Season 1
S1-EP24: Season 1 Finale -Whose Lie is it Anyway? Witness Recap Trivia Game
April 10, 2021
In our Season 1 Finale, contestants Jamie, Tam, and Lesley play a trivia game moderated by Bruce, to test our memory of who said what, and how they affected Jamie’s case. We run down the crime scene witnesses, lawyers, infor…
S1-EP23: Curt and Christine Lovelace - In Their Own Words
March 10, 2021
Former small-town Quincy, Illinois prosecutor, Curt Lovelace, was arrested in 2013 for the murder of his deceased wife. Cory Lovelace had passed away in her bed eight years before, until a cold case detective with seemingly …
S1-Bonus Episode: Proposed Parole for Natural Lifers – Discussion
Feb. 24, 2021
On February 17, 2021, Democratic Representative Anne Stava-Murray of the 81st District read and filed a bill to the Illinois General Assembly to amend statues governing the eligibility for parole or release. As drafted, bill…
S1-EP22, Part 1: Jamie’s Sentencing – I Got Life
Jan. 28, 2021
Mitigating factors are considered by a judge during sentencing in efforts to reduce the sentence based on circumstance. Jamie did not kill Bill Little. However, the State of Illinois presented petty troubles he faced as a mi…
S1-EP21: Post Trial Motions - Better Off Alone
Dec. 30, 2020
On May 10th, 2001, Jamie Snow was sentenced to natural life in prison for a murder he did not commit. Jamie had lost all faith in his incompetent public defenders, but had one last Hail Mary in him. Jamie filed a motion to f…
S1-Bonus Episode: Jamie's Remarks on the Closing Arguments
Dec. 9, 2020
Jamie reflects on the atmosphere during the closing arguments, how he felt, what was going through his mind, how his family was treated by the court, and even his physical reactions to the stress of being on trial for murder…
S1-EP20: The Truth Never Changes - Closing Arguments
Dec. 4, 2020
On January 15th, 2001, closing remarks were delivered in the murder case against Jamie Snow in the circuit court of the eleventh judicial court, before the Honorable Donald D. Bernardi and the Jury in McLean County, Illinois…
S1-Q&A: Jamie Responds to Questions about his Testimony
Nov. 25, 2020
Jamie answers questions he received about his testimony including his co-defendent Susan Powell, correctional officer Mary Burns, Susan's brother Tim Powell and he also gives an update on Julie Knight. If you haven't listene…
S1-EP19, Part 2: Jamie Takes the Stand
Nov. 11, 2020
In 2001, Jamie Snow took the stand in his own defense against the charge of murder. Jamie’s legal team was extremely underprepared, and explained to him that if he did not testify, he wouldn’t win his case. He had one night’…
S1-EP19, Part 1: Jamie Takes the Stand
Oct. 15, 2020
In 2001, Jamie Snow took the stand in his own defense against the charge of murder. Jamie’s legal team was extremely underprepared, and explained to him that if he did not testify, he wouldn’t win his case. He had one night’…
S1-EP18: Gal Pals: Julie Knight and Bridget Logsdon
Sept. 10, 2020
Julie Knight first told police about Susan Claycomb's alleged "confessions" in 1997 after Knight had been taken to the Bloomington Police station because of unspecified legal trouble. Knight made another statement in April 1…
S1-EP17: Be Afraid. Be Mary Afraid: Mclean County Correctional Officer - Mary Burns
Aug. 27, 2020
Just days before the trial, defense witness Mary Burns, an all too friendly corrections officer, was contacted by the state. Reports suggest that she resigned from the McLean County Jail in 2000, after having an affair with …
S1-EP16: Lies My Preacher Told Me: The Reverend Bill Gaddis
Aug. 10, 2020
In 1999, a "self-appointed" gang boss turned Reverend returned to the state of Illinois to testify against Jamie. Jamie never met Bill Gaddis in his entire life. Bill Gaddis was loosely connected to some of Jamie’s friends o…
S1-EP15: I Got Life with a Little Help from my Friends – Kevin Schaal and Jody Winkler
July 22, 2020
For six months in 1995, Kevin Schaal was Jamie’s cellmate. Jamie settled in Florida the next year and began a successful career in tree cutting. When Schaal was released, he brought his entire family to Jamie’s doorstep and …
