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Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson

Wicked Words - Maurice Chammah: Just Say You’re Sorry

Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson

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True Crime

4.87.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Maurice Chammah hosts a podcast called “Smoke Screen: Just Say You’re Sorry.” It tells the story of a brutal murder of a woman who was disparaged by the police to secure a suspect. And that's just the beginning of the questionable techniques used by investigators, as well as the Texas Rangers. Buy my books: katewinklerdawson.com If you have suggestions for historical crimes that could use some attention, email me: [email protected] Follow me on social: @tenfoldmore (Twitter) / @tenfoldmorewicked (Facebook and Instagram) 2023 All Rights Reserved Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is exactly right.

0:04.0

This story contains adult content and language along with references to sexual assault.

0:12.0

Listener discretion is advised. There's all these times where Driscoll almost gets there. He says,

0:24.0

Hey, I think I should call my friend Charlie.

0:26.0

It's my friend, he's a lawyer.

0:27.5

And Holland says, oh, well, you could if you want to.

0:29.7

I'm not here to stop you, but I don't think Charlie's going to help you.

0:32.1

I think we're going to help you. I remember't think Charlie's going to help you I remember almost

0:34.0

like grabbing my hair just being like Larry what are you doing call Charlie I'm Kate Winkler Dawson, a non-fiction author and journalism professor in Austin, Texas.

0:49.7

I'm also the host of the Historical True Crime Podcast, Tenfold More Wicked, and the co-host of the

0:54.9

podcast Buried Bones on exactly right.

0:58.1

I've traveled around the world interviewing people for the show, and they are all excellent writers. They've had so many

1:04.5

great true crime stories and now we want to tell you those stories with details

1:09.0

that have never been published. Tenfold War Wicked Presents Wicked Words is about the choices

1:14.6

that writers make good and bad. It's a deep dive into the stories behind the

1:20.1

stories. The Marshall Project is a fantastic nonprofit news organization and

1:26.7

my friend Maurice Shimah is one of its best reporters he hosts a podcast called Smokescreen, Just Say You're Sorry.

1:35.8

It tells the story of a brutal murder of a woman who was disparaged by the police to

1:41.0

secure a suspect.

1:42.7

And that's just the beginning of the questionable techniques

1:45.8

used by the investigators as well as the Texas Rangers.

1:51.6

So let's first talk about the construction of this piece because to say it's an

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