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The tight knit fabric of a small town can be torn apart when a violent crime happens.

 

Join host and advocate Hilarie Burton Morgan in the companion podcast to SundanceTV's powerful true crime documentary series, "It Couldn’t Happen Here." Along with key crew from the TV series as her co-hosts, Burton Morgan will dive deeper into the cases covered on the show featuring never before heard archive and a behind the scenes lens of how the team tackles these head-scratching and heart-breaking stories. "It Couldn’t Happen Here" encourages everyone to get curious, get involved, and ask how can I help when it appears the system has failed?

 

After listening to this podcast, you'll find yourself thinking twice about our series title: "It Couldn't Happen Here". It can, and it does, more than you would think.

 

For more information on the cases we cover or if you have a case you’d like us to tackle, please follow our advocacy work on @ICHHstories on Instagram and Twitter

True Crime Story: It Couldn't Happen Here

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Introducing: True Crime Story: It Couldn't Happen Here

Hilarie Burton Morgan is joined by, Po Kutchins, Dan Flaherty, and Andrew Dunn, the team behind Sundance TV’s True Crime Story: It Couldn’t Happen Here. Together they will dive deeper into some of the head-scratching cases covered on the TV series. On this episode you’ll get to know the team, from their backgrounds in documentary filmmaking to their approach to true crime storytelling, as well as a sneak peek into what’s to come this season of the podcast. 
 
 
 
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Episode 1: Meet the Team

Royse City, Texas is a small, rural community just east of Dallas. Dennis and Norma Woodruff are found brutally murdered in their own home. On this episode, Hilarie and the team begin to unpack this case - you’ll hear about the town of Royse City, as well as what the Woodruff family’s lives were like before the unfortunate events in October.
 
 
 
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Episode 2: Royse City, Texas

Law enforcement descends upon the house of Dennis and Norma Woodruff - and makes a bizarre choice to document the grisly scene. Hilarie, Dan, Po, and Andrew will discuss the bizarre choice made by law enforcement as well as the evidence discovered at the scene of the crime. 
 
 
 
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Episode 3: The Crime Scene

This week we are diving into the calls law enforcement receives pointing the finger at Norma and Dennis Woodruff’s son, Brandon. But the accusations come before the community even knew a murder happened. How can this be? What is the basis of the accusations and do they have any merit? Hilarie and the team will also be exploring the investigator’s first interviews with Brandon and his sister Charla. 
 
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Episode 4: Suspected

So where was Brandon the night of his parent’s murder? The team is breaking down the sequence of events on the night of October 16th, 2005. For more information about this and other cases we've covered, follow @ICHHstories on Instagram.

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Episode 5: The Timeline

Charla Woodruff, Brandon’s older sister, requests a second interview with law enforcement. The team discusses the allegations Brandon’s sister makes, as well as a shocking revelation from Brandon’s former friend, Mike Etherington. 
 
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Episode 6: The Logline Against Brandon

Hilarie, Po, Dan and Andrew discuss the lead up to Brandon’s trial, and the surprising discovery found in the Woodruff’s barn. 
 
 
 
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Episode 7: A Medieval Looking Dagger

Hilarie, Po, Dan and Andrew discuss Brandon’s two-week trial as well as the evidence the prosecution presents as proof that Brandon killed his parents. 
 
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Episode 8: The Trial

On this episode, we’ll not only hear the team’s perspective of what it’s like to organize and interview someone who is incarcerated, but we’ll also hear directly from Brandon himself, and his perspective on the prejudice he faced - and what justice could mean for him and his family.
 
 
 
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Episode 9: Prison

Pat Chisenhall has always maintained that he acted in self-defense and that he is protected under the Castle Doctrine - a North Carolina law that gives individuals the right to use reasonable force, including deadly force, to protect themselves against an intruder in their home. But after the crime scene is processed and an autopsy is performed… the team questions whether the Castle Doctrine does in fact stand. 
 
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Episode 18: The Stand Your Ground Law

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