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Examined: The Backfire Effect

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72 episodes · in order · Explicit

About Examined: Overlooked cases that never got the real investigation they deserved. Each season features deeply reported stories about crime, punishment, and the people inside the criminal legal system.

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Nearly 40 years ago, in the parking lot of a community college in Port Huron, Michigan, a 20-year-old student named Scott Macklem was shot dead in broad daylight. His murder shocked the community. It made no sense. The police quickly found their suspect. There was only one problem: the man said he was nowhere near the scene of the crime. And he could prove it. In Examined: The Backfire Effect, journalist Josie Duffy Rice talks with eyewitnesses, investigators and local reporters to unravel a shocking story of judicial apathy and expedience — a story that leaves no one off the hook.

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  1. Introducing: Lost Hills

    · 2:46 · Trailer

    Lost Hills, reported, written and hosted by Dana Goodyear. Coming March 16th from Western Sound and Pushkin Industries Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See…

  2. 1. The Killing Zone | Lost Hills

    · 38 min · S1 E1 · Explicit

    After Tristan Beaudette’s murder, other victims come forward telling similar tales. . . of a sniper in Malibu who has been shooting at campers and at moving cars for the past 18 months. Always in the dark of night, at…

  3. 2. The Pink Bubble | Lost Hills

    · 40 min · S1 E2

    A devastating fire rips through Malibu, burning Anthony Rauda’s campsite, Malibu Creek State Park, and any evidence the cops might have missed. Rauda appears in court, and a tentative link is established between him…

  4. 3. Lost | Lost Hills

    · 49 min · S1 E3 · Explicit

    Three months after his arrest, Anthony Rauda is charged with the murder of Tristan Beaudette, all the other shootings, as well as a series of strange burglaries involving junk food from commercial buildings around the…

  5. 4. Animals of the Night | Lost Hills

    · 33 min · S1 E4 · Explicit

    The cops went from saying that they couldn’t connect the crimes to saying that one person, Anthony Rauda, had done them all. Is that even possible? When officials at California State Parks refuse to answer questions,…

  6. 5. Krazy Horse | Lost Hills

    · 41 min · S1 E5 · Explicit

    Who is Anthony Rauda? He’s more than a drifter. He’s an aspiring musician and a writer, with a long history of mental-health struggles and an extensive criminal record. He's a committed survivalist, attempting to live…

  7. 6. One More Day in Paradise | Lost Hills

    · 34 min · S1 E6

    Lost Hills Station is embroiled in scandal. But the new captain is determined to set the story straight. He says there were major errors in the investigation, and points a finger at two respected Lost Hills…

  8. 7. Morning Light | Lost Hills

    · 37 min · S1 E7 · Explicit

    As the judge questions Anthony Rauda’s competency to stand trial, the prosecutor lays out her case. There’s still no weapon for the first five shootings, and no clear motive. But a look at Rauda’s writing reveals a…

  9. 8. East of Eden | Lost Hills

    · 49 min · S1 E8 · Explicit

    Two hikers who stumbled on Rauda’s camp before the Beaudette murder lament a missed opportunity to stop the crime before it happened. Sgt. Wright and Lt. Royal file whistleblower lawsuits against the sheriff’s…

  10. Bonus: "The Eyewitness" | Lost Hills

    · 21 min · S1 E9 · Explicit

    On the night that Tristan Beaudette was killed while camping with his daughters, the campground at Malibu Creek State Park was full of families. Just across the access road from Beaudette’s tent, Stacey Sebourn was in…

  11. Bonus: "Signs of Anthony" | Lost Hills

    · 22 min · S1 E10 · Explicit

    Since Lost Hills debuted, two sources have come forward with new information about Anthony Rauda: a new, alleged victim and his half-sister. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com…

  12. Introducing Lost Hills Season 2

    · 3:39 · Trailer

    In January 1981, Verna Johnson-Roehler and her young son, Doug, drowned while boating thirty miles off the coast of Malibu. Verna’s husband, Fred Roehler, was the sole survivor and only witness. Initially, the deaths…

