Truth & Justice with Bob Ruff
The Truth & Justice Podcast is listener driven show, devoted to the pursuit of truth and justice. Host, Bob Ruff, investigates potential wrongful conviction and cold cases using a unique crowdsourcing approach. Bob invites listeners to participate in the investigations, as he breaks down a new case in each season in real time. Truth & Justice season 15 follows and investigates the potential wrongful conviction of Jodi (Joseph) Hill, and the divide between the people of Benton Harbor Michigan and the police force tasked with serving and protecting them.
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 975
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
S6 Ep10: The Autopsy - Pt. 1
Bob breaks down all of the injuries listed on Jaime Melgar's body in the autopsy report. After analyzing 31 sharp force injuries, and a multitude of blunt force injuries he offers up a hypothesis as …
00:47:19 |
Sun 07 Oct 2018
S6 Ep9: S6:E9 Follow-Up
In this episode, Bob invites Lizz Rose on to help answer listener questions about Sandy's interrogation.
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00:51:02 |
Fri 05 Oct 2018
S6 Ep9: No Mercy
This week we hear Sandy Melgar's second police interview. After about an hour in the interrogation room, Sandy met with a polygraph examiner for an hour, then heads back into the interrogation room …
01:11:19 |
Sun 30 Sep 2018
S6 Ep8: S6:E8 Follow-Up
In this episode, Bob and Mike cover questions from listeners after taking one last look at the crime scene in Sunday's episode. They also cover where Bob plans on taking the investigation moving for…
00:47:39 |
Fri 28 Sep 2018
S6 Ep8: Crime Scene Investigation - Pt. 3
This week we move into the area where Jim's body was found. CSI reports, and a close look at the crime scene photos of the master closet reveal shocking discoveries.
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00:37:10 |
Sun 23 Sep 2018
S2 Ep57: S2:E57 Follow-Up (Follow-Up S6:E1-7)
In this Follow-Up, Bob and Mike refocus on the Melgar case after covering #FreeEdAtes last week. For this episode, they invite Lizz Rose, Jim and Sandy Melgar's daughter, onto the show to help answe…
00:47:18 |
Fri 21 Sep 2018
S2 Ep57: #EdAtesIsFree
This week we take a break from the Melgars' case. Bob takes you along with him on the ride of his life. The journey that led to the release of innocent man, Ed Ates. The story begins on 3/27/2016,…
01:02:55 |
Sun 16 Sep 2018
S6 Ep7: S6:E7 Follow-Up
In this episode Bob and Mike discuss listener questions, digging deeper into the crime scene at the Melgar house. They discuss crime scene photos, various pieces of evidence found in the house, and m…
00:55:20 |
Fri 14 Sep 2018
S6 Ep7: Crime Scene Investigation - Pt. 2
Bob moves into the master suite, and compares Maurice Carpenter's report to the actual crime scene photos. We find more details that Carpenter left out of his report.
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00:39:31 |
Sun 09 Sep 2018
S6 Ep6: S6:E6 Follow-Up
In this episode, Mike asks Bob questions from social media revolving around the crime scene that was the Melgar home. Topics of discussion range from Liz's backpack, to how an intruder could have un…
00:51:42 |
Fri 07 Sep 2018
S6 Ep6: Crime Scene Investigation Pt. 1
Bob begins his analysis of the crime scene. In this episode, he compares the report written by CSI Maurice Carpenter to the crime scene photos to see if the two align.
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00:40:13 |
Sun 02 Sep 2018
S6 Ep5: S6:E5 Follow-Up
In this episode, Mike asks Bob questions from listeners in an effort to get a better idea of the events that took place after Herman Melgar and his family discovered Sandra and Jaime in their home.
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00:44:25 |
Fri 31 Aug 2018
S6 Ep5: La Noche
For the first time, we hear the first hand accounts of the night that Jaime Melgar's body was found by his family. Bob interviews Jaime's brother, Herman, and his sister-in-law, Maria.
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01:04:37 |
Sun 26 Aug 2018
S6 Ep4: S6:E4 Follow-Up
In this episode, Bob answers listener questions from Mike ranging from the prosecution's case at trial against Sandra to Jim's injuries and crime scene details.
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00:33:29 |
Fri 24 Aug 2018
S6 Ep4: Does Fact Fit The Theory?
Bob interviews Melgar family friend, Stephanie Davies. Stephanie grew up in the same Kingdom Hall as the Melgars, and had a close relationship with Jim, Sandy and their daughter Lizz. She paints a …
00:35:45 |
Sun 19 Aug 2018
S6 Ep3: S6:E3 Follow-Up
In this episode, Bob answers Mike's questions pulled from social media, and we also get Bob's take on his interview with Colleen Barnett.
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00:39:02 |
Fri 17 Aug 2018
S6 Ep3: The Case Against Sandy Melgar
Bob is joined on the show to day by Assistant District Attorney Colleen Barnett. Barnett was the prosecutor who tried and convicted Sandy in 2012. In this interview, she breaks down and explains th…
00:51:43 |
Sun 12 Aug 2018
S6 Ep2: S6:E2 Follow-Up
In this episode, Bob answers listeners questions after airing Sandra Melgar's police interview on the night Jaime was murdered.
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00:49:02 |
Fri 10 Aug 2018
S6 Ep2: Unbelievable
This week, Bob picks up the story with the discovery of Jaime's body in the closet. Sandy is in shock, and her memory is foggy. We hear the first hour of Sandy's police interrogation . . . just hou…
01:08:59 |
Sun 05 Aug 2018
S6 Ep1: S6:E1 Follow-Up
This week, Bob answers questions from listeners after hearing the first episode of season 6, the case against Sandra Melgar. Questions range from details of the crime scene at the Melgar home on the…
00:36:29 |
Fri 03 Aug 2018
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