Great question! It’s something I think about because we worked on Leo’s case for four years. We had so much material because we basically did two investigations. And even though Bone Valley has 9 episodes totalling around 10 hours, there’s so much that didn’t make it into the podcast. I really liked the idea of doing a parallel narrative with Leo and Jeremy, which I think could work in a written narrative, but there were challenges to making it work with an audio narrative.
There were so many moments during interviews, especially with Jeremy, where you could hear him swallowing and his voice cracking as he struggled with the horror of his memories on the night he ran into Michelle. The power of those words and sounds wouldn’t have the same effect in quotes in a book.
I believe in the power of storytelling, whether written or audio, and I’m encouraged by the response to Bone Valley. There are people in Florida who are extremely disturbed by Leo’s case and they have told me they want to help correct this injustice.

-G.K.