Chapter 4 | Witness or Defendant

About this episode

The episode explores the Hardy murder investigation, highlighting the impact of tunnel vision on the case.

Digging into the Hardy murder investigation, Beth Shelburne follows a trail narrowed by tunnel vision and vanishing alternatives. As detectives chase certainty over truth, witnesses falter, leads evaporate, and a case emerges driven more by obsession than evidence. Earwitness is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Beth Shelburne

Topics covered

• murder investigation
• tunnel vision
• witnesses
• detectives
• obsession
• evidence

Keywords

• Hardy murder
• investigation
• tunnel vision
• witnesses
• detectives
• obsession
• evidence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lava for Good Podcasts, Signal Co. No1

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