71 episodes
Truth Be Told Presents: She Has A Name American Public Media
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- True Crime
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4.2 • 1.3K Ratings
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She Has A Name blends elements of investigative journalism and memoir to tell the story of Anita, a sister that host Tonya Mosley learned about more than a decade after she went missing. Set against the backdrop of the drug epidemic in 1980s Detroit, She Has A Name is a story of loss and redemption, mending broken family ties, and facing the trauma experienced by countless individuals who've lost loved ones to violence.
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Unknown Woman 1987
Tonya tries to make sense of a double-whammy: news that she has a sister and the devastating discovery about her whereabouts. In this episode, Tonya begins her quest to unravel how a sister she never knew about could end up as a Jane Doe.
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Natural Born Hustler
Who was Anita outside of the image Antonio shared with Tonya? And how can Tonya’s exploration of her short life help us understand what led to her disappearance and murder? In this episode, Tonya goes back to Anita’s early years and the choices she made as a young woman in Detroit to survive.
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The Sinking of the Titanic
In the late seventies and early eighties, things were looking up for Anita. She was in her early twenties and coming out of a low point in her life with the death of her mother. Antonio remembers a stable home life, a step-father that he loved and not really wanting for anything. Until Anita's life takes a downward turn with the return of a childhood friend who comes home from prison.
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Father Figure
How could Tonya, Anita, and Antonio go almost a lifetime without knowing each other? We explore the tangled roots of this family tree and the man Tonya, Anita, and Antonio all have in common – O.C. Hill.
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The Guy From Detroit
What does a boy hold on to when he realizes his mother is gone? The ways she taught him to survive - and the creation of falsehoods, omissions, and a version of the truth he’s created to make it through each day. In this episode of She Has A Name, Tonya discovers something about Antonio’s past she never knew before - one that mirrors his mother's life in the years before she disappeared. The discovery opens up insights into the depths of Antonio’s pain and the life he yearns to create as he moves toward healing.
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Theories
Who killed Anita? Did her involvement in the drug game somehow lead to her murder? A serial killer? Or maybe the man her family says used and abused her was somehow involved?In this episode of She Has A Name, we delve into four theories, parsing out the details from the original fire report and crime scene documents, witness accounts, the family’s knowledge, and interviews with the lead detective.
Customer Reviews
Thank you for sharing your story with us.
I appreciate the bravery and transparency it took for you and your family to share such a tragic story. Life took so much from you all. But, your story is not just one of hardship but resiliency. Thank you for opening your lives to your listeners. 💜
Beautiful, heartbreaking, and so well done
The care with which Tonya Mosley tells this story is what podcasts need. I’m not sure it’s fair to characterize this season as “true crime”— it feels so much deeper than that. Regardless, I’ve been a podcast junkie for years and constantly crave stories told by people who are most affected by them— aka not typically a white woman living in Brooklyn. Everything about this season reflects the best of what a podcast can be. Tonya is AMAZING at her craft and I hope she gets many more opportunities to tell us stories.
A Tough Story that's Beautifully Told
It's a universal story of American struggle that we rarely hear with nuance and grace. This podcast is really well done and the family members are so brave to share personal stories that hard to talk about!