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A genealogist finally digs into her own family’s past and unearths a 100-year-old tragedy. Then, she sets out to make sure the truth will never be buried again.

Transcribed - Published: 1 December 2025

Two sets of potential crimes, investigated by more than five sets of law enforcement agencies. Why most of them never took a shot at accountability.

Transcribed - Published: 19 November 2025

The poaching investigation takes a surprising turn when it reveals another set of potential crimes – this time, behind the brick walls of New Hampshire’s State Prison for Men.

Transcribed - Published: 12 November 2025

A New Hampshire Fish and Game warden follows a tip to a man’s backyard. He finds a twisted game of one-upmanship with digital trophy rooms.

Transcribed - Published: 5 November 2025

Introducing a special three-part series from NHPR’s Document team and Outside/In.

Transcribed - Published: 30 October 2025

Federal prosecutors now say the vandalism scheme was Eric Spofford’s idea all along. Spofford appears in federal court, and Lauren explains what this remarkable moment means for her and her sources.

Transcribed - Published: 9 June 2025

Months after she let him outside for the last time, Rose is reunited with Sgt. Tibbs. And Todd grapples with what this tale reveals about what we owe our pets – and our neighbors.

Transcribed - Published: 5 March 2025

Todd begins to investigate the final days of Sgt. Tibbs as the social media storm Rose kicked up descends from the Internet clouds into a real life courtroom. And parts of Debbie and Sabrina’s story about Sgt. Tibbs’ final days don’t seem to add up.

Transcribed - Published: 5 March 2025

Rose mounts a pressure campaign against Debbie, the woman who says she and her daughter Sabrina rescued Sgt. Tibbs, but now refuses to give him back. First, Rose takes to social media. Then, she leads a protest outside Debbie’s business where this cat struggle turns into something much more troubling.

Transcribed - Published: 5 March 2025

Sgt. Tibbs, a fluffy, 19-year-old Maine Coon with tiger stripes, soft eyes, and a chipped tooth, is missing on the streets of Manchester, New Hampshire. His owner, Rose, fears the worst. But when she finds out her cat was never missing at all – the truth turns out to be worse than she feared.

Transcribed - Published: 5 March 2025

Three years after his sentencing, Josh Cook and his mom have lived through even more consequences of America’s drug crisis and the ways we respond to it – each in their own dramatic and completely separate ways.

Transcribed - Published: 18 December 2024

A federal judge sentences Eric Labarge, the man who pled guilty to orchestrating the vandalism in retaliation for our reporting on Labarge’s friend, Eric Spofford. Lauren explains what went down in the courtroom – and how she navigated the experience as both a journalist and a victim of this crime.

Transcribed - Published: 11 December 2024

A young police officer unexpectedly finds herself back in New Hampshire, and she’s not the same person she was when she left. Something happened to her – to all of us. But for Officer Emelia Campbell, this thing still lives in her brain and her body. This is her story of survival.

Transcribed - Published: 30 October 2024

This flood of roughly 1,300 people who’ve come forward all started with one man. How the widespread abuse at YDC finally came to light and how people are grappling with what justice and accountability even mean in a scandal so large. If you have suffered abuse and need someone to talk to, you can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673. If you’re in a mental health crisis, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 9-8-8.

Transcribed - Published: 26 June 2024

Karen Lemoine didn’t arrive at YDC looking to start trouble. But the red flags she saw were hard to ignore, especially when it came to one kid in particular. What trying to do the right thing cost both of them – and why, 30 years later, they’re speaking up again. If you have suffered abuse and need someone to talk to, you can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673. If you’re in a mental health crisis, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 9-8-8.

Transcribed - Published: 26 June 2024

For three decades, Andy Perkins didn’t talk about what happened to him at a place called YDC – the Youth Development Center. Then, he saw something on the news, and he realized he wasn’t the only person with a story about YDC. Andy gives us a rare glimpse into the black box of the juvenile justice system. If you have suffered abuse and need someone to talk to, you can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673. If you’re in a mental health crisis, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 9-8-8.

Transcribed - Published: 26 June 2024

The state of New Hampshire has made a sudden about-face: Prosecutors have now agreed to DNA test old evidence in Jason Carroll’s case. It’s the biggest development in the case in 35 years – and one step closer to possibly learning who killed Sharon Johnson.

Transcribed - Published: 22 April 2024

New Hampshire lawmakers consider a new oversight bill proposed in response to the podcast. And the judge issues his final ruling in Eric Spofford’s defamation lawsuit against NHPR and three of our sources.

Transcribed - Published: 5 March 2024

Federal prosecutors have charged a fourth person in the vandalism case, a man they describe as a “close, personal associate” of Eric Spofford.

Transcribed - Published: 12 September 2023

A chance encounter leads to a surprising discovery that changes the course of Jason Carroll's case.

Transcribed - Published: 1 September 2023

How could someone possibly confess to murder if they didn’t do it?

Transcribed - Published: 1 September 2023

Jason Carroll stands trial twice – and the juries come up with their own versions of what happened.

Transcribed - Published: 1 September 2023

A new true crime story is told and when juries hear it, it leads to different results for all three defendants.

