The Burden: Death & Deceit in Alliance
The Burden: Death & Deceit in Alliance
On April Fools Day 1999, 26-year-old Yvonne Layne was found murdered in her Alliance, Ohio home. David Thorne, her ex-boyfriend and father of one of her children, was instantly a suspect. Another young man admitted to the murder, and David breathed a sigh of relief, until the confessed murderer fingered David; “He paid me to do it.” David was sentenced to life without parole. Two decades later, …Social links:
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Death & Deceit in Alliance | 14. The Reckoning
In the season finale, Maggie gives David a chance to explain what happened when Danny and John visited and the guys make a decision on whether or not to take David's case. New episodes of Death & Deceit in Alliance are available every Tuesday and Friday wherever you get your podcasts. To binge the…
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Death & Deceit in Alliance | 13. The Circling
The team finally gets to speak with David Thorne himself and ask him about everything they've learned. However, the answers were not what they were looking for. New episodes of Death & Deceit in Alliance are available every Tuesday and Friday wherever you get your podcasts. To binge the entire sea…
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Death & Deceit in Alliance | 12. The Choir Boy
After speaking with Joe Wilkes, the team reckons with the possibility that David could have been involved after all. New episodes of Death & Deceit in Alliance are available every Tuesday and Friday wherever you get your podcasts. To binge the entire season, ad-free, subscribe to True Crime Clubho…
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Death & Deceit in Alliance | 11. The Best Friend
Maggie, John, and Danny search for Joe Wilkes' best friend who he allegedly confessed to that he killed Yvonne. Things take a turn to where no one thought the investigation would go. New episodes of Death & Deceit in Alliance are available every Tuesday and Friday wherever you get your podcasts. T…
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Death & Deceit in Alliance | 10. The Shakedown
In order to understand a murder like this, you have to understand the victim. Maggie, John and Danny talk to some of the people closest to Yvonne to try to find out what was going on in her life in the months leading up to her murder. New episodes of Death & Deceit in Alliance are available every …
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Death & Deceit in Alliance | 9. The Others
Maggie, John and Danny set out in Ohio to speak with some top people of interest who have been named in the case. Jim, the allegedly creepy neighbor who was spying on Yvonne and Jeremy, someone close to the family and who the Psychic described as the perpetrator. New episodes of Death & Deceit in …
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Death & Deceit in Alliance | 8. The PIs
Jason Baldwin from the West Memphis 3 and his team of private investigators from Proclaim Justice team up with Maggie to look into David's case. They hit the ground in Ohio to find out: who really did kill Yvonne Layne? New episodes of Death & Deceit in Alliance are available every Tuesday and Fr…
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Death & Deceit in Alliance | 7. The Psychic
Months into the investigation of Yvonne Layne's murder, police felt stuck, so they did something controversial: they went to a psychic. And the audio recordings we obtained from the visit give an incredible amount of insight into who may have killed Yvonne. However, it wasn't what the psychic said …
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Death & Deceit in Alliance | 6. The Witness
On April 1, 1999, the day Yvonne was found murdered in her home, a neighbor stopped by and told police he saw someone leaving her home, unbeknownst to him, after Yvonne was already dead. But this witness's statement was never turned over to the defense. Why? And who was the man he saw leaving Yvonn…
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Death & Deceit in Alliance | 5. The Wife
David Thorne has spent over 20 years in prison for a murder he says he did not commit. Although he says his case is "Dead in the Water", he hasn't been alone. Sue Thorne, a retired postal worker turned amateur investigator, has kept his case alive all these years and uncovered new evidence that cou…
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