The Nurses

Amanda travels to Chester to meet two NHS whistleblowers from the Countess. They share their challenging experiences of working in the hospital's mortuary and their subsequent treatment when they attempted to raise the alarm. Trigger Warning: Death and Dead BodiesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lucy Letby's Barrister Mark McDonald and MP David Davis discuss the case and what's next legally and politically. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clare and Carl had their baby at the Countess of Chester hospital in 2016. They share their shocking experience of their time there while Lucy Letby was a nurse on the ward.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A watchdog body was created after a series of wrongful convictions shook public confidence in British justice, yet once the system decides someone is guilty, overturning that verdict can still become almost impossible.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Before Lucy Letby, another nurse was convicted under eerily similar circumstances: Lucia de Berk. Convicted on statistical evidence that later unraveled, her case reveals how flawed numbers can shape and shatter a conviction. In this bonus episode, Professor Richard Gill explains how the numbers went wrong, and what it took to overturn a life sentence.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In theory, certainty follows evidence. But once it takes hold, in court and amongst the public, it can be difficult to challenge. For those caught inside it, the consequences extend far beyond the courtroom, leaving lasting marks on both individuals and the systems that judged them. And in Lucy Letby’s case, the question of what happens next remains open.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In court, one interpretation of the evidence helped secure a conviction. But as concerns about the case quietly grow, a panel of international experts comes together to re-examine the medical evidence from the ground up, uncovering details the jury never heard and raising serious questions about the verdict itself.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A profession under pressure. A culture of blame. And from inside the hospital environment, a perspective on the case few have heard.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At Lucy Letby’s retrial, the prosecution leans on a single, powerful eyewitness account, but cracks begin to appear in the story the jury is asked to believe. When a previously unseen email surfaces, it raises troubling questions about whether that testimony was ever as certain as it seemed.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Lucy Letby is handed her sentence, a growing group of controversial voices begins to question whether the case is as clear as it seemed. Driven in part by reporting from Rachel Aviv, these so-called “misfits and ghouls” raise uncomfortable doubts, despite the personal risk. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.