''The Hurricane Tapes'' is a 13-part

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podcast series, released in 2019, discussing in detail the case of

Rubin Carter Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (May 6, 1937 – April 20, 2014) was a Black American middleweight boxer who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for Murder (United States law), murder, until released following a petition of Habeas corpus in the ...

, an American-Canadian middleweight

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, wrongfully convicted twice of murder in 1966 and 1976 respectively and later released following a petition of

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in 1985 after serving almost 20 years in prison. Presenter Steve Crossman and producer Joel Hammer use interviews with survivors, case notes from the original investigations, and 40 hours of tapes recorded with Carter by author Ken Klonsky for his 2011 book ''The Eye of the Hurricane'' and recordings of Vincent DeSimone, the lead detective.

Reception

According to Sarah Larson in ''

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'' ''The Hurricane Tapes'' skilfully shows how the violence central to Rubin Carter’s meandering life led to a boxing career—and how quickly boxing took him from pariah to hero and back again. The exhaustive amount of research was praised upon its inclusion in ''

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'' 50 best podcasts of 2019. ''

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'' called it “a superb listen”.

Awards

Sport won best Audio / Radio Documentary for ''The Hurricane Tapes'' at the 2019

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. It was awarded silver in the Best True Crime Podcast category in the 2020

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. It garnered the Silver Radio Winner in the Narrative/Documentary Podcast category at the New York Festival Radio Awards. The series was nominated for investigation of the year at the 2019

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broadcasting awards.

External links

Official website
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References

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