...These Are Their Stories: The Law & Order Podcast

While performing a rape fantasy sequence during her livestream, cam girl Zoe is attacked by an intruder. Captain Benson discovers the assailant is one of her fans. "ShyGabe" tells Fin he believes Zoe is in love with him and he thought she was inviting him over to role play. The victim tells Kat she does not want her double life exposed. ADA Carisi believes a jury may not convict Gabe if they think the performer consented to the violent sex. 

Gabe represents himself at trial, using the opportunity to get Zoe to admit she said "I love you" to him in private chat rooms. Carisi counters by putting Zoe's other fans on the stand, all of whom say the cam girl said the same things to them. Gabe becomes jealous and has an outburst in court, pulling the COVID-era Plexiglas right off the witness stand.  

We're talking about Special Victims Unit season 22 episode 5 "Turn Me On Take Me Private." Our guest is Ronald Young Jr. from the Weight For It podcast.

This episode takes some inspiration from the 2018 case of Grant Amato.

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Detectives Lenny Briscoe and Ed Green track down a young family that skipped town, leaving behind a bloody crib. Each parent claims the other fled with the baby. When the detectives find the infant’s body buried in a backyard, Dr. Rogers determines he starved to death. A lactation specialist tells ADA Abbie Carmichael the mom refused to breastfeed, so EADA Jack McCoy assigns Carmichael to go solo and prosecute the mother for manslaughter. The defense argues the child starved because the father refused to help and the specialist pressured her to not use formula. Carmichael counters that if a woman chooses to have a baby, she must take responsibility for that child.

We're talking about Law & Order season 10 episode 12 "Mother's Milk." Our guest is Thaddeus Danquah from the "Happy Media" podcast.

This episode takes some inspiration from the 1999 case of Tabitha Walrond.

 

 

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Detectives Benson and Stabler are called in when an infant dies after drinking baby formula mixed with cocaine. When more tainted formula is found in the home of Derek Pfeiffer, Fin and Munch suspect he's been smuggling in the liquid coke from Mexico. But things take a turn when IAB takes over the investigation and Pfeiffer is murdered. Cragen strong-arms Tucker to let Elliot go undercover and infiltrate the drug ring. It's managed by a dirty cop, and when a sting goes sideways, Stabler is forced to shoot him in self-defense.  
Still looking for the kingpin, Benson and Cragen learn Pfeiffer never had a baby. His wife had been taking her infant nephew to Mexico as a cover to smuggle the formula.  Now the kingpin is tying up loose ends by killing Mrs. Pfeiffer and all the other mothers who rented their babies as drug mules.
We're talking about Special Victims Unit season 4 episode 12 "Risk." Our guest is Mel Barrett from the "Something's Off" and "The Inbetween" podcasts.
Some inspiration for this episode comes from the 1992 case of NYPD officer Michael Dowd.

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A retired cop tells Detective Elliot Stabler the perp he's looking for is Ray Schenkel (played by Robert Patrick), who got out of jail the morning a girl was raped. Schenkel had kidnapped victims with the help of his cousin, and Huang predicts he'll seek a new partner. Stabler poses as a sex offender, befriends Schenkel, and joins his therapy group to monitor his actions. They set up a sting, but he resists attacking their decoy. Captain Cragen thinks Schenkel might be sincere in his effort to change his ways, but Detective Olivia Benson thinks it's just a matter of time. 
Even undercover, Stabler cannot hide his anger issues from the therapist. Schenkel finally gives into his urges. He kidnaps a girl and drives to an abandoned factory where he orders Elliot to rape her. The girl escapes, but Stabler and Schenkel are left to confront one another...and confront their own demons.
We're talking about Special Victims Unit season 7 episode 1 "Demons." Our guest is Chris Farrah from the Vanity Farrah podcast.
This episode takes some cues from the Hillside Strangler case.

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Three young boys are killed by a car bomb, their mother Doreen and older brother in the front seat are the only survivors. Detectives Goren and Eames learn Paul Whitlock developed a new kind of land mine and his wife had spotted some threatening-looking Middle Eastern men before the blast.  But there are indications the pipe bomb was built in their garage and someone swept it up. Bobby and Alex suspect the depressed Doreen blew up the car in a murder/suicide attempt.
ADA Ron Carver insists the overbearing husband is their best suspect. The detectives find a space heater Doreen tampered with to leak carbon monoxide. The overwhelmed mother confesses she wanted to take the children to heaven with her, where she could be a better parent. But Goren and Eames discover the cold-blooded Whitlock knew Doreen wanted to die and was fine if she did - he just didn’t know the children would get hurt. Enraged at his cruelty, the detectives insist Carver hold him legally responsible, but he says there’s no crime in not stopping your wife from killing herself and her family.
We’re talking about Law & Order: Criminal Intent season 4 episode 7 “Magnificat.” Our returning guest is Katie from the A Date with Dateline podcast.
Plot points in this episode are inspired by the 2001 case of Andrea Yates.

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