CounterClock

Mar 14 2025 117 ep. 29 mins 19.6k

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In order to tell the story of a crime, you have to turn back time. Every season, Investigative journalist Delia D'Ambra digs deep into a mind-bending mystery with the hopes of reigniting interest in a decades old homicide case.

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INTRODUCING: THREE Season 2

Mar 14 2025 5 mins

For over 30 years, the murder of 23-year-old Dana Ireland haunted the island of Hawai‘i, leaving behind a tangled web of suspicion, betrayal, and unanswered questions. Three men were convicted. The case was closed. Justice was served. Or so everyone thought.

BONUS: Season 7 Q&A

Mar 07 2025 42 mins

Join Delia and special guest Amanda Knox as they discuss YOUR lingering questions about Season 7!

Ep 11 of 11: Jam-packed

Feb 07 2025 49 mins

The defendants in the CounterClock Season 7 case were back in court for a highly-anticipated evidentiary hearing January 6th - January 24th, 2025, in Winston-Salem, NC. Delia attended in-person several days to bring you all the updates, plus the brand new interviews from people connected to the defendants, case and victim.

Ep 10 of 11: Justice?

Dec 06 2024 50 mins

Delia unravels a bizarre van ride that Jessicah Black was taken on and discovers a dark history within Forsyth County regarding wrongful convictions. Chris Paul’s memoir about his late grandfather provides insight into how the famous athlete has reconciled with where the case stands now. The age-old legal maxim: “Justice delayed is justice denied” comes under scrutiny.

Ep 9 of 11: Jigsaw

Dec 06 2024 25 mins

Delia interviews a friend of the defendants who was never interviewed by police, and his story is one she can’t easily forget.

Ep 8 of 11: Journey

Nov 29 2024 28 mins

The private forensic lab that handled the evidence in the Jones case in 2018 and 2020 tells Delia that advances in forensic science may be able to reveal more about the unknown DNA in the case. Delia dives deep into the Willard Cab Company phone bill from 2002 and tries to get inside the mind of who placed those suspicious calls.

Ep 7 of 11: Judgment

Nov 29 2024 49 mins

The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission process enters its final phase. Delia interviews the expert in developmental psychology who testified twice in the case to understand more about false confessions, and the victim’s family offers their final thoughts to the court. A retired footwear examiner deems old interpretations of shoeprint evidence as junk science and Delia ex

Ep 6 of 11: Jurisprudence

Nov 22 2024 59 mins

The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission convenes and staff investigators reveal everything they’ve dug into over the course of nearly five years. Jessicah, Jermal, Rayshawn, Nathaniel, and Christopher come under questioning again, but maintain their truth. New DNA evidence is presented that blows everyone away, and the course of the case changes yet again.

Ep 5 of 11: Jaw-dropping

Nov 22 2024 31 mins

Jessicah Black breaks her silence after nearly 15 years and reveals to state innocence investigators that she lied under oath as a teenager. The recantation triggers a massive shift in Rayshawn, Nathaniel, Jermal, and Christopher’s post-conviction fight. Meanwhile, a tragedy befalls the fifth member of the friend group, and Delia tracks down the attorneys who’ve taken on the ca

Ep 4 of 11: Jessicah

Nov 15 2024 40 mins

Delia learns how both sides approached the August 2004 trial of Rayshawn Banner and Nathaniel Cauthen, and how Jessicah Black remembers preparing to testify as the star witness. The boys' false confession arguments flounder despite law enforcement's methods being less than sound.