Welcome to Especially Heinous, a podcast where Amber tells her friend Jessica about the bizarre true stories behind episodes of Law & Order SVU.
On this week's episode, we discuss "Streetwise" (Season 9, Episode 11), the phenomenon of street families, and the tragic murder of Jessica Kate Williams.
On this episode, we recap "Haystack" (Season 8, Episode 15), the tragic true story that inspired it, and the impact of crime reporters like Nancy Grace.
This week, we cover the episode "Popular" (Season 3, Episode 16) and its connection to an outlandish moral panic from the early 2000s.
On our inaugural episode, we discuss the episode "Pretend" (Season 8, Episode 21) and do a deep dive into the story that inspired it: the bizarre case of Treva Throneberry.