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14/10/2025

Two witnesses recant. Another reveals she was pressured to lie. And now, newly uncovered “receipts” show payments from law enforcement to a key witness, raising serious questions about how the case against Quincy Cross was built.

As Maggie digs deeper, the cracks in the prosecution’s story are widening, exposing a system willing to pay for testimony instead of truth.

BONE VALLEY: GRAVES COUNTY chapter 5 is out now. Be sure to tune in tomorrow for the final chapter.

14/10/2025

Repost from : Fascinated by a 2000 unsolved local murder, Susan Galbreath decided to become a citizen sleuth. With the help of a British journalist, the Mayfield, KY homemaker identified Quincy Cross and five others of kidnapping and killing Jessica Currin, then ra**ng her lifeless body and setting it on fire. While the press loved the story of an amateur detective cracking the case, serious problems were overlooked. The theory of the crime changed, evidence was circumstantial, and interrogation techniques were coercive. Witnesses have recanted their statements, and even Jessica’s father thinks the wrong man is in prison. But what the world didn’t know at the trial was that Galbreath had a reason to lead police to Cross and away from their original suspect.

“Bone Valley Season 3 | Graves County” from Lava for Good asks whether the made-for-movie tale of an average citizen solving a murder is too good to be true and the consequences of that fiction. Host Maggie Freleng picks apart the inconsistencies in the investigation and actions of investigators and journalists too eager to believe the information Galbreath was selling.

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09/10/2025

Two key prosecution witnesses recant. Another says she was coached. Chapter 5 of BONE VALLEY Season 3: GRAVES COUNTY digs into allegations of coerced statements, cash incentives, and a paper trail of “receipts” tied to witness expenses—while law enforcement responses and denials are heard on tape. It’s a sobering look at how pressure, power, and money can change the destiny of a case and the lives of those caught in it.

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08/10/2025

In chapter 5 of BONE VALLEY Season 3: GRAVES COUNTY, prosecution witness Rosie Crice says she was coerced into lying about Quincy Cross and his alleged accomplices—and she’s not the only one feeling the pressure. Meanwhile, we meet Venetia Stubblefield, the last person to see Jessica Currin alive, alongside Miranda Hellman of the Kentucky Innocence Project, exoneree-turned-advocate Ken Nixon, and key figures like Victoria Caldwell, Bob O’Neil, Tamara Caldwell, Brenda Jackson, and Noble Faulkner.

Each new voice exposes another thread in a tangled web of influence, manipulation, and power. Maggie digs deep into forced testimony, institutional failure, and the devastating secrets that still haunt this small-town community.

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03/10/2025

Susan Galbreath wasn’t a cop, a lawyer, or a trained investigator—but police treated her like one. Her home-grown “investigation” supplied key leads, interviews, even DIY evidence collection that the cops folded into their case. Emails and testimony show she worked closely with the family of another credible suspect, pushed investigators toward Quincy Cross, and fought to keep her own files out of the defense’s hands. When law enforcement leans on an amateur and calls it evidence, that’s not due diligence. It’s sloppy police work, and it puts justice at risk.

Listen to BONE VALLEY: GRAVES COUNTY Chapter 4, out now.

02/10/2025

Today is — a reminder of the lives stolen by injustice and the systems that fail us.

Leo Schofield. Toforest Johnson. Kevin Herrick. Quincy Cross. Four men. Decades lost.

We’ve told their stories at Lava for Good.

And we’ve told hundreds more on the Wrongful Conviction podcast, with over 500 episodes exposing how these injustices happen.
Listen, learn, and share — because the more these stories are heard, the harder they are to ignore.

01/10/2025

Soon after Jessica Currin’s death, Victoria Caldwell suddenly changed her story - implicating two entirely different suspects. But after Mayfield Police botched that investigation, attention shifted when Susan Galbreath, eager for her own sense of purpose, began digging into the case with the help of a BBC reporter.

Susan wasn’t a detective. She was a local who leaned on her relationships in Mayfield, pressing vulnerable people for information and feeding it back to police. Her personal quest for fulfillment came at a devastating cost: the wrongful conviction of Quincy Cross.

BONE VALLEY: GRAVES COUNTY exposes how a flawed investigation and one woman’s obsession stole decades of Quincy’s life. Listen to Chapter 4: My Girl Susan now, wherever you get your podcasts.

29/09/2025

Chapter 3 of BONE VALLEY: GRAVES COUNTY dives into the Kentucky Bureau of Investigation's bungling of the case. They pushed flimsy stories and conducted off-camera interrogations of young women to secure the conviction of Quincy Cross despite having ZERO physical evidence. And the prosecution? They built their case on the foundations laid by Susan Galbraith—a local busybody who made it her business to turn gossip into "evidence."

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27/09/2025

26/09/2025

People are talking about BONE VALLEY SEASON 3: GRAVES COUNTY. This season is hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Maggie Freleng, who takes us to a small Kentucky town where the horrific murder of 18-year-old Jessica Currin rocked a tight-knit community. Along the way, she teases out a complicated web of rumors and lies—a made-up story that led to the conviction of a man who Jessica's own family believes is innocent.

24/09/2025

Six years after Jessica Currin’s murder, the Kentucky Attorney General’s office stepped in. But instead of fixing the bungled investigation, they leaned on the theories of self-appointed “citizen investigator” Susan Galbreath. Their unorthodox interrogations produced shaky confessions that led to the conviction of Quincy Cross—despite the lack of credible evidence.

BONE VALLEY: GRAVES COUNTY exposes how flawed justice stole decades of Quincy’s life. Listen to Chapter 3: Persons of Interest now, wherever you get your podcasts.

24/09/2025

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