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Buried Truth

Buried Truth — True Crime & Investigative Documentaries: real cases, real evidence, real questions. Deep-dive investigations into unsolved murders, missing persons, wrongful convictions, and the secrets people tried to bury. Documented, sourced, and told like the indie investigative documentaries you can't stop watching.

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Today · 11 min
Six Life Terms and Seven Hundred Sixty-Two Years: The Darrell Brooks Sentence
This episode reports the sentence handed down in Waukesha, Wisconsin, in November 2022: six consecutive life terms without parole plus 762 years for Darrell Brooks, convicted on all 76 counts arising from the 2021 Christmas parade attack, and what the...
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Today · 10 min
Seventeen Life Sentences: The Nikolas Cruz Sentence
This episode reports the penalty trial of Nikolas Cruz, who pleaded guilty to the 2018 Parkland school shooting and was sentenced on 2 November 2022 to 17 consecutive life terms without parole after the jury could not unanimously agree on a death...
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Today · 11 min
Quashed After Sixteen Years: The Birmingham Six
On 14 March 1991 the Court of Appeal quashed the murder convictions of six men convicted in March 1975 over the Birmingham pub bombings of 21 November 1974, which killed 21 people. This episode reports the discredited forensic evidence and coerced...
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Today · 10 min
The First DNA Conviction: The Colin Pitchfork Case
Colin Pitchfork pleaded guilty in January 1988 to two murders in Leicestershire villages and was sentenced to life imprisonment, with the judge recommending he serve at least 30 years. This episode reports the first DNA conviction, the mass screening...
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Yesterday · 10 min
A Whole-Life Order: The Rose West Verdict
Rose West was convicted in November 1995 of 10 murders and sentenced to life imprisonment with a whole-life order, meaning she will never be released. This episode reports the verdict and sentence, and the trial held alone after Fred West died in...
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Yesterday · 10 min
Acquitted on Retrial: The Sam Sheppard Case
Sam Sheppard was convicted in December 1954 of second-degree murder in the death of Marilyn Sheppard, found dead on 4 July 1954 in Bay Village, Ohio. This episode reports the US Supreme Court's 1964 reversal over prejudicial publicity and his...
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Yesterday · 10 min
Not Guilty in Fall River: The Lizzie Borden Acquittal
Andrew and Abby Borden were found dead on 4 August 1892 in Fall River, Massachusetts, and Lizzie Borden was acquitted on 20 June 1893 after a trial that June. This episode reports the acquittal, what an acquittal means in law, and why the case remains...
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Yesterday · 11 min
Guilty in Los Angeles: The Robert Durst Verdict
On 17 September 2021, Robert Durst was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Susan Berman, found dead in December 2000 in Los Angeles. This episode reports the verdict, the sentence of life without parole passed on 14 October 2021, and his...
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Saturday · 10 min
Acquitted at Last: The Amanda Knox Final Verdict
On 27 March 2015, Italy's Supreme Court of Cassation definitively acquitted Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito of the murder of Meredith Kercher, found dead in November 2007 in Perugia, Italy. This episode reports the final verdict and the convictions...
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Saturday · 10 min
Guilty in Manitowoc: The Steven Avery Verdict
On 18 March 2007, Steven Avery was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide in the death of Teresa Halbach, who disappeared on 31 October 2005 after visiting his salvage yard. This episode reports the verdict, the life-without-parole sentence,...
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Saturday · 10 min
Nineteen Years to Life: The Phil Spector Verdict
On 13 April 2009, Phil Spector was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of Lana Clarkson, found dead on 3 February 2003 at his home in Alhambra, California. This episode reports the verdict, the 2007 mistrial that preceded it, and the...
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Saturday · 10 min
Not Guilty in Los Angeles: The O.J. Simpson Acquittal
On 3 October 1995, a Los Angeles jury acquitted O.J. Simpson of both murders in the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, found dead on 12 June 1994 in Brentwood, Los Angeles. This episode reports the acquittal and the 1997 civil trial...
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Saturday · 11 min
Executed in Florida: The Ted Bundy Verdicts
Ted Bundy was convicted in 1976 in Utah of kidnapping, and in 1979 and 1980 in Florida of murders, receiving death sentences. This episode reports the verdicts, the years of appellate review, his confession before execution, and his execution on 24...
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Friday · 11 min
The Guilty Plea: Chris Watts and the Frederick Murders
On 6 November 2018, Chris Watts pleaded guilty to first-degree murder counts and related charges in the deaths of his wife Shanann and daughters Bella and Celeste, reported missing in August 2018 in Frederick, Colorado. This episode reports the guilty...
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Friday · 11 min
Not Guilty in Orlando: The Casey Anthony Acquittal
On 5 July 2011, an Orlando jury acquitted Casey Anthony of first-degree murder, aggravated manslaughter, and aggravated child abuse in the death of her daughter Caylee, reported missing in July 2008. This episode reports the verdict, the four...
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Friday · 12 min
Life Without Parole: The Jodi Arias Verdict
On 8 May 2013, an Arizona jury convicted Jodi Arias of first-degree murder in the death of Travis Alexander, found dead in June 2008 in Mesa. This episode reports the verdict, the two juries that deadlocked on punishment, and the judge's sentence of...
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Friday · 11 min
Twenty-Two and a Half Years: The Derek Chauvin Sentence
On 25 June 2021, a Minneapolis judge sentenced Derek Chauvin to 22 and a half years in prison for the death of George Floyd on 25 May 2020. This episode reports the 20 April 2021 conviction on three counts, the sentencing, and the federal guilty plea...
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Friday · 11 min
Free After Thirty-Three Years: The Roger Carlos Ray Exoneration
In October 2026, a Detroit judge dismissed the conviction of Roger Carlos Ray, who spent more than 33 years in prison for a 1987 murder he did not commit. This episode reports the dismissal, the withheld evidence at the heart of the case, and what...
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Thursday · 10 min
Twenty-Eight Years Minimum: The Zack Coughlan Life Sentence
In October 2026, Bristol Crown Court sentenced Zack Coughlan to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 28 years, for the murder of student Jamie Collins in Filton. This episode reports the sentence and the guilty plea that ended the trial.
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Thursday · 11 min
The Azusa Verdict: Daniel Rodriguez Found Guilty
In October 2026, a Los Angeles County jury convicted Daniel Rodriguez of first-degree murder in the 2024 killing of 17-year-old Azusa High School student Angelina Gonzales. This episode reports the verdict and the sentencing hearing set for December.
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