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Lost Hills is Becoming Examined

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Lost Hills has been quiet for a bit, so we've decided to do something different: turn this feed into a home for a new kind of story, told fresh each season. Starting this fall, this feed becomes Examined — a show about overlooked cases that never got the real investigation they deserved and need to be unpacked. These are stories about crime, punishment, and the people caught inside the criminal legal system. Every season, a new host will dig into one of these stories with the kind of in-depth reporting you’ve always heard in this feed. First up: Examined: The Backfire Effect, coming September 14, a story of police misconduct and prosecutorial zeal, and about a very complicated man.

Don't worry — previous episodes of Lost Hills will still stay on this feed so you can return to them at any time. One last thing: we want to hear from you. What overlooked cases have stuck with you — the ones you think about, the ones nobody's really told right? Email us at [email protected]. Thanks for staying with us.

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Lost Hills: Dark CanyonLost Hills is Becoming Examined. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

Hey, if you've been with this feed for a while, thanks for sticking around and listening. I'm Josie Duffy-Race, I'm a journalist who covers the criminal legal system, and you'll hear more from me soon, but right now I'm coming to you today with an exciting announcement. Things are changing a bit around here, and I want to tell you why and what to expect. Lost Hills has been quiet for a little bit, so we've decided to do something different. Turn this feed into a home for a new kind of story, told fresh each season. During this fall, this feed becomes examined, a show about cases that never got the real investigation they deserved. Every season will dig into one of those stories with the kind of in-depth reporting you've always heard in this feed. In every season, it'll sound a little different, because we're bringing in a new host each time someone suited to that season's story. So that leads back to me. Again, I'm Josie Duffy-Race, and I'm the first host for examined. My season, the Backfire Effect, is about a guy who was convicted of murder 40 years ago.

That was in spite of the fact. He has nearly a dozen alibi witnesses that put him across the state the day of the crime. This is a story of police misconduct, prosecutorial zeal, and about a very complicated man. That's coming starting September 14th, so stick around. I'm sure you have questions, so here are a few things to know. Previous episodes of Lost Hills aren't going anywhere. Every season that's already out stays right here. So if you haven't heard it or you want to revisit it, it's all still yours. And be sure to stay subscribed so you'll get all the new episodes coming up. And there's lots more to come. We'll be sharing multiple seasons a year rather than just one, because we want to bring you more of the stories you crave. And one last thing we want to hear from you, what overlooked cases have stuck with you, what are the ones you think about, the one that nobody has really told right. Email us at infoatpushkin.fm. It might shape a future season. Thank you for staying with us. It's going to be worth the wait.

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