Told across nine acts, Doubt is a long-form investigation of the Elizabeth Smart case, unfolding in real time.
Drawn from contemporaneous Salt Lake City police reports, court transcripts, archived newspapers, broadcast interviews and public records, each chapter follows the record - without compression, omission or hindsight.
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The Elizabeth Smart Case – Ep 3: An Amazing Story As the Elizabeth Smart case moves beyond the first 48 hours, a child’s account begins to anchor — and complicate — the timeline. Detective Mosher documents specific details from inside the bedroom: a gun, a duffel bag, a closet light, and sounds outside the window. But as statements multiply, the investigation begins to splinter. Harp House staff describe a man who stood too close. Neighbours report prowlers and shoe-prints beneath kitchen win...
20 Feb 2026
Doubt: Series One Trailer
Doubt reconstructs the Elizabeth Smart case as it unfolded in real time - using contemporaneous reporting, public statements, and primary records as they entered the record. More: doubt-podcast.com Instagram: @thedoubtpodcast
6 Feb 2026
Doubt: The Smartest Girl in Utah
This is 'Doubt'. If you know the name Elizabeth Smart, you already know the outline most people remember... A fourteen-year-old girl taken from her bedroom before dawn - a city mobilized - a nation watching - and, months later, a return that felt like a miracle. It became one of the most familiar stories in modern American true crime. And familiarity can do something strange. It can make a case feel finished - even when the path that produced the story is still largely unexamined. This ...
6 Feb 2026
EP 2 Trailer: The Prophet is Coming
As his car turns up Chandler Drive, some residents peek through their blinds, as it slowly rolls by. Others - stand neatly on their front lawns - and begin to wave. For - word has got out... as it often does, in close-knit communities. The Prophet is Coming. On the morning of June 5th, 2002 - 14 year-old Elizabeth Smart vanishes from her home in Salt Lake City. Within hours, the case leaves the city - and enters the national bloodstream. But the version ca...
6 Feb 2026
EP 2 Trailer: The Front Page
As one story filled the front pages… another was quietly set aside. On the morning of June 5th, 2002 - 14 year-old Elizabeth Smart vanishes from her home in Salt Lake City. Within hours, the case leaves the city - and enters the national bloodstream. But the version carried across airwaves - never quite fits the ink... of the official record. Doubt reconstructs the Elizabeth Smart case as it unfolded in real time; using contemporaneous reporting, public statements, and primary recor...
6 Feb 2026
The Elizabeth Smart Case – Ep 2: Open for Inspection
As the Elizabeth Smart case enters its second day, Salt Lake City begins to mobilize. Inside Federal Heights, Detective Jason Snow continues reconstructing the critical early hours with Elizabeth’s parents, Ed and Lois Smart, while officers canvass Bryan Intermediate School and interview classmates and teachers. At the same time, the influence of the LDS Church begins to shape public messaging. A rare public statement is issued the same day a separate lawsuit against the Church surfaces — dra...
30 Dec 2025
The Elizabeth Smart Case – Ep 1: The Man in White
June 5, 2002. Fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Smart vanishes from her bedroom in Federal Heights, Salt Lake City. Within hours, the Elizabeth Smart case moves from local breaking news to national coverage. But the version carried across airwaves does not always align with what detectives document inside the Smart home. Episode One remains inside Day One — following the case from the first 911 calls through the earliest investigative hours. As information reaches the public, police reconcile confl...
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