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The In Between Podcast with Mel Barrett

The In Between Podcast with Mel Barrett

There’s the official story. And then there’s the truth. The In Between is an investigative narrative podcast that digs into cases where the facts got buried, distorted, or deliberately ignored. Hosted by journalist and screenwriter Mel Barrett, each season unpacks one story that was never fully told, blending deep reporting, legal analysis, and raw personal narrative. Mel doesn’t just rehash headlines—she goes digging. She’s spent over a decade uncovering new evidence in the Pamela Smart case,

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60: Something's off with the Karen Read email dump...

The In Between Podcast with Mel Barrett ·

2025/11/07

Something's Off with Mel Barrett + Rebecca Lavoie episode 4Mel + Rebecca break down the MarburyVMad (Corri Hopkins) MSP email dump from the Karen Read Trial and Mel breaks down the civil case of the 1st grade shooter who shot his teacher, Abigail Zwerner. TIP JAR: https://tinyurl.com/SomethingsOffTips You can now join the channel! Click the join button to select your favorite level. Join the Investigator Club (The In Between Podcast) or Crime Writer's On Patreon for the audio drop of Something's

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59: She Called for Help: The Killing of Sonya Massey

The In Between Podcast with Mel Barrett ·

2025/11/04

When 36-year-old Sonya Massey—a Black mother of two—called 911 for help during a mental health crisis, she needed compassion. Instead, she was shot in the face by a white sheriff’s deputy in her own kitchen. In this episode of The In Between, host Mel Barrett walks listeners through the events of July 6, 2024, the bodycam footage that shook a community, the trial that followed, and the broader failures in policing, race, and mental health response. We’ll hear from Sonya’s family, legal experts, and

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58: EXTRA Something's Off w/the feds and Michael...

The In Between Podcast with Mel Barrett ·

2025/11/02

Something's Off with Mel Barrett + Rebecca Lavoie episode 3.5Mel + Rebecca break down the preservation of Michael Proctor's messages and go on a deep dive into Samanthan Benigno's analysis of the 911 call Jen McCabe made at the scene of John O'Keefe's death. If you weren't already convinced the McCabes and Alberts had something to do with you, you might be after watching Sam's video. We'll link below. TIP JAR: https://tinyurl.com/SomethingsOffTips Join the Investigator Club (The In Between

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57: SOMETHING'S OFF with that Microdots video,...

The In Between Podcast with Mel Barrett ·

2025/11/01

Something's Off with Mel Barrett + Rebecca Lavoie episode Three Mel + Rebecca get into allll the chaos surrounding Turtleboy and the other boys, updates on all things Karen Read adjacent, including Microdots, and we take a deep dive on the Kelsey Fitzsimmons case. TIP JAR: https://tinyurl.com/SomethingsOffTips Join the Investigator Club (The In Between Podcast) or Crime Writer's On Patreon for the audio drop of Something's Off on Fridays, AD FREE, exclusive behind-the-scenes, and bonus

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56: RED RECORD: The Story of Trey Reed

The In Between Podcast with Mel Barrett ·

2025/10/29

On September 15, 2025, 21-year-old Trey Reed—a first-generation college student at Delta State University—was found hanging from a tree on campus. Within hours, his death was ruled a suicide. No investigation. No real answers. But Trey’s family knew something was wrong. And the deeper you look, the more disturbing the picture becomes: missing surveillance footage, a mysterious belt with no buckle, a second autopsy showing blunt force trauma, and a chilling history of racially motivated violence in

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55: SOMETHING'S OFF with Michael Proctor's iCloud,...

The In Between Podcast with Mel Barrett ·

2025/10/27

Something's Off with Mel Barrett + Rebecca Lavoie episode Two Mel + Rebecca get into allll the chaos surrounding Michael Proctor, the Fed document dump/hearings, who lied: Dever or Cox? and an old rumor that resurfaced this week about a person being hit by a plow on Fairview Road. TIP JAR: https://tinyurl.com/SomethingsOffTips Join the Investigator Club (The In Between Podcast) or Crime Writer's On Patreon for the audio drop of Something's Off on Fridays, AD FREE, exclusive behind-the-scenes,

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54: CASE UPDATES: Ellen Greenburg, Michael Proctor,...

