CounterClock

Host Delia D’Ambra and special guest, Ashley Flowers, discuss the lingering questions from the Lane Bryant homicides investigation. Delia reveals what she’s learned since the season was released, and how those closest to the case are responding to it being featured on such an in-depth podcast series. View source material and photos for this episode at: counterclockpodcast.com/season-8-bonus-qa   C...

In the season finale of CounterClock Season 8 Delia explores the journey investigators’ case has taken in more recent years. Family members express the ongoing doubts and frustrations with the case and enduring suspicions about the killer resurface. If you have information that law enforcement should know about with regards to the February 2, 2008 homicides at the Lane Bryant in Tinley Park, Illin...

Delia explores a shooting a few months after the Lane Bryant homicides and the cunning mastermind behind two violent armed robberies that may have been missed by investigators in the south suburbs. View source material and photos for this episode at: counterclockpodcast.com/episode-7-a-history-of-violence   CounterClock merch is here for a limited time only! Shop before it's gone: https://shop.aud...

Delia investigates a massive former mental health facility in Tinley Park 10 minutes down the road from Brookside Marketplace that a longtime former employee and official records describe as deplorable. Even more intriguing, it had an underground tunnel system that allowed people on site to come and go freely. A new lead in victim Connie Woolfolk’s life is explored and Delia uncovers a major flaw...

A rift between Rhoda McFarland and her church she’d formerly attended west of Tinley Park leads Delia to a trove of loan documents that have Rhoda’s signature all over them. A scandal at her former house of worship, burner phones, and a mysterious phone call near the crime scene before the slayings raise red flags that even authorities couldn’t ignore. View source material and photos for this epis...

Delia investigates the lives of the five victims and the survivor. The phrase ‘everyone is a suspect until no one is’ takes on a whole new meaning. View source material and photos for this episode at: counterclockpodcast.com/episode-4-could-it-be   CounterClock merch is here for a limited time only! Shop before it's gone: https://shop.audiochuck.com/collections/counterclock For even more time with...

Delia investigates the lives of the five victims and the survivor. The phrase ‘everyone is a suspect until no one is’ takes on a whole new meaning. View source material and photos for this episode at: counterclockpodcast.com/episode-3-40-minutes   CounterClock merch is here for a limited time only! Shop before it's gone: https://shop.audiochuck.com/collections/counterclock For even more time with...

The names of the five Lane Bryant homicide victims are released and their families share with Delia the impact of their losses. Law enforcement’s investigation ramps up thanks to cooperation from the sole survivor and a distinct composite sketch of the murderer emerges. View source material and photos for this episode at: counterclockpodcast.com/episode-2-five-names-and-a-face   CounterClock merch...

On February 2nd, 2008 a shooting at Brookside Marketplace in Tinley Park, Illinois took the lives of five women and became a national news story overnight. In the first few hours a picture of a ruthless killer emerged but very few clues about his identity or whereabouts were known.  In CounterClock Season 8, host Delia D’Ambra dives head first into the unsolved mystery and speaks with the people w...

On the morning of February 2, 2008, six women went to work at a Lane Bryant store in Tinley Park, Illinois. By 10 AM, five of them were dead. What happened inside that store in the span of forty minutes remains one of the most disturbing and least understood mass murders in modern American history. The gunman posed as a delivery driver, held the women captive, and executed them leaving behind the...

On the morning of February 2, 2008, six women went to work at a Lane Bryant store in Tinley Park, Illinois. By 10 AM, five of them were dead. What happened inside that store in the span of forty minutes remains one of the most disturbing and least understood mass murders in modern American history. The gunman posed as a delivery driver, held the women captive, and executed them leaving behind the...

A North Carolina Superior Court judge in Forsyth County, NC, ruled on August 8th, 2025, to vacate the convictions of the Winston Salem 5 for the 2002 murder of Nathaniel Jones and dismiss all charges with prejudice after finding credibility to their claims of innocence. But brothers Rayshawn Banner and Nathaniel Cauthen remain behind bars. In this special update episode, Delia returns to her home...

