The show is a true crime podcast produced by the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ.[1] The show debuted in 2019 and each season has included between eight and ten 30-minute episodes.[2] The first season covers the story of a young boy named Thaddeus "T.J." Jimenez who was convicted of murder.[3] Jimenez was released in his 30s and was given $25 million for being wrongfully convicted.[4] The second season of the show focuses on the story of a young woman who was studying abroad in Spain.[5] In 2015, on Lauren Bajorek's 21st birthday she was found dead outside an apartment owned by a Spanish tour guide.[6] The third season of the show focuses on
white supremacist groups in the United States.[7] The season specifically looks at the 1980s in Chicago.[8]
According to the vice president of communications at WBEZ, the show has been downloaded several million times and was one of their most successful shows.[9] The show won in multiple categories at the 2019
Peter Lisagor Awards and was a finalist in 2020.[10][11][12] The fourth season of the show won a
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award in 2023.[13][14]