Leo Schofield’s parole hearing in Tallahassee, FL, April 17th, 2024 with reporting from Gilbert King and Kelsey Decker.

Bone Valley is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1. 

Leo Schofield’s parole hearing in Tallahassee, FL, April 17th, 2024 with reporting from Gilbert King and Kelsey Decker.
Bone Valley is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1.

Behind every Bone Valley season is a conviction: the right story, told with purpose, humanity, and craft, can have an enormous impact. Award-winning investigative documentaries from the fault lines of America's justice system.

Bone Valley Season 6 | The Devil’s Quarry II is a ghost story.

More than 30 years after 17-year-old Robin Murphy vanished from Carmel, New York, investigative journalist Paul Solotaroff and reporter Kathleen Horan plunge into the cold case that has haunted the community for decades. Robin was last seen with a convicted violent predator who was never charged in her disappearance. Now, as the original case file is reopened, new witnesses emerge, old evidence is reconsidered, and the search for Robin enters its most critical chapter. Can the truth finally be uncovered before time runs out? Or will one of New York’s most haunting mysteries remain a ghost story forever?

Bone Valley Season 5 | The Devil’s Quarry is hosted by Paul Solotaroff, award-winning investigative journalist and longtime contributing editor at Rolling Stone. For Paul, who has been digging at this story for 5 years, the devil has always been a myth, until now.

The bones of a twelve-year-old girl are found by a hunter in the woods.  A young woman lives inside a real-life horror movie, ignored by everyone she turns to for help. Corrupt cops turn a blind eye to the evil lurking in their midst. The wrong people are convicted of a crime. A drug dealer works tirelessly for justice from jail. Records are hidden. Fingers are pointed. Lives are at stake. In Carmel, NY, the heroes are humble, the power is corrupt, and the devil is real.

Bone Valley Season 4 | Earwitness chronicles the case of Toforest Jonhson. In 1995, Deputy Sheriff William G. Hardy was murdered behind a hotel in Birmingham, Alabama. Toforest Johnson was four miles away at the time and no physical evidence linked him to the crime. But he has been on Death Row for 25 years.

Bone Valley Season 3 | Graves County is a new story about a new case. Maggie Freleng, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and one of the hosts of Lava For Good’s Wrongful Conviction, takes us to a small town in Graves County, Kentucky, where a terrible discovery on the front lawn of a middle school invites a string of amateur and professional investigators to try to solve a murder.

In Season 2, Jeremy Gilbert King brings us a story about her actual killer, Jeremy Scott, fighting to prove his guilt. The State of Florida does not believe either man.

In Season 1 of Bone Valley, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gilbert King tells a story of a man, Leo Schofield, fighting to prove his innocence in the case of his wife Michelle’s murder.

Bone Valleyis a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1.

