Unresolved, The Murder of Joel Lovelien (6): Travis on Trial
Inside the courtroom, the story is told again, through testimony, through argument, through the structure of a trial. And when it is all over, the jury returns a verdict, not guilty. A moment that res...
9 Apr 40min
Unresolved, The Murder of Joel Lovelien (5): The Evidence Against Travis Stay
Here, we look at the case as it was built. What investigators believed, what prosecutors brought forward, the evidence piece by piece. And the questions that come with it, not just what it shows, but ...
2 Apr 29min
Unresolved, The Murder of Joel Lovelien (4): A Portrait of Joel
Before all of this, there was Joel. In this episode, we step away from the investigation and spend time with the people who knew him. The stories are simple, but they stay with you, offering a picture...
2 Apr 32min
Unresolved, The Murder of Joel Lovelien (3): Travis Stay, the Man in Yellow
Now the focus turns to Travis Stay, who was there that night, moving through the same space and crossing paths with the same people. As investigators begin to build a timeline, his name comes into sha...
26 Mars 38min
Unresolved, The Murder of Joel Lovelien (2): The Clown, the Cowboy, and the Hunter
In the hours after Joel is found, the story begins to shift and scatter. Witnesses recall different things, a clown, a cowboy, a hunter, a lion, people arriving and leaving, a party bus pulling in and...
26 Mars 47min
Unresolved, The Murder of Joel Lovelien (1): Halloween at The Broken Drum (2026 Case Update)
We begin with a 2026 interview with Sergeant Suby of the Grand Forks Police Department, sharing where the Joel Lovelien case stands today. Then we return to the original 2023 episode, and back to Octo...
26 Mars 1h 11min
Inside the Talina Zar Investigation
Journalist Melissa Jeltsen joins me to discuss the investigation behind her podcast What Happened to Talina Zar. In April 2020, a woman posted a troubling message on Facebook about COVID-19 and then ...
19 Mars 51min
Filed and Forgotten - The Untested Podcast on Rape Kit Backlogs
James sits down with investigative journalist Gina Barton, host and creator of the USA Today true crime podcast Untested, to talk about a case that illustrates the real-world consequences of untested ...
12 Mars 51min
