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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    The real story behind Netflix's ‘Unbelievable’

    The new Netflix series "Unbelievable" is based on the real-life case of 18-year old Marie Adler who reported a rape, and then recanted her story after the police accused her of making it up.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Sep 24, 2019 • 1 min read

    The new Netflix series "Unbelievable" is based on the real-life case of 18-year old Marie Adler who reported a rape, and then recanted her story after the police accused her of making it up. Between 2008 and 2011, a rapist attacked Adler and five other women in Washington state and Colorado. ProPublica and the Marshall Project broke that story, which won a Pulitzer Prize. We hear from one of the reporters.

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    Pelosi launches impeachment inquiry into Trump
    1. 0:00Pelosi announces impeachment proceedings against Trump
    2. 11:44CEO of WeWork to step down amid tales of financial impropriety and wild partying
    3. 21:02The real story behind Netflix's ‘Unbelievable’You’re reading this
    4. 34:46Documentary profiles infamous lawyer Roy Cohn, who worked for McCarthy and Trump
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