Another one is the Joneses at 27 now. New porcelain paving. Looks like Taralis Nordic. Everyone's going Nordic these days. Is the same fella doing it again? Ooh, dark bath. He's using Darkbath. Seek a jointing compound. Betty's got a trade account at you, son. Terralis porcelain paving from £22 per square metre and seek a fast-fits jointing compound at 2999 each. Plus, get 10% |
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| 0:29.2 | Evanses. In the early 90s, satanic panic wasn't just a buzzword. |
| 0:43.3 | It was a full-blown societal meltdown. |
| 0:46.3 | And in West Memphis, Arkansas, when three young boys were tragically murdered, that panic found its target. |
| 0:52.3 | Enter Damien Eccles, Jason Baldwin, and Jesse |
| 0:55.9 | Ms. Kelly, the West Memphis 3. They were teenagers who listened to heavy metal, wore black, |
| 1:02.5 | and didn't quite fit in with the others. But does being weird make you guilty of murder? |
| 1:08.1 | This case is a master class in what can go wrong when fear and bias overpower |
| 1:12.7 | facts. There were coerced confessions, missing evidence, and a rush to pin the blame |
| 1:17.6 | on three kids who might not have done it. Today we're diving into the tangled mess of this |
| 1:22.0 | investigation, from the botched crime scene to the evidence that pointed elsewhere. Was justice |
| 1:27.3 | served, or did the system |
| 1:28.6 | get it all wrong? But before we hop into that story, if you like your true crime brief and |
| 1:33.3 | bingeable, you have found the right podcast. I give you at least two episodes per week, so hit the |
| 1:38.2 | follow button now. Welcome to 10-minute murder. |
| 1:53.0 | Music Welcome to 10-Minute Murder. The story of the West Memphis 3 isn't just the true crime case. |
| 1:57.0 | It's a cautionary tale about how badly things can go when fear and bias overtake reason. |
| 2:02.9 | What if three teenagers didn't brutally murder three young boys, but were instead convicted |
| 2:08.1 | because they wore black, they liked Metallica, and they didn't fit into the small-town mold |
| 2:13.6 | in Arkansas in 1993? What if the real horror here isn't about satanic rituals, but an investigation |
| 2:20.7 | so riddled with errors it could cause a case study on how not to do police work? |
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