Hosted by Donna Waters · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 11 episodes
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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.
Donna Waters hosts Wrong Ride Home: Beyond the Book, a true crime show with 11 episodes published.
After nine months of investigations, interviews, arrests, media coverage, and legal battles, Austin Burke's case finally reaches trial. But before a single witness testifies, before opening statements begin, and before a
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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. In this chapter, we examine the decision to
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Episode 9 dives deeper into the investigation that continued long after Austin Burke was already sitting in jail. In Chapter Five: Stepping into Ohio's Judicial System — Part Two, we examine the witness interviews, shift
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This is the moment everything changes. Up until now, this case has been about questions—timelines, witness statements, and what may or may not have happened. But in Episode 8, the system steps in. And once it does… it do
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Chapter Four: Arrested — Guilty Until Proven Innocent What happens after the arrest… is where everything really begins. In this episode, we step inside June 21, 2017—the day Austin Burke wakes up in a jail cell and his l
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We're back inside the investigation—and this is where things start to shift. In this episode, we take a closer look at the statements that helped build the case. Not just what was said, but how those statements changed…
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Hatchet Man Road. If you've heard of it, you probably already have a version of the story. A road in Trumbull County. A house in the woods. A man with a hatchet. But depending on who you ask… the details don't stay the s
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This is where everything shifts. What started as a missing person case is now a homicide—and instead of slowing down to build a full timeline, the investigation begins to take direction. In this episode, I walk through t
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Episode 3 takes us into the first 48 hours of Brandon Sample's disappearance — the hours that should have mattered most. What starts as an abandoned car on a bike trail quickly turns into something much more complicated.
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Episode 2: Chapter One — Wrong Ride Home Before there was an arrest… there was a normal day. In this episode, we slow everything down and go back to where this story really begins—June 11, 2017. A family outing. A simple
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Before the story unfolds, there's a moment where everything is quiet—and you have to decide if you're ready to speak. In this first episode of Wrong Ride Home: Beyond the Book, Donna Waters opens the door to the journey
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