BBC Radio Podcasts from The Hurricane Tapes

The Hurricane Tapes

Ep 13. Black Angel

“I know who doesn’t belong in prison. I am an angel. The Black Angel” #HurricaneTapes

Ep 12. Stinkin’ New Jersey

John Artis on who he blames and Jonny Carter reveals who he thinks did it #hurricanetapes

Ep 11. Joining the dots

Names are named and alibis crumble. #HurricaneTapes

Ep 10. Nineteen pages

"Nobody wanted my findings to come out". The investigation, ignored - until now

Ep 9. Take it to the judge

"Racism rather than reason." The judge with the final say. #HurricaneTapes

Ep 8. Boy wonder

From deep despair to the brink of freedom. Lazarus raises Rubin #HurricaneTapes

Ep 7. Racial revenge

'You’re turning the trial into a racial nightmare.' Trouble at trial two. #HurricaneTapes

Ep6. Muhammad Ali and Bob Dylan

Rubin Carter becomes a cause célèbre. Star power to the rescue? #HurricaneTapes

Ep5. Chipmunk

Secret recordings, recantations and Kojak #HurricaneTapes

Ep4. Bullets, Bello and Bradley

Conspiracies, contradictions and convictions. The first trial #HurricaneTapes

Ep3. Thieves in the night

“They were there!” How petty criminal Al Bello became the prosecution’s star witness

Ep2. Murders at the Lafayette

Four shot, three killed, two murderers on the run #HurricaneTapes

Ep1. The making of Rubin Carter

Racism, poverty and violence. Enter the world of Rubin Carter. #HurricaneTapes

The Preview

“I have something that I want to say to you” - Rubin Carter