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Conviction

BySpotify Studios
38 episodes

Podcast Summary

When John Quinney was ten years old, he took the stand to testify against his own father. He had come to believe that his dad Melvin was the murderous leader of a satanic cult. It would be decades before John would learn that his family was just one of many swept up in a panic that gripped America in the 1980s—one in which hundreds of people were accused of taking part in underground satanic cults that sacrificed infants and sexually abused children. By the time the panic had subsided, scores of people were in prison, convicted on little to no evidence—people like John's father. Conviction: American Panic takes you inside one of the darkest and most bizarre chapters of American history.Conviction is a podcast anthology series about crime and justice. Each story examines a new case and asks: Who does the justice system work for, and who does it work against?

#1

The Police Officer and the Priest (from Stolen: Surviving St. Michael’s)

One night back in the late 1970s, an officer in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police pulled over a suspected drunk driver. When he walked up to the vehicle, he came face-to-face with a ghost from his past: a residential school priest. That officer was journalist Connie Walker’s late father. What happened that night on the side of the road compelled her to return home to Saskatchewan nearly 40 years later to try to investigate a secret in her own family. What she uncovers is a much bigger story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2023-05-10•34mins
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Episode 10: Melvin Learns His Fate (S2 American Panic)

A new update in the story of Melvin Quinney, a father accused of being a satanic cult leader and sent to prison in 1991. For years he’s been fighting for justice for himself and his family. And now we finally have news about Melvin’s legal battle for exoneration.--(0:00) Chapter 1 - A Message from Co-host Sharon Shattuck(01:38) Chapter 2 - The Quinney’s Legal Battle Continues(18:32) Chapter 3 - The Exoneration Hearing(48:05) Chapter 4 - Melvin's Fate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2023-03-24•53mins
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Episode 5: 75 in the Can (S4 The Conviction of Max B)

Max B’s new legal team tries to get him out of his 75-year sentence, using a tactic that rarely works. But it's the best chance Max will get unless he wants to die in prison. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2023-01-17•34mins
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Episode 4: Hell Hath No Fury (S4 The Conviction of Max B)

Max B goes to trial with his lawyer, Gerry Saluti, by his side. And inside the courtroom, things are about to get dark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2023-01-17•38mins
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Episode 3: Never Wanna Go Back (S4 The Conviction of Max B)

The cops come after Max B, and the clock is ticking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2023-01-17•40mins
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Episode 2: Bring the Money (S4 The Conviction of Max B)

Max cooked up an easy score — in and out, no one gets hurt. But it doesn’t go down that way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2023-01-17•35mins
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Episode 1: Who’s 40 Grand Not Tempting To? (S4 The Conviction of Max B)

Max B is a famous rapper in Harlem. Until one night changes his life.Note: An earlier version of this episode misstated where Charly Wingate and Gina Conway first met. This version has been corrected to reflect that Gina was living in North Carolina and met Charly in South Carolina. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2023-01-17•36mins
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Out Now: The Conviction of Max B

Max B is a Harlem rapper on the brink of stardom. One night he gets wind of a bag full of cash that’s sitting in an empty hotel room, and he starts scheming. It would be an easy score – in and out, no one gets hurt. But it doesn’t go down like that. It all ends in chaos, kidnapping and a dead body.This is the story of a rapper who risked it all for a bag full of money, a robbery where everything went wrong, a messy trial, and a sentence that makes you question who the justice system works for, and who it works against.The Conviction of Max B comes January 17. Follow and listen for free on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2023-01-11•3mins

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#9

The Scariest Case You’ve Never Heard Of, pt. 2

In 1995, a man named Barry Jones was sentenced to death for a terrible crime: the sexual assault and murder of a four year-old girl named Rachel Gray. But, over the next nearly two decades, the legs holding up the case against Barry Jones started to wobble. In the final episode of our two-part series, a team of federal public defenders fights to prove that Barry Jones should never have been convicted in the first place.This episode draws from Liliana Segura’s reporting for The Intercept.The stock image in our show art is courtesy of Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-11-23•38mins
#10