The In Between Podcast with Mel Barrett ·

2025/10/22

Mel returns to three deeply unsettling cases that continue to raise serious questions:Ellen Greenberg: A new city-commissioned review reaffirms suicide, despite 20+ stab wounds. Her family says the fight for justice is far from over. Michael Proctor: The former state trooper withdraws his appeal after disturbing personal texts dating back to 2013 surface—some now allowed in a separate murder trial. Sam Nordquist: As DNA evidence is collected and pre-trial hearings wrap up, seven

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53: NEW SHOW: Something's Off with Mel Barrett +...

The In Between Podcast with Mel Barrett ·

2025/10/17

Preview SOMETHING'S OFF here and join us in the Investigator Club to get early access to new episodes, or subscribe to the YouTube to watch Something's Off for FREE.In our first episode, Mel Barrett and Rebecca Lavoie dig into the discord in the Turtleboy/FKR communities and take a deeper dive into the upcoming Brian Walshe trial, which crosses over into Karen Read territory when Yuri Bukhenik and Michael Proctor show up again. To watch the episode, subscribe to the SOMETHING'S OFF YOUTUBE - New

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52: COMING FRIDAY OCTOBER 17TH - Something's Off with...

The In Between Podcast with Mel Barrett ·

2025/10/15

Fridays starting October 2025.You know that feeling? When a case doesn’t add up, when the story feels off? That’s where Investigative Journalists and podcast hosts, Mel Barrett and Rebecca Lavoie, come in, breaking down the crimes, the trials, and the cover-ups that make you say: Something’s Off. ❤️ If you like our work, click the tip jar ❤️ 🚨 Here's the link to the SOMETHING'S OFF YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SomethingsOffPod -- Please subscribe for updates. Podcast episodes will be

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51: Hiding in Plain Sight: The Murder of Leslie Preer

The In Between Podcast with Mel Barrett ·

2025/10/14

In May of 2001, 49-year-old Leslie Preer was found brutally murdered inside her Chevy Chase home. For years, suspicion shadowed her husband, Sandy, who failed a polygraph and couldn’t explain his movements the night before her death. But one piece of evidence—male DNA under Leslie’s fingernails—told a different story.Two decades later, a new generation of detectives reopened the case, armed with technology that didn’t exist back then. Using forensic genetic genealogy, they traced the unknown DNA

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50: TRAILER: Something's Off with Mel Barrett and...

The In Between Podcast with Mel Barrett ·

2025/10/09

Dropping Fridays starting October 2025.You know that feeling? When a case doesn’t add up, when the story feels off? That’s where Investigative Journalists and podcast hosts, Mel Barrett and Rebecca Lavoie, come in, breaking down the crimes, the trials, and the cover-ups that make you say: Something’s Off. ❤️ If you like our work, click the tip jar ❤️ 🚨 Here's the link to the SOMETHING'S OFF YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SomethingsOffPod -- Please subscribe for updates. Podcast episodes will

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49: A Savage Forest: The Megan Shaffer And Alex...

The In Between Podcast with Mel Barrett ·

2025/10/08

❤️If you like Mel's work, hit the tip jar❤️ In Part Two of A SAVAGE FOREST, we pick up where the mountain left off—with a body, a knife, and a story that keeps changing. The autopsy contradicts Megan’s account of a tragic accident, revealing seven deep, deliberate cuts to Alexander Stevens’ throat. As prosecutors build their case for murder, Megan’s defense paints a different picture: one of manipulation, trauma, and control. In this episode, we step inside the courtroom, examining the forensic

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48: A Savage Forest: The Megan Shaffer And Alex...

