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A town with a secret hides the truth about a notorious murder.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR-FM, KKRN, Nevada Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Ku Klux Klan 1920s
This is the fifth and concluding episode of The Writ Writer by Michael Murphy based on the true story of black attorney Scipio Africanus Jones. Onc...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
Caption: One on summer day, Calvin Sangster saw two people arguing outside his house in Mattapan. “Once had the guy on the ground he pulled out the gun and started shooting him with it,” Sangster said. That’s when he said it was time to move out., Credit: Jess Bidgood
The Sangsters of Boston's Mattapan neighborhood thought they were doing the right thing for their young family. But just about everything that coul...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 02, 2010
  • Length: 06:38
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Carolyn Parham, Credit: SpeakeasyDC
A mother of two faces a life-altering crisis when, just a few months out of rehab, a $5,000 check appears in her mailbox.

Bought by KFAI, Public Radio Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 28, 2010
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 3
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A profile of a young fisherman in Maine.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 08:28
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Tanya Ward, Credit: Lisa Marie Albert
Tanya Ward shares her experience of recovery from the disease of addiction. In and out of jail from the age of 16, a life on the run, living on one...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 16, 2009
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 1
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A six-foot piece of jail-grade toilet paper from 1963 captures Civil Rights struggle

Bought by KUOW, KFAI, 90.5 WSNC, KSFR, and WMPG


  • Added: Sep 02, 2005
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 5