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In late January of 2014, the Colorado Sheriff's Department investigated a murder scene at a remote ranch with almost a dozen dead bodies. To their shock, they discovered one woman was still alive. Host Tara Bay investigates the mystery of the woman known as Jane Doe - who she was, how she survived, and how justice is not yet served.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A Salton Sea book announcement opens into family fracture, cosmic horror, and a landscape that will not sit still.
Larkspur Underground uses a long-awaited check-in as the entry point for Beneath the Salton Sea, Michael Paul Gonzalez's new novel. The episode first confirms that more of Jane Doe and the scientist's story is planned, then shifts toward Dee and her wife Sharon, who stop at…
A leaked recording turns a studio incident into a tense reckoning over symbols, safety, and missing data.
The Return begins in the aftermath of violence at Plainview Public Radio, with managing producer Michael Madera accepting responsibility and stepping down.
A fractured Larkspur installment captures the case as an anonymous email pushes Dusty's freedom into public view.
Larkspur Underground reaches the moment when the case begins moving faster than the show can neatly contain. Michael Madera, managing producer of Plainview Public Radio, explains that Tara started recording soon after the ninth episode, before later updates and before her move…
Dusty's freedom brings fear, a defamation suit, and a scientist still just out of reach.
Dusty Fowler leaves prison into a freedom that does not feel simple, and the podcast's planned ending is unsettled by a call from the scientist.
A survivor interview shifts into a voicemail scare, leaving Tara Bay and the case caught in unresolved doubt.
Larkspur Underground's eighth installment begins as Tara Bay prepares to share her interview with Charlene Dusty Fowler, then turns sharply when Tara says a message on her work phone told her to check her voicemail.
New England crime and chills, with plenty of chatter.
ABC Audio's Theranos fraud series that also introduces its other true-crime podcasts.
LA Times reporter Christopher Goffard traces con man John Meehan's fraud, abuse, and its Bravo TV adaptation.
The creator of Larkspur Underground announces a new novel and plays a companion piece about the Salton Sea.
Larkspur Underground episode 11 opens with Michael Madera of Plainview Public Radio resigning after studio violence and promising the raw final interview with Tara Bae and Dusty Fowler.
Tara Bay opens "Episode 10 : The Capture" by saying, "They got him," after a news package from Tigard, Oregon, reports a warehouse double homicide and the arrest of Ethan Brock Harrison.
Larkspur Underground Episode 9, "The Rebirth," opens with Dusty Fowler saying she is "a free woman" while still living under protection.
Larkspur Underground Episode 8, "The Trial," opens with Tara Bay playing a blocked-number voicemail that says Subject 6, not Jane Doe, and pushes her to air the call.
This episode delves into the final chapter of a survivor's ordeal in a remote ranch murder case, exploring the scientist's descent into brutality.
This episode recounts the story of a survivor known as Jane Doe and the investigation into a serial killer's underground facility in Colorado.
Host Tara Bay updates listeners on Jane Doe's case as she nears release from prison, reflecting on her survival and upcoming reentry into a changed world.
A podcast investigating a serial killer's underground facility and the survivor known as Jane Doe, with updates on her legal case.
A podcast investigating a murder case at a Colorado ranch where one woman survived, exploring her identity and the pursuit of justice.
A true crime podcast investigating a murder scene with multiple bodies and a survivor known as Jane Doe.
A podcast investigating the discovery of multiple bodies in an underground bunker in Colorado and the sole survivor's story.