The Lawless Files
SEASON 1: On Nov. 8, 1992, Angela "Mischelle" Lawless was murdered on the exit ramp of the interstate near her home in rural Missouri. Less than two years later, an 18-year-old man named Josh Kezer was convicted of the crime. Kezer was exonerated in 2009. This podcast examines the investigation of the murder, and whether law enforcement intentionally convicted an innocent man while protecting the state's star witness from suspicion. This podcast is hosted by a veteran journalist and is based on original reporting, interviews and thousands of pages of records.
SEASON 2: The focus of this season is primarily the focus of mothers and how they're fighting for justice in the deaths of their sons and daughters. Episodes focus on suspicious deaths law enforcement seem to have given up on. We also examine stories of law enforcement officers involved in abuse of power circumstances.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 50
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2023
The Lawless Files Episode 8: From a murder conviction to a drug ring
Just a couple of months after Josh Kezer's conviction, Mark Abbott's friend gets busted on drug possession charges. Josh Kezer's former attorney unveils a dramatic reveal about a connection involving…
Lawless Files Episode 7: The state pushes through the recanted statements
Josh's attorneys had pushed forward and received recanted statements from jailed informants. In this episode, we find out how the state pushed through the statements, accusing wrongdoing of Josh's de…
Lawless Files Episode 6: The sheriff takes the stand
Josh Kezer's attorneys try to fight back against the murder case, calling the sheriff among others to testify under oath in depositions.
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Lawless Files Episode 5: Snitches come forward before the trial to recant
In episode 5, we learn how the jailhouse informants that implicated Josh Kezer for the murder of Mischelle Lawless tried to recant in 1993. We learn more about how Scott County built its case against…
Lawless Files Episode 4: A new suspect ID'd by Mark Abbott
Ten days after the murder, Mark Abbott told an officer that he saw a mixed-race black man at the payphone. And he knew the man at the payphone, because he'd seen him at a party earlier that night. Th…
Episode 3: Beardslee pulled off the case
Mark Abbott makes a major change in his story, and introduces a new person near the crime scene. Meanwhile, chief deputy Tom Beardslee was not given the opportunity to interview Abbott a second time.
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Bonus: Abbreviated Beardslee interview
Former chief deputy Tom Beardslee gives his account of what happened in the moments following his first interview with Mark Abbott. Full interview can be found at www.thelawlessfiles.com with an acce…
Episode 2: Mischelle's diary - does it offer clues as to her killers or their motive?
In this episode, listeners learn more about who Mischelle knew, and what her diary said about some of the suspects in the case. Did she know the identical twin who claims to have found her body? What…
Episode 1: Introduction to the Mischelle Lawless murder, the identical twins and an investigation off to a rocky start
Episode 1 introduces listeners to the Mischelle Lawless murder of Nov. 8, 1992. The investigation would eventually lead to the conviction of an innocent man. The first episode in Season 1 gets right …
The Lawless Files Trailer
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