CounterClock

4.6 (34K)
TRUE CRIME
WEEKLY SERIES

In order to tell the story of a crime, you have to turn back time. Every season, Investigative journalist Delia D'Ambra digs deep into a mind-bending mystery with the hopes of reigniting interest in a decades old homicide case.

EPISODE 1

Ep 1 of 11: Jumped

When 61-year-old widower Nathaniel Jones was found bloodied and bound with tape inside his home’s carport on November 15, 2002, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, his loved ones and the community were devastated by the senseless crime. For two decades, the question at the heart of the case has not been what happened to him, but rather who… who was responsible for such a heinous act?

39 min
EPISODE 2

Ep 2 of 11: Jarring

Delia explores two crucial eyewitness sightings on Moravia Street during the timeframe Mr. Jones was attacked. Her investigation digs deeper into allegations against someone close to the victim and a series of suspicious phone calls made to a local cab company directing someone to 905 Moravia Street just before Mr. Jones was discovered.

27 min
EPISODE 3

Ep 3 of 11: Juveniles

Delia speaks with the people who were questioned and arrested for the murder of Mr. Jones. A clear understanding of what led authorities to six teenagers comes into view, but several nagging questions linger.

32 min
EPISODE 4

Ep 4 of 11: Jessicah

Delia learns how both sides approached the August 2004 trial of Rayshawn Banner and Nathaniel Cauthen, and how Jessicah Black remembers preparing to testify as the star witness. The boys' false confession arguments flounder despite law enforcement's methods being less than sound.

41 min
EPISODE 5

Ep 5 of 11: Jaw-dropping

Jessicah Black breaks her silence after nearly 15 years and reveals to state innocence investigators that she lied under oath as a teenager. The recantation triggers a massive shift in Rayshawn, Nathaniel, Jermal, and Christopher’s post-conviction fight. Meanwhile, a tragedy befalls the fifth member of the friend group, and Delia tracks down the attorneys who’ve taken on the cases.

31 min
EPISODE 6

Ep 6 of 11: Jurisprudence

The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission convenes and staff investigators reveal everything they’ve dug into over the course of nearly five years. Jessicah, Jermal, Rayshawn, Nathaniel, and Christopher come under questioning again, but maintain their truth. New DNA evidence is presented that blows everyone away, and the course of the case changes yet again.

1 hr
EPISODE 7

Ep 7 of 11: Judgment

The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission process enters its final phase. Delia interviews the expert in developmental psychology who testified twice in the case to understand more about false confessions, and the victim’s family offers their final thoughts to the court. A retired footwear examiner deems old interpretations of shoeprint evidence as junk science and Delia explores.

50 min
EPISODE 8

Ep 8 of 11: Journey

The private forensic lab that handled the evidence in the Jones case in 2018 and 2020 tells Delia that advances in forensic science may be able to reveal more about the unknown DNA in the case. Delia dives deep into the Willard Cab Company phone bill from 2002 and tries to get inside the mind of who placed those suspicious calls.

29 min

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4.6

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33,648 Ratings

Devastated; Riveting; & complete injustice

Apr 8

ebreezy723

So many emotions, completely invested and praying for all involved. Amazing work as always Delia.
A lot of potential, all lost on complete nonsense

1d ago

Alterg01

I really wanted to like this podcast; it had been many years since I listened to an earlier season and hoped the gift of experience would improve an articulate, promising and talented podcaster. Unfortunately, “Season Six” droned on with absurd theories culminating with a pathetic career criminal undeservingly being turned into a victim. Poor “Sparky” who -while fleeing police- killed himself and another when he wrecked his car. I wanted to vomit at the verbal gymnastics used to portray an obvious criminal harming the community of Greenville as a victim. Seriously- knock it off; use your talents on cases and circumstances of merit- not on theatrical attempts by those hoping to rewrite ugly history - they own- in their favor.
Binge worthy

Mar 19

Constant listener 1

Fantastic! Interesting and informative.
Yet another . . .

Apr 5

Annex-8

Yet another self-aggrandizing podcaster digging up cold cases and pretending to solve them with decades-old circsumstancial hearsay. Complete with scary music in the background in case you realize this is all just self-promoting fluff.

In order to tell the story of a crime, you have to turn back time. Every season, Investigative journalist Delia D'Ambra digs deep into a mind-bending mystery with the hopes of reigniting interest in a decades old homicide case.