The Burden

Maggie Freleng, Pulitzer prize winning producer, journalist and host of Wrongful Conviction with Maggie Freleng sits down for a Q&A with Steve Fishman to chat about Death & Deceit in Alliance . In this special episode, Maggie is joined by private investigator Danny Wexler. Death & Deceit in Alliance is a production of Orbit Media Inc. in association with Signal Co. No1. See omnystudio....

In the season finale, Maggie gives David a chance to explain what happened when Danny and John visited and the guys make a decision on whether or not to take David's case. New episodes of Death & Deceit in Alliance are available every Tuesday and Friday wherever you get your podcasts. To binge the entire season, ad-free, subscribe to True Crime Clubhouse on Apple podcasts. Death & Deceit i...

The team finally gets to speak with David Thorne himself and ask him about everything they've learned. However, the answers were not what they were looking for. New episodes of Death & Deceit in Alliance are available every Tuesday and Friday wherever you get your podcasts. To binge the entire season, ad-free, subscribe to True Crime Clubhouse on Apple podcasts. Death & Deceit in Alliance...

After speaking with Joe Wilkes, the team reckons with the possibility that David could have been involved after all. New episodes of Death & Deceit in Alliance are available every Tuesday and Friday wherever you get your podcasts. To binge the entire season, ad-free, subscribe to True Crime Clubhouse on Apple podcasts. Death & Deceit in Alliance is a production of Orbit Media Inc. in assoc...

Maggie, John, and Danny search for Joe Wilkes' best friend who he allegedly confessed to that he killed Yvonne. Things take a turn to where no one thought the investigation would go. New episodes of Death & Deceit in Alliance are available every Tuesday and Friday wherever you get your podcasts. To binge the entire season, ad-free, subscribe to True Crime Clubhouse on Apple podcasts. Death &am...

In order to understand a murder like this, you have to understand the victim. Maggie, John and Danny talk to some of the people closest to Yvonne to try to find out what was going on in her life in the months leading up to her murder. New episodes of Death & Deceit in Alliance are available every Tuesday and Friday wherever you get your podcasts. To binge the entire season, ad-free, subscribe...

Maggie, John and Danny set out in Ohio to speak with some top people of interest who have been named in the case. Jim, the allegedly creepy neighbor who was spying on Yvonne and Jeremy, someone close to the family and who the Psychic described as the perpetrator. New episodes of Death & Deceit in Alliance are available every Tuesday and Friday wherever you get your podcasts. To binge the entir...

Jason Baldwin from the West Memphis 3 and his team of private investigators from Proclaim Justice team up with Maggie to look into David's case.  They hit the ground in Ohio to find out: who really did kill Yvonne Layne? New episodes of Death & Deceit in Alliance are available every Tuesday and Friday wherever you get your podcasts. To binge the entire season, ad-free, subscribe to True C...

Months into the investigation of Yvonne Layne's murder, police felt stuck, so they did something controversial: they went to a psychic. And the audio recordings we obtained from the visit give an incredible amount of insight into who may have killed Yvonne. However, it wasn't what the psychic said to detectives, but what they told her that is truly shocking. New episodes of Death & Deceit in A...

On April 1, 1999, the day Yvonne was found murdered in her home, a neighbor stopped by and told police he saw someone leaving her home, unbeknownst to him, after Yvonne was already dead. But this witness's statement was never turned over to the defense. Why? And who was the man he saw leaving Yvonne's home after her murder? New episodes of Death & Deceit in Alliance are available every Tuesday...

David Thorne has spent over 20 years in prison for a murder he says he did not commit. Although he says his case is "Dead in the Water", he hasn't been alone. Sue Thorne, a retired postal worker turned amateur investigator, has kept his case alive all these years and uncovered new evidence that could point to David's innocence. New episodes of Death & Deceit in Alliance are available every Tue...

After David Thorne and Joe Wilkes were arrested for the murder of Yvonne Layne in April 1999, they went to trial in January 2000. What evidence was used to convict them? What kind of defense did David have in the face of Joe's confession? New episodes of Death & Deceit in Alliance are available every Tuesday and Friday wherever you get your podcasts. To binge the entire season, ad-free, subscr...

