Accused (podcast)

"Accused" is a podcast created in 2016 by Cincinnati Enquirer reporter Amber Hunt and photographer Amanda Rossmann.[1] The first season was subtitled "The Unsolved Murder of Elizabeth Andes" and focused on the Dec. 28, 1978, stabbing death of Andes, a 23-year-old Miami University graduate. Andes' boyfriend Bob Young had found her body and was immediately questioned in her death. After 15 hours of interrogation, including being given a lie-detector test that he was told he failed, Young confessed to the murder. He immediately recanted, saying that Hamilton County Lt. Richard Carpenter, the polygraph administer, had "scared the hell out of me."[2] Young faced a murder trial the following spring but was acquitted by the jury.[3] In 1981, Young was tried again for Andes' death in civil court after Andes' family sued him for wrongful death.[4] He was found not liable by the jury. "Accused" presented three other acquaintances of Andes' who were not seriously investigated at the time by police in Oxford, Ohio. The podcast was a critical and popular success, reaching No. 1 on iTunes' chart[5] and making international headlines.[6]

The second season of "Accused" focused on the 1987 murder of Retha Welch, a 54-year-old grandmother and prison minister.[7] She was found beaten to death in the bathtub of her Newport, Kentucky, apartment. An acquaintance named William Virgil was convicted in her murder, but his conviction was overturned after DNA testing found his semen was not among three samples found inside of the victim at the time of her death.[8]

Hunt and Rossmann announced on social media in summer 2018 that they were working on a third season of "Accused." The transcripts for the first season were released in September 2018 as a book from Diversion Books.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Accused: The unsolved murder of Elizabeth Andes". Cincinnati.com.
  2. ↑ "24 Mar 1979, 1 - Dayton Daily News at Newspapers.com".
  3. ↑ "23 Mar 1979, 3 - The Journal Herald at Newspapers.com".
  4. ↑ "5 Mar 1980, 13 - Lancaster Eagle-Gazette at Newspapers.com".
  5. ↑ "Enquirer's 'Accused' podcast hits No. 1 on iTunes chart".
  6. ↑ Siegel, Harry (20 September 2016). "Who Murdered Ohio College Student Elizabeth Andes?" – via www.thedailybeast.com.
  7. ↑ "New 'Accused' podcast launches today".
  8. ↑ "A first taste of freedom in 28 years".
  9. ↑ "Accused". www.goodreads.com.
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