S01 Episode 05: Wrong Place, Wrong Time
Listen now
Description
By September 1977, Lyman is in the top 10 in the AL in hitting after starting his first season with the Angels in a huge slump. With the Angels in playoff contention during a late season series against the White Sox, he returns to Gary to spend the night with family after a game in Chicago.   Youvene thought about surprising him on the trip, but decided against it.   Visiting Gary was Lyman’s ritual whenever he played in Chicago, but this trip would cost him his life.
More Episodes
Published 08/08/22
We make the drive with Yuovene to Inglewood Park Cemetery, to return to Lyman’s grave. She hadn’t allowed herself to visit in more years than she could remember, as she tries to reconcile his loss, and her memories of their time together.    We hear from those Wesley touched, as they consider his...
Published 08/08/22
Leonard Smith, the man who admitted to killing Lyman Bostock in a jealous rage, a man arrested more than half a dozen times, receives the jury’s verdict. The decision stuns the courtroom, and the country. And leads to thoughts of vengeance. Years after the verdict, we tried to find Smith, to ask...
Published 08/08/22