Undisclosed (podcast)

Undisclosed
Presentation
Hosted by
Genretrue crime
Created by
  • Rabia Chaudry
  • Susan Simpson
  • Colin Miller
LanguageEnglish
Production
ProductionUndisclosed, LLC
No. of seasons24
Publication
Original releaseApril 12, 2015 –
March 7, 2022
Related
Websiteundisclosed-podcast.com

Undisclosed is a podcast about wrongful convictions in the United States. It is created and hosted by Rabia Chaudry, Susan Simpson, and Colin Miller.[1] The podcast started by investigating the conviction of Adnan Syed for the killing of Hae Min Lee, which had previously been the focus of the first season of the podcast Serial.[2]

Season two focused on the Georgia conviction of Joey Watkins for the murder of Isaac Dawkins, which, according to Undisclosed, was wrongful. According to the podcast, Watkins' cell phone records proved that he could not have committed the murder, because they showed that when the murder occurred, he was indeed on the divided highway where it happened, but going in the opposite direction, with a location constrained by the cell tower pinged by a call he made. According to the podcast, turning around before firing the shot would have required him to drive impossibly fast along the busy highway, recognize Dawkins' vehicle going the opposite direction in the dark, then turn around before he or a passenger fired the fatal shot.[3][4]

The podcast released its final episode in March 2022.[5]

Undisclosed LLC v. State

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Undisclosed wanted to copy the tapes from the Watkins trial, which they wanted to play so that listeners could hear Watkins saying he was innocent. The court initially agreed, then changed its mind before they actually copied the tapes. This led to further litigation, with the Georgia Supreme Court eventually ruling that the state did not have to allow Undisclosed to copy the tapes.[6]

Seasons

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Undisclosed has covered many cases over twenty-four seasons, but there are occasionally bonus episodes, addendum episodes, updates, or episodes between seasons.

Season titles

  • Season One: The State v. Adnan Syed
  • Season Two: The State v. Joey Watkins
  • Season Three: The State v. Jamar Huggins
  • Season Four: The Killing of Freddie Gray
  • Season Five: The State v. Gary Mitchum Reeves
  • Season Six: The State v. Shaurn Thomas
  • Season Seven: The State v. Willie Veasy
  • Season Eight: The State v. Terrance Lewis
  • Season Nine: The State v. Chester Holman III
  • Season Ten: The State v. Ronnie Long
  • Season Eleven: The State v. Pamela Lanier
  • Season Twelve: The State v. Dennis Perry
  • Season Thirteen: The Case Against Adnan Syed
  • Season Fourteen: State v. Keith Davis, Jr.
  • Season Fifteen: State v. Rocky Meyers
  • Season Sixteen: State v. Joseph Webster
  • Season Seventeen: State v. Greg Lance[7]
  • Season Eighteen: State v. Fred Freeman
  • Season Nineteen: State v. Jonathan Irons
  • Season Twenty: State v. John Brookins
  • Season Twenty-One: State v. Jeff Titus
  • Season Twenty-Two: State v. Darrell Ewing
  • Season Twenty-Three: State v. Jason Carroll
  • Season Twenty-Four: State v. Willis and Braddy.

Media

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dybis, Karen (March 2, 2020). "Detroit's Daily Docket: New podcast hopes to educate the public about forensics". University of Michigan. Archived from the original on June 17, 2020. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  2. ^ Eric Krupke (April 7, 2015). "Adnan Syed's story continues post-'Serial' in new podcast". PBS. Archived from the original on March 10, 2019. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  3. ^ Amelia McDonell-Parry (June 18, 2016). "'Undisclosed': Inside Gripping Season 2 of Unofficial 'Serial' Spinoff". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  4. ^ "Time and Distance". Undisclosed (Podcast). Archived from the original on July 1, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  5. ^ "Undisclosed Podcast". Archived from the original on March 8, 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  6. ^ Bill Rankin (October 30, 2017). "Public has no right to courtroom recordings, Georgia justices rule". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  7. ^ Wheeler, Ben (September 13, 2019). "'Undisclosed' podcast covering 1998 Putnam County double homicide". Herald-Citizen. Archived from the original on September 19, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
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