Tisdale, however, denies this. To all of this, I want to make clear that I was unaware I had done anything untoward, and it certainly wasnt intentional I would never want to make others feel uncomfortable in any way, and I am deeply sorry.. You know, the chief of police is engaging in nefarious activities and kicking the FBI the most sophisticated crime solving unit in the history of the world out of the investigation of the Long Island serial killer case. When I was informed of the complaints, I was shocked, embarrassed, and hated to hear that I had made others feel uncomfortable, Jensen tells Rolling Stone. To hold Suffolk County Police Departments feet to the fire about why theyre not releasing evidence 10 years later. His band, which consists of mandolinist Jarrod Walker, banjo player Billy Failing, bassist Royal . Chase Darkness With Me by Billy Jensen is a fascinating real-life journey of Bill Jensen; from being a crime reporter to helping authorities in solving real-life cold cases. Hosted by crime podcast veterans Billy Jensen (The Murder Squad) and Alexis Linkletter (The First Degree), Unraveled: Long Island Serial Killer and its accompanying TV special premiering March 9th on Discovery+ examines how corruption in the Suffolk County Police Department may have stymied the investigation of one of the biggest homicide cases in Long Island history and questions what police were trying to hide. Klicken Sie auf Alle ablehnen, wenn Sie nicht mchten, dass wir und unsere Partner Cookies und personenbezogene Daten fr diese zustzlichen Zwecke verwenden. No, I did not. Terra Newell claims to Rolling Stone that Jensen acted inappropriately toward her on more than one occasion after she was a guest on a June 5, 2019 episode of The First Degree. Another time he sent condolences after her close friend died. Its my understanding that Billy sort of framed it as Id been scorned, she says. and says she left the gathering because she was uncomfortable with the way Jensen was acting toward Newell. Again, all these signs pointing to, he was a good guy. She also says she reached out to him with a professional request on behalf of a production company she worked for, and acknowledges she tagged him in some social media posts. As one social media user put it: Time to step up and be honest because the rumors going around are about to get ahead of this. And they did. In a sworn statement Williams gave to his friends lawyer in April 2022, which, reviewed, he said his friend reached out to him again a couple months after the party to talk about the alleged incident. Coverage of the latest true crime stories and famous cases explained, as well as the best TV shows, movies and podcasts in the genre. McNamara struck a match when she teamed up with armchair sleuths and real detectives to track down the killer, who turned out to be retired cop Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. With the man she was dating on the way, she alleges Jensen once again began making advances on her. I will post the summary of the Rolling Stone article in this thread, however subsequent updates will be done comment form. Wenn Sie Ihre Auswahl anpassen mchten, klicken Sie auf Datenschutzeinstellungen verwalten. As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work. It was this weird moment, almost being sandwiched between the two [men]., Former police officer and criminal behaviorist Sarah Cailean, a friend of Calderon-Olsens who was also in attendance, recalls seeing Jensen touching Calderon-Olsens hair. Its the end of an era, podcast network Exactly Right tweeted in May 2022. Suffolk County Police and police recruits in April 2011, searching an area of beach in Babylon, New York, near where law enforcement had recently found human remains. "Often it's nothing,but with this I could do something.. I did not smack or grab the back of her head. Saying that Calderon-Olsen never voiced any objection to him, Jensen says that he only found out about this allegation when he received a request for comment from. She says he then took hold of her head in his hand. I dont know.. And it worked. The show ran for three seasons, after all, and both hosts had new books on the horizon and tens of thousands of fans on social media commenting on and liking every photo and tweet. In 2019, CBCs investigative podcast. The series centers on the scandal-ridden former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke, who infamously kicked the FBI off the case soon after he stepped into the position in 2012. One person had said I hugged them for too long and talked too closely to them; one said I put my arm around them multiple times; and one said I touched their behind during an embrace., Pointing out those are *three* allegations from this one party ^, When I was informed of the complaints, I was shocked, embarrassed, and hated to hear that I had made others feel uncomfortable, Jensen tells Rolling Stone. Why are they holding it back now? Like I had a crush. Soon true-crime social media was in convulsions over the allegations and people were choosing sides. With the man she was dating on the way, she alleges Jensen once again began making advances on her. Billy Jensen is a true crime journalist focused squarely on unsolved murders and missing persons. Billy Jensen speaking as part of Death Become Us' The Murder Squad Live Show on November 9, 2019 in Washington, DC. OBrien says Newell told her about the conversation