About this episode

Maggie Freleng confronts David Thorne's best friend, Josh McComb, about the implications of a wrongful conviction investigation.

The journalist and the best friend go at it. Pulitzer Prize winner and host of Death and Deceit in Alliance , Maggie Freleng set out to investigate what she believed to be the  wrongful conviction of David Thorne for murder. The investigation took a twist. Maggie, David’s onetime champion, felt betrayed by David. Josh McComb doesn’t feel betrayed. He’s David's best childhood friend. David would never have been involved in murder. In this bonus the two face off. Think of them as a prosecutor and a defense attorney meeting at the local bar. Not surprisingly, things get personal, and heated.  Death & Deceit in Alliance is a production of Orbit Media Inc. in association with Signal Co. No1. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Maggie Freleng

Guest: Josh McComb

Topics covered

• wrongful conviction
• murder investigation
• personal conflict
• friendship
• journalism
• true crime

Keywords

• wrongful conviction
• David Thorne
• Maggie Freleng
• Josh McComb
• murder
• true crime
• investigation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Orbit Media, Signal Co. No1

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