The Burden

By Orbit Media

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jack
 Apr 19, 2024
great content!

Description

The Burden is a documentary series that takes listeners into the hidden places where justice is done (and undone). It dives deep into the lives of heroes and villains. And it focuses a spotlight on those who triumph even when the odds are against them. 

Season 2 - The Burden: Empire on Blood 

Empire on Blood is set in the Bronx, NY, in the early 90s, when two young drug dealers ruled an intersection known as “The Corner on Blood.” The boss, Calvin Buari, lived large. He and a protege swore they would build an empire on blood. Then the relationship frayed and the protege accused Calvin of a double homicide which he claimed he didn’t do. But did he? Award-winning journalist Steve Fishman spent seven years to answer that question. 

This is the story of one man’s last chance to overturn his life sentence. He may prevail, but someone’s gotta pay. The Burden: Empire on Blood is the director’s cut of the true crime classic which reached #1 on the charts when it was first released half a dozen years ago.

Season 1 - The Burden 

In the 1990s, Detective Louis N. Scarcella was legendary. In a city overrun by violent crime, he cracked the toughest cases and put away the worst criminals. “The Hulk” was his nickname.

Then the story changed. Scarcella ran into a group of convicted murderers who all say they are innocent. They turned themselves into jailhouse-lawyers and in prison founded a lway firm. When they realized Scarcella helped put many of them away, they set their sights on taking him down. And with the help of a NY Times reporter they have a chance.

For years, Scarcella insisted he did nothing wrong. But that’s all he’d say. Until we tracked Scarcella to a sauna in a Russian bathhouse, where he started to talk..and talk and talk. “The guilty have gone free,” he whispered. And then agreed to take us into the belly of the beast. 

Welcome to The Burden.


Episode Date
Bonus Episode | Father Frank Meets His Maker
Oct 09, 2024
Empire on Blood - Bonus Episode | Calvin Buari: Family Guy
Oct 02, 2024
Introducing - Deep Cover: George Santos
Sep 25, 2024
Empire on Blood | 8. I Shot Him
Sep 19, 2024
Introducing - The Confessions of Anthony Raimondi
Sep 18, 2024
Empire on Blood | 7. This Too Shall Pass
Sep 11, 2024
Empire on Blood | 6. Evilina on the Stand
Sep 04, 2024
Empire on Blood | 5. Joe Barry, Private Eye
Aug 28, 2024
Empire on Blood | 4. Father Frank to the Rescue
Aug 21, 2024
Empire on Blood | 3. Dwight, Poet of Evil
Aug 14, 2024
Empire on Blood | 1. Calvin's Last Shot
Aug 07, 2024
Empire on Blood | 2. Turtle Man Will Get His Man
Aug 07, 2024
Introducing - The Burden: Empire on Blood
Jul 31, 2024
Introducing - The Gist: Birds Aren’t Real (SHHH … Don’t tell the Crested Warbler!)
Jul 26, 2024
The Burden - Bonus Episode | Justin Bonus for the Defense
Jul 24, 2024
The Burden - Bonus Episode | Admiring Louie
Jul 16, 2024
The Burden - Bonus Episode | Coney Island of the Mind. Louie’s Mind
Jul 03, 2024
The Burden - Bonus Episode | Blame the Prosecutors
Jun 26, 2024
Introducing - American Criminal: The Menendez Brothers
Jun 21, 2024
Introducing - My Friend the Serial Killer: Local Man
Jun 18, 2024
Introducing - Slaycation: My Big Fat Greek Murder
Jun 14, 2024
The Burden - Bonus Episode | David Ranta and the Murder of the Century
Jun 11, 2024
Introducing - Deep Cover: The Nameless Man
Jun 07, 2024
Introducing - On Our Watch: New Folsom from KQED
May 31, 2024
The Burden - Bonus Episode | Teresa Gomez Speaks!
May 28, 2024
Introducing - The Jordan Harbinger Show
May 24, 2024
The Burden | 10. A Reckoning
May 14, 2024
The Burden | 9. Vindication
May 07, 2024
The Burden | 8. Judgment
Apr 30, 2024
The Burden | 7. Shabaka’s Last Shot
Apr 23, 2024
The Burden | 6. Does a New D.A. Mean a New Day?
Apr 16, 2024
The Burden | 5. The Derrick Dilemma
Apr 09, 2024
The Burden | 4. The Crazy World of Murder
Apr 02, 2024
The Burden | 3. The Actual Innocence Team
Mar 26, 2024
The Burden | 2. The Confessions of Louis Scarcella
Mar 19, 2024
The Burden | 1. The Scoop
Mar 19, 2024
Introducing: The Burden
Mar 12, 2024