The Scariest Case You’ve Never Heard Of, pt. 1

The story of Barry Jones starts the way a lot of crime stories do: with an alleged murder off a dusty highway in Tucson, Arizona. And for years, the story of this crime seemed familiar. A terrible tragedy followed by an investigation, a trial and then a conviction. But all of that changed earlier this year, when the United States Supreme Court took up Barry’s case, and came out with a decision that many experts say will have frightening impact on the nation’s justice system.This episode draws from Liliana Segura’s reporting for The Intercept.The stock image in our show art is courtesy of Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-11-16•38mins
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Episode 9: The Quinneys Try to Undo the Past… in Court (S2 American Panic)

When John Quinney was ten years old, he helped get his father convicted and sentenced to twenty years in prison. But a lot has happened in the three decades since he got on the witness stand. In this update episode, we take you inside the courtroom as John recants his testimony and tries to get his dad exonerated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-09-13•47mins
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Episode 8: Family Secrets (S3 The Disappearance of Nuseiba Hasan)

We learn about the rumors that have been circulating about Nuseiba’s disappearance. And Habiba finds out the truth about why so many people have stayed quiet for so many years about what happened to Nuseiba. Also, an unexpected person reaches out to Habiba following the release of the episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-04-05•49mins
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Episode 7: The Farm (S3 The Disappearance of Nuseiba Hasan)

Habiba pieces together what police were looking for as they searched a 55-acre farm outside Hamilton and she persuades a family member who's stayed silent until now to talk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-03-29•33mins
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Episode 6: Persons of Interest (S3 The Disappearance of Nuseiba Hasan)

Habiba gets her hands on a new document that reveals the once-hidden details about the investigation into Nuseiba’s disappearance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-03-22•30mins
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Episode 5: The Statement (S3 The Disappearance of Nuseiba Hasan)

Habiba discovers a dramatic series of events leading up to Nuseiba giving up her daughter. Also, she learns more about the person who Nuseiba once told the police had “strangled” her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-03-15•37mins
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Episode 4: The Crow Flies at Midnight (S3 The Disappearance of Nuseiba Hasan)

Habiba discovers the consequences Nuseiba faced after her call to Children's Aid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-03-08•30mins
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Episode 3: Ghosts of Nuseiba’s Past (S3 The Disappearance of Nuseiba Hasan)

Habiba learns about a key moment that likely changed the course of Nuseiba’s life. And a surprising visit from a SWAT team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-03-01•32mins
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Episode 2: Trail Stopped Cold (S3 The Disappearance of Nuseiba Hasan)

Habiba sits down with key people in the investigation and gets two wildly different theories about what happened to Nuseiba. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-02-22•31mins
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Episode 1: Secret Daughter (S3 The Disappearance of Nuseiba Hasan)

A cryptic email arrives urging investigative journalist Habiba Nosheen to look into the disappearance of a woman named Nuseiba Hasan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-02-22•32mins
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Season 3 Preview: Parallel Worlds

Investigative journalist Habiba Nosheen finds herself reading a cryptic email about the disappearance of a woman named Nuseiba Hasan. As she investigates, Habiba finds eerie parallels between her life and the life of this missing woman. Those parallels fuel her determination to unravel the mystery of Nuseiba Hasan, a 26 year old woman, who one day, just vanished.Conviction: The Disappearance of Nuseiba Hasan premieres February 22. Follow and listen for free on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-02-17•3mins
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Introducing Conviction Season 3: The Disappearance of Nuseiba Hasan

Nobody seems to know what happened to Nuseiba Hasan. She’s a Jordanian-Canadian woman, who, in 2006, suddenly vanished without a trace. That is until someone from her past resurfaced, searching for justice. For the last three years, investigative journalist Habiba Nosheen has been trying to find out what happened to Nuseiba. But some people want the truth to stay hidden.Conviction: The Disappearance of Nuseiba Hasan is out now. Follow and stream all episodes for free, only on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-02-15•2mins
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Episode 8: Reunion (S2 American Panic)

After 23 years, John comes face to face with his father Melvin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2020-04-07•29mins
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Episode 7: The Kids Grow Up (S2 American Panic)

More than a decade after the first allegations of satanic ritual abuse in California, the Satanic Panic was mostly snuffed out. The nation began to move on. But the children at the heart of it were just beginning to reckon with their past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2020-03-31•33mins

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Episode 6: The State vs. Melvin Quinney (S2 American Panic)

In the summer of 1991, Melvin Quinney was put on trial. The prime witness against him: his own son, John. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2020-03-24•30mins
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Episode 5: The Making Of A Cult Victim (S2 American Panic)

