What Happened to Joseph Smedley? Episode Six: Confidential Informant

What Happened to Joseph Smedley? Episode Six: Confidential Informant


Joseph Smedley vanished from Indiana University on September 27, 2015. Five days later, he was found in shallow water at Griffy Lake with a backpack full of rocks strapped to his chest. Police pointed to suicide. His family, and many friends, do not agree.

In this episode, we revisit the early investigation handoff from IUPD to BPD, the decision to route updates through Joseph’s father, the autopsy overview, and the contested narrative around a possible confidential-informant angle. We also introduce experts who will help unpack what the evidence can, and can’t, tell us.


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The Ones Who Don't Make it to Trial: The Nathanael Sexton Case

The Ones Who Don't Make it to Trial: The Nathanael Sexton Case

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.

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What Happened to Vali Davis?

What Happened to Vali Davis?

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.

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Covering Tracks: Police Misconduct in Indiana

Covering Tracks: Police Misconduct in Indiana

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

When Protection Fails: The Jeffrey Freeman Jr. Case

When Protection Fails: The Jeffrey Freeman Jr. Case

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.

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What Happened to Jeremy Jourdain? Episode 4: The Night Jeremy Disappeared

What Happened to Jeremy Jourdain? Episode 4: The Night Jeremy Disappeared

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.

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 What Happened to Jeremy Jourdain? Episode 3: Alone in the Search

What Happened to Jeremy Jourdain? Episode 3: Alone in the Search

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?

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What Happened to Jeremy Jourdain? Episode 2: Halloween Night

What Happened to Jeremy Jourdain? Episode 2: Halloween Night

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

24 Mars 21min

What Happened to Jeremy Jourdain?

What Happened to Jeremy Jourdain?

17-year-old Jeremy Jourdain disappeared on Halloween night 2016, vanishing into thin air in Bemidji, Minnesota. Season Two of A Heavy Weight explores Jeremy's disappearance.

17 Mars 25min

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