On the morning of April Fools Day 1999, Tawnia Layne went to pick up her grandkids at Yvonne's home. But instead, she stumbled upon a brutal crime scene, her daughter nearly decapitated in a pool of her own blood. Who could have done this to Yvonne? In this episode we look at the first hours and days of the investigation. New episodes of Death & Deceit in Alliance are available every Tuesday a...

In this episode we learn about Yvonne, David and how the two came together and had their son, Brandon. But we also learn about the problems the couple had and issues in Yvonne's life ultimately causing the two to break up before her murder. Who was Yvonne Layne? What brought the young lovers together and ultimately caused their split? New episodes of Death & Deceit in Alliance are available ev...

In 1999, 26-year-old Yvonne Layne was found murdered in her Ohio home while her children slept. Her ex-boyfriend, David Thorne, was instantly a suspect as the father of one of her children, but he had a solid alibi. So the police found Joe Wilkes, a friend of David’s, who said David hired him to kill Yvonne. In 2000 with Joe’s testimony, David was sentenced to life without parole. But,...

On April Fools Day 1999, 26-year-old Yvonne Layne was found murdered in her Alliance, Ohio home. David Thorne, her ex-boyfriend and father of one of her children, was instantly a suspect. Another young man admitted to the murder,  and David breathed a sigh of relief, until the confessed murderer fingered David; “He paid me to do it.”  David was sentenced to life without parol...

In Bone Valley Season 3 | GRAVES COUNTY,  Maggie Freleng takes us to a small town in Graves County, Kentucky, where a terrible discovery on the front lawn of a middle school invites a string of amateur and professional investigators to try to solve a murder. Maggie is the latest investigator to get pulled in. And she’ll take all of us along as she teases out this complicated web of rumo...

Steve Fishman sits down for a Q&A with Joe Loya, the star of the new podcast Get the Money and Run . Listen in as Joe shares with Steve the answers to many questions from listeners and reveals some of the details that went into creating one of the finest podcasts of 2025. Get the Money and Run is a production of Western Sound and aCast Studios in association with Orbit Media Inc. See omny...

15-year-old Barbara Louise Cotton vanished from the streets of Williston, North Dakota, on April 11, 1981, five blocks from her home. What happened to Barbara Cotton?  In episode 1, while others called Barbara a 'runaway', a frustrated yet unyielding Sandee Evanson refuses to stop looking for her childhood friend. A Better Search for Barbara is a deep, investigative dive into one of Nort...

Once out of prison, Joe is insulted by a stranger. His rage mounts. Will he lash out and spend the rest of his days in prison? Or will he find comfort in his once violent family? It’s his moment of fatal peril.  Get the Money and Run is a production of Western Sound and aCast Studios in association with Orbit Media Inc. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe is sent to solitary confinement. Alone he starts to hear voices in  his head and to hallucinate. He struggles with a question: Can he be a good person?  Get the Money and Run is a production of Western Sound and aCast Studios in association with Orbit Media Inc. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe is on a spree, and even arrest won’t stop him. He hires a body double to do his bidding, but things backfire. He thinks he’s blending in on a college campus when students turn on him.  Get the Money and Run is a production of Western Sound and aCast Studios in association with Orbit Media Inc. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bank robbery is easy, profitable and…fun! But then Joe hears from a victim.  Get the Money and Run is a production of Western Sound and aCast Studios in association with Orbit Media Inc. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe’s floundering  until a thought occurs to him:  Murder! With that, Joe changes the arc of his life.  Get the Money and Run is a production of Western Sound and aCast Studios in association with Orbit Media Inc. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Getting started as a bank robber isn’t easy for Joe Loya. It takes courage … and rage. But Joe does the math. Thousands of dollars gained for a few minutes work. That’s what he figures he deserves. Meanwhile at home, losses mount. Get the Money and Run is a production of Western Sound and aCast Studios in association with Orbit Media Inc. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...