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. 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?
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
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
Conviction introduces Crime Show, a new podcast from Gimlet that features stories of crimes, told by the people who lived them. In this episode, a social worker doesn’t hear from a client that she had placed at a boarding house. When she investigates, she discovers that her client isn’t the only one who is missing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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
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
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
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
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
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