Back in Texas, after Debbie Quinney accused her husband of abusing his children and leading a satanic cult, their children were placed in a shelter. Not long after this, nine-year-old John Quinney entered a controversial form of psychotherapy that was hugely popular in the 1980s. Today, he thinks that therapy might have brainwashed him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2020-03-17•27mins
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Episode 4: How Do You Outrun A Panic? (S2 American Panic)

By 1985, California was fully engulfed in a panic. People were convinced that there was an underground network of satanists abusing children right under their noses, and everyone was a suspect. Children who were taken away for questioning often didn't return. Parents, friends, and neighbors were arrested without evidence to support the charges. In the midst of this frenzy, one family packed their bags and made a break for it. In this episode, what it’s like to try to outrun a panic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2020-03-10•30mins
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Episode 3: Believe The Children (S2 American Panic)

In the 1980s, protecting the safety of children became a paramount concern. It was the one issue that could unite even the most disparate factions of society, from radical leftists to Christian conservatives. But the movement to protect children quickly morphed into an all-consuming panic that pushed parents, therapists, and police to view all children as victims—even if the children claimed otherwise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2020-03-03•38mins
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Episode 2: The Panic Begins (S2 American Panic)

We trace the roots of the Satanic Panic back to a strange Canadian memoir, Michelle Remembers. In it, a woman named Michelle describes satanic rituals she was forced to participate in as a child. She “recovered” these memories with the help of her psychotherapist, who coined the term ritual abuse. In this episode, we track how the idea of satanic ritual abuse jumped from the pages of a suspicious book into police departments across North America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2020-02-25•24mins
#29

Episode 1: Meet the Quinneys (S2 American Panic)

In 1989, nine-year-old John Quinney accused his father Melvin of being a satanic cult leader and abusing him in satanic rituals. His father vehemently denied the charges. It was a case that tore their family apart. But what none of them knew was that they were just one of dozens of families going through the same nightmare. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2020-02-25•24mins
#30

Introducing Conviction Season 2: American Panic

When John Quinney was ten years old, he took the stand to testify against his own father. He had come to believe that his dad Melvin was the murderous leader of a satanic cult. It would be decades before John would learn that his family was just one of many swept up in a panic that gripped America in the 1980s—one in which hundreds of people were accused of taking part in underground satanic cults that sacrificed infants and sexually abused children. By the time the panic had subsided, scores of people were in prison, convicted on little to no evidence—people like John's father. Conviction: American Panic takes you inside one of the darkest and most bizarre chapters of American history.Conviction: American Panic premieres February 25. Follow and listen for free on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2020-01-28•1mins
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Episode 7: No Angels (S1)

Pedro’s trial date finally arrives, and Manny sets out on another quest. Will he finally push the envelope too far? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2019-02-04•37mins
#32

Episode 6: Right Past the Sun (S1)

Manny takes some big risks that could get Pedro’s case dismissed—or could get Pedro into even deeper trouble. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2019-02-04•31mins
#33

Episode 5: The Wrong Guy (S1)

Manny’s quest to free Pedro isn’t just about justice. It’s payback. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2019-02-04•38mins
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Episode 4: No Wins (S1)

Terrell believes that Manny and his clients are out to destroy his career. But they aren’t the only ones sounding alarms about Terrell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2019-02-04•35mins
#35

Episode 3: The Cop (S1)

Manny meets a key witness. Saki meets Manny’s nemesis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2019-02-04•35mins
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Episode 2: The Porsche (S1)

Pedro gets pushed to take a plea deal. Manny goes on a quest to find the one young man who can free him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2019-02-04•36mins
#37

Episode 1: The Private Eye (S1)

Private Investigator Manuel Gomez takes on the biggest case of his career: the case of Pedro Hernandez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2019-02-04•31mins
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Conviction: Season 1 Trailer

Manny Gomez is a detective straight out of a detective novel. He carries a pen that’s really a knife, wears a watch that’s really a camera, adores Sherlock Holmes and Miami Vice. But the cases Manny takes on are all too real: cases of young men in New York City who say they’ve been arrested for crimes they didn’t commit. In the first season of Conviction, reporter Saki Knafo follows Manny as he tackles the biggest case of his career—and along the way, Saki explores big questions about criminal justice in America. This story is the first in Gimlet Media’s Conviction series, which will feature a new piece of investigative reporting each season. Hear all the episodes on February 4th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2019-01-18•2mins

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