Jared Akron seemed to be living the perfect life: a newlywed with a new house and twins on the way. But as the due date approached, that life started to unravel. Their home was destroyed in a fire. Then, kept from the delivery room by COVID protocols, his wife Kristy texted that the babies were gravely ill. As he tried to put their lives back together, Jared realized he overlooked some red flags about the pregnancy and his social media-obsessed wife. Were the calamities around them caused by bad luck - or by someone close to him?

From iHeartMedia, Audio Up, and Just Sweep Press Productions comes the podcast “The Unborn.” Host Trisha LaFache talks with Jared and his loved ones about his tale of illusion, deception, and psychosis.

OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS OF "THE UNBORN" BEGIN IN THE FINAL 11 MINUTES OF THE EPISODE.

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After she quits Scotland Yard, detective Millie Black takes a post in her native Jamaica to confront her troubled past. She tries to reconnect with Hibiscus, the sibling who for years she thought was dead, but is now living on the margins as a trans sex worker. Millie works the case of a missing child who may be connected to a powerful family. The investigation takes a turn when a British detective turns up in Kingston with an interest in a lead suspect.

Tamara Lawrence and Joe Dempsie star in the HBO Original “Get Millie Black.” The crime thriller follows the detective haunted by unsolved cases and unresolved trauma as she navigates the gritty parts of Jamaica tourists don’t see.

OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS OF "GET MILLIE BLACK" BEGIN IN THE FINAL TEN MINUTES OF THE EPISODE.

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There was something for everyone on the TV in 2024. We saw documentaries that revealed intimate aspects of the justice system. And there were some that challenged viewers to decide what is fact and what is fiction. But there were also shows that made us laugh…and more than one that made us cry. But which TV shows and documentaries truly stood out? Here are the crime writers; top ten lists for the best TV of 2024.

Lara Bricker:

1. JUSTICE, USA
2. The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping
3. Bad Monkey
4. True Detective: Night County
5. Daughters
6. Say Nothing
7. The Diplomat season 2
8. Only Murders in the Building season 4
9. Ren Faire
10. They Called Him Mostly Harmless

Toby Ball:

1. The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping
2. Say Nothing
3. Ripley
4. Woman of the Hour
5. The Diplomat season 2
6. Baby Reindeer
7. Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
8. Only Murders in the Building season 4
9. The Stanford Prison Experiment
10. Tell Them You Love Me

Kevin Flynn:

1. Daughters
2. Baby Reindeer
3. Ripley
4. Say Nothing
5. The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping
6. JUSTICE, USA
7. Ren Faire
8. Woman of the Hour
9. The Truth vs. Alex Jones
10. American Nightmare

Rebecca Lavoie:

1. The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping
2. The Jinx: Part Two
3. The Diplomat season 2
4. Say Nothing
5. Baby Reindeer
6. The Perfect Couple
7. Ripley
8. Daughters
9. Only Murders in the Building season 4
10. Woman of the Hour

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