With the Benefit of Hindsight...

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Episode Twenty Two: The Lottery Winner Oct 20, 2025

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Jasmine, the wife of Sandusky "victim" #10 Ryan Rittmeyer, shares her story about her life with Ryan and the revelation that he was never abused by Jerry Sandusky.

Episode Twenty One: Knocking On Victims' Doors Jul 18, 2025

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A special interview with an anonymous guest who's been working the Sandusky case behind the scenes.

Episode Twenty: Costas Returns May 19, 2025

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Zig has a special brand new interview with Bob Costas regarding the Penn State / Joe Paterno / Jerry Sandusky scandal.

Episode Nineteen: The Pulitzer Reprise Jan 03, 2022

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Sarah Ganim was a 24 year-old cub reporter when her coverage of the Penn State scandal "earned" her a Pulitzer Prize. Zig has demonstrated throughout our series how prosecutors consistently leaked misinformation to the public using Ganim as their vessel. We've also chronicled how Ganim's career stalled after after winning the Pulitzer.
On Novermber 3, 2021 we learned that Ganim was back, back with a podcast entitled The Mayor Of Maple Ave. The podcast was promoted as the story of the first Sandusky "victim" to die. Shawn Sinisi was a Second Mile participant and he died of an opioid overdose in 2018-these are the only facts that Ganim and he production partners have gotten right. The rest of their story is just another fraudulent effort at extorting money out of Penn State.
The podcast was supposed to premier in December and as we publish this episode on January 3 the podcast has yet to launch. Zig and Liz come armed with the receipts to explain why they believe things are "delayed" and to debunk this latest scam altogether.

Episode Eighteen: Silent No More Nov 04, 2021

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Graham Spanier was the President of Penn State, under Spanier's leadership the university had a pristine track record for following NCAA regulations. He was one of the most influential educators in America and a trusted leader with a top-secret government security clearance. He had met Jerry Sandusky just once in his life and was shocked when wild accusations started flying in November of 2011. He was sure there was some misunderstanding and this could be straightened out quickly.
Earlier this year Spanier served prison time on a Child Endangerment conviction. Today he breaks his silence to share his story with John Ziegler.

Episode17 Sandusky For Life Nov 02, 2021

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EJ Sandusky was the first of six children adopted by Dottie and Gerry Sandusky. EJ and his family were certain that his father could not have committed the crimes of which he was accused but they didn't understand they were no longer living in a world of truth and facts. When Jerry was found guilty EJ was forced to relocate and seek a different career path. Ten years later EJ and his wife Heather are inspired to share their story with Zig.

Episode Sixteen: Vindication Jun 27, 2021

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Zig and Liz summarize the story and the evidence presented in this series. Zig updates us with the latest developments in the case and Liz has some fun hitting John with a bunch of questions about his 10 year odyssey chasing the truth.

Episode Fifteen: The Perfect Storm Jun 22, 2021

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After nearly ten years of investigating the Penn State Scandal John Ziegler explains WHAT REALLY HAPPENED

Episode Fourteen: Secret Agent Man Jun 18, 2021

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AJ Dillen is a former Second Mile kid who saw Jerry Sandusky as a benign father figure. He didn't believe the "victim's" claims of abuse and decided to find out how the system worked for himself by becoming a fake accuser. His story unveils how easy it was to manipulate the system and collect checks from Penn State.

Episode Thirteen: The Media Jun 15, 2021

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Liz and Zig dig deep in episode thirteen to explain the nature of today's media and the prioritization of narrative over news. Pack a lunch because episode thirteen is packed with more than five hours worth of Zig's struggles to get members of the media to embrace the actual facts of this case. It won't disappoint.