The whole thing seems upside down.  Why did the admitted child rapist Richard Mette get 22 of the charges dropped against him and why did his wife Wendy Mette get every single charge – all 11 of them – dropped the against her? How did prosecutor Brandon Taliaferro and child advocate Shirley Shirley – the […]

Season One – Brought To Light

Episode 3 | Don’t Go Into The Basement

In this episode, we’ll dig deeper into the story of Dr. Annette Bosworth, the would be Senate canidate who’s about to go on trial and faces 24 years in prison for alleged petition fraud. And we’ll start to unravel an especially awful case of child abuse that’s been ignored by the South Dakota media where […]

Episode 2 | House of Horrors

I spent five months in South Dakota in 2014. I love the state, I made some great friends there but I also found a shockingly corrupt political culture that’s been able to flourish virtually unchallenged by the media. In this episode, we’ll begin to examine what happened to one political candidate who did speak up. […]

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Season One – Brought To Light

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