A mysterious letter detailing a supposed Islamist plot to take over schools shocked Britain in 2014. But who wrote it? From Serial Productions and The New York Times, “The Trojan Horse Affair,” an investigation that became bigger than we ever i

Chapter Five: ‘Democrat, Republican, White, Black, Green’

Apr 27th, 2021 48m 49s

The Improvement Association PAC’s power in the county is threatened when an unlikely candidate enters the race for county commissioner. Plenty of people outside the PAC now have their own ideas about how to build Black political power here. Zoe

Chapter Four: ‘Let Them Pull the Red Wagon’

Apr 22nd, 2021 51m 1s

With the PAC’s reputation suffering because of years of cheating accusations and resentment stirring within its ranks, a prominent member turns against the leadership. Nevertheless, Horace and his closest allies make a bold move by supporting a

Chapter Three: ‘The Ballad of the Nursing Home Ballots’

Apr 20th, 2021 39m 36s

Zoe delves into one of the most serious allegations against the Bladen Improvement PAC: an accusation about stealing votes from vulnerable people that goes back 10 years. In trying to track down the veracity of this particularly persistent rumo

Chapter Two: ‘Where Is Your Choice?’

Apr 15th, 2021 44m 11s

Zoe talks to people in the county who believe the Bladen Improvement PAC has been cheating for years. She tries to get beyond the rumors and into specifics, and comes face to face with the intense suspicion and scrutiny leveled against the orga

Chapter One: ‘The Big Shadoo’

1 1 Apr 13th, 2021 44m 12s

Following a notorious case of election fraud in Bladen County, North Carolina, in 2018, the reporter Zoe Chace gets an invitation from Horace Munn, the leader of the Bladen County Improvement Association PAC, a Black political advocacy group wh

Trailer

Mar 30th, 2021 2m 47s

A new podcast from the makers of "Serial" and The New York Times. For at least a decade, allegations of cheating have swirled around elections in rural Bladen County, N.C. Some people in town point fingers at a Black advocacy group, the Bladen