Case 350: Alice Sebold & Tony Broadwater
After college student Alice Sebold was violently raped in 1981, a 21-year-old man named Tony Broadwater was promptly arrested and subsequently convicted of the crime. Alice later wrote a powerful memoir about her ordeal, called Lucky, which became a bestseller. But Alice’s book would reveal more than anyone could have realised…
Team:
Anonymous Host - narration
Emily Shirley - research, writing
Mike Migas - production, music
Anthony Telfer - audio editing
Comments (19)
Another great episode. And I didn’t connect Alice’s name with the author of The Lovely Bones which I read years ago and never have forgotten.
Wow, I had no idea about this backstory! :(
Amazing episode, so well told. So crazy how this story broke through.
It seems to me that when a person is offered parole after spending years in prison and the only thing they have to do is say they are remorseful for the crime they commited and they refuse to admit remorse because they didn't commit the crime, only the truly innocent would make the choice to remain in prison. Id think the parole board or an attorney should take that into account.
This was such a great case. The way my mouth dropped when it turned out she wrote The Lovely Bones. What an incredible book/movie. My jaw also dropped at the line “convincing 3 people to lend him $25,000 each in a plot to buy condoms and latex in the UK to trade for chickens in Russia which would then be sold for profit in Saudi Arabia” 😳
Sounds like a flawless investment plan if you ask me
I have been listening to Casefile since day 1. Crazy to me that the last two cases were both from my hometown. Great work on both!
This episode release feels like crazy universe timing when I just submitted a uni assignment on Friday - a scoping review of adult sexual assault survivors’ experience of reporting to police.
I would love to see more cases like this where the victim survived, so that we could hear their voice - not that they have to be SA cases but this pod is so focused on murder when there’s so many other crimes out there
I agree focusing on surviving victims is a very important part of true crime too often overlooked! I will say, of all true crime podcasts and series I follow, casefile does the most focusing on crimes with differing victims and types of crimes.
If only Olivia Benson and Bayard Ellis could’ve helped…
Omg I’m binge re-watching SVU at the moment!
Excellent! Outstanding! Top Notch journalism. Thank you ❤️
great episode!!! when it was revealed she wrote the lovely bones….chills, just chills down my entire body. i remember how popular that story was after the movie came out. just more evidence of the total and absolute corruption of law enforcement in the united states. two innocent people’s lives ruined and a rapist let off scot-free who may have become a serial offender because the police did him a favor by imprisoning an innocent man.
Her wishing that her rapist was a white man is so messed up…
its disgusting that you are taking her comments about wanting justice for being brutally raped when she was a child out of context to try and push your racist agenda
kudos to the researchers and writers of this case file episode! what a great job! the case with handled with remarkable sensitivity along with accurate backpelling and reporting. it's really enjoyed this episode, and congratulate case well for its reporting
It is heartbreaking to see an innocent person convicted of a crime they did not commit. The impact on their life and their loved ones can be devastating. No one should have their freedom and reputation taken away unjustly. It is a tragic reminder that the justice system can sometimes get things wrong. Every wrongful conviction deserves to be thoroughly reviewed.
This case is so messed up, two innocent lives catastrophically ruined