Medical Examiner L.J. Dragovic, in Pontiac, Michigan, explains how every crime scene is like a novel. (4 minutes)
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Act Two
Samantha continues toward McFadden, and talks to an inmate who knows something about the case that she never knew before.
Act One
Samantha Broun interviews her mom about surviving a brutal attack by Reginald McFadden 20 years ago, and sets out to interview friends, family and policymakers about how that attack changed Pennsylvania law regarding life sentences at the time.
Act One: Climb Spree
Awhile back, San Francisco experienced a rash of burglaries that all fit a pattern.
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Act Three: An Awful Place That You’re Lucky To Get To
Ira Glass reads a favorite passage from the writing of the recently deceased poet Donald Hall.
Act Four: Let’s Do the Numbers
One of the things we were excited to investigate when we went to Alabama was to answer the question at the heart of the immigration debate: what does it cost taxpayers when we let in millions of immigrants, documented and undocumented? In Albertville, how much was it? We asked economist Kim Rueben and her colleague Erin Huffer to run the numbers.
Act Five: Today
In 2012, the fever broke, and the Albertville city council stopped targeting Latino residents.