Dead Man Talking

Alex Hannaford returns with a major update on the case of Andres Mascorro, who has spent 27 years in prison for the murder of Darryl Kolojaco, despite always maintaining his innocence.Back in 2003, serial killer Angel Resendiz told Alex that he - not Andres - was responsible for the murder, but the State of Texas executed him three years later.By the time the podcast series ended in 2019, the case appeared to be a clear miscarriage of justice. Since then, an extraordinary effort by lawyers and investigators has gone into trying to exonerate Andres.Now, Alex reveals what's been happening behind the scenes - and shares some incredible news.Presented by Alex Hannaford and produced by Peter SaleDead Man Talking is a production of Nofiction.comThe theme song "The Railroad" is by Goodnight, Texas (hiwearegoodnighttexashowareyou.com)You can find out more about the work of the Innocence Project of Texas at innocencetexas.org

In this special interview, Alex speaks to Dead Man Talking listener and former Corrections Officer, Bobby Blanton.Bobby worked as a guard at the Polunsky Unit, which houses Texas’s death row, and got to know Angel Resendiz well while the serial killer was an inmate there. Bobby explains why he believes the confessions on the tape are true. Presented by Alex Hannaford and produced by Peter Sale

In the final episode of Alex's investigation into the confessions of Angel Resendiz, we look at all the evidence gathered so far. Was his hunch that Resendiz was telling him the truth correct? Or has he been led down the garden path?Plus, find out whether he's found a lawyer to help with Andres Mascorro's appeal.Presented by Alex Hannaford and produced by Peter Sale

In this episode Alex speaks to someone who not only spent lots of time with Angel Resendiz on Death Row, she also watched him die. Michelle Lyons was spokeswoman for the Texas department of Criminal Justice and she’s got some pretty unnerving things to say about Resendiz as she got to know him pretty well on his time on Death Row.Presented by Alex Hannaford and produced by Peter Sale

Alex travels back to Houston to meet Les Ribnik, one of Angel Resendiz's appellate attorneys. Before the Railroad Killer's execution, Ribnik, believing his client may have information about other murders, was quoted as saying: "The state should be patient and wait for my guy to die another day so these other cases can possibly be cleared."So what did Resendiz tell Ribnik about the murder of Daryl Kolojaco?Presented by Alex Hannaford and produced by Peter Sale

In this episode we hear about the brutal murder of an elderly woman called Fanny Byers in a tiny rural Georgia town, a case that profoundly influenced what Alex thinks about Resendiz and the confessions that he made. Presented by Alex Hannaford and produced by Peter Sale

In this episode we learn about the case of Louis Perez, a man on death row for a triple murder in Austin, Texas. But the modus operandi of the killer was eerily similar to that of Resendiz. We meet Louis’s sister, Delia Meyer, who has campaigned tirelessly for her brother since his arrest two decades ago.She takes Alex to the railroad track near the murder scene and asks: did the Railroad Killer commit this crime too? Alex discovers that Perez’s former attorneys once filed a motion to stay Resendiz’s execution so they could investigate.What can this case teach Alex about the taped confessions?Presented by Alex Hannaford and produced by Peter Sale

Alex is still in Blythe and still has lots of work to do to follow up on the claims of Angel Resendiz.He visits the two sheriffs' offices that straddle the Arizona / California state line to find out if any of the unidentified remains listed in the database could have been victims of the Railroad Killer. Things here are less straightforward, and could other serial killers have been operating in the area?Presented by Alex Hannaford and produced by Peter Sale

In 1998, two people were sentenced to life in prison for murder. Diamantina Kolojaco was found guilty of persuading her young lover to kill her husband for the insurance money. But a year after she went to prison, serial killer Angel Resendiz wrote to her from death row with a message: that he had committed the murder. In this episode Alex interviews Diamantina in prison — her first ever media interview.Could an innocent couple die in prison for a murder Resendiz committed?Presented by Alex Hannaford and produced by Peter Sale

Haunted by an old cassette tape of an un-investigated confession by a convicted murderer, journalist Alex Hannaford begins his investigation into the crimes and confession of Angel Resendiz aka The Railroad Killer, who criss-crossed the US by freight train in the 80s and 90s, choosing his victims at random.