Crime Scene

Two teens are found dead on railroad tracks. The official ruling? An accident. 

But the scene tells a different story. 

In 1987, two Arkansas teenagers were found dead on a set of railroad tracks under circumstances that defied easy explanation. Despite unusual evidence at the scene--including a destroyed firearm and reports of missing materials--their deaths were officially ruled an accident. 

In this episode, we examine the “Boys on the Tracks” case, unpacking the inconsistencies, investigative missteps, and lingering questions that have fueled decades of speculation. As the timeline unfolds, key details begin to challenge the official narrative and raise the possibility that the full story was never uncovered. 

Note from Jonathan and Cooper: Journalist Mara Leveritt played a central role in documenting this case over many years. Her reporting is an essential starting point for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the story. 

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This is Crime Scene Weekly, a show that plunges you into cases you can’t stop thinking about.

Join Jonathan Hirsch, host of My Fugitive Dad and Dear Franklin Jones as he teams up with investigative reporter and podcaster Cooper Moll to revisit the cases that deserve a second look.

Crime Scene is everything you love about a true crime mini-series condensed into a single episode every week.

Step inside the Crime Scene office and feed your true crime obsession with The Binge.

Out March 26th.
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She survived the attack. Then came the decades of silence.

When 21-year-old Nicole is assaulted by a masked man in her home, she’s determined to help catch him--but police doubt her. As legendary detective Paul Holes reopens the case, a shocking clue is uncovered and a chilling pattern emerges. What began as one woman’s search for justice turns into a race to unmask a real-life bogeyman.

Listen to Hunting the Bogeyman, the latest gripping story from The Binge, streaming now.

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He was just waiting for the bus. Then he vanished.

When 13-year-old Daniel Morcombe disappeared in broad daylight on the Sunshine Coast, it sparked Australia’s biggest missing persons cases, his face over milk cartons across the continent. But as police efforts faltered, Daniel’s parents refused to give up — investigating themselves, launching a national foundation, and pushing for a public inquest that made the case go global. Finally, they triggered a covert operation that lead to a discovery that would change everything.

Uncover the decade-long search for justice, the operation that cracked the case wide open, and the lasting legacy Daniel left behind.

Listen to Where is Daniel Morcombe? — the gripping true crime story streaming now. Subscribers to The Binge can hear all episodes ad-free today.

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Sharing an episode of Agent Pale Horse. It tells the story of FBI undercover agent Scott Payne, whose job it was to infiltrate the most dangerous gangs of our times: outlaw bikers, drug cartels and the international neo-Nazi networks hellbent on inciting a race war. He was taking down these groups from within. And Scott was good at it —  people confided in him their most audacious plans for mass violence and domestic terrorism. After a 28-year-long career pretending to be somebody else, agent Payne is ready to tell his side of the story, and an unvarnished view of a life undercover. In this episode, Scott has his first in-person meeting with The Base. Alone. He needs to convince the international neo-Nazi network that he's one of them.

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