True crime podcasts offer new possibilities for in-depth journalism. Just read the labels first

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In the first episode of his true-crime podcast, Chris Lambert offered listeners a promise regarding a 23-year-old missing persons case in San Luis Obispo, California:

“I’m going to try to learn everything I can about Kristin Smart and what happened to her in the only way that I know,” he said. “By talking to people.”

Over the next four years, the musician and audio engineer did just that, interviewing scores of people for his popular podcast  “Your Own Backyard,” including some previously unknown witnesses who eventually helped law enforcement arrest a suspect and secure a murder conviction.

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