Bridge of Lies: The Sting
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This is Debra Roberts here with another weekly episode of our latest true crime series from 2020 and ABC Audio, Bridge of Lies. Remember, you can get new episodes early by following Bridge of Lies on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you're listening now. Now, here's the next episode of Bridge of Lies. Just a warning before we get started. This episode contains graphic descriptions of violence and strong language. Almost two months after Sarah disappeared, Detective Weisbrot got an unexpected call from Belmar Police. They had someone who said he thinks he knows what happened to Sarah.
We need to talk to this person immediately.
A former classmate of Sarah's, Anthony Curry, came forward out of the blue, saying he possibly had information about Sarah's disappearance.
They, like, questioned me about what I knew. I was just trying to get it off my chest, like, get it out, like, get it out, you know?
When he went to the police about Liam in 2017, Anthony was an aspiring filmmaker. He had a square jawline, bushy, straight eyebrows, and long, curly brown hair. He was living in Brooklyn, but had grown up in Neptune City, not far from the Jersey Shore. He'd graduated in the same high school class as Sarah and Liam. Anthony said he and Sarah weren't friends, but he and Liam were close. They played music together, talked about movies.
I hung out all the time. I practically lived at his house for like a little bit of time. Stayed there all the time. Ate dinner with the family.
Anthony told officers that about a week before Sarah went missing, he had a conversation with Liam, a conversation that he thought they needed to know about. Anthony said he stopped by Liam's house at around 11 o'clock on the night of Thanksgiving to hang out and play video games. He said Liam told him he'd been drinking throughout the day, so by the time Anthony came over, he said Liam was a little drunk. Anthony told police it was just the two of them. Liam's roommate, Preston Taylor, wasn't home. Anthony said they sat on bar stools in Liam's kitchen, cracked open a couple beers, and started talking. Anthony said it wasn't unusual for Liam to pitch him movie ideas.
I make movies. I'm a filmmaker. He used to tell me ideas all the time about, you know, films I should make and all that stuff, and He told me about this idea he had to kill this girl.
That girl was Sarah Stern. According to Anthony, Liam told him Sarah found a huge amount of cash, about $50,000.
What new lead do police receive in Sarah's disappearance?
So Liam said he was going to her house to help Sarah count the money. Anthony noticed how amped up Liam was getting as he kept talking.
He was like, he was an energetic kid. He would like, he was like watching like his performance. Like he would like explain it in a way that was like energetic.
Then Liam told Anthony how the movie ends. Detective Weisbrot again.
Liam had informed him that he was going to rob her of her money, kill her and throw her remains over the Belmar Bridge.
It was a bombshell allegation. Anthony was telling investigators that Liam talked about killing Sarah. Liam, Sarah's childhood friend, who'd been searching for Sarah and cooperated with police, who'd given police an alibi for the time Sarah was killed. Before Anthony could fully process what he just heard, he told police Liam laughed and said, wouldn't this be a great idea for a movie? So Anthony shrugged it all off. Besides, he thought Liam was drunk and that this was just another one of Liam's horror movie pitches.
I was like, yeah, he's a little nuts, but I don't know, I just thought it was a movie. Like, he would tell me ideas all the time and that stuff.
The moment came and went.
Who is Anthony Curry and what information does he provide?
Anthony said the pair moved on to playing Xbox, and Anthony crashed at Liam's place that night. A week passed and Anthony never gave Liam's movie pitch a second thought. Until he saw a bunch of posts pop up on his social media feed. They all said, Sarah Stern, missing. Car last seen on the Route 35 bridge. Whereabouts unknown. Anthony's mind started to race. He told police he was shocked and somewhat in denial.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:02
2
What new lead do police receive in Sarah's disappearance?
3:02–4:26
3
Who is Anthony Curry and what information does he provide?
4:26–9:20
4
What shocking conversation did Anthony have with Liam before Sarah went missing?
9:20–22:31
5
How did Anthony come to realize the seriousness of Liam's statements?
22:31–38:20
6
What undercover operation do the police plan with Anthony?
38:20–38:59