''The Fall Line'' is an American
true crime
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podcast that covers lesser-known cases of murder and disappearance from minority communities in
Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
Georgia may also refer to:
People and fictional characters
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. As of January 2021, it is an independent podcast, after having been part of the
Exactly Right Podcast Network for 2 years. The podcast has helped to publicize the
disappearance of Dannette and Jeannette Millbrook, a cold case from
Augusta, Georgia
Augusta is a city on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. The city lies directly across the Savannah River from North Augusta, South Carolina at the head of its navigable portion. Augusta, the third mos ...
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History
In 2017, Laurah Norton decided to make a podcast focusing on cases that had received little attention and had victims from underserved or marginalized communities. She first decided to focus on the Millbrook twins after hearing an episode of ''Thin Air'' discussing their case. Together with producer Brooke Gently-Hargrove, she launched ''The Fall Line'' on June 12, 2017.Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
Georgia may also refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Georgia (name), a list of pe ...
.
Episodes
The first season of the podcast focuses on the Millbrook twins, who disappeared in 1990. The second season deals with the 1989 disappearance of Monica and Michael Bennett, while the third season examines the "Grady babies", seven kidnapped children born at Atlanta's Grady Hospital
Grady Memorial Hospital is the public hospital for the city of Atlanta. The hospital is ranked as the tenth largest public hospital in the United States and is a Level I trauma center.
History
Grady Memorial Hospital was founded in 1890 and op ...
. The podcast's fourth season largely focuses on cold cases involving LGBT
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victims and Jane Does. The fifth season debuted in August 2019 and recounts the circumstances of the 1998 disappearance of 8-year-old Shy’kemmia Pate in Unadilla, Georgia
Unadilla is a city in Dooly County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,118 in 2020. Dooly State Prison is located in the northeast corner of the city.
History
Unadilla is a name derived from the Iroquois language meaning "council pl ...
. The podcast has since released episodes covering the Jane Doe and unmatched confessions of serial killer Samuel Little
Samuel Little (Birth name, né McDowell; June 7, 1940 – December 30, 2020) was an American serial killer who was convicted of eight murders and confessed to committing 93 murders between 1970 and 2005. The FBI's Violent Criminal Apprehension Pr ...
, the unsolved Atlanta Lovers' Lane Murders, the cold-case murder of Georgia Leah Moses, and dozens of other cases.
See also
* ''Last Podcast on the Left
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References
2017 podcast debuts
Audio podcasts
Crime podcasts
Non-fiction works about serial killers
Independent podcasts
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