and the kiss when Newell came to her house later that night. he wrote of McNamaras dogged nature, her apt ability to get grizzled investigators to open up, and her dedication to tracking down the serial killer responsible for 13 murders and close to 50 rapes. To all of this, I want to make clear that I was unaware I had done anything untoward, and it certainly wasnt intentional I would never want to make others feel uncomfortable in any way, and I am deeply sorry.. . So you have to keep their feet to the fire. So, you know, having not released anything other than some jewelry, a belt and they havent even released the whole belt. to collect negative stories and criticisms about me to share to the public wholesale., Both Haynes and Tisdale strongly dispute this characterization. No, I did not. It also helped him cope with his own feelings as well, in his view. As the new HBO docuseries Ill Be Gone in the Dark points out, McNamarawas using pills on a regular basis to help her complete the book and sleep. This article has been updated to clarify an interaction between Newell and Jensen. In 2019, CBCs investigative podcast, Finding Cleo, uncovered what happened to a missing indigenous girl, Cleopatra Semaganis Nicotine, highlighting the plight of her community. According to Calderon-Olsen, a group of festival participants were socializing in the bar of the Watergate Hotel, where they were staying for the event. The podcast feed that contained The Murder Squad has now been updated with a new Paul Holes podcast, Buried Bones. Linkletter: I just think accountability. - Bj tries to excuse this by showing that they tweeted each other occasionally- Two other sources allege that there had been whispers about Jensen in the true crime community well before Murder Squad was cancelled and allegations of Jensens inappropriate touching came to light. Billy Jensen: Michelle and I had done a podcast together in 2013 called the Shadowpulp Radio Hour and we only did like four episodes, and then she got the book deal for I'll Be Gone in the. Newell says Jensen kissed her right before she got into her Uber. We felt that the victims families and the public at large needs to know why this case hasnt been solved, and its because the people that were initially in charge of the investigation were setting up a lot of roadblocks. He was telling me about how good he was at going down on women. They never got a room, however. According to Jensen, a lawyer from Exactly Right contacted him not long after the party and connected him with an investigator, who said they received complaints from three people saying that my hugs and embraces had been over the line, he says. "Everyone [in the news, following her death] kept referring to her as Patton Oswalt's wife and I was like, no, she was her own person," Jensen . I was probably about 11 or 12 and it was about Nostradamus and how heit was narrated by Orson Welles about all these things he predicted. But it might be. A decade later, the mystery, which became known as the Long Island serial killer case, remains unsolved. According to five sources who spoke with Rolling Stone, Jensen has a history of touching women inappropriately. All of this has led to the cancellation of The Murder Squad, his book and book tour, and an article by the Rolling Stone. Wall Street . It wasdecided it had to bethe ending of the book. McNamaras work on the case has been credited for helping to catch the killer, who pleaded guilty to the decade-spanningcriminal campaignlast month. These women all had []" #TedBundyTapes, Help solve the Chester, PA murder of Dino Dizdarevic, Father's Day nightmare: Daughter disappears, later found murdered, Surviving an active shooter: Videos produced by U.S. police departments and colleges, Losing Faith: The Hedgepeth murder mystery at UNC. If you ever wanted to have a place where you would be able to set up a little fiefdom, it would be in Suffolk County because its rich, its the 11th biggest police department in the country, and Long Island is a dead end. Taken by themselves, some of these allegations show embarrassing behavior in my private life, Jensen tells, . Why is he doing that? In various communities, there are people who are missing stairs. Im actually dating someone at this time so any flirty behavior with him is absolutely not OK, Newell recalls. BEFORE COMMENTING IN THIS THREAD PLEASE READ THE STICKIED COMMENT AT THE TOP. And my hope is this will give them a new trajectory to try to step up, be accountable, and just do better for the community. The only thing I can do now is keep working the program to be and stay accountable, make direct amends where appropriate, and treat my underlying issues so that I stay on the forward path., The article summarizes the podcaster Alvin Right's recollection of things which was previously shared here so we won't re-do it. After the two bonded online over their mutual disappointment in a Netflix Ted Bundy documentary, Jensen and Calderon-Olsen met up on Nov. 8, 2019, in Washington, D.C., at the Death Becomes Us true crime and pop culture festival. Kristina . [She] told me Billy grabbed her after he came up behind her, and that she felt extremely violated by this, Williams said in the sworn statement. Terra Newell and Celene Calderon-Olsen both allege Jensen acted inappropriately with them. Said employee then sued ER for mismanaging the situation and they settled out of court in May. Billy Jensen: When my