Jennifer Amell

Sound design, mixing, and original music by Wesley Slover of Sanctus Audio. Show art by Pamela Robinson. Original theme song by Jennifer Pegg. Want more Dark Valley? Go ahead and subscribe to Crime Junkie Fan Club and get exclusive access to bonus content. The link's in the show notes. Dark Valley is an AudioChuck production. So what do you think, Chuck? Do you approve? Woof!

Sound design, mixing, and original music by Wesley Slover of Sanctus Audio. Show art by Pamela Robinson. Original theme song by Jennifer Pegg. Want more Dark Valley? Go ahead and subscribe to Crime Junkie Fan Club and get exclusive access to bonus content. The link's in the show notes. Dark Valley is an AudioChuck production. So what do you think, Chuck? Do you approve? Woof!

Hi, I'm Jennifer Amell, host of Dark Valley. Thank you for joining me on this journey as we dig deeper into this case and into the stories of those most impacted.

Hi, I'm Jennifer Amell, host of Dark Valley. Thank you for joining me on this journey as we dig deeper into this case and into the stories of those most impacted.

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You remember the person's face?

You remember the person's face?

What did his face look like? This is Delbert Tallman, a man put on trial for the murder of Heidi Martin. He called me out of the blue one day, and he says he saw the face of Heidi's killer.

What did his face look like? This is Delbert Tallman, a man put on trial for the murder of Heidi Martin. He called me out of the blue one day, and he says he saw the face of Heidi's killer.

Okay, gotcha. And then was he, like, fat or skinny?

Okay, gotcha. And then was he, like, fat or skinny?

Did you see him do anything to Heidi? From AudioChuck, this is Dark Valley, an investigation into the Connecticut River Valley Killer. I'm Jennifer Amell. This is Episode 14. How is it that the state thought Delbert Tallman killed Heidi Martin? Is it possible that Tallman was actually a witness to the murder? And can we even trust Tallman's version of events? This is the story of a town on trial.

Did you see him do anything to Heidi? From AudioChuck, this is Dark Valley, an investigation into the Connecticut River Valley Killer. I'm Jennifer Amell. This is Episode 14. How is it that the state thought Delbert Tallman killed Heidi Martin? Is it possible that Tallman was actually a witness to the murder? And can we even trust Tallman's version of events? This is the story of a town on trial.

I love court procedurals. It's storytelling with the highest stakes. And presumably at the end, it arrives at truth with a capital T. Yet I would argue that the trial of Delbert Tallman superimposed fictions until truth was unrecognizable. Like many trials, this was competitive storytelling. Whoever told the most compelling story would win.

I love court procedurals. It's storytelling with the highest stakes. And presumably at the end, it arrives at truth with a capital T. Yet I would argue that the trial of Delbert Tallman superimposed fictions until truth was unrecognizable. Like many trials, this was competitive storytelling. Whoever told the most compelling story would win.

Tallman's trial pitted the quote-unquote respectable people of Heartland against its poor, addicted, and underserved. It highlighted issues like culpability, capacity, memory, and civil responsibility. In the end, I think the jury did right by Delbert Tallman. So why, you ask, do I spend a whole episode on a trial that I think is a farce?

Tallman's trial pitted the quote-unquote respectable people of Heartland against its poor, addicted, and underserved. It highlighted issues like culpability, capacity, memory, and civil responsibility. In the end, I think the jury did right by Delbert Tallman. So why, you ask, do I spend a whole episode on a trial that I think is a farce?