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Oct 2020
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Digging Deep into Cold Cases: Research a...

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Laurah interviews Josh Hallmark (True Crime Bulls**t) and Anna Priestland, both of whom are writer-researcher-producers, about their experiences tackling longform and complex podcast projects. Josh is well-known for his in-depth coverage of Israel Keyes and Kelly Cochran. Anna wrote many of the best-known and most popular Casefile podcast series, including the show's coverage of EAR/ONS/GSK, and has gone on to a successful career as a leading independent podcast writer-producer-researcher. 

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Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton, with research assistance from Bryan Worters, Jessica Ann, and Kim Fritz/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Produced and engineered by Maura Currie/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/ Theme music by RJR/Special thanks to Angie Dodd

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