parents finally let me stay home by myself with the cable and a couple of Stouffer's French Bread pizzas I watched a show on HBO called The Man Who Saw Tomorrow. Without running afoul of the police, of course. After the rest of the party left, Newell says Jensen tried to talk her into getting a hotel room. Another time he sent condolences after her close friend died. In the story of. It worked. And then I realized I was just another girl that got groped by Billy Jensen., Jensen tells Rolling Stone that he understood it to be a mutual flirtation and mutual kiss between him and Newell, noting that the two maintained a friendship for three years after the alleged incidents. One of those podcasters claimed that Jensen had slapped her during an otherwise consensual encounter something Jensen has denied both publicly on his website and to Rolling Stone. Newell says she was intoxicated so some of the details are hazy, but claims that, after his co-hosts left, Jensen began acting aggressively flirtatious with her and talking about his open marriage, an arrangement well known among his friends and acquaintances. At one point in the evening, Calderon-Olsen says she was talking with another man while Jensen stood behind her, when she felt him touch her head. Theres a lot of different things there that citizen detectives could do crowdsourcing on. But after 17 years of writing hundreds of stories without endings, he was fed up--and decided to solve the murders and find the missing himself. It was very awkward, she says. This alleged behavior seems to have come to light after an Exactly Right Halloween party in 2021, which led to a workplace investigation and the eventual end of the Murder Squad. He was grabbing my legs that night, grabbing my thighs, grabbing me by the back of the neck, she recalls. In December 2010, law enforcement found four bodies along a scrub-covered stretch of highway on the south coast of Long Island. This week we're joined by investigative journalist Billy Jensen and retired cold case investigator Paul Holes to talk about why we're obsessed with true crime, their experiences solving cold cases like the Golden State Killer, and how to keep ourselves safe. He has since returned to TV as an anchor on Extra. Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! A new podcast looks at why. A recent article talks about modern-day sleuthing and mentions BJ with no apparent knowledge of all this happening. Guns, Grift, and Gore: The Life and Times of an Arms-Dealing Hustler, In response to a detailed list of questions from Rolling Stone, Jensen apologized for some of his alleged behavior, denied other parts of it, and told the magazine he has a drinking problem, coupled with mental health issues, and has entered rehab to address them both. Billy Bush thinks T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach should keep working together after their firing from ABC, and gives a few ways how they can bounce back. Jensen isnt new to the true crime community; he got his start in the Nineties as a reporter on Long Island, and went on to cover crime for alt-weeklies and magazines, including Rolling Stone. OBrien, watching the alleged touching, asked her friend if she was OK, then excused herself. What are you hoping that the podcast and TV special will achieve? I did not smack or grab the back of her head. 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Jensen a lanky, self-described goth who towers over six feet tall in his signature black leather jacket built a career as a media personality and a brooding crusader for justice. I felt [she] was hurt, and deeply affected by this incident., that he was indeed the subject of a workplace investigation regarding the party. While I understand some might be cynical of my seeking treatment, I needed to not only address my alcohol use, but my mental health as well, he says. Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. Its a tarnishing that needs to be fixed. It reads "Big Brother is watching you" opposite the ankle monitor police put on her after busting into her house Dec. 26. Hes appeared on Discovery ID shows, co-hosted the true crime podcast, with Holes, and has been greeted by screaming fans at increasingly popular true-crime conventions. The number of stories of which I was aware increased significantly as women I didnt know began reaching out to me to share their own experiences with [Jensen], and as other women posted their stories anonymously on Reddit and Facebook groups. Billy Jensen - Investigative Storytelling, Crime Solving, Citizen Sleuthing, Product Building HOME ABOUT ME THE BOOK FIELD REPORTS CITIZEN DETECTIVES PRINT STORIES Selected Works CRIME STORIES How Crowdsourcing Cracked The Case Of A Gay-Bashing Attack It was very awkward, she says. Newell says the first alleged inappropriate incident followed a signing for Jensens book Chase Darkness With Me on Aug. 13, 2019, in Los Angeles. Newell is perhaps the most well-known survivor in modern true crime. hes no longer part of the podcast. Billy Jensen, co-host of the Murder Squad and contributor to various books and podcasts, has been accused of sexual harassment from multiple co-workers and fellow pod-casters. