''Culpable'' is an investigative true crime podcast hosted by Dennis Cooper that covers the 2014 death of 21-year-old Christian Andreacchio.
It is produced by Dennis Cooper, Mark Minnery, Donald Albright, and Jacob Bozarth as a partnership of Black Mountain Media, Tenderfoot TV, Resonate Recordings, and
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In September 2019, the podcast was the #2 true-crime podcast and #3 podcast overall on
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The podcast brought national attention to Andreacchio's case.
Tenderfoot TV and Black Mountain Media offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to a conviction.
History
In February 2014, Christian Andreacchio left his job on a tugboat, was picked up by Dylan Swearingen, and went to confront his girlfriend, Whitley Goodman, about her alleged cheating.
Andreacchio was found dead in his apartment on February 26, 2014, in
Meridian, Mississippi
Meridian is the List of municipalities in Mississippi, seventh largest city in the U.S. state of Mississippi, with a population of 41,148 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census and an estimated population in 2018 of 36,347. It is the count ...
. After a brief investigation, the police ruled Andreacchio's death a suicide.
He was found in the bathtub with a gunshot wound to the head.
Andreacchio's mother, Rae Andreacchio, questioned the police's conclusion due to evidence that emerged showing it may have been a homicide.
Swearingen and Goodman were both in the apartment with Andreacchio, and had arrest warrants which were never fulfilled by the Meridian Police Department.
The gun was found near Christian's left leg, but he was right handed.
Additionally, Rae claims that Christian once told her, "Mom, if anybody ever tells you I killed myself, you come looking—because I wouldn’t do that."
In 2017, a jury did not indict two people who were connected to Andreacchio's death.
Andreacchio's family hired a private investigator, Sheila Wysocki, to investigate the case.
In August 2019 a district prosecutor announced that she was willing to reopen the case should new evidence come to light.
In November 2019, the Meridian City Council asked the
United States Department of Justice
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to investigate the city's handling of Andreacchio's case.
Episodes
See also
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List of American crime podcasts
This is a list of American crime podcasts. True crime podcasts were popularized in the United States by '' Serial'', which debuted in 2014.
List
See also
*List of Australian crime podcasts
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References
External links
* {{Official website, https://culpablepodcast.com/
2019 podcast debuts
Audio podcasts
Crime podcasts
Investigative journalism
2019 podcast endings
Meridian, Mississippi
2014 in Mississippi
American podcasts