Bone Valley

Bone Valley

Lava for Good Podcasts

Episodes 59
Avg. Duration 43m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.8 (4,926)
Since Sep 2022
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Behind every Bone Valley season is a conviction: the right story, told with purpose, humanity, and craft, can have an enormous impact. Award-winning investigative documentaries from the fault lines of America's justice system.

Bone Valley Season 5 | The Devil’s Quarry is the latest podcast from Lava for Good. It is hosted by Paul Solotaroff, award-winning investigative journalist and longtime contributing editor at Rolling Stone. For Paul, who has been digging at this story for 5 years, the devil has always been a myth, until now.

 

The bones of a twelve-year-old girl are found by a hunter in the woods.  A young woman lives inside a real-life horror movie, ignored by everyone she turns to for help. Corrupt cops turn a blind eye to the evil lurking in their midst. The wrong people are convicted of a crime. A drug dealer works tirelessly for justice from jail. Records are hidden. Fingers are pointed. Lives are at stake. In Carmel, NY, the heroes are humble, the power is corrupt, and the devil is real.

Bone Valley Season 4 | Earwitness chronicles the case of Toforest Jonhson. In 1995, Deputy Sheriff William G. Hardy was murdered behind a hotel in Birmingham, Alabama. Toforest Johnson was four miles away at the time and no physical evidence linked him to the crime. But he has been on Death Row for 25 years.

Bone Valley Season 3 | Graves County is a new story about a new case. Maggie Freleng, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and one of the hosts of Lava For Good’s Wrongful Conviction, takes us to a small town in Graves County, Kentucky, where a terrible discovery on the front lawn of a middle school invites a string of amateur and professional investigators to try to solve a murder.

In Season 2, Jeremy Gilbert King brings us a story about her actual killer, Jeremy Scott, fighting to prove his guilt. The State of Florida does not believe either man.

In Season 1 of Bone Valley, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gilbert King tells a story of a man, Leo Schofield, fighting to prove his innocence in the case of his wife Michelle’s murder.

Bone Valley is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1.

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S5E2 Chapter 2 | Ride or Die

Jun 10, 2026 31m Transcript

Anthony DiPippo is pulled into a murder investigation. But the worst part is the reason why.   Award-winning investigative journalist and longtime Rolling Stone Magazine contributor Paul Solotaroff…

S5E2 Chapter 2 | Ride or Die

Jun 10, 2026 31m Transcript

Anthony DiPippo is pulled into a murder investigation. But the worst part is the reason why.   Award-winning investigative journalist and longtime Rolling Stone Magazine contributor Paul Solotaroff…

S5E1 Chapter 1 | Criminal Mischief

Jun 10, 2026 31m Transcript

The bones of 12-year-old Josette Wright are found in the woods. Cops hone in on two suspects.    Award-winning investigative journalist and longtime Rolling Stone Magazine contributor Paul Solotaroff…

S5E1 Chapter 1 | Criminal Mischief

Jun 10, 2026 31m Transcript

The bones of 12-year-old Josette Wright are found in the woods. Cops hone in on two suspects.    Award-winning investigative journalist and longtime Rolling Stone Magazine contributor Paul Solotaroff…

S5 Introducing - Bone Valley Season 5 | The Devil's Quarry

Jun 03, 2026 3m Trailer Transcript

In the woods outside Carmel, New York, a hunter finds the bones of a twelve-year-old girl. She had been missing. The people meant to protect her had looked the other way. Police set their sights on…

S5 Gilbert King Presents: Bone Valley Season 5 | The Devil's Quarry

May 28, 2026 37m Transcript

Award-winning investigative reporter and long-time Rolling Stone contributor Paul Solotaroff thought he was chasing a single story in Carmel, NY. Instead, he uncovered a sprawling web of cases that…

Introducing: My Mother's Lies

Apr 09, 2026 9m Transcript

In the summer of 2000, Jessica Currin was found murdered in a small Kentucky town. Ray McCord’s mom Susan Galbreath had been integral in solving the crime, and even helped law enforcement put a man,…

