Suspect

Wondery

Suspect is an investigative series about mislaid justice and the kinds of weighty decisions that detectives, lawyers, and jurors make every day - decisions that, once made, are almost impossible to reverse.Season 3: Five Shots in the Dark follows Leon Benson, who spent 24 years in an Indiana state prison for the 1998 murder of a young man named Kasey Schoen. Read more

True crime

Episodes

Listen Now: Lawless Planet

07/28/2025 00:05:29Listen Now: Flesh and Code

07/14/2025 00:08:58 Listen Now: Liberty Lost

06/23/2025 00:05:55Five Shots in the Dark | Escape in the Song | S3-E10

10/16/2023 00:22:07Five Shots in the Dark | To Be Believed | S3-E9

09/25/2023 00:23:02 Show all episodes

Our take on Suspect podcast

Matthew Shaer examines the often-overlooked stories of misplaced justice and vital decisions wrongly made by detectives, lawyers and jurors. Each season, Suspect dives deep into a single case, uncovering the complexities and nuances of the justice system and its players. Through thoughtful interviews and in-depth analysis, Shaer brings to light stories that have been unjustly forgotten. Matthew Shaer is a writer for the New York Times Magazine and co-founder of the podcast studio Campside. In this show, he proves that he is the most skilled host for a rigorous true-crime pod. Suspect is a true crime podcast by Wondery | Campside.