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. And he didnt. Billy has solved or helped solve ten homicides. I was not acting in tandem or collaboration with anyone else, Haynes tells Rolling Stone. Exactly Right, the podcasting company founded by hosts of the mega-popular, Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, offered only the end of an era tweet as the public statement about the decision and did not respond to. During this time a lot of people saw this and then it became a rumor that he may have had a relationship with me., To be honest, I was friends with Billy for a while until this stuff started coming out, she says. They also want listeners to better understand the damage corrupt leadership can wreak in situations like this. ignited that fire, and aimed to become the first truly collaborative true-crime show and unite citizen sleuths with experts to solve cold cases. Jensen said that the success of the New York Times best-selling book along with the HBO docuseries pales in comparison to what would have mattered most to McNamara. Billy Jensen - Investigative Storytelling, Crime Solving, Citizen Sleuthing, Product Building THE BOOK FIELD REPORTS CITIZEN DETECTIVES PRINT STORIES Field Reports 22 Michelle McNamara, True Crime Writer Posted April 23rd, 2016 in Field Reports by Billy Jensen Michelle McNamara was dogged. I really thought it was this idyllic, beautiful place. Rolling Stone has done an article now on the BJ issues. 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A former friend of Jensens, who says she had a falling out with him over reporting decisions he made in one of his podcasts, says that Jensen has long been known as a missing stair as in, something you warn newcomers about so they dont trip. The true crime podcasts Subreddit exploded with a so-called mega thread to discuss Jensen. As of August 2nd there has been no statement from Exactly Right about this. After the theft, Loeb was quickly apprehended and taken in. That was really when it clicked for me that this behavior is not OK, Newell says. A lthough the story you are about to read involves a fugitive, law enforcement and a six-month chase across Mexico, for Billy Jensen it was just another day on the job. I felt [Jensens] hand just grab and smack, basically, the back of my head, Calderon-Olsen says. The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time (The hosts reached out to Burkes lawyer, and their request for an interview was denied. Last Stand in Coal Country Williams, the second podcaster to go public, first shared his account of that evenings events on his show, Affirmative Murder. So if youre a dude thats advocating for women, how about dont go after the most vulnerable? At the time, though, Newell stood up for Jensen, and encouraged OBrien to move forward with a podcast episode shed recorded with him. In 2016, he joined a vast community of web detectives who have been increasingly lauded for contributing to the resolution of major cases. You just have to. The FBIs Persecution of Sidney Poitier Together, Jensen and Haynes wrote part three of McNamara's book. I regularly listen to two other podcasts that hes on (The First Degree and Unraveled, which is between seasons right now). Many of the key players have been posting on social media making statements, and many podcasts that collaborated with Jensen at one point or another have also made statements and/or distanced themselves from BJ. Its uncomfortable that its gone completely unacknowledged in The First Degree FB group (though Im pretty sure they have post approval on and Im sure they wouldnt allow posts). It probably isn't true. He even mentioned McNamaras then-unfinished book on the case. Calderon-Olsen says she had expected better from Jensen. In the past two months, the community appears to be distancing itself from Jensen. Hes very familiar that Ive been outspoken about my rape. Tennessee Ex-Cop Sues After Becoming Porn Meme, Claims She Was 'Groomed' for Sex With Coworkers. At the time, he was also struggling with inner turmoil over revelations about his late friend's drug use. OBrien, watching the alleged touching, asked her friend if she was OK, then excused herself. That part of the book was shared widely following DeAngelo's arrest. Combining the shoe-leather investigative tenacity and skills . I never had romantic feelings for Billy. Tisdale says that she decided to speak about the alleged slap on her podcast after she heard about allegations following a 2021 party that ultimately led to Jensens removal from his podcast. NYT bestseller Chase Darkness with Me: How One True Crime Writer Started Solving Murders, Discovery+: Unraveled, Killers Amidst Killers coming 2023. The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time Now, it all seems to be crashing down. I don't know what is going to happen to the book, but if asked, I would do my damnedest to help get it out there, he promised. veryone [in the news, following her death] kept referring to her as Patton Oswalts wife and I was like, no, she was her own person, Jensen reflected to, Jensen and McNamara would meet every month for lunch, where she would update the true crime journaliston her hunt for the, How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders. Visit website . Contact Billy, search articles and Tweets, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place. But after seventeen years of writing hundreds of stories with no endings, he was fed up-and decided to try to solve the murders and find the missing himself. That was really when it clicked for me that this behavior is not OK, Newell says.
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