Behind every Bone Valley season is a conviction: the right story, told with purpose, humanity, and craft, can have an enormous impact. Award-winning investigative documentaries from the fault lines of America's justice system.
Bone Valley Season 6 | The Devil&rsquo;s Quarry II is a ghost story.
More than 30 years after 17-year-old Robin Murphy vanished from Carmel, New York, investigative journalist Paul Solotaroff and reporter Kathleen Horan plunge into the cold case that has haunted the community for decades. Robin was last seen with a convicted violent predator who was never charged in her disappearance. Now, as the original case file is reopened, new witnesses emerge, old evidence is reconsidered, and the search for Robin enters its most critical chapter. Can the truth finally be uncovered before time runs out? Or will one of New York&rsquo;s most haunting mysteries remain a ghost story forever?
Bone Valley Season 5 | The Devil&rsquo;s Quarry&nbsp;is hosted by Paul Solotaroff, award-winning investigative journalist and longtime contributing editor at Rolling Stone. For Paul, who has been digging at this story for 5 years, the devil has always been a myth, until now.
The bones of a twelve-year-old girl are found by a hunter in the woods.&nbsp; A young woman lives inside a real-life horror movie, ignored by everyone she turns to for help. Corrupt cops turn a blind eye to the evil lurking in their midst. The wrong people are convicted of a crime. A drug dealer works tirelessly for justice from jail. Records are hidden. Fingers are pointed. Lives are at stake. In Carmel, NY, the heroes are humble, the power is corrupt, and the devil is real.
Bone Valley Season 4 | Earwitness chronicles the case of Toforest Jonhson. In 1995, Deputy Sheriff William G. Hardy was murdered behind a hotel in Birmingham, Alabama. Toforest Johnson was four miles away at the time and no physical evidence linked him to the crime. But he has been on Death Row for 25 years.
Bone Valley Season 3 | Graves County is a new story about a new case. Maggie Freleng, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and one of the hosts of Lava For Good&rsquo;s Wrongful Conviction, takes us to a small town in Graves County, Kentucky, where a terrible discovery on the front lawn of a middle school invites a string of amateur and professional investigators to try to solve a murder.
In Season 2, Jeremy Gilbert King brings us a story about her actual killer, Jeremy Scott, fighting to prove his guilt. The State of Florida does not believe either man.
In Season 1 of Bone Valley, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gilbert King tells a story of a man, Leo Schofield, fighting to prove his innocence in the case of his wife Michelle&rsquo;s murder.
<a href="https://lavaforgood.com/bone-valley/">Bone Valley</a> is a production of<a href="https://lavaforgood.com/"> Lava for Good&trade; Podcasts</a> in association with<a href="https://www.signalco1.com/"> Signal Co. No1.</a>

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Bonus Episode | Leo's Parole Hearing Comes to a Close but it's not Over

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In early 2024, celebrated children’s book author and illustrator Petra Mathers and her husband,

photographer Michael Mathers, mailed letters to dozens of friends and family members to let

them know they had died by suicide. Petra and Michael were by all accounts healthy, happy,

and in love. Why did they choose to die together? And what did that decision do to the people

left to mourn them? On the new season of Death of an Artist, journalists Leon Neyfakh and Alice

Gregory set out to interview everyone who got one of Petra and Michael’s letters—as one

married couple trying to understand another. Through intimate conversations with Petra and

Michael’s friends and family about their own relationships to aging, grief, death, and the friends

they thought they knew, Death of an Artist weaves together a portrait of a community grappling

with the Mathers’ deaths and the final words they left behind. Listen to Death of An Artist

wherever you get podcasts. And if you want to hear the full story right now, ad-free, you can

binge the entire season with a Pushkin+ subscription—sign up on the Death of an Artist show

page on Apple Podcasts or at pushkin.fm/plus.

 

In early 2024, celebrated children&rsquo;s book author and illustrator Petra Mathers and her husband,
photographer Michael Mathers, mailed letters to dozens of friends and family members to let
them know they had died by suicide. Petra and Michael were by all accounts healthy, happy,
and in love. Why did they choose to die together? And what did that decision do to the people
left to mourn them? On the new season of Death of an Artist, journalists Leon Neyfakh and Alice
Gregory set out to interview everyone who got one of Petra and Michael&rsquo;s letters&mdash;as one
married couple trying to understand another. Through intimate conversations with Petra and
Michael&rsquo;s friends and family about their own relationships to aging, grief, death, and the friends
they thought they knew, Death of an Artist weaves together a portrait of a community grappling
with the Mathers&rsquo; deaths and the final words they left behind. Listen to Death of An Artist
wherever you get podcasts. And if you want to hear the full story right now, ad-free, you can
binge the entire season with a Pushkin+ subscription&mdash;sign up on the Death of an Artist show
page on Apple Podcasts or at pushkin.fm/plus.
&nbsp;

Introducing - Death of an Artist: Petra Mathers and Her Michael

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In the woods outside Carmel, New York, a hunter finds the bones of a twelve-year-old girl. She had been missing. The people meant to protect her had looked the other way. Police set their sights on two teenage drug dealers, who are convicted of her murder and sent to prison.

