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The Winders Family Murders - what really happened?
Jun 16, 2026
Unknown duration
The Continuing Coverup: A Discussion with Author Jim Ridings
Apr 7, 2026
34m 48s
Manufacturing A Case Against Chester Weger: The Bogus Scratches Evidence
Feb 13, 2026
51m 58s
The Continuing Colossal Coverup
Dec 10, 2025
1h 18m 05s
An analysis of false confessions: Andy Hale & Sally Cohen discuss the expert report of Dr. Brian Cutler
Oct 9, 2025
1h 09m 17s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/16/26 | The Winders Family Murders - what really happened? | Andy and Sally examine the deaths of William Winders, his wife Patricia, and their three young children, who were all found dead in their Seneca home from gunshots. The murders took place just a week after the Starved Rock Murders and were officially ruled a homicide/suicide conducted by Patricia. But was it? | — | ||||||
| 4/7/26 | The Continuing Coverup: A Discussion with Author Jim Ridings✨ | coveruptrue crime+4 | Jim Ridings | Murder at Starved Rock: How the System Framed an Innocent Man | — | Starved Rockmurder+5 | — | 34m 48s | |
| 2/13/26 | Manufacturing A Case Against Chester Weger: The Bogus Scratches Evidence✨ | scratches evidencelegal standards+3 | Sally Cohen | State | — | Chester Wegerscratches evidence+3 | — | 51m 58s | |
| 12/10/25 | The Continuing Colossal Coverup✨ | coveruptelephone operator interview+4 | Sally | — | — | coverupLois Zelensek+4 | — | 1h 18m 05s | |
| 10/9/25 | An analysis of false confessions: Andy Hale & Sally Cohen discuss the expert report of Dr. Brian Cutler✨ | false confessionsexpert witness+3 | Sally Cohen | — | — | false confessionsexpert report+3 | — | 1h 09m 17s | |
| 9/9/25 | A Legal Autopsy, Part 2: Andy Hale & Sally Cohen continue to discuss the recent evidentiary hearing and devastating court ruling✨ | evidentiary hearingcourt ruling+3 | Sally Cohen | Will County State's Attorney's Office | — | evidentiary hearingChester Weger+3 | — | 54m 56s | |
| 8/21/25 | A Legal Autopsy: Andy Hale & Sally Cohen discuss all the stunning ways the Court got it wrong.✨ | court rulingpost-conviction petition+3 | Sally Cohen | — | — | court rulingChester Weger+4 | — | 1h 35m 40s | |
| 7/22/25 | Andy & Whitny's Post-Mortem Analysis✨ | post-mortem analysistrue crime+3 | Whitny Braun | — | — | Starved Rock MurdersLois Zelensek memo+3 | — | 1h 10m 59s | |
| 7/15/25 | Honoring Chester Weger's Memory + The Puzzling Court Ruling✨ | Chester Wegercourt ruling+3 | — | — | — | Chester Wegercourt ruling+3 | — | 47m 13s | |
| 5/20/25 | The Evidentiary Hearing: An Update✨ | evidentiary hearingcase update+3 | — | — | — | evidentiary hearingevidence+3 | — | 19m 45s | |
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| 5/1/25 | Honoring the Victims: A Step Back Before the Hearing✨ | Starved Rock Murdersvictims+3 | — | — | — | Starved Rock MurdersChester Weger+5 | — | 13m 15s | |
| 4/3/25 | Oddities & Absurdities | In this episode, Andy discusses a variety of oddities and absurdities in the case including the lineup, the women's clothing, fingerprints, and a suspicious similarity between statements in Chester Weger's "confession" and a description in the Startling Detective Magazine September 1960 edition. | — | ||||||
| 3/6/25 | The Tale of the Twine | In this episode, Andy takes a deep and detailed dive and revisits the manner in which the twine evidence has been misrepresented over theyears. | — | ||||||
| 2/27/25 | The Arrest Warrants for Murder and the Unusual Role of a Justice of the Peace | In this episode, Andy continues his discussion of how the police had no basis to arrest Chester Weger for the murders, and discusses the unusual role of a Justice of the Peace, who was also a local grocer, who signed the arrest warrants for murder. | — | ||||||
| 2/20/25 | What was the evidence to arrest Chester Weger for the triple murders?? | In this episode, Andy takes a deep dive into the issue of how Chester Weger came to be charged with murder, how that issue has been portrayed in a book on the case, and how local law enforcement and the State's Attorney's Office lacked probable cause to arrest Chester for the triple murders. | — | ||||||
| 1/30/25 | Game On | In this episode, Andy walks through the chronology of the Will County State's Attorney's Office's involvement in this case as well as the evidentiary hearing that was recently scheduled by the Court. | — | ||||||
| 12/5/24 | A Big Court Victory: Chester Takes One Step Closer To Justice | In this episode, Andy and Whitny discuss the recent court ruling allowing Chester Weger's evidence to advance to an evidentiary hearing. | — | ||||||
| 10/7/24 | A Call to Action | In this episode, Andy discusses the upcoming court hearing on November 22, 2024, and encourages anyone with information about the case to call the Starved Rock Murders tipline! | — | ||||||
| 9/6/24 | Revisiting The Telephone Operator Bombshell | In this episode, Andy takes another look at a huge break in the case that came within days when a telephone operator overheard two men discussing bloody overalls in the trunk of a car. | — | ||||||
| 9/4/24 | The Case Reaches A Fork In The Road | In this episode, Andy and Whitny discuss the upcoming court hearing on September 11th and some of the evidence and arguments that have been presented. | — | ||||||
| 8/14/24 | Another Bombshell: The Randy Reynolds Interview | In this episode, Andy and Whitny discuss a new witness, Randy Reynolds, who shares a stunning admission made by former LaSalle County Sheriff's Officer William Dummett. | — | ||||||
| 7/10/24 | A Big Court Ruling Awaits | In this episode, Andy discusses the status of the legal proceedings and a big court hearing that awaits on September 11, 2024, and Whitny offers her thoughts on the road ahead. | — | ||||||
| 3/15/24 | Chester Names Names | In this episode, Andy and Whitny identify and discuss the three brothers who are linked to a hair found on the glove of Frances Murphy. For more information, documents, photos, and other assets associated with and referenced in this episode visit andyhalepodcast.com. | — | ||||||
| 3/7/24 | You Never Know Who You Might Run Into At The Grocery Store | In this episode, Andy recounts Chester's chance encounter with a key person from the criminal case and also discusses his latest request to examine some interesting items recovered at the crime scene. For more information, documents, photos, and other assets associated with and referenced in this episode visit andyhalepodcast.com. | — | ||||||
| 1/4/24 | Will County & Genetic Genealogy Results - Part Two | In this episode, Whitny Braun joins Andy for a discussion about the genetic genealogy results and Will County's refusal to vacate Chester's conviction. For more information, documents, photos, and other assets associated with and referenced in this episode visit andyhalepodcast.com. | — | ||||||
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