Hands Tied

New insights from the lead detective, the task force tackling home invasion gangs and the role religion played in the trial... Host Maggie Robinson Katz and producer Maggie Latham share the revelations and the conversations that have stayed with them while making the show.  Host: Maggie Robinson Katz Series producers: Maggie Robinson Katz and Maggie Latham Sound designer: Tom Brignell Product...

Exoneree Amanda Knox on prison life, Manic Pixie Dream Girls, and the similarities she sees between her case and Sandy Medgar’s. In the first of two special, bonus episodes, we also hear the latest developments in Sandy’s case from The Innocence Project of Texas’ Mike Ware. Host: Maggie Robinson Katz Series producers: Maggie Robinson Katz and Maggie Latham Sound designer: Tom Bri...

It’s been thirteen years since the murder of Lizz's father and she no longer recognizes the person she has become. But she hasn't given up, and is still fighting for justice every single day.  Her spirit, her father's and those of her ancestors give her the strength to keep going, because this story isn’t over.  Host: Maggie Robinson Katz Producers: Maggie Robinson Katz and M...

The jury has reached a verdict in the murder trial of Sandra Jean Melgar, but it’s not over yet. Host: Maggie Robinson Katz Producer: Maggie Latham Script consultant: Emma Weatherill Sound designer: Tom Brignell Production support from: Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent Hand...

A woman found tied up in a closet, her hands tied behind her back, the door jammed shut from the outside. Now, she’s on trial for stabbing her husband, without a motive.   Nearly five years after Jim Melgar’s death, Sandy Melgar is in court, accused of his murder.   Host: Maggie Robinson Katz Producer: Maggie Latham Script consultant: Emma Weatherill  Sound designer:&nbs...

Lizz has entered what feels like a parallel universe. Her mom is no longer Sandy Melgar,  or Nana, but The Defendant - accused of first-degree murder. As the wheels of justice slowly grind  on, they prepare for trial.    Host: Maggie Robinson Katz Producer: Maggie Latham Script consultant: Emma Weatherill  Sound designer:  Tom Brignell Production support from&nbs...

Lizz knows her best chance of convincing the cops her mum didn’t kill her dad is to find out who did. So she starts investigating.   Host: Maggie Robinson Katz Producer: Maggie Latham Script consultant: Emma Weatherill  Sound designer:  Tom Brignell Production support from  Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristi...

Sandy is back home, but her home is now a crime scene besieged by journalists. Friends rally around her, Lizz flies in to be with her and the police continue to suspect her.    Host: Maggie Robinson Katz Producer: Maggie Latham Script consultant: Emma Weatherill  Sound designer:  Tom Brignell Production support from  Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright M...

Sandy Melgar finds herself in a cramped interview room being questioned by cops, but is she there as a witness or a suspect?  Just hours after her husband was found murdered and she was found shut in a cupboard,  her arms tied behind her back, Santy agrees to a police interview. She tells detectives she’s not well and that she can’t remember what happened. They want her to ta...

A phone call that changes everything; something unimaginable has happened and Lizz needs to figure out how. In an instant, she goes from being interested in true crime to living it.  Award winning journalist and host Maggie Robinson Katz take you inside the police investigation that followed, inside the courtroom drama as a jury wrestles with who’s responsible for the shocking crime, an...

Lizz Melgar Rose went from being interested in true crime to living true crime. Back in 2012, Lizz’s world cracked in two when relatives find her mother locked in a closet, her hands and feet bound, and her Dad, Jim – murdered just a few feet away. Lizz was meant to continue a university    course inspired by her teenage fascination with violence and serial killers. But...