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The Case of Joe Bryan
📻 Episode #213
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Jul 14, 2021
About This Episode
Joe Bryan was a high school principal, and his wife Mickey Bryan was a 4th-grade teacher in the small town of Clifton, TX. On Tuesday, October 15th, 1985, Mickey did not show up for work. Her body was discovered later that day in her bedroom. Joe was 120 miles away in Austin at a conference…
The Case
Joe Bryan was a high school principal, and his wife Mickey Bryan was a 4th-grade teacher in the small town of Clifton, TX. On Tuesday, October 15th, 1985, Mickey did not show up for work. Her body was discovered later that day in her bedroom. Joe was 120 miles away in Austin at a conference at that time. Prosecutors came up with a theory that Joe drove back to Clifton, killed his wife, and returned to Austin, using the conference as an alibi. He was convicted with "bloodstain analysis" which was later exposed to be wholly unreliable.
For more on the junk science of bloodstain analysis check out Wrongful Conviction: Junk Science - Bloodstain Pattern Evidence with host Josh Dubin, released on August 10, 2020. https://www.wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com/podcast/s11e14-wrongful-conviction-junk-science-bloodstain-pattern-evidence
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00:05:07“Speaker 1: if this could happen to you, then nobody out there Speaker 1: is safe because it could happen to anyone. And that Speaker 1: brings me to the next part of your story, which Speaker 1: of course is October fourteenth, nineteen eighty five. Now you Speaker 1: were out of town at an annual Texas Secondary School's”
00:20:48“Speaker 1: have a whole show devoted to junk science. Speaker 2: You know. Blood spatter is a quote unquote. Speaker 1: Scientific protocol which is used in courtrooms all over this Speaker 1: country and as far back as Joe's trial eighty five, Speaker 1: probably more than that. It is a nonsensical practice in”
00:35:47“Speaker 2: And what was that like? Speaker 4: I mean, well, there are many tears. You're so thankful Speaker 4: to be out and it's beautiful to see people who Speaker 4: care for you and love youaiting for you out there Speaker 4: when you get outside. Jesse was one of those waiting,”
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