What Happened to Joseph Smedley? Episode Seven: Extremely Unusual

As a follow up to previous episodes, we go beyond the headlines and into the aftermath — where incarcerated women, brutalized inside the Clark County Jail, are still waiting for justice.This episode explores: • Why the media’s language shields institutions, not survivors • How criminal charges were quietly dismissed — and why it matters • What Sheriff Jamey Noel was punished for (and what he wasn’t) • How we failed the women who did speak upListen alongside episodes: 🔹 When Protection Fails – Deputy Freeman’s arrest 🔹 Covering Tracks: Police Misconduct in Indiana

12 Mai 8min

This episode contains descriptions of domestic violence, assault, and trauma. Please listen with care.Nathanael Sexton terrorized women in Southern Indiana for nearly two decades. Eight survivors came forward. Multiple charges, multiple releases . This episode explores how the justice system fails domestic violence survivors, the language that minimizes trauma, and why abusers so often walk free.

5 Mai 17min

She went out with friends in 1979. And then she was gone. Vali Davis’s case is just one of many cold cases from the 1970s, where slow investigations and lack of technology left too many questions unanswered. Join us as we dig deeper into this tragic mystery and explore why these cases are still so hard to solve today.

28 Apr 23min

Deputy Jeffery Freeman’s arrest for assault and strangulation wasn’t just an isolated case—it revealed Indiana’s hidden crisis of police misconduct enabled by silent transfers and systemic loopholes. In this episode, we uncover how Indiana’s lack of transparency allows dangerous patterns to persist, and what communities can do to demand accountability and change.

21 Apr 19min

What happens when the badge becomes a shield for abuse?In this one-off episode, I cover the arrest of Monroe County Deputy Jeffery Freeman Jr. — charged with sexual battery, strangulation, and official misconduct.

14 Apr 13min

What happened to Jeremy Jourdain?We return to the moments leading up to Jeremy’s disappearance and begin to unravel theories around what could’ve happened to him that Halloween night.

7 Apr 21min

In this episode, we dive into the challenges the Jourdain’s faced after Jeremy went missing, the emotional toll of searching without answers, and the systemic issues that made this case feel invisible. Who will step in to help when the system fails them, and what does it mean for a family to search for justice without support?

31 Mar 20min

Episode 2 begins on Halloween night, 2016, as the search for Jeremy Jourdain unfolds in the hours after his disappearance.

24 Mar 21min