S1-EP14: Whose Lie is it Anyway? Witness Recap Trivia Game
July 8, 2020
Contestants Jamie, Tam, and Lesley play a trivia game moderated by Bruce, to test our memory of who said what, and how they affected Jamie’s case. We run down the crime scene witnesses, lawyers, and informants we have discus…
S1-Ep13: Karen Calls the Cops: Karen Strong
June 25, 2020
In 1999, BPD held an in person meeting with Karen Strong. Karen reported that her ex-boyfriend, Mark “Stretch” McCowan, supposedly told her years earlier that Jamie was involved in the Clark Station murder-robbery. Two month…
S1-EP12: Nothing Left to Booze: Bruce Roland
June 11, 2020
In 1994, repeat DUI offender Bruce Roland wrote to the McLean State's Attorney's Office twice, pleading for leniency, saying he could get them an indictment in the Clark gas station murder. But when they sent detective Crowe…
S1-EP11: Bridge Over Troubled Robber: Ed Hammond
June 3, 2020
In 1996, bank robber Ed Hammond was sitting in prison, concerned about a looming 10 year federal sentence. He had a cell mate the year before who had gossiped about Jamie Snow and recently flipped. So when the police came kn…
S1-EP10: The One Night Cellie: Bill Moffit
May 20, 2020
In 1995, convicted rapist Bill Moffit was serving his lengthy sentence for a most heinous crime. While chatting with his cellmate, he learned of a precious rumor that might help him out. Some guys he knew from the world migh…
S1-EP9: Show Me the Money: Randy Howard
May 8, 2020
In 1999, while the grand jury was hearing testimony for Jamie Snow’s indictment, a cold case detective with a vendetta started his day bright and early. He had important business to take care of with his paid informant. Dete…
S1-EP8: Its My Party and I'll Lie If I Want To: Steven Scheel and Molly (Pfister) Esche / Eades
April 29, 2020
In the spring of 1991, a group of friends allegedly gathered for a house party in a neighborhood one mile west of the murder scene. Steve Scheel arrived at the home of his niece, Molly (Pfister) Esche / Eads, and within one …
S1-EP7: Drive by Confession: Ed Palumbo and Shannon Schmidt-Wallace
April 21, 2020
In 1991, a BPD task force made several arrests for a string of armed robberies. Ed Palumbo, an acquaintance of Jamie's, confessed a robbery while in jail. One month later, he told police that he knew Jamie was involved in cr…
S1-EP6: Snitch Parade with Special Guest Paul Ciolino
April 15, 2020
Famed private investigator, author and president of The International Association of Forensic Criminologists (IAFC), Paul Ciolino, who was instrumental in overturning the death penalty in Illinois, joins the show to discuss …
S1-EP5: Hindsight's Always 20/20
April 7, 2020
In 1991, there was a string of armed robberies in McLean county and a task force formed. Jamie was implicated in a robbery he did not commit, arrested, and made to participate in a lineup for an unrelated murder. He was clea…
S1-EP3: Key Witness Wrap Up
March 16, 2020
The night of the crime, two witnesses spoke to police officers after realizing the gas station clerk was shot dead. Both witnesses had seen someone suspicious, but not dangerous. A boy, looking out his bedroom window, saw so…
S1-EP2: The 11th Hour Witness: A Star Witness is Born
March 9, 2020
Hours after the crime, police began interviewing potential witnesses in an effort to find out who killed Bill Little. The detectives engaged in a desperate hunt for 9 years. As time went on, stories changed several times and…
S1-EP1: Snow Files - The Crime Scene
March 2, 2020
18 year old Bill Little was murdered Easter Sunday while working as a gas attendant at the Clark Oil station in Bloomington, Illinois. Nearly 10 years later, Jamie Snow was convicted of the murder and sentenced to life witho…
S1-Snow Files Trailer - Premieres March 2, 2020
Feb. 24, 2020
A True Crime story told by the defendant from Stateville Prison in Joliet, Illinois. An eye opening presentation of the 1991 cold case murder of Bill Little, "solved" upon the arrest of two people nearly 10 years later - one…