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

Introducing: Origin Stories

09/10/2025 00:34:33Five Shots in the Dark | Escape in the Song | S3-E10

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

09/25/2023 00:23:02Five Shots in the Dark | Rebirth | S3-E8

08/28/2023 00:34:24Five Shots in the Dark | Gatorville | S3-E7

08/21/2023 00:30:43 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.