Join Delia and special guest Amanda Knox as they discuss YOUR lingering questions about Season 7!    Amanda’s book, Free: My Search for Meaning , is available for pre-order here . Be sure to check out Amanda’s podcast, Labyrinths , as well as all of her other work at amandaknox.com. And keep an ear out for THREE Season 2: Murder in Vacationland, which drops on March 13, 2025, wherever you get your...

The defendants in the CounterClock Season 7 case were back in court for a highly-anticipated evidentiary hearing January 6th - January 24th, 2025, in Winston-Salem, NC. Delia attended in-person several days to bring you all the updates, plus the brand new interviews from people connected to the defendants, case and victim.   For even more time with CounterClock, follow us on social media. Instagra...

Delia unravels a bizarre van ride that Jessicah Black was taken on and discovers a dark history within Forsyth County regarding wrongful convictions. Chris Paul’s memoir about his late grandfather provides insight into how the famous athlete has reconciled with where the case stands now. The age-old legal maxim: “Justice delayed is justice denied” comes under scrutiny.   For even more time with Co...

Delia interviews a friend of the defendants who was never interviewed by police, and his story is one she can’t easily forget.   For even more time with CounterClock, follow us on social media. Instagram: @counterclockpodcast | @audiochuck Twitter: @CounterClockPod | @audiochuck Facebook: /CounterClockPodcast | /audiochuckllc Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for inform...

The private forensic lab that handled the evidence in the Jones case in 2018 and 2020 tells Delia that advances in forensic science may be able to reveal more about the unknown DNA in the case. Delia dives deep into the Willard Cab Company phone bill from 2002 and tries to get inside the mind of who placed those suspicious calls.   For even more time with CounterClock, follow us on social media. I...

The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission process enters its final phase. Delia interviews the expert in developmental psychology who testified twice in the case to understand more about false confessions, and the victim’s family offers their final thoughts to the court. A retired footwear examiner deems old interpretations of shoeprint evidence as junk science and Delia explores.   For even...

The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission convenes and staff investigators reveal everything they’ve dug into over the course of nearly five years. Jessicah, Jermal, Rayshawn, Nathaniel, and Christopher come under questioning again, but maintain their truth. New DNA evidence is presented that blows everyone away, and the course of the case changes yet again.   For even more time with Counter...

Jessicah Black breaks her silence after nearly 15 years and reveals to state innocence investigators that she lied under oath as a teenager. The recantation triggers a massive shift in Rayshawn, Nathaniel, Jermal, and Christopher’s post-conviction fight. Meanwhile, a tragedy befalls the fifth member of the friend group, and Delia tracks down the attorneys who’ve taken on the cases.   For even more...

Delia learns how both sides approached the August 2004 trial of Rayshawn Banner and Nathaniel Cauthen, and how Jessicah Black remembers preparing to testify as the star witness. The boys' false confession arguments flounder despite law enforcement's methods being less than sound.   For even more time with CounterClock, follow us on social media. Instagram: @counterclockpodcast | @audiochuck Twitte...

Delia speaks with the people who were questioned and arrested for the murder of Mr. Jones. A clear understanding of what led authorities to six teenagers comes into view, but several nagging questions linger.   For even more time with CounterClock, follow us on social media. Instagram: @counterclockpodcast | @audiochuck Twitter: @CounterClockPod | @audiochuck Facebook: /CounterClockPodcast | /audi...

Delia explores two crucial eyewitness sightings on Moravia Street during the timeframe Mr. Jones was attacked. Her investigation digs deeper into allegations against someone close to the victim and a series of suspicious phone calls made to a local cab company directing someone to 905 Moravia Street just before Mr. Jones was discovered.   For even more time with CounterClock, follow us on social m...

When 61-year-old widower Nathaniel Jones was found bloodied and bound with tape inside his home’s carport on November 15, 2002, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, his loved ones and the community were devastated by the senseless crime. For two decades, the question at the heart of the case has not been what happened to him, but rather who… who was responsible for such a heinous act? In the first ep...

Investigative journalist Delia D'Ambra is back with Season 7 of CounterClock, The Murder of Nathaniel Jones . Listen soon, wherever you get your podcasts. When 61-year-old widower Nathaniel Jones was found brutally beaten to death and bound with tape inside his home’s carport on November 15, 2002, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, his loved ones and the community were devastated by the senseless c...