TSP #135 - State Grand Jury Impaneled in Scott Spivey Case And Can SC Trust AG Alan Wilson Not to Interfere?
Investigative Journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell provide context around the announcement that Prosecutor Barry Barnette impaneled a state grand jury surrounding events of Scott Spivey’s 2023 kil...
5 Feb 1h 4min
TSP #134 - The False Promise of Protection: How Does AG Alan Wilson Determine Stand Your Ground? + Who Failed Charity Beallis?
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell look at how Boyd and Williams’ claims of self-defense compare to that of Anijah Yarnell. Yarnell killed a man in 2020 which the court determined ...
29 Jan 1h 13min
TSP #133 - Bombshell Testimony in Scott Spivey Case: Did Weldon Boyd’s Attorney Really Try to Coerce a Witness?
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell uncover explosive testimony that tears Weldon Boyd's self-defense narrative to shreds. In newly released depositions from the Scott Spivey wrongf...
22 Jan 1h 6min
TSP #132 - Feds In SC Bring Good Heat On The Good Ole Boys: JP Miller Arraigned + Pedo RJ May Sentenced
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell are celebrating two big moments of accountability for two of the worst men in South Carolina… On Monday, “Pastor” Churchy Business bro John-Pa...
15 Jan 1h 7min
TSP #131 - JP Miller (Finally) Heads to Federal Court + the Chilling Lethality Assessment Charity Beallis Had Before Her Murder
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell are ready to celebrate as Myrtle Beach “Pastor” John-Paul Miller is finally going to federal court on Jan. 12 in Florence, South Carolina. He’ll ...
8 Jan 1h 4min
TSP #130 - The ‘Early Release’ of Cory Fleming + A New Dawn Rises in 2026: Looking Back at Victories and Ongoing Battles from 2025
Happy New Year! As 2025 comes to a close, the team looks back on the stories from the True Sunlight Podcast that defined the year, and the systems that made them possible. In this special year-end ep...
1 Jan 1h 4min
TSP #129 - Blue Lights & Bright Spots: “Did Horry County Police Plant Drugs In Scott Spivey’s Truck?”
Merry Christmas from True Sunlight! In this holiday edition, investigative journalist Mandy Matney shares unexpected jury duty experience in Beaufort County—complete with an awkward courthouse reunion...
25 Des 20251h
TSP #128 - JP Miller (Finally) Federally Indicted & What This Means For The Justice For Mica Movement
For almost 20 months, investigative journalists Mandy Matney, Liz Farrell and Beth Braden have covered the Mica Francis case. They’ve filed dozens of Freedom of Information Act requests, listene...
18 Des 20251h 22min
