Arkansas

Three eight-year-old boys were found murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas on May 6, 1993. Police accused three teenagers of satanic ritual murder based on their clothing style and music taste. The case became a global symbol of wrongful conviction born from moral panic.

Two teenagers were murdered execution-style on a Texas hill in 1983, their deaths remaining unsolved for over four decades. Now, investigative journalist M. William Phelps has launched a podcast series that reexamines the cold case and explores connections to other missing and murdered young people in the same county.