Somebody Somewhere

Somebody Somewhere writer and producer David Payne joins CounterClock's Delia DÁmbra as she investigates the unsolved death of a 17-year-old boy named John Robert Welles. David and Delia sit down to discuss what listeners can expect in the upcoming Season 4 of CounterClock.   

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In this Bonus episode, Nacoe and Vanassa Brown tell the story of the bank robberies and their personal love story. You can reach Nacoe at www.josephg.org, and contribute to his second chance on GoFundMe (Nacoe Brown Campaign).

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In the Season 3 finale, Payne summarizes the evidence and debunks one of the FBI’s main theories.  And in a story of redemption and hope, Payne jumps in to help his new friend.

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Key witnesses from the missing money case tell their stories for the first time, including the federal district court judge and Jonathan Luna’s co-counsel.

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Payne goes deep down the rabbit hole exploring Nacoe Brown’s claims about the missing money, and he’s inspired and confounded at what he finds.

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New (2019) allegations against Nacoe Brown’s defense lawyer for conspiracy give new light to claims that he may have been involved with the missing money eighteen years prior.

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When Jonathan Luna goes missing, the press makes an immediate connection with a bank robbery case that he had tried the year before in which the cash evidence was stolen. And the cast from the Stash House Records case is back for this prequel.

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Leaked theories about a suicide don’t seem to square with the known physical evidence from the crime scene.

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Jonathan’s last case goes sideways on him when it is discovered that his cooperating witness was dealing drugs and terrorizing the neighborhood while working for the FBI.

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Jonathan Luna was operating in a toxic work environment when he undertook the last trial of his life -- a federal drug conspiracy case against two men selling drugs out of a rap music studio in Baltimore.

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Jody Gottlieb and David Payne team up again to investigate the unsolved death of federal prosecutor Jonathan Luna in 2003.  They talk with his friends and investigative reporters about Jonathan's life and its mysterious last six hours.

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Season 3 of Somebody Somewhere explores the unsolved death of federal prosecutor Jonathan Luna in 2003. 

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As the Federal Government continues its public pressure campaign against Shawna Reid, it's starting to become clearer why.  Join David Payne and Jody Gottlieb as they unravel the latest details with the help from internet sleuth "The Kraken."

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Coming in January 2018, an episodic investigation into the murder of Assistant United States Attorney, Tom Wales. This podcast re-examines the web of evidence and the FBI's efforts to track and arrest Wales' killer. After 16 years, the case remains unsolved, despite a $1 million dollar reward from the FBI. Join producers David Payne and Jody Gottlieb as they criss-cross the country searching for new evidence and leads.

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In this special epilogue episode, Payne is back in court for the second retrial of the 2016 Jungle Murders, hoping to find resolution.

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After federal sources confirm to the Seattle Times our reporting of a connection between Shawna Reid and a convicted extortionist, Payne gives his educated predictions on what to expect next in this case.

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After 18 years, the government has made its first arrest. Investigators have charged 34-year-old Shawna Reid with lying to a grand jury and obstruction of justice relating to conversations she may or may not have had with someone bragging about the murder of Tom Wales. Payne and Gottlieb dig into the curious allegations.

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Armed with what they've learned, Payne and Gottlieb return to Kent for the retrial of the 2016 Jungle Murders in their search for the truth...and hope.

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One of the victims shares what she believes happened the night of the 2016 Jungle Murders when she was shot and critically wounded, and the pressure she is under to fall in line.

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Payne and Gottlieb explore the King of the Jungle's claims of piety and stumble upon a firefighter who's been burned by his encounter with him.

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Payne and Gottlieb venture into the Jungle to sit down with its current King who claims he's found the Lord.

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The government's theory of the case in the 2016 Jungle Murders trial is supported by ample evidence, but it appears to ignore the greater context of the Jungle and its history.

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As the new King and Queen of the Jungle ascend the throne, the first hint of trouble comes.

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By design and nature, criminal trials are mere snapshots of an isolated event. Payne and Gottlieb go back in time to explore the roots of the 2016 Jungle Murders, including the federal indictment and takedown of the Vietnamese Gang that ran the Jungle's drug trade.

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As police try to find their "person of interest" in the Jungle Murders, an unusual informant comes forward to them to tell them he's solved the crime.

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After sitting in on the mistrial of the teenagers charged with the 2016 Jungle Murders, Payne and Gottlieb explore the political consequences spawned by the murders and begin their independent investigation into this unresolved, two-year-old case.

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In the second of four special epilogue episodes, Payne and Gottlieb uncover new information about the large sums of money being spent and made in the government's and Bell Helicopter Textron's joint efforts to ground 204B helicopters.

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In the first of five special epilogue episodes, Payne and Gottlieb receive a mysterious envelope containing a 20-year-old investigative report from the Department of Transportation that leads them to dig further into the helicopter case that was at the center of the Tom Wales death investigation.

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Murder in a Seattle homeless encampment known as The Jungle. Three teenage brothers were charged, but are they the real killers? Only The Jungle knows. Join former federal prosecutor David Payne and producer Jody Gottlieb as they investigate. Somebody Somewhere Season 2: The Jungle Murders premieres June 11, 2019.

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In the Season One Finale, Payne and Gottlieb travel to Texas where they meet with two key witnesses who finally explain what was really going on with Bell Helicopters Textron and the FAA, and how it allegedly relates to Tom Wales' murder.

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Payne recaps the current narrative that exists around the story and explores the key question of what FBI agents know and when did they know it.

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Payne and Gottlieb travel to Lynden Washington to learn more about a suspicious plane crash and to uncover just what was going on in Hangar 3.

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Payne and Gottlieb explore the prime suspect’s alibi and other exculpatory evidence, as well as the lengths to which the FBI would go to get their man.

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Payne and Gottlieb examine the ballistics evidence through a new lens and new details that they have uncovered in their investigation.

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The FBI locks in on their prime suspect, a commercial pilot, whose threats against Wales were impossible to ignore. Payne and Gottlieb track down a critical witness who relates what happened before and after the murder.

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US Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein headlines press conference announcing increased reward in case. Why now? At 29:23, Rosenstein denies his appearance is related to the launch of our podcast 3 weeks ago.

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Payne goes deep into Wales’ 18-year caseload as a prosecutor to find anyone with a possible motive to kill Wales for his work.

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The FBI has announced a press conference tomorrow in the case headlined by Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein.

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Payne and Gottlieb explore and re-examine the prevailing theories on the motive of Tom’s killer including his personal life and work for the gun control movement in Washington State.

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An FBI informant may hold the keys to who killed Tom Wales. Payne and Gottlieb travel to Colorado to learn what he told the FBI.

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Payne and Gottlieb return to the crime scene to understand what happened and to chase down a 16-year-old lead.

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In the inaugural episode, Payne and Gottlieb explore what went wrong with the police and FBI investigation after federal prosecutor Tom Wales was assassinated in his basement.

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