The WAVE Troubleshooters - Behind the Investigation
The WAVE Troubleshooters are a team of investigative journalists based in Louisville, Kentucky. Their award-winning, impactful stories uncover important issues in government, education, crime, and much more. On Behind the Investigation, we're bringing you, the listener, on the job.
Episodes
16 episodes
Behind The Investigation - LMPD Scandals
WAVE News Troubleshooters Natalia Martinez and John Boel discuss how to move the LMPD forward after the chief resigns and sexual harassment lawsuits emerge.
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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20:53
Behind The Investigation - The Old National Bank Mass Shooting Documentary
WAVE News Troubleshooters Natalia Martinez and John Boel preview the WAVE Originals ’23 Seconds: The Louisville Mass Shooting’, a documentary on the tragedy at Old National Bank.
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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20:58
Behind The Investigation - Old National Bank Lawsuit
WAVE News Troubleshooters Natalia Martinez and John Boel discuss a lawsuit filed against the store that sold the weaponry used in the mass shooting at Old National Bank.
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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20:59
Behind The Investigation - Behind The Bars
After multiple investigations exposing the dangerous condition inside of Louisville’s jail, Troubleshooter Natalia Martinez checks back on the facility. She sits down with the new director for a brutally honest talk about the challenges he face...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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53:18
Behind the Investigation - Brice Rhodes triple murder case
In this episode of Behind the Investigation, WAVE Troubleshooter Natalia Martinez sits down with the lead detective of the Brice Rhodes triple murder case. Louisville Homicide Detective Aaron Tinelli gives insight into his mind aft...
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1:40:18
Behind the Investigation - More Patient Dumping Complaints
A lot is going on outside University Hospital, a level-one trauma center. Medical helicopters, ambulances, police, even arrests. But on Oct. 4 at dusk, something else caught the eye of an arriving ambulance crew.
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20:47
Behind The Investigation - Drug Houses
WAVE News Troubleshooter John Boel takes you inside his undercover investigations into suspected drug houses in Louisville. He walks you through his methods, training, and the safety precautions he takes. He also details how police respond to c...
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18:23
Behind the Investigation - Nowhere Bar
It is one of the most traumatic experiences a person out on the town can experience, yet investigating date-rape cases is extremely difficult. WAVE News troubleshooter Natalia Martinez investigates Nowhere Bar to see if they were holding ...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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13:16
Behind the Investigation - Patient Dumping
This story began December 1 at 5 p.m. with a phone call to our newsroom from a horrified University Hospital employee. The employee claimed security had just wheeled an elderly woman all the way out to the corner of Hancock and Ali, just off ho...
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Episode 11
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18:17
Behind the Investigation - Bogus Beggar
Gary Thompson doesn’t like talking to me anymore. To understand why, we have to go back to 2014.“I appreciate you guys busting me,” Thompson said. “Y’all really good at it. I average about $100,000 a year doing this.”While Lexingt...
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18:17
Behind the Investigation - Ta'Neasha Chappell
“When I walked in that jail, it was chills that shot all through my body,” Ta’Neasha Chappell’s mother, Lavita McClain, told WAVE 3 News.Chappell’s family said Ta’Neasha warned them something was going to happen to her in there when she ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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14:49
Behind The Investigation - 26th and Madison
When WAVE Troubleshooter John Boel walked up to a home at South 26th Street and West Madison Street, people were jumping fences or dashing to their cars to get away from him.“I’m John Boel with WAVE,” Boel said. Hey, don’t jump over the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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17:55
Keyshaun Stewart - Probation Never Revoked
Keyshaun Stewart was on probation when he was charged with killing a highway maintenance worker, Fred O’Bannon, and shooting LMPD sergeant Chris Lane on November 19.An exclusive WAVE News Troubleshooter Investigation uncovered that shor...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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19:12
Behind the Investigation - The Roger Burdette Trial
Roger Burdette, the driver of the MSD truck who slammed into LMPD detective Deidre Mengedoht’s vehicle, was found guilty on all counts in a unanimous decision by the jury, and Troubleshooter Natalia Martinez was there with complete coverage.
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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19:33
Cash, Guns and Drugs - Louisville Rapper EST Gee's Music Manager Arrested by FBI
A music manager of the famous Louisville rapper EST G, or George Stone, has been arrested by the FBI, WAVE 3 News Troubleshooters have learned.Eric Mosley was taken into custody Thursday afternoon. He is charged with possession with inte...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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23:23
Prosecuting Louisville Overdose Deaths and Confronting the Dealers
A mourning mother insisted that the people who sold her son a fatal heroin dose were still dealing drugs at a house on 27th Street and Slevin Street in Louisville’s Portland neighborhood. She said she couldn’t get the police to do anythin...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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17:28