Undisclosed (podcast)

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{{Short description|True crime podcast}}

{{Infobox podcast

| title = Undisclosed

| image = Undisclosed_Podcast_Cover.png

| hosting = {{Unbulleted list

|Rabia Chaudry

|Susan Simpson

|Colin Miller

}}

| genre = true crime

| creator = {{Unbulleted list

|Rabia Chaudry

|Susan Simpson

|Colin Miller

}}

| language = English

| production = Undisclosed, LLC

| num_seasons = 24

| began = April 12, 2015

| ended = March 7, 2022

| website = {{URL|https://undisclosed-podcast.com/}}

}}

Undisclosed is a podcast about wrongful convictions in the United States. It is created and hosted by Rabia Chaudry, Susan Simpson, and Colin Miller.{{cite news |last1=Dybis |first1=Karen |title=Detroit's Daily Docket: New podcast hopes to educate the public about forensics |url=https://detroit.umich.edu/news-stories/detroits-daily-docket-new-podcast-hopes-to-educate-the-public-about-forensics/ |accessdate=April 20, 2020 |publisher=University of Michigan |date=March 2, 2020 |archive-date=June 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617093836/https://detroit.umich.edu/news-stories/detroits-daily-docket-new-podcast-hopes-to-educate-the-public-about-forensics/ |url-status=live }} The podcast started by investigating the conviction of Adnan Syed for the killing of Hae Min Lee, which had previously been the focus of the first season of the podcast Serial.{{cite web|title=Adnan Syed's story continues post-'Serial' in new podcast|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/adnan-syeds-story-continues-new-podcast|date=April 7, 2015|accessdate=June 10, 2019|author=Eric Krupke|work=PBS|archive-date=March 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190310064758/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/adnan-syeds-story-continues-new-podcast|url-status=live}}

Season two focused on the Georgia conviction of Joey Watkins for the murder of Isaac Dawkins, which, according to Undisclosed, was wrongful. According to the podcast, Watkins' cell phone records proved that he could not have committed the murder, because they showed that when the murder occurred, he was indeed on the divided highway where it happened, but going in the opposite direction, with a location constrained by the cell tower pinged by a call he made. According to the podcast, turning around before firing the shot would have required him to drive impossibly fast along the busy highway, recognize Dawkins' vehicle going the opposite direction in the dark, then turn around before he or a passenger fired the fatal shot.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/undisclosed-season-2-joey-watkins-and-the-murder-of-isaac-dawkins-w429646|title='Undisclosed': Inside Gripping Season 2 of Unofficial 'Serial' Spinoff|author=Amelia McDonell-Parry|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=June 18, 2016|access-date=June 10, 2019|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144207/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/undisclosed-season-2-joey-watkins-and-the-murder-of-isaac-dawkins-w429646|url-status=live}}{{cite podcast|url=https://undisclosed-podcast.com/episodes/season-2/episode-21-time-and-distance.html|title=Time and Distance|work=Undisclosed|accessdate=June 30, 2019|archive-date=July 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701005507/https://undisclosed-podcast.com/episodes/season-2/episode-21-time-and-distance.html|url-status=live}}

The podcast released its final episode in March 2022.{{Cite web|url=http://undisclosed-podcast.com/episodes/bonus/its-a-wrap.html|title=Undisclosed Podcast|access-date=March 8, 2022|archive-date=March 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308143557/http://undisclosed-podcast.com/episodes/bonus/its-a-wrap.html|url-status=live}}

''Undisclosed LLC v. State''

Undisclosed wanted to copy the tapes from the Watkins trial, which they wanted to play so that listeners could hear Watkins saying he was innocent. The court initially agreed, then changed its mind before they actually copied the tapes. This led to further litigation, with the Georgia Supreme Court eventually ruling that the state did not have to allow Undisclosed to copy the tapes.{{cite news|url=https://www.myajc.com/news/local/court-rejects-podcast-attempt-get-courtroom-recordings/zrzJOHkAIhQG3NqGojkpbK/|author=Bill Rankin|title=Public has no right to courtroom recordings, Georgia justices rule|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=October 30, 2017|accessdate=June 6, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142118/https://www.myajc.com/news/local/court-rejects-podcast-attempt-get-courtroom-recordings/zrzJOHkAIhQG3NqGojkpbK/|url-status=live}}

Seasons

Undisclosed has covered many cases over twenty-four seasons, but there are occasionally bonus episodes, addendum episodes, updates, or episodes between seasons.

Season titles

  • Season One: The State v. Adnan Syed
  • Season Two: The State v. Joey Watkins
  • Season Three: The State v. Jamar Huggins
  • Season Four: The Killing of Freddie Gray
  • Season Five: The State v. Gary Mitchum Reeves
  • Season Six: The State v. Shaurn Thomas
  • Season Seven: The State v. Willie Veasy
  • Season Eight: The State v. Terrance Lewis
  • Season Nine: The State v. Chester Holman III
  • Season Ten: The State v. Ronnie Long
  • Season Eleven: The State v. Pamela Lanier
  • Season Twelve: The State v. Dennis Perry
  • Season Thirteen: The Case Against Adnan Syed
  • Season Fourteen: State v. Keith Davis, Jr.
  • Season Fifteen: State v. Rocky Meyers
  • Season Sixteen: State v. Joseph Webster
  • Season Seventeen: State v. Greg Lance{{cite news |last1=Wheeler |first1=Ben |title='Undisclosed' podcast covering 1998 Putnam County double homicide |url=http://herald-citizen.com/stories/undisclosed-podcast-covering-1998-putnam-county-double-homicide,37250 |accessdate=April 20, 2020 |publisher=Herald-Citizen |date=September 13, 2019 |archive-date=September 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190919080747/http://herald-citizen.com/stories/undisclosed-podcast-covering-1998-putnam-county-double-homicide,37250 |url-status=live }}
  • Season Eighteen: State v. Fred Freeman
  • Season Nineteen: State v. Jonathan Irons
  • Season Twenty: State v. John Brookins
  • Season Twenty-One: State v. Jeff Titus
  • Season Twenty-Two: State v. Darrell Ewing
  • Season Twenty-Three: State v. Jason Carroll
  • Season Twenty-Four: State v. Willis and Braddy.

Media

  • [http://klstbrstaging.wpengine.com/stories/undisclosed-podcast-feature/ Timber Media Profile]
  • [https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/06/do-true-crime-podcasts-perpetuate-the-myth-of-an-effective-criminal-justice-system/ Nieman Lab article] that uses Undisclosed as a backdrop against other true crime podcasts

See also

References

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