'Violation,' Part 1: Two sons, lost In 1986, 16-year-olds Jacob Wideman and Eric Kane were rooming together on a summer camp trip to the Grand Canyon when Jacob fatally — and inexplicably — stabbed Eric. Play Last Seen 34:57 Mar 24, 2023
Last Seen introduces Violation, a new podcast about who pulls the levers of power in the justice system Violation tells the story of two families bound together by an unthinkable crime. It explores America's opaque parole system and asks: How much time in prison is enough? Who gets... Play Last Seen 03:36 Mar 17, 2023
A family's peace | Part III Benine's homicide is still unsolved, and Boston police haven't offered updates to the Timothee family in years. Feeling left behind, Andre searches for answers outside the U.S. justice system. The... Play Last Seen 28:22 Dec 27, 2022
A family's peace | Part II In part two of A Family's Peace, we learn just how hard it has been for Benine's family to get any details surrounding her death, and why. Despite the hurdles,... Play Last Seen 29:08 Dec 20, 2022
A family's peace | Part I Benine Timothee, a Haitian immigrant, had lived in Boston for three months when she was shot and killed in 2016. No arrests have been made. In this three-part series, investigative... Play Last Seen 23:29 Dec 13, 2022
The Guilty Plate If you go out to eat right now, you’re likely to run into restaurants that are struggling because they’re missing a crucial ingredient: staff. This week, Vermont Public and Brave... Play Last Seen 30:29 Dec 6, 2022
The truth about Quebec's most famous and mysterious pie Mashed potatoes, corn, and ground beef. These aren't the ingredients for shepherd's pie, but for Chinese pie, a traditional and very famous French Canadian dish. In this episode of Last... Play Last Seen 32:20 Nov 29, 2022
Unwrapping the lost history of Confectioner's Row For years, WBUR senior arts and culture reporter Andrea Shea drove by an old, mysterious factory in Cambridge, Mass. To her surprise, it turned to be the last vestige of... Play Last Seen 28:32 Nov 22, 2022
Berried treasure WBUR senior arts reporter Amelia Mason is on the hunt to solve a mystery that has been haunting her for years: why are black raspberries so hard to find? The... Play Last Seen 30:08 Nov 15, 2022
Last Seen: Season 3 Trailer - New mysteries about missing people, places and things The third season of Last Seen, coming November 2022, is a collection of personal and political mysteries from public radio storytellers that you won't want to miss. Play Last Seen 01:35 Nov 9, 2022
Tell us what you think of Last Seen Season 2 of Last Seen just wrapped, which means it's time for a listener survey! We're so curious to find out what you, our listeners, thought about it! It would... Play Last Seen 01:57 Apr 29, 2022
Searching for a miracle On his way to Hollywood, a young Black man named Winston Willis stopped in Cleveland in 1959 to shoot a little pool and walked away $35,000 richer. He used his... Play Last Seen 55:14 Mar 29, 2022
The 'Jesse James' of New England community theater People will tell you Richard Bento is a good actor — on and off the stage. But lately, he's been at the center of some real life dramas swirling behind... Play Last Seen 40:43 Mar 22, 2022
The emotional lives of everyday objects Many prized possessions and artifacts imbued with sentimental value go missing, unintentionally. But, what about when we choose to renounce the items that mean the most to us? As arts... Play Last Seen 29:45 Mar 15, 2022
A most unusual houseguest When artist Alison Byrnes opened a package she had mailed to herself two years earlier, she was expecting to find a sealed box of her prints. But that's not what... Play Last Seen 34:29 Mar 8, 2022
Unearthing the truth about Spain's mass graves During the Spanish Civil War and Franco's dictatorship, tens of thousands of people were forcibly disappeared. For decades, few people knew this — and no one talked about it. Then,... Play Last Seen 46:02 Mar 1, 2022
Belly up: One fish, three men, and the long arm of the law When three friends went on a rum-fueled rampage one night deep in the Nevada desert, they never expected the trouble they would find themselves in a week later. What unfolds... Play Last Seen 38:26 Feb 22, 2022
How Congo's freedom was won and hope was lost in the 'Year of Africa' Using traditional griot storytelling, writer Brenton Zola transports listeners to a turning point in Congo's path to independence, when a pair of bold leaders fanned the flames of hope and... Play Last Seen 43:50 Feb 15, 2022
The centuries-long hunt for the largest hidden object in the solar system Everyone knows there are exactly eight planets in our solar system. But what if there were a ninth? Two scientists, separated by a century, are convinced it exists. They've spent... Play Last Seen 35:56 Feb 8, 2022
High-tech storage dungeons and the cultural treasures hidden inside Freeports are the most expensive and secretive warehouses in the world, hiding the world’s most valuable art pieces from the public eye. Play Last Seen 37:27 Feb 1, 2022