A common claim by supporters of the convicted West Memphis Three is that Jessie Misskelley confessed after 12 hours of interrogation. The official WM3 site goes even further, claiming Misskelley was questioned without consent. These claims are patently false.

Why is Lies, Damned Lies different? We’ve launched our blog with grand claims of being different to other true crime content creators, telling the truth and not being afraid to be unpopular. But are we actually different? And how are we different? Valerie Ivy recently asked this question, and it…

Kosoul Chanthakoummane was guilty, and you're being lied to. The latest relatively high-profile case of innocence fraud from a convicted killer on Death Row was that of Kosoul Chanthakoummane, convicted of murdering Sarah Walker in 2006. While Chanthakoummane always denied the crime, DNA evidence places him at the scene, bleeding…

We love true crime. We read it, we watch it, we listen to it. Forget music — we want to hear a murder story. But the problem is — we like true crime. That part’s important. And we realised when we watched the documentaries, listened to the podcasts, read the…