Admissible: Shreds of Evidence
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
The Fallout
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Content advisory: this episode makes mention of the sexual assault and murder of a child. Please take care if listening. In this special update episod...
Ch. 12 - Something of this Magnitude?
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As we come to the end of season one, reporter Tessa Kramer is left with some lingering questions. How are the injustices we've seen in this story wove...
A Note from Tessa on Evan Gershkovich
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The final episode of our first season is coming soon, but first: a message from Tessa on the arrest of her friend, Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Jou...
Ch. 11 - Repress It, Suppress It
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The case of Earl Washington left a permanent stain on Virginia’s state crime lab. What does this case, and its aftermath, reveal about the lab's rec...
Ch. 10 - The Ultimate Form of Gaslighting
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As we approach the end of our reporting, Tessa revisits Gina Demas, the whistleblower, to see where the events of our story have left her, and to give...
Ch. 9 – The Burden
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Three women attacked on one fateful night in Norfolk, Virginia. All three identify the same man. Decades after his conviction, DNA analysis proves his...
Ch. 8 - Lights and Sirens
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the midst of our reporting, another man is exonerated based on Mary Jane Burton’s clippings – Winston Scott. But one thing isn’t clear: why w...
Ch. 7 - Too Little Too Late
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The discovery of Mary Jane Burton’s clippings sparks a review of thousands of case files. This massive effort to find wrongly convicted people is un...
Ch. 6 - "Bad Documentation"
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Whistleblower Gina Demas wasn’t the only one with concerns about Mary Jane Burton. Tessa Kramer sits down with two former lab employees whose career...
Ch. 5 - Politics and Science
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Falsifying results, skipping tests, and ignoring scientific protocols -- why weren’t these concerns addressed by the Virginia state crime lab? Whist...
Ch. 4 - The Show and Tell Girl
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Who was this storied serologist, Mary Jane Burton? While her work is preserved in case files, bench notes, and court transcripts, little is known abou...
Ch. 3 - Pandora's Box
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Reporter Tessa Kramer gets her hands on a box that’s been gathering dust for 40 years – a time capsule from the crime lab’s pre-DNA era. To deci...
Ch. 2 - Oil and Water
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Forensic scientist Mary Jane Burton cracks some of Virginia’s toughest and most gruesome cases – what’s her secret? When a young trainee brings ...
Ch. 1 - The Holy Cow Moment
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
DNA was a revolution for crime solving and for one mother, it could be the key to proving her son’s innocence. Her journey leads to a miraculous dis...
Introducing: Admissible: Shreds of Evidence
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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