Beneath the Victory Cheers - The Case of Ivrin Bolden, Jr. Case - 1/2

CenLAw

Send us a Text Message! Right! Now! 🙌🏻💜 shoot us a text, make sure you leave a way to contact you!! email etc, and we’ll be hitting you back shortly!!

Socials:
Check out our website! cenlawpodcast.com
Support us by joining our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/CenLAw
Twitter: CenLAwPodcast
YouTube: @CenLAwPodcast
TikTok: @cenlawpodcast
[e-mail]
Your email suggestion could be the next episode!!
Episode- Prepare to be transported to Monroe, Louisiana, where prosperity and poverty cast long shadows over a notorious murder case that raises more questions than answers. As your hosts, Kellye and Kyler, we're peeling back the layers of a city's history and the complex web of relationships within a famed college basketball team. This episode is not for the faint-hearted; we're tackling sensitive subjects, including sexual assault and brutal violence, through the lens of a community grappling with its demons.
Join us for an episode that dances on the knife-edge of truth, where sports glory and community pride collide with a legacy of racism and scandal. We chart the rise of the Northeast Louisiana University Lady Indians basketball team amidst an era of social taboos and uncover the seismic impact of a same-sex relationship scandal during the buttoned-up 1980s. Through Fran Parker's narrative "The Deadly Triangle," we question the fragile blend of fact and fiction, scrutinizing a story that could have altered the course of college athletics. We confront the chilling disappearance and murder of Brenda Spicer, a case entangled with the pressures of college sports and the shadowy figure of Ivrin Bolden Jr., revealing a Monroe still haunted by the past.
As we dissect the Brenda Spicer murder case, every thread unspooled leads us deeper into a labyrinth of suspicion, relationships strained to the breaking point, and the fight for justice in a world where the rules of evidence were as yet unrefined by modern science. Was Ivrin Bolden Jr. simply a scapegoat, or did his family's influence veil the truth? We navigate a trial mired in community politics, where the testimonies of coaches, presidents, and peers wove a tapestry of doubt. For those who seek to understand the heart of Monroe's darkest hour, and for the minds that demand to consider what lies beneath the surface of justice, this is an episode you cannot afford to miss.
Sources:

1. Parker, Fran. Deadly Triangle: A True Story of Lies, Sports and Murder. Illustrated ed., New Horizon Press, 2009
2. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-06-16-sp-1948-story.html (Joel's body found)
3. https://tulsaworld.com/news/states-disagree-on-death-probe/article_f6b65dcc-a28d-5803-9dbb-97e3092ba721.html (Joel - jurisdiction)
4. https://newsblaze.com/usnews/crime/a-three-way-toxic-love-affair-with-a-deadly-twist_63906/
5. https://www.newspapers.com/image/220850681/?clipping_id=141524395
6. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-03-07-sp-8178-story.html
7. https://www.upi.com/amp/Archives/1987/12/16/Judge-denies-change-of-venue-in-college-murder-case/6175566629200/
8. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-jackson-sun-memphis-joel-tillis-mi/17368623/
9. https://images.app.goo.gl/YZ2zJ6wVzLqSN8Qk7

This has been an elfaudio production.

Support the show

Thanks for listening & Take care out there!
All🎶created by: Uncle Sawyer

Luvut

1. Monroe, Louisiana (00:00:00)

2. Legacy of Racism in College Sports (00:05:50)

3. College Scandal and Social Taboos (00:17:58)

4. Mystery Surrounding Brenda Spicer's Murder (00:26:07)

5. Tumultuous Relationship Between College Sweethearts (00:31:30)

6. Interracial Gay Relationship Drama (00:45:37)

7. Friendship Betrayal and Consequences (00:54:49)

8. Mysterious Murder and Suspicion (01:00:04)

9. Complex Legal Case Unraveled (01:15:56)