Framed!
James Ponti
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Dead Certain: The Martha Moxley Murder
The night before Halloween 1975, 15-year-old Martha Moxley was found bludgeoned to death outside her family’s home in the tony Greenwich, Connecticut, enclave of Belle Haven. The local police, used to dealing more with traffic stops than a high-profile murder, grappled with a lack of forensic eviden...
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Framed
Why Michael Skakel Spent Over a Decade in Prison for a Murder He Didn't Commit
The episode highlighted the book as a detailed account of Kennedy's independent investigation into the Martha Moxley murder, presenting new theories and evidence that he argued exonerated Michael Skakel. The host, who helped write the book, described how Kennedy doubled down on his convictions and used the research to press for further action, portraying the work as thorough and compelling.
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Episode: The Out of Towners
The book detailed Kennedy's independent investigation into the Martha Moxley murder, presenting new theories and evidence that he believed exonerated Michael Skakel.
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In fact, he doubled down, continuing to investigate on his own, making media rounds, and ultimately publishing a book about it all. The one I helped him write, entitled Framed. After it came out, he repeated his convictions about the case in an interview with Dateline.
When I was helping him put together his book in 2015, we talked several times a week, often several times a day. I wouldn't consider Bobby a friend, but we did some stuff friends would do. He drove me around Southern California in his seriously beat up minivan.
Bobby called the chapter about the New York guys, the killers. He echoed Mark Furman's earlier play to pressure the state into action, writing, using the evidence I have cited in this book, prosecutors have sufficient cause to indict Burton Tinsley and Adolph Hasbrook for Martha Moxley's murder.
In 2015, as we were writing the book, Bobby and I tried to get in touch with Tony Bryant. Not long after those cameras showed up at his house in 2003, Bryant had seemingly vanished into thin air.
He doubled down, continuing to investigate on his own, making media rounds, and ultimately publishing a book about it all. The one I helped him write, entitled Framed.
Framed!
The host mentioned the book when recalling a passage where Tommy was asked if he was about to confess during his Sutton interviews, using it as a reference point in the discussion. No explicit endorsement or criticism was offered, and the reference served mainly to illustrate the topic at hand.
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Episode: Martha Speaks
The book was cited when the host referenced a passage where Tommy was asked if he was about to confess during his Sutton interviews.
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In Bobby Kennedy's book, Framed, when asked whether he was about to confess during his Sutton interviews, Tommy had this to say.
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Murder and Mystery in Greenwich, America's Wealthiest Community
The book was noted as having been published in April 1998 by a Greenwich native, arriving just two weeks before another author's work on the same case. No explicit endorsement or critique was offered, indicating it was mentioned primarily as a chronological reference.
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Episode: Martha Speaks
The book was mentioned as having been published in April 1998, shortly before another author's book on the case.
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Tim Dumas, the Greenwich native who published Greentown in April 1998, two weeks before Mark Furman's book came out.
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The host referenced the book as a source that includes Julie Skakel's allegation that Frank Weteen behaved inappropriately toward her. This mention was used to highlight the claim rather than to endorse the title.
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Episode: Known Unknowns
The host noted that the book "Framed" contained Julie Skakel's allegation that Frank Weteen was sexually inappropriate with her.
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In the book I helped Bobby Kennedy write, Framed, Julie Skakel alleges that Weteen was, quote, sexually inappropriate with her.
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