true crime
Hosted by Donna Waters · true crime · EN · 32 episodes
Wrong Ride Home: Beyond the Book is where the story continues—beyond what could be written, and into what still lingers.In this podcast, Donna Waters revisits the real-life story behind Wrong Ride Home, sharing the moments that didn't make it onto the page, the emotions that never really settled, and the questions that still don't have clear answers.Through honest reflection and immersive storytelling, each episode explores the deeper human side of the case—the impact, the uncertainty, and the quiet weight of living with a story that doesn't end when the book does.This isn't just a retelling.It's what comes after.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWrong Ride Home: Beyond the Book is where the story continues, beyond what could be written, and into what still lingers. In this podcast, Donna Waters revisits the real-life story behind Wrong Ride Home, sharing the moments that didn't make it onto the page, the emotions that never really settled, and the questions that still don't have clear answers.
Wrong Ride Home: Beyond the Book is hosted by Donna Waters. The show has published 32 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Epilogue: Forget Me Not!" (20 October 2026, 68 minutes), "The Chapter I Hid: The Story That Changed Me" (13 October 2026, 69 minutes), and "Chapter Seventeen: He Said, She Said Conviction, Part Two" (6 October 2026, 71 minutes).
Wrong Ride Home: Beyond the Book publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 61 minutes across 32 episodes.
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Donna Waters hosts Wrong Ride Home: Beyond the Book, a true crime show with 32 episodes published.
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Episode #33
Day 3,408. Thirty-three episodes. Eight months. One story that refuses to be forgotten. When I began this podcast, I wanted to take you beyond the pages of Wrong Ride Home . I wanted you to hear the testimony, examine...
Episode #32
There is a chapter of Wrong Ride Home that no one has ever read. I wrote it. I finished it. And then I hid it. Not because I stopped believing there were serious questions surrounding Austin Burke's conviction, but...
Episode #31
This episode takes us back to Pizza Joe's. Unlike so much of this case, this crime was captured on camera. We can see the robber. We can see the clothing. We can measure the time. But the one thing the video cannot...
Episode #30
How did conflicting witness statements become a conviction? In this episode of Wrong Ride Home: Beyond the Book, I revisit the testimony that helped convict Austin Burke of Brandon Sample's murder. We examine injuries...
Episode #29
Just when I think I finally understand this case, another file appears. Another report. Another interview. Another video. Another question that somehow survived for years without a clear answer. In Episode 29 of Wrong...
Episode #27
When I wrote Chapter Fifteen of Wrong Ride Home , I believed Austin Burke's defense attorneys failed to challenge the State's case. After spending thousands of hours going back through the trial transcripts, exhibits...
Episode #26
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Episode #25
The trial was over. Austin Burke had been convicted, sentenced to 47 years to life, and transferred into the Ohio prison system. But for Jamie, the fight was only beginning. In this episode of Wrong Ride Home: Beyond...
Episode #24
A guilty verdict ended the trial. But it didn't end the questions. In Episode 24 of Wrong Ride Home: Beyond the Book , we move into Chapter 13 and the day Austin Burke learned just how much of his life the State of Ohio...
Episode #23
In Part One, we looked at how the State's case was built. In Part Two, we test it. This episode looks at what happened after the pieces had already been arranged into one complete story. What evidence was lost...
Episode #22
By the time the State rested its case against Austin Burke, the jury had been given what sounded like one complete story. There were witnesses who said Austin confessed. There was Hatchet Man Road. There was a...
Episode #21
For nearly two weeks, the jury listened. They heard detectives explain the investigation. They heard friends accuse friends. They watched surveillance videos, examined photographs, and listened as experts tried to make...
Episode #20
After three days of testimony, the State rested its case. Jurors had heard from investigators, forensic experts, eyewitnesses, jailhouse witnesses, family members, and friends. They had been shown photographs...
Episode #19
For the first time, the jury hears from the people who were together on the night Pizza Joe's was robbed. Friends. Witnesses who all describe the same evening—but not exactly the same way. What began as a day at Willow...
Episode #18
Detective John Greaver spent nearly two days on the witness stand explaining how the State built its case against Austin Burke. But every investigation must eventually face its toughest test: cross-examination. In Part...
Episode #16
The prosecution's case continues as the jury begins hearing from experts, investigators, and witnesses whose testimony was meant to strengthen the State's theory. But does the evidence actually support the stories the...
Episode #12
<p >After nine months of investigations, interviews, arrests, media coverage, and legal battles, Austin Burke's case finally reaches trial.</p> <p >But before a single witness testifies, before opening statements begin...
Episode #11
<p >Episode 11 takes listeners into the months before Austin Burke's trial, where the pressure surrounding the case was already building long before a jury heard the first witness.</p> <p >In this chapter, we examine...
Episode #9
<p >Episode 9 dives deeper into the investigation that continued long after Austin Burke was already sitting in jail.</p> <p >In Chapter Five: Stepping into Ohio's Judicial System — Part Two, we examine the witness...
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