With the Benefit of Hindsight...

With the Benefit of Hindsight...

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The true story of corruption, greed and self interest that destroyed Penn State, its iconic coach Joe Paterno and an alleged monster. This series follows the nearly ten year investigation of this case conducted by journalist John Ziegler. Ziegler has uncovered a massive amount of evidence that will have you questioning everything you thought you knew about this case.

Episode List

Episode Twenty One: Knocking On Victims' Doors

Jul 18th, 2025 4:00 AM

A special interview with an anonymous guest who's been working the Sandusky case behind the scenes.

Episode Twenty: Costas Returns

May 19th, 2025 4:00 AM

Zig has a special brand new interview with Bob Costas regarding the Penn State / Joe Paterno / Jerry Sandusky scandal. 

Episode Nineteen: The Pulitzer Reprise

Jan 3rd, 2022 1:39 PM

Sarah Ganim was a 24 year-old cub reporter when her coverage of the Penn State scandal "earned" her a Pulitzer Prize. Zig has demonstrated throughout our series how prosecutors consistently leaked misinformation to the public using Ganim as their vessel. We've also chronicled how Ganim's career stalled after after winning the Pulitzer.On Novermber 3, 2021 we learned that Ganim was back, back with a podcast entitled The Mayor Of Maple Ave. The podcast was promoted as the story of the first Sandusky "victim" to die. Shawn Sinisi was a Second Mile participant and he died of an opioid overdose in 2018-these are the only facts that Ganim and he production partners have gotten right. The rest of their story is just another fraudulent effort at extorting money out of Penn State. The podcast was supposed to premier in December and as we publish this episode on January 3 the podcast has yet to launch. Zig and Liz come armed with the receipts to explain why they believe things are "delayed" and to debunk this latest scam altogether.

Episode Eighteen: Silent No More

Nov 4th, 2021 11:44 AM

Graham Spanier was the President of Penn State, under Spanier's leadership the university had a pristine track record for following NCAA regulations. He was one of the most influential educators in America and a trusted leader with a top-secret government security clearance. He had met Jerry Sandusky just once in his life and was shocked when wild accusations started flying in November of 2011. He was sure there was some misunderstanding and this could be straightened out quickly.Earlier this year Spanier served prison time on a Child Endangerment conviction. Today he breaks his silence to share his story with John Ziegler.

Episode17 Sandusky For Life

Nov 2nd, 2021 12:03 PM

EJ Sandusky was the first of six children adopted by Dottie and Gerry Sandusky. EJ and his family were certain that his father could not have committed the crimes of which he was accused but they didn't understand they were no longer living in a world of truth and facts. When Jerry was found guilty EJ was forced to relocate and seek a different career path. Ten years later EJ and his wife Heather are inspired to share their story with Zig.

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