  13. 1. Mr. Malibu | Lost Hills

    · 36 min · S2 E1 · Explicit

    Fred, Verna, and their four young children are the happiest-looking family in Malibu. It’s a Brady Bunch story, a blended family living by the beach. But when they take their 50-foot sailboat, Perseverance, to the…

  14. 2. Quiet No Longer | Lost Hills

    · 32 min · S2 E2 · Explicit

    The Ventura County Medical Examiner determines Verna and Doug’s deaths to be accidental drownings, so Fred moves forward with funeral plans. But the cremations are halted after a family friend calls in a tip to the…

  15. 3. The Shallow End, Part 1 | Lost Hills

    · 27 min · S2 E3 · Explicit

    Fred’s first wife, Jeanne, a flight attendant for United Airlines, is glamorous, outgoing, the life of the party. But there are tensions in the marriage and they’re mounting. Jeanne tells her sister she’s had enough.…

  16. 4. The Shallow End, Part 2 | Lost Hills

    · 33 min · S2 E4 · Explicit

    It’s 1976 and Jeanne is in thrall to Lifespring, a self-improvement group, or, some would say, a cult. She is manifesting her future—without Fred. This alternative reality never arrives. Instead, Jeanne dies. And the…

  17. 5. Who Would You Take? | Lost Hills

    · 33 min · S2 E5 · Explicit

    Shortly after Jeanne’s death, Fred starts seeing Verna, one of Jeanne’s closest friends. It’s a whirlwind romance, and soon they’re merging families. The timeline of their relationship stokes Malibu gossip, and, later,…

  18. 6. Cold Pricklies | Lost Hills

    · 35 min · S2 E6 · Explicit

    The sheriff’s department orders a new set of autopsies on Verna and Doug, to be conducted in secret. Now, there’s enough evidence to arrest Fred. Meanwhile, detectives talk to his neighbors, coworkers, and friends.…

  19. 7. Love or Money | Lost Hills

    · 33 min · S2 E7 · Explicit

    After Fred’s arrest, detectives start looking into his finances. How does a civilian employee of the Navy afford a beachfront home, on a gated road in Malibu, and a brand-new $150K sailboat? Also, they learn that the…

  20. 8. Three Freds | Lost Hills

    · 31 min · S2 E8 · Explicit

    Fred hires a high-powered defense attorney and a team of private eyes, and starts pushing back on the detectives’ narrative. He’s got an explanation for everything: his real-estate holdings, his income, and all those…

  21. 9. Prejudicial Effect | Lost Hills

    · 40 min · S2 E9 · Explicit

    Fred’s trial is the longest and most expensive in Santa Barbara history, and the dory plays a starring role. Stan Roden, the DA, wants to send Fred to the gas chamber at San Quentin. At the heart of the trial are two…

  22. 10. Lifelines | Lost Hills

    · 44 min · S2 E10 · Explicit

    Fred’s daughters share a trove of correspondence, and wrestle with unanswered questions about Jeanne’s death. The fight for Fred’s release continues. And a trip to Bird Rock brings resolution, at last. Learn more…

  23. Actor Rob Lowe on growing up in “the MILF capital of the world” | Lost Hills

    · 29 min · S2 E11 · Explicit

    Rob Lowe moved to Malibu in 1976, when he was 12. The Malibu of his youth was crazy. He saw Fonzie jump the shark, at Paradise Cove. He saw Nick Nolte at the grocery store. He saw coke—at a 7th-grader’s birthday party.…

  24. The Returning Mother | Lost Hills

    · 24 min · S2 E12 · Explicit

    Fred's first wife, Jeanne, started flying for United in the 1960s, at the height of the glamorous jet age. The job was adventurous and fun, and it inducted Jeanne into a tight-knit sorority of fellow flight…

