Heresy Trials

Heresy was the most dangerous accusation of its age. It needed no weapon and no witness to a crime, only words: a sermon, a translation, a question asked too loudly. This show tells the true stories of the men and women tried for heresy and executed for their words. Each episode reconstructs one heresy trial in full, cinematic detail: the idea that crossed the line, the interrogations designed to break the mind before the body, the recantation offered and refused, and the fire that was supposed to end the argument. No host chatting between clips, no panel debating doctrine. Just one complete story, narrated start to finish, built from trial records, letters, and the testimony of witnesses. You will meet translators burned for putting scripture into the wrong language, philosophers whose logic was declared heresy, and ordinary believers who chose the stake over a signature. Some episodes follow a single trial through every session; others trace how a heresy hunt swept a whole region. All of them treat heresy trials as what they really are: history's most brutal argument about who owns the truth. If you are drawn to stories where an idea is a matter of life and death, this is built for you. New episodes drop regularly, each one a self-contained heresy trial worth remembering. Subscribe now so the next story lands the moment it goes live.

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  The certificate reappeared in the depot and unraveled the alibi

  Aug 18, 202616 minS0

  A laminated County Employee of the Month certificate for Melissa Wells is found in a locked county kit after her death - who put it there and why?<br /><br />The certificate reappeared in the depot and unraveled the alibi<br /><br />In this episode, we follow the timeline and the small bureaucratic traces that became the case’s centerpieces. We lay out how access logs, a routine HVAC call, and a missing ritual around a diabetic cat converge into a single, inexplicable question: how did that certificate get into a padlocked kit?<br /><br />Person: Melissa Wells<br />Date: Ju...

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  The gate hinge gap that let someone pass beneath a locked padlock

  Aug 18, 202620 minS0

  A locked padlock and boot prints inside the gate - who used it and why?<br /><br />The gate hinge gap that let someone pass beneath a locked padlock<br /><br />In this episode, we follow the disappearance of twenty-three-year-old forestry apprentice Erin Campbell and the search that uncovered a crime scene deep inside Hatchett County’s ridgeline forest. We trace the road, the locked gate, the missing Tuesday call, and the detail that kept investigators puzzled: how did someone get past a locked padlock without approach prints?<br /><br />Person: Erin Campbell<br />Date: June 11 (call lasted 22 minutes), body fo...

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  The receipt that wasn't on her route undid the shortcut story

  Aug 18, 202618 minS0

  A woman finds a manicured hand in a field and a delivery receipt for Emily’s greenhouse-why was that stop off her route?<br /><br />The receipt that wasn't on her route undid the shortcut story<br /><br />In this episode, we follow the early hours of an investigation triggered by a hand found in a furrow and a curious delivery receipt. The episode traces Emily Nelson’s last routine Tuesday night, the discovery on Kettner Road, and the records that begin to shift the search-what did that unsigned stop reveal?<br /><br />Person: Emily Nelson<br />Date: May 9-10 (disa...

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  The kitchen timer stopped Erin Duncan from ever touching the oven dial

  Aug 18, 202617 minS0

  A kitchen timer stopped at 2:14 and a cold Dutch oven waits-what waited for Erin Duncan the moment she walked in?<br /><br />The kitchen timer stopped Erin Duncan from ever touching the oven dial<br /><br />In this episode, we follow the facts and timeline around Erin Duncan’s last evening and the clues that led investigators to obsess over a single stopped kitchen timer. It lays out who was where, what items were left untouched, and the narrow windows of time that raise the central question: what met her as she crossed the threshold?<br /><br />Person: Erin Duncan<br...

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  Everyone Said Webb Was On Shift-The Log Shows He Entered at 11:40 PM

  Aug 18, 202617 minS0

  A harbor assistant logs himself into a padlocked cannery at 11:40 PM the night a student vanished-what was he doing inside the Cold Storage Annex?<br /><br />Everyone Said Webb Was On Shift-The Log Shows He Entered at 11:40 PM<br /><br />In this episode, we follow the immediate aftermath of Rachel Clark's disappearance and the discovery of her tide journal locked inside the Cold Storage Annex. We trace the access logs, the harbor routines, and the questions that bind a small town's schedules to one unexplained night.<br /><br />Person: Rachel Clark<br />Person: Keith Webb<br />Location: Cold Storage Annex...

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