Introducing: Burden of Guilt Season 2

Burden of Guilt Season 2, hosted by Nancy Glass, tells the story of a devastating lie that sent an innocent man to prison for life—until a confession changed everything, forcing a reckoning with guilt, justice, and redemption. You can reach out to the Burden of Guilt team at [email protected] mailto:[email protected]. For more Burden of Guilt, follow us on Instagram @glasspodcasts https://www.instagram.com/glasspodcasts/. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  I'm Nancy Glass, host of the Burden of Guilt Season Two podcast.

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  You might see my picture on the front page of the New York Times as this horrible monster.

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  I really didn't know what to believe. I was serving a 99-year sentence.

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  This case has stolen lives, destroyed families, challenged legal systems, and in the end, left everyone transformed. Look what you did. You destroyed a family.

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  The door is closing, closing, closing.

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  I still cannot believe that that happened.

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  No one's coming to get your body. You get buried on prison grounds.

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  For 22 years, only two people knew the truth.

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  The best lie is partial truth. And once I had it in my mind, it was locked in there.

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  I felt like I was on Mars. At that point, I did what any responsible man would do: called my mom.

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  He was stunned. We hugged for about 10 minutes. And I said, "I forgive you, brother. I forgive you."

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  Listen to Burden of Guilt Season Two on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.