  25. Season 3 Updates + Alphabet Boys | Lost Hills

    · 12 min · Bonus · Explicit

    Dana has some big news. A teaser for Season Three of Lost Hills, an update on the Rauda case, and your next podcast binge: Alphabet Boys. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  26. Lost Hills Season 3: The Dark Prince

    · 3:22 · Trailer

    There’s an evil undercurrent that runs through the surf world, and it all leads back to the Dark Prince of Malibu: Miki Dora. A surfer who ruled Malibu from the 1950s to the 1970s, he was also a con man and led the FBI…

  27. 1. The Legend of Miki Dora | Lost Hills

    · 42 min · S3 E1 · Explicit

    Miki Dora, Malibu’s most celebrated surfer, was known as Da Cat. Gorgeous, graceful, and debonair, Miki was intimidating. He ruled Malibu from the 1950s to the 1970s. But then, he disappeared. Because Miki was not just…

  28. 2. Death in Mexico | Lost Hills

    · 31 min · S3 E2 · Explicit

    The most iconic surfer in Southern California was born in… Hungary. Emigrating to Los Angeles as a baby, he was raised partly by his father, a sophisticated European wine lover and restaurateur, and partly by his…

  29. 3. Gidget Goes to Hollywood, Pt1 | Lost Hills

    · 38 min · S3 E3 · Explicit

    In the bitchen’ summer of 1956, a 15 year-old girl named Kathy Kohner shows up in Malibu and asks the guys to teach her how to surf. They call her Gidget. Soon, her father writes a book based on her diaries. The book…

  30. 4. Gidget Goes to Hollywood, Pt2 | Lost Hills

    · 36 min · S3 E4 · Explicit

    Kathy Kohner’s family were immigrants from Eastern Europe who helped launch the Golden Age of Hollywood. Miki Dora’s family had also escaped the rise of fascism to start anew in California. Their fathers were part of…

  31. 5. Surf Nazi | Lost Hills

    · 35 min · S3 E5 · Explicit

    Mainland surfing has been steeped in the symbols of fascism since its inception. Iron Crosses, swastikas, Nazi uniforms…in the golden era of surfing, surfers flaunt them on their boards and in the early surf movies.…

  32. 6. Fuck the World | Lost Hills

    · 34 min · S3 E6 · Explicit

    Miki puts his surfing skills to use in the Gidget movies and in every beach party movie he can get cast in. He wants to be a star, but he doesn’t want to really work. He and his girlfriend Diane Oosterveen dress up and…

  33. 7. Misdirection | Lost Hills

    · 33 min · S3 E7 · Explicit

    From nothing, a surf industry is born. There are magazines. And gear. And competitions. Everyone is hustling…. Including Miki. He introduces a new board called Da Cat, complete with an outrageous ad campaign. He also…

  34. 8. AKA Fugitive | Lost Hills

    · 44 min · S3 E8 · Explicit

    After moaning about the ruination of Malibu for years, Miki sets out … for New Zealand. He and Linda are going to use a bunch of fraudulent airline tickets and fake credit cards to disappear. There’s just one problem:…

  35. 9. The Fall Guys | Lost Hills

    · 35 min · S3 E9 · Explicit

    Kevin Naughton and Craig Peterson are on assignment for Surfer magazine. Their task? Find Miki Dora. When they do, he’s living in a campervan in the South of France, surfing perfect empty waves. And waiting for his…

  36. 10. Aging Boy of Summer | Lost Hills

    · 38 min · S3 E10 · Explicit

    After getting busted in France in 1981, Miki finally surrenders himself to the FBI. Agents have spent years interviewing denizens of the surf world, gathering dirt on Miki. His criminal file is 876 pages long. Miki…

  37. 11. Writing on the Wall | Lost Hills

    · 40 min · S3 E11 · Explicit

    After prison, Miki is a changed man . . . kind of. He knows better than to break the law again. So he finds other ways to make money. He gets Quiksilver, the surf apparel company, to put him on the payroll. And with…

