Serial
Podcast

Serial

Serial Productions & The New York Times

64 episodes

Our newest podcast, “The Last 12 Weeks” is out now. Search for it wherever you get your podcasts. Serial Productions makes narrative podcasts that have transformed the medium. Sign up for our newsletter at nytimes.com/serialnewsletter to find out about new shows, get behind the scenes stories, and see photos and videos you can’t see on a podcast. To get full access to Serial Productions shows, and to other New York Times podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, subscribe at nytimes.com/podcasts. Have a story pitch, a tip, or feedback on our shows? Email us at serialshows@nytimes.com "Serial" began in 2014 as a spinoff of the public radio show "This American Life." In 2017, we formed Serial Productions when we launched the podcast “S-Town.” Since then, Serial Productions has produced every season of “Serial” along with shows like “Nice White Parents,” “The Trojan Horse Affair,” “The Coldest Case in Laramie,” “The Retrievals” and more. In 2020, we joined the New York Times Company. Our shows have reached many millions of listeners and have won nearly every major journalism award for audio, including the first-ever Peabody Award given to a podcast.

What this show covers

death penaltytrue crimeDavid Woodevidence reviewlegal strategydefense casenew witnesswrongful convictiondeath rowlegal deadlinecapital punishmentserial narrativecriminal justicedefense strategyvictims' families

What listeners will find here

A death penalty case built on tiny threads faces one last review
This preview, based only on the published show notes, points to an episode focused on how defense lawyers revisit a case with no single piece of evidence to dismantle. With execution nearing, the episode also teases unexpected revelations from a new witness.
A death row case enters its final 12 weeks
This preview is based only on the published show notes. The episode introduces David Wood, convicted in 1992 as El Paso’s most notorious serial killer, and frames a high-stakes countdown as his lawyers race to argue his innocence and stop his execution.
A death row interview tests the case prosecutors built against David Wood
This preview, based only on the published show notes, points to an episode focused on competing views of David Wood. It appears to contrast prosecutors’ portrayal of him as a rapist turned serial killer with Wood’s own account from death row, alongside the perspective of a victim from his earlier crimes.
A death-row defense team faces its hardest moral choices yet
This preview, based only on the episode’s published show notes, points to a tense chapter in the final weeks before David Wood’s execution date. Episode 3 appears to focus on how far the defense team is willing to go, with deliberations leading to a dying witness and the mother of one victim.
A last-minute ruling throws David Wood’s fate into sharper focus
Based on the show notes, this episode follows the tense days before an execution as the defense team reacts to an unexpected ruling. It also centers on what may be the lead lawyer’s final visit with David Wood while everyone awaits the outcome.

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