Lizz has entered what feels like a parallel universe. Her mom is no longer Sandy Melgar,  or Nana, but The Defendant - accused of first-degree murder. As the wheels of justice slowly grind  on, they prepare for trial. 

 

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz 
Producer: Maggie Latham 
Script consultant: Emma Weatherill  
Sound designer:  Tom Brignell 
Production support from  Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright
Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett
Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

Hands Tied  is a BBC Studios Audio production for iHeartPodcasts

Lizz has entered what feels like a parallel universe. Her mom is no longer Sandy Melgar, &nbsp;or Nana, but The Defendant - accused of first-degree murder. As the wheels of justice slowly grind&nbsp;&nbsp;on, they prepare for trial.&nbsp;
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Host: Maggie Robinson Katz Producer: Maggie Latham Script consultant: Emma Weatherill&nbsp; Sound designer:&nbsp; Tom Brignell Production support from&nbsp; Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent
Hands Tied&nbsp; is a BBC Studios Audio production for iHeartPodcasts

Lizz Melgar Rose went from being interested in true crime to living true crime. Back in 2012, relatives found her mother Sandy Melgar shut in a closet, her hands bound behind her back. Her dad Jim Melgar had been murdered. There was no time to finish the university course Lizz had signed up for, inspired by her teenage fascination with violence and serial killers. She needed to figure out what happened. If it weren't for her strange interest, she believes she’d have been lost. It enabled her to protect her family and herself and helped her try to fit the pieces of a seemingly unsolvable puzzle together. Award-winning journalist and host Maggie Robinson Katz will take you inside the police investigation that followed, inside the courtroom drama as a jury wrestles with who’s responsible for a truly shocking crime, and inside Lizz’s ongoing battle for answers and for justice. Because there is one thing Lizz is convinced of, the wrong person is in prison for her dad’s murder.Hands Tied is a new eight part true crime podcast from iHeartPodcasts and BBC Studios.

Lizz Melgar Rose went from being interested in true crime to living true crime. Back in 2012, relatives found her mother Sandy Melgar shut in a closet, her hands bound behind her back. Her dad Jim Melgar had been murdered. There was no time to finish the university course Lizz had signed up for, inspired by her teenage fascination with violence and serial killers. She needed to figure out what happened. If it weren't for her strange interest, she believes she&rsquo;d have been lost. It enabled her to protect her family and herself and helped her try to fit the pieces of a seemingly unsolvable puzzle together. Award-winning journalist and host Maggie Robinson Katz will take you inside the police investigation that followed, inside the courtroom drama as a jury wrestles with who&rsquo;s responsible for a truly shocking crime, and inside Lizz&rsquo;s ongoing battle for answers and for justice. Because there is one thing Lizz is convinced of, the wrong person is in prison for her dad&rsquo;s murder.Hands Tied is a new eight part true crime podcast from iHeartPodcasts and BBC Studios.

Hands Tied

Episode 5 - Warrior Spirit

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New insights from the lead detective, the task force tackling home invasion gangs and the role religion played in the trial... Host Maggie Robinson Katz and producer Maggie Latham share the revelations and the conversations that have stayed with them while making the show. 

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz

Series producers: Maggie Robinson Katz and Maggie Latham

Sound designer: Tom Brignell

Production support from: Dan Marchini and Mabel Finnegan-Wright

Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett

Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

New insights from the lead detective, the task force tackling home invasion gangs and the role religion played in the trial... Host Maggie Robinson Katz and producer Maggie Latham share the revelations and the conversations that have stayed with them while making the show.&nbsp;
Host: Maggie Robinson Katz
Series producers: Maggie Robinson Katz and Maggie Latham
Sound designer: Tom Brignell
Production support from: Dan Marchini and Mabel Finnegan-Wright
Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett
Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

Episode 10 - Unanswered Questions

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Exoneree Amanda Knox on prison life, Manic Pixie Dream Girls, and the similarities she sees between her case and Sandy Medgar’s.

In the first of two special, bonus episodes, we also hear the latest developments in Sandy’s case from The Innocence Project of Texas’ Mike Ware.

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz

Series producers: Maggie Robinson Katz and Maggie Latham

Sound designer: Tom Brignell

Production support from: Dan Marchini Mabel Finnegan-Wright

Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett

Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

Exoneree Amanda Knox on prison life, Manic Pixie Dream Girls, and the similarities she sees between her case and Sandy Medgar&rsquo;s.
In the first of two special, bonus episodes, we also hear the latest developments in Sandy&rsquo;s case from The Innocence Project of Texas&rsquo; Mike Ware.
Host: Maggie Robinson Katz
Series producers: Maggie Robinson Katz and Maggie Latham
Sound designer: Tom Brignell
Production support from: Dan Marchini Mabel Finnegan-Wright
Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett
Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

Episode 9 - Amanda Knox

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It’s been thirteen years since the murder of Lizz's father and she no longer recognizes the person she has become. But she hasn't given up, and is still fighting for justice every single day. 

Her spirit, her father's and those of her ancestors give her the strength to keep going, because this story isn’t over. 

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz

Producers: Maggie Robinson Katz and Maggie  Latham

Script consultant: Emma Weatherill  

Music research by Aisha Antwi

Sound designer: Tom Brignell

Production support from: Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright

Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett

Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

Hands Tied is a BBC Studios production for iHeartPodcasts

At iHeart podcasts:

David Wasserman is the Brand Marketing Manager and 

Ally Cantor-Graber is the director of marketing 

At BBC Studios Audio:

Micahel Fadda is the editorial standards advisor  

Ella Squire is  Podcast Marketing Manager 

Lucy Matthias is Commercial Lead 

Helen Penbury is the  Commercial & Business Development Director 

James Cooke is the creative director of Factual for Audio 

Richard Knight is the Director of Audio 

It&rsquo;s been thirteen years since the murder of Lizz's father and she no longer recognizes the person she has become. But she hasn't given up, and is still fighting for justice every single day.&nbsp;
Her spirit, her father's and those of her ancestors give her the strength to keep going, because this story isn&rsquo;t over.&nbsp;
Host: Maggie Robinson Katz
Producers: Maggie Robinson Katz and Maggie &nbsp;Latham
Script consultant: Emma Weatherill &nbsp;
Music research by Aisha Antwi
Sound designer: Tom Brignell
Production support from: Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright
Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett
Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent
Hands Tied is a BBC Studios production for iHeartPodcasts
At iHeart podcasts:
David Wasserman is the Brand Marketing Manager and&nbsp;
Ally Cantor-Graber is the director of marketing&nbsp;
At BBC Studios Audio:
Micahel Fadda is the editorial standards advisor &nbsp;
Ella Squire is&nbsp;&nbsp;Podcast Marketing Manager&nbsp;
Lucy Matthias is Commercial Lead&nbsp;
Helen Penbury is the&nbsp;&nbsp;Commercial &amp; Business Development Director&nbsp;
James Cooke is the creative director of Factual for Audio&nbsp;
Richard Knight is the Director of Audio&nbsp;

Episode 8 - Hope?

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