  38. 12. A Nasty Piece of Work | Lost Hills

    · 41 min · S3 E12 · Explicit

    When he dies, in 2002, Miki leaves wreckage in his wake. A stash of letters reveal his deepest and most toxic beliefs. And Linda Cuy explains the true cost of Miki’s rebellious search for surf. See…

  39. The Toughest Girl in Malibu | Lost Hills

    · 22 min · Bonus · Explicit

    Malibu, 1950. Before Gidget, before even Miki Dora, there was one surfer who ruled the waves and was known for cutting down anyone who got in her way. And she thought Miki was the kook. In this bonus episode, Dana…

  40. Black Heroes of Surfing | Lost Hills

    · 25 min · Bonus

    Textured Waves is a Black female surf collective focused on promoting diversity in the water and teaching Black youth to surf. In this bonus episode, Dana talks to two of the collective’s founding members, Chelsea…

  41. Coming Soon - Season 4, Dark Canyon | Lost Hills

    · 3:45 · Trailer

    The disappearance and death of Mitrice Richardson remains Malibu, CA’s most baffling unsolved case. It’s been nearly 14 years since her remains were discovered in a remote canyon, and still, no one has been held…

  42. 1. Vultures | Lost Hills

    · 36 min · S4 E1

    As Mitrice Richardson’s disappearance dominates news headlines, the Sheriff’s Department defends its decision to release her with no phone, no wallet, and no ride. Meanwhile, Mitrice’s autopsy raises puzzling questions…

  43. 2. My Light | Lost Hills

    · 42 min · S4 E2 · Explicit

    Investigators search Mitrice’s impounded car and find several journals she wrote in the last months of her life. Never before shared publicly, the journals offer details about Mitrice’s mental state and her complicated…

  44. 3. Call for Help | Lost Hills

    · 42 min · S4 E3 · Explicit

    Mitrice arrives at Geoffrey’s restaurant in Malibu on Sept. 16, 2009, claiming she’s there to “avenge the death of Michael Jackson.” When she walks out without paying, a restaurant staffer calls 911. Deputies bring…

  45. 4. Hopscotch | Lost Hills

    · 32 min · S4 E4 · Explicit

    Six hours after her release from Lost Hills Station, Mitrice is spotted in the rural community of Monte Nido. Investigators find Mitrice’s footprints, and neighbors report unusual disturbances around the time of her…

  46. 5. So Close | Lost Hills

    · 40 min · S4 E5 · Explicit

    As the months pass with no sign of Mitrice, rumors abound. Law enforcement questions the artist behind a creepy mural. And deputies raid a fort in the wilderness looking for human remains. See omnystudio.com/listener…

  47. Bonus: Get Jim | Lost Hills

    · 33 min · S4 E5 · Bonus

    Three years before Mitrice’s arrest, Mel Gibson was arrested for drunk driving on Pacific Coast Highway. An interview with the arresting officer, James Mee, reveals the power wielded by celebrities in Malibu. Would…

  48. 6. Reconnaissance | Lost Hills

    · 32 min · S4 E6 · Explicit

    Eleven months after her disappearance, Mitrice’s naked remains are discovered in an abandoned pot field in Dark Canyon, just above Monte Nido. Deputies on scene make a controversial decision, sparking conflict with the…

  49. 7. In the Shit | Lost Hills

    · 35 min · S4 E7

    Looking for a way into Dark Canyon, we follow a former pot grower on a treacherous route, and pay a visit to the Porn Ranch, which borders Dark Canyon. Plus, a retired LASD sergeant reveals that there was a Person of…

  50. 8. Rick Trouble | Lost Hills

    · 37 min · S4 E8 · Explicit

    We learn everything we can about our Person of Interest — a longtime member of the Monte Nido community, who went from golden boy to convict to off-the-grid survivalist living in the woods. We check his criminal…

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