{"id":16806,"date":"2026-10-30T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/30\/the-buried-bodies-case\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T14:00:00","slug":"the-buried-bodies-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/30\/the-buried-bodies-case\/","title":{"rendered":"The Buried Bodies Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 1973, a massive manhunt in New York&#8217;s Adirondack Mountains ended when police captured a man named Robert Garrow. And that\u2019s when this story really gets started.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode, that we first released in 2016, we consider a string of barbaric crimes by a hated man, and the attorney who, when called to defend him, also wound up defending a core principle of our legal system. When Frank Armani learned his client\u2019s most gruesome secrets, he made a morally startling decision that stunned the world and goes to the heart of what it means to be a defense attorney &#8211; how far should lawyers go to provide the best defense to the worst people?<\/p>\n<p><i><strong>NOTE: This episode contains graphic descriptions of sexual assault and violence, listener discretion is advised.<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Special thanks to Tom Alibrandi, author of Privileged Information, with Frank Armani, Laurence Gooley, author of Terror in the Adirondacks: The True Story of Serial Killer Robert F. Garrow, Charl Bader and the students in her Criminal Defense Clinic at Fordham University, Leslie Levin and the students in her Legal Profession class at The University of Connecticut School of Law, Clark D. Cunningham at Georgia State University College of Law, Debra Armani, Mary Armani, Lohr McKinstry, Tom Scozzafava, Stephanie Jenkins, Brian Farrell, Jennifer Brumback and Nick Capodice.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>EPISODE CREDITS:<\/strong><br \/>Reported by &#8211; Brenna Farrell<br \/>with help from &#8211; Simon Adler<br \/>Produced by &#8211; Matt Kielty and Brenna Farrell<\/p>\n<p><strong>EPISODE CITATIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/posthillpress.com\/book\/sworn-to-silence-the-truth-behind-robert-garrow-and-the-missing-bodies-case\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i><u>Sworn to Silence: The Truth Behind Robert Garrow and the Missing Bodies&#8217; Case<\/u><\/i><\/a>, by Jim Tracey.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Sign up for our newsletter!! 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