Transcribed - Published: 1 September 2023

One set of confessions leads to another and three men are arrested for Sharon Johnson’s murder.

Transcribed - Published: 1 September 2023

Police interrogate a second teenager named Jason Carroll – with help from Jason’s own mother.

Transcribed - Published: 1 September 2023

We begin with the story police told about Sharon Johnson’s murder.

Transcribed - Published: 1 September 2023

Sharon Johnson’s family and friends have spent the last 35 years coping with her brutal murder. But what if that story was based on a lie?

Transcribed - Published: 1 September 2023

A conversation with one of the women whose story of sexual assault you heard earlier in this podcast. She talks with Lauren about what it was like to hear her story published, the legal threats she has faced from Eric Spofford and his lawyers, and why she decided to speak out in the first place.

Transcribed - Published: 11 July 2023

Since Lauren began reporting, Eric Spofford sold his New Hampshire company for millions of dollars and filed a defamation lawsuit in response to NHPR’s coverage. We catch you up on everything that’s happened. And we introduce you to a sober living community where addressing women’s sexual trauma is a priority.

Transcribed - Published: 11 July 2023

What does it take to catch a predator in the addiction treatment industry? We hear about a case in California where the CEO of a network of treatment facilities was convicted of sexual assault and massive insurance fraud. It required years of work – and two women who banded together and refused to give up.

Transcribed - Published: 4 July 2023

How did 13th stepping become so common in the recovery world and who can hold people accountable? Lauren looks into the history of the addiction treatment industry; goes in search of the people, government agencies, and industry groups that are supposed to oversee it; and does a deep dive into its most pervasive cultural force: AA and the 12 steps. She finds a lot of good intentions, alongside a lot of problems.

Transcribed - Published: 27 June 2023

Federal prosecutors have charged three men for their alleged roles in the vandalism incidents.

Transcribed - Published: 20 June 2023

In March of 2022, Lauren publishes her first story detailing allegations against Eric Spofford. The events of the next several months illustrate the ways powerful, wealthy people can intimidate sources and try to stop journalism from happening. And then, there was the vandalism…

Transcribed - Published: 20 June 2023

As Eric Spofford tells it, he spent his teen years in the throes of addiction and crime. When he got sober, he became a crusader for recovery. We hear how he built his company – and his power. And we hear allegations that he abused that power by sexually assaulting members of his own staff.

Transcribed - Published: 13 June 2023

What is “the 13th step,” and why does it matter? It all starts with understanding what it’s like to be in the earliest days of recovery. We meet two women who say they were harassed during early recovery. And we meet the man who allegedly harassed them – the founder of New Hampshire’s largest addiction treatment network.

Transcribed - Published: 6 June 2023

We finally get an answer to the question: What happens when New Hampshire's secret list of police officers finally goes public?

Transcribed - Published: 18 January 2022

The day of Josh Cook’s sentencing arrives. There’s a twist, then more surprises as attorneys and the judge debate what justice really looks like in this case.

Transcribed - Published: 29 December 2021

As a judge weighs Josh Cook’s sentence, here’s how he ended up dealing drugs in that hotel bathroom in the first place. Then, Josh and his mom unexpectedly cross paths – a chance encounter that highlights the choices the justice system makes about people with addiction: punishment or treatment.

Transcribed - Published: 22 December 2021

The origin story of death resulting laws dates back to the “War on Drugs” era and the shocking death of a 1980s basketball star. But the idea of charging overdose deaths as murders didn’t really take hold until the opioid epidemic.

Transcribed - Published: 15 December 2021

An early morning drug deal between two friends ends in tragedy inside a hotel bathroom. One friend overdoses and dies. The other, Josh Cook, survives. The feds charge Josh with murder under the federal “death resulting” law, and he faces at least 20 years in prison. Does the punishment fit the crime?

Transcribed - Published: 8 December 2021

After putting Josh’s story down for two years, Emily gets a tip that upends… just about everything.

Transcribed - Published: 13 April 2021

Josh gets involved in a risky business and Emily grasps for answers when the story takes a fateful turn.

Transcribed - Published: 13 April 2021

Emily loses Josh (twice) and Josh walks a tightrope between prison and poverty.

Transcribed - Published: 13 April 2021

Josh gets out of prison, Emily tags along. Neither of them know what they’ve gotten themselves into, or could have predicted what happens next.

Transcribed - Published: 13 April 2021

NHPR reporter Emily Corwin meets Josh, a 39-year-old who is about to get out of prison. “I’m nervous about this whole parole thing,” he says. “Are they just waiting for me to hang myself?”

Transcribed - Published: 13 April 2021

Does the public have a right to see the Laurie list? The New Hampshire Supreme Court issues a new ruling, but questions remain.

Transcribed - Published: 2 November 2020

The list of problem cops causes collateral damage. Advocates take one last shot at revealing its secrets.

Transcribed - Published: 26 October 2020

One cop’s bad deeds change a system. But did it help?

Transcribed - Published: 26 October 2020

A local reporter gets a tip about misbehaving cops. Then she gets the scoop of a lifetime.

Transcribed - Published: 26 October 2020