But this is just the beginning of the story. Now, buried records, ignored warnings, and a justice system that may have gotten it dangerously wrong are forced into the open, while the real killer bides his time, counting the days until he can hunt again.

Award-winning investigative journalist and longtime Rolling Stone Magazine contributor Paul Solotaroff hosts the next entry in the acclaimed Bone Valley anthology: Bone Valley Season 5 | The Devil's Quarry starting June 10.

Listeners can binge the entire season by subscribing to Lava for Good+ on Apple Podcasts.

Bone Valley Season 5: The Devil’s Quarry is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Rolling Stone Films and Signal Co. No1.

In the woods outside Carmel, New York, a hunter finds the bones of a twelve-year-old girl. She had been missing. The people meant to protect her had looked the other way. Police set their sights on two teenage drug dealers, who are convicted of her murder and sent to prison. But this is just the beginning of the story. Now, buried records, ignored warnings, and a justice system that may have gotten it dangerously wrong are forced into the open, while the real killer bides his time, counting the days until he can hunt again. Award-winning investigative journalist and longtime Rolling Stone Magazine contributor Paul Solotaroff hosts the next entry in the acclaimed Bone Valley anthology: Bone Valley Season 5 | The Devil's Quarry starting June 10.
Listeners can binge the entire season by subscribing to Lava for Good+ on Apple Podcasts.
Bone Valley Season 5: The Devil&rsquo;s Quarry is a production of <a href="https://lavaforgood.com/">Lava for Good&trade; Podcasts</a> in association with Rolling Stone Films and <a href="https://www.signalco1.com/">Signal Co. No1.</a>

Introducing - Bone Valley Season 5 | The Devil's Quarry

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Award-winning investigative reporter and long-time Rolling Stone contributor Paul Solotaroff thought he was chasing a single story in Carmel, NY. Instead, he uncovered a sprawling web of cases that would consume years of his life and become the foundation for Bone Valley Season 5 | The Devil's Quarry. What began as a magazine feature evolved into something far bigger: a relentless investigation that exposed shocking new layers with every turn. Listen to a special bonus episode with Bone Valley creator Gilbert King (@gilbertkingpics), Paul Solotaroff, and Senior Editor at Rolling Stone Liz Garber-Paul as they unpack the reporting, the storytelling, and the cases at the center of The Devil's Quarry. An official selection of the Tribeca Film Festival, Bone Valley Season 5 | The Devil's Quarry will be available everywhere you listen to podcasts on June 10th. Listeners can binge the entire season by subscribing to Lava for Good+ on Apple Podcasts.

Bone Valley Season 5: The Devil’s Quarry is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Rolling Stone Films and Signal Co. No1.

Award-winning investigative reporter and long-time Rolling Stone contributor Paul Solotaroff thought he was chasing a single story in Carmel, NY. Instead, he uncovered a sprawling web of cases that would consume years of his life and become the foundation for Bone Valley Season 5 | The Devil's Quarry. What began as a magazine feature evolved into something far bigger: a relentless investigation that exposed shocking new layers with every turn. Listen to a special bonus episode with Bone Valley creator Gilbert King (@gilbertkingpics), Paul Solotaroff, and Senior Editor at Rolling Stone Liz Garber-Paul as they unpack the reporting, the storytelling, and the cases at the center of The Devil's Quarry. An official selection of the Tribeca Film Festival,&nbsp;Bone Valley Season 5 | The Devil's Quarry&nbsp;will be available everywhere you listen to podcasts on June 10th. Listeners can binge the entire season by subscribing to Lava for Good+ on Apple Podcasts.
Bone Valley Season 5: The Devil&rsquo;s Quarry is a production of <a href="https://lavaforgood.com/">Lava for Good&trade; Podcasts</a> in association with Rolling Stone Films and <a href="https://www.signalco1.com/">Signal Co. No1.</a>

Gilbert King Presents: Bone Valley Season 5 | The Devil's Quarry

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Bonus Episode | Leo's Parole Hearing Comes to a Close but it's not Over

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