In Dispute: 10 Famous Trials That Changed History
Ten famous court cases come to life through reenactment of actual conversations preserved through trial transcripts and court reporters to explore the foundations of our current legal systems.
Episodes
INTRODUCING: For the Innocent Season 3 | Amanda Knox, JJ Velasquez, and More
Hosted by Michael Semanchik, For the Innocent exposes the shocking reality of wrongful convictions through raw, first-person stories from the exonerated. Season 3 returns September 9th featuring powerful accounts from Amanda Knox, JJ Velasq…
The Trial of Jesus: A Legal Investigation into History’s Greatest Case
Did Jesus have one trial or two? And what really happened in the courtroom, if there was one at all? In this tenth and final episode of season one, we take a lawyer’s approach to one of history’s most debated legal proceedings: the trial of…
O.J. Simpson’s Murder Trial: The Clues That Changed Everything
On June 12, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were murdered outside Brown’s Brentwood home, sparking one of the most infamous criminal cases in history. The investigation quickly led to O.J. Simpson, with key evidence including …
The McMartin Preschool Scandal Changed How We Investigate Child Abuse
The infamous McMartin Preschool trial epitomized the daycare abuse hysteria of the 1980s. What began with unsubstantiated allegations by a mentally ill parent spiraled into a seven-year legal battle, costing $16 million and leaving lives sh…
Dingo or Deception? Unpacking the Lindy Chamberlain Trial That Gripped Australia
In 1980, a family camping trip to Uluru turned into one of the most infamous trials in Australian history. When Lindy Chamberlain cried out, “A dingo’s got my baby,” few could have imagined the twists that would follow. In this episode, we …
Evolution vs. Creationism; How the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial Gained Nationwide Attention
Dayton, Tennessee, catapulted into the national spotlight in 1925 after a young teacher challenged a state law banning the teaching of evolution, transforming the town into a chaotic carnival of ideas and fervent beliefs. Re-live the specta…
The Chicago Black Sox Trial: How 8 Players Went From the Dugout to the Courtroom
The infamous cheating scandal from the 1919 World Series, between the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds, broke America’s belief in the purity and innocence of baseball. As the story slowly unfolded, it became filled with all the col…
The Wild West in Court: Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday’s Fight for Freedom After the O.K. Corral
Thirty shots fired in thirty seconds at the O.K. Corral left three men dead and three more wounded and turned into a month-long trial with some thirty witnesses in late fall 1881. Since then, their legendary gunfight with the Clantons and M…
Why Abolitionist John Brown Became the First American To Be Executed for Treason
Countless historians have debated whether abolitionist John Brown was, as President Lincoln put it, a “misguided fanatic,” or, in the words of Malcolm X, “the only white man worthy of joining his Organization for Afro-American Unity.” Rathe…
Why John Adams Defended the British Soldiers During the Boston Massacre Trials
When an unruly crowd of angry colonists attacked a small platoon of British soldiers in 1770, five Bostonians were killed and several others wounded. John Adams, a then-34-year-old lawyer who would eventually become the second president of …
Salem Witch Trials: How The Hysteria Went Terribly Awry
In 1692, claims of satanic rituals, ghosts, and seemingly “afflicted” children stirred puritanical imaginations, deepened by petty rifts between powerful families and rival congregations in Salem Village (now known as Danvers, Massachusetts…
First Look at In Dispute: 10 Famous Trials That Changed History
Enjoy this exclusive first look at the J. Craig Williams' new podcast series 'In Dispute: 10 Famous Trials That Changed History' coming to Legal Talk Network June 18th. Go beyond the basic historical accounts recapped in law school textbook…
The Official Trailer for In Dispute: 10 Famous Trials That Changed History
Join us as we take a journey through time to discover the most interesting and impactful court cases in world history. Go beyond the basic historical accounts recapped in law school textbooks and soak in every aspect of the trials with fasc…