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The Case of Mark Schand
📻 Episode #318
🎙️ Hosted by Guest Host Lauren Bright Pacheco
📅 Dec 19, 2022
About This Episode
On September 2, 1986, a Springfield, MA drug deal turned into an armed robbery, which turned into the death of an innocent bystander named Victoria Seymour. Six men, all of whom were later determined to have been involved in the robbery, identified Mark Schand as the one responsible for Seymour’s death. Despite the lack of…
The Case
On September 2, 1986, a Springfield, MA drug deal turned into an armed robbery, which turned into the death of an innocent bystander named Victoria Seymour. Six men, all of whom were later determined to have been involved in the robbery, identified Mark Schand as the one responsible for Seymour’s death. Despite the lack of physical evidence, and the fact that he was 30 miles away the entire evening that the crime took place, Schand was tried, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
As a three time Emmy award-winner, Lauren has worked as a writer, reporter and producer in various media spaces including radio, newspaper, television and podcasting. Her podcasts Murder in Illinois, Murder in Oregon, Happy Face, and more, investigate and report true crime cases.
Mark’s case and story dovetails seamlessly with many of those which Lauren has tackled in the past. Specifically, and what disturbs Lauren most, Mark was convicted for a crime he did not commit, without any evidence, and with the help of falsified testimony and coerced witnesses. Mark’s story inspires Lauren, as despite the loss and tragedy, his story still ends with a wonderful love story.
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In Their Own Words — transcript excerpts
Short excerpts from the episode's official published transcript, with timestamps — listen from these moments, or read the full transcript via the podcast's own platforms.
00:05:55“Speaker 1: Which is very unusual with the wrongful conviction case that Speaker 1: you were involved from the beginning, Mark, could you tell Speaker 1: us a little bit more about your life in Hertford Speaker 1: before all of this began. Speaker 3: When I came up here, I was just turned eighteen”
00:21:54“Speaker 4: have to get our witnesses the honest way. That is, Speaker 4: we want you to tell us what you know. We Speaker 4: want you to testify to what you know, and if Speaker 4: you do that, all we can do is say thank you. Speaker 4: The police and the prosecutors can say to a witness,”
00:38:48“Speaker 3: to him and he hasn't framed and he has it Speaker 3: in his office now. If I'm not mistaken, and I Speaker 3: think in my whole ordeal, the two things that stick Speaker 3: out to me most was that and my mom's screaming Speaker 3: in court, Like those are two things. They literally flashed”
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