A Mother's Plea

Dennis Cooper guides each season of the investigative Culpable podcast, produced by Tenderfoot TV & Audacy, into the heart of a single, haunting question: who is truly responsible? This series focuses squarely on cases where official stories feel incomplete and accountability remains frustratingly out of reach. Rather than simply recounting events, the narrative follows a meticulous and often personal process of re-examining evidence, re-interviewing sources, and challenging long-held assumptions. The result is a deeply immersive experience that feels less like passive listening and more like being part of an ongoing inquiry. The current season meticulously reconstructs the unsettling 1998 case of Danny Violette, a seventeen-year-old who vanished for eleven autumn days before being discovered in a rural cornfield under deeply suspicious circumstances. You’ll hear the original police tapes, conversations with family members who have sought answers for decades, and expert analysis that pieces together a timeline of those fateful days. The power of this podcast lies in its patient, persistent focus on the gaps in the record and the human cost of unresolved doubt. It’s for anyone who believes that some stories demand a second, and even a third, look long after the case files have been closed.