Introducing - Blood Will Tell

Mar 19, 2026 10m Trailer Transcript

Sharing a special episode this week from a new podcast called Blood Will Tell. When a birthday party in suburban San Jose turns deadly, 18-year-old identical twins are arrested for suspected murder.…

S4E8 Chapter 8 | Bondage to the Law

Feb 04, 2026 45m Transcript

Earwitness: Chapter 8 | Bondage to the Law In an unusual turn, District Attorney Danny Carr and original prosecutor Jeff Wallace push against Toforest Johnson’s conviction, even as he remains on…

S4E7 Chapter 7 | Messy

Feb 04, 2026 38m Transcript

Earwitness: Chapter 7 | Messy Years after the conviction, the original prosecutor, Jeff Wallace, begins questioning Violet Ellison’s story, while Beth Shelburne uncovers a troubling pattern.…

S4E6 Chapter 6 | Misfiled

Feb 04, 2026 46m Transcript

Earwitness: Chapter 6 | Misfiled Beth Shelburne uncovers the murky story behind Violet Ellison, the ‘earwitness’ whose $5,000 payoff shaped Toforest Johnson’s fate. Decades of denial give way to…

S4E5 Chapter 5 | Anybody Will Do

Feb 04, 2026 57m Transcript

Earwitness: Chapter 5 | Anybody Will Do Beth Shelburne digs into how Toforest Johnson was convicted without a shred of physical evidence, as prosecutors leap between ever-shifting theories of Deputy…

S4E4 Chapter 4 | Witness or Defendant

Feb 04, 2026 47m Transcript

Earwitness: Chapter 4 | Witness or Defendant Digging into the Hardy murder investigation, Beth Shelburne follows a trail narrowed by tunnel vision and vanishing alternatives. As detectives chase…

S4E3 Chapter 3 | Police Girl

Feb 04, 2026 43m Transcript

Earwitness: Chapter 3 | Police Girl When Yolanda Chambers admits to perjury, Beth Shelburne sets out to understand Chambers’ motivations. Tracing a life shaped by trauma and hidden alliances, her…

S4E2 Chapter 2 | Don't Know Diddly

Feb 04, 2026 47m Transcript

Earwitness: Chapter 2 | Don't Know Diddly In the raw hours after Deputy Hardy’s murder, Beth Shelburne digs through a story that pulled 15-year-old Yolanda Chambers into its orbit and put Toforest…

S4E1 Chapter 1 | Behind the Crown

Feb 04, 2026 43m Transcript

Earwitness: Chapter 1 | Behind the Crown Beth Shelburne dives into the shocking conviction of Toforest Johnson for the murder of Deputy William Hardy, following a case that never stopped bleeding…

S4 Introducing - Bone Valley Season 4 | Earwitness

Jan 28, 2026 4m Trailer Transcript

Today we're introducing you to Earwitness. Earwitness is one of Lava for Good’s most important investigative series and will be released right here in the Bone Valley feed. You’ll see it shown here…

S4E9 Gilbert King Presents: Bone Valley Season 4 | Earwitness

Jan 21, 2026 34m Transcript

Today, we're bringing you something unexpected: Lava for Good’s investigative series Earwitness will be released right here in the Bone Valley feed. You'll see it here as Bone Valley Season 5:…

Introducing - The Burden: Death & Deceit in Alliance - Preview

Dec 02, 2025 12m Transcript

On April Fools Day 1999, 26-year-old Yvonne Layne was found murdered in her Alliance, Ohio home. David Thorne, her ex-boyfriend and father of one of her children, was instantly a suspect. Another…

S2E7 From the Mic to the Page: No. 1 of 5

Nov 13, 2025 19m Transcript

Leo Schofield turns tables.Exclusive Excerpts from Gilbert King’s new book, Bone Valley: A True Story of Injustice and Redemption in the Heart of Florida. Subscribers to Lava For Good Plus on Apple…

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