The In Between Podcast with Mel Barrett ·

2025/10/01

On a freezing night in January 2017, 21-year-old Megan Shaffer and 24-year-old Alexander Stevens hiked deep into Savage River State Forest in Western Maryland. They carried candles, a knife, and even Alex’s pet cat—preparing for what Megan would later describe as a “cleansing ritual.” Hours later, Megan was rescued—naked, bruised, hypothermic—while Alex was found dead in a frozen creek, his throat cut and candles burned to stubs around him.Megan gave police not one, but three conflicting stories

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47: Suicide or Silence: The Murder of Sandra Birchmore

The In Between Podcast with Mel Barrett ·

2025/09/23

In February 2021, twenty-three-year-old Sandra Birchmore was found dead in her Canton, Massachusetts apartment. She was eight months pregnant. The official ruling: suicide by asphyxia. For years, that’s where the story stopped.But when the FBI uncovered more than thirty thousand missing messages between Sandra and Stoughton Police Officer Matthew Farwell, the truth began to surface — a decade of grooming, coercion, and control. In August 2024, Farwell was indicted for Sandra’s murder. In this

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46: The Martyr Machine: Charlie Kirk and the Politics...

The In Between Podcast with Mel Barrett ·

2025/09/16

On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on stage at Utah Valley University. The media asked, “How did we get here?” But the truth is—we already know.In this special episode of The In Between, host Mel Barrett, breaks the mold of the series to trace the long road that led to Kirk’s assassination: Donald Trump’s decades of violent rhetoric, the rise of Nick Fuentes and the Groypers, Kirk’s own pivot into conspiratorial territory with the Epstein files, and the online ecosystems

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45: Tying It All Together: The Ellen Greenberg Case...

The In Between Podcast with Mel Barrett ·

2025/09/09

This week on The In Between Podcast, host Mel Barrett, revisits the aftermath of the night Ellen Greenberg was found with twenty stab wounds in her Philadelphia apartment—and the instant clash between an autopsy that pointed to homicide and a police narrative that leaned suicide. Through the “locked room” lens, Mel unpacks what the door latch could (and couldn’t) prove, why the body’s injuries don’t match a self-inflicted story, and how a professionally cleaned scene and pre-warrant removal of

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44: Tying It All Together: The Ellen Greenberg Case

The In Between Podcast with Mel Barrett ·

2025/09/03

This week on The In Between Podcast, host Mel Barrett, revisits the night Ellen Greenberg was found with twenty stab wounds in her Philadelphia apartment—and the instant clash between an autopsy that pointed to homicide and a police narrative that leaned suicide. Through the “locked room” lens, Mel unpacks what the door latch could (and couldn’t) prove, why the body’s injuries don’t match a self-inflicted story, and how a professionally cleaned scene and pre-warrant removal of electronics crippled

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43: From Victim to Accused: The Veronika Rodriguez...

The In Between Podcast with Mel Barrett ·

2025/08/27

In the final (for now) installment of From Victim to Accused, host Mel Barrett travels to Lebanon County Pennsylvania for Veronika Rodriguez' sentencing hearing. This is an in-depth discussion of what happened then and what's to come with fellow podcaster, Ellyn Marsh of the I Think Not! Podcast.The family is raising money for an appeal. If you feel so inclined, donate here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/veronikas-voice Back story: Veronika Rodriguez reported her rape to police. She even had

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42: From Victim to Accused: The Veronika Rodriguez...

The In Between Podcast with Mel Barrett ·

2025/08/19

In Episode five, host Mel Barrett, goes on a deep dive into the prosecutor in Veronika's case: Pier Hess GrafPier Hess Graf didn’t just prosecute the alleged victim in this case, she went hard at Veronika Rodriguez, asking for up to 16 years in prison for reporting her own sexual assault. I wonder where that kind of resentment and unrelenting spite comes from. Did getting accused of sleeping her way into the DA’s office create internalized misogyny in Pier Hess Graf? Why has she never brought a

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41: From Victim to Accused: The Veronika Rodriguez...

The In Between Podcast with Mel Barrett ·

2025/08/13

In this episode of The In Between Podcast, Mel spends an hour discussing the alleged assault of Veronika Rodriguez with the man she accused...Fahad PervezPlease share. Veronika's sentencing happens on August 20, 2025 so sharing this episode helps get the word out about what really happened in her case. Back story: Veronika Rodriguez reported her rape to police. She even had evidence to prove it happened. Still police didn't believe her and turned her from victim, to accused, to convicted. Mel

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