White Lies

A new serialized podcast from NPR investigates a 1965 cold case. New episodes every Tuesday starting May 14.

In 1965, the Rev. James Reeb was murdered in Selma, Ala. No one was ever held to account. We return to the town where it... Read more

In Episode 2, we unravel the aftermath of the Rev. James Reeb's murder: the arrest of three men and the defense brought ... Read more

In Episode 3, we break down the conspiracy theory that emerged after the Rev. James Reeb's murder: that he was allowed t... Read more

In Episode 4, we find a woman who says she knows who killed the Rev. James Reeb, because she was there. She's ready — fo... Read more

In Episode 5, we search for the fourth attacker while digging into the murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson, a black civil right... Read more

In Episode 6, we reveal the identity of the fourth man who participated in the attack on the Rev. James Reeb.

In our final episode, we examine the legacy of the Rev. James Reeb's death. We speak both to his descendants and to thos... Read more

In 1991, a group of men took over a federal prison in rural Alabama. But these men weren't prisoners, they were immigrat... Read more

It all started with a photograph. A photograph from 1991 of a prison takeover in rural Alabama. A photograph of a group ... Read more