Steve Fishman, Narrator

If this letter weren't so ugly, there'd be something funny about it. Is Jack trying to channel Shakespeare, the Bible? As he continues, Jack claims that his only mistake in life was treating Collier too well.

If this letter weren't so ugly, there'd be something funny about it. Is Jack trying to channel Shakespeare, the Bible? As he continues, Jack claims that his only mistake in life was treating Collier too well.

No X's and O's at the end of this letter, just his prisoner number. Collier takes a couple of months to write back. In the meantime, Jack has returned all of Collier's letters, including this next one, unopened. Too bad. It's reasoned, kind. It's almost too forgiving. In January 1993, Collier writes...

No X's and O's at the end of this letter, just his prisoner number. Collier takes a couple of months to write back. In the meantime, Jack has returned all of Collier's letters, including this next one, unopened. Too bad. It's reasoned, kind. It's almost too forgiving. In January 1993, Collier writes...

So 14-year-old Collier is in the middle of it. His emotions pull him one way and then the other. Mommy will knock on the door. Daddy didn't do it. Some part of lonely, guileless Collier still wants to believe in his father, wants to believe that the pieces can be put back together. And then one day, Collier's hopes seem like more than just hopes.

So 14-year-old Collier is in the middle of it. His emotions pull him one way and then the other. Mommy will knock on the door. Daddy didn't do it. Some part of lonely, guileless Collier still wants to believe in his father, wants to believe that the pieces can be put back together. And then one day, Collier's hopes seem like more than just hopes.

This is Tom Adgate. Back in the 90s, he was an attorney in Akron, Ohio. Or, as he puts it...

This is Tom Adgate. Back in the 90s, he was an attorney in Akron, Ohio. Or, as he puts it...

In July 1994, Tom was skimming his hometown paper, the Akron Beacon Journal, when he stumbled upon an interesting article. The newspaper, one of the most respected in Ohio, was running a four-part investigative series questioning the conviction of Dr. Jack Boyle for the murder of his wife. The headline that day read, Noreen Boyle is dead, isn't she?

In July 1994, Tom was skimming his hometown paper, the Akron Beacon Journal, when he stumbled upon an interesting article. The newspaper, one of the most respected in Ohio, was running a four-part investigative series questioning the conviction of Dr. Jack Boyle for the murder of his wife. The headline that day read, Noreen Boyle is dead, isn't she?

The article posed an explosive question. Was the body buried in the basement of that house in Erie, Pennsylvania, really Noreen Boyle's? There were, in fact, a lot of problems with the initial autopsy. We have a copy of the report. It said the dead woman had brown eyes, but Noreen's were sparkling blue, just like Collier's. The autopsy also recorded the body as heavier than Noreen was and shorter.

The article posed an explosive question. Was the body buried in the basement of that house in Erie, Pennsylvania, really Noreen Boyle's? There were, in fact, a lot of problems with the initial autopsy. We have a copy of the report. It said the dead woman had brown eyes, but Noreen's were sparkling blue, just like Collier's. The autopsy also recorded the body as heavier than Noreen was and shorter.

But what Tom really latched onto was what was missing. The autopsy had not found a gallbladder, but Noreen did have a gallbladder.

But what Tom really latched onto was what was missing. The autopsy had not found a gallbladder, but Noreen did have a gallbladder.

Jack still proclaimed his innocence, and Tom didn't press him. He represented a lot of murders. He knew the game.

Jack still proclaimed his innocence, and Tom didn't press him. He represented a lot of murders. He knew the game.

But I said, well, it could be true. Tom Adgate is an odd character in this tragedy. The court jester playing it for comedy. Thanks to the media frenzy around the trial, the Boyle case was already a circus. Always room for one more clown, right? Still, in order to prove that the body was or wasn't Noreen's, the body had to be exhumed.

But I said, well, it could be true. Tom Adgate is an odd character in this tragedy. The court jester playing it for comedy. Thanks to the media frenzy around the trial, the Boyle case was already a circus. Always room for one more clown, right? Still, in order to prove that the body was or wasn't Noreen's, the body had to be exhumed.

And that couldn't happen without approval from Noreen's next of kin, her then 16-year-old son, Collier. For Collier, there wasn't much comedy in the situation.

And that couldn't happen without approval from Noreen's next of kin, her then 16-year-old son, Collier. For Collier, there wasn't much comedy in the situation.