Cruel Summer Podcast

The Story

WHEN the body 18-year-old Tiffany Valiante was found on railroad tracks deep in the New Jersey Pine Barrens in the summer of 2015, it was all too easy for police to label her death a suicide.

More than a decade later, journalist Marie McGovern takes you inside her remarkable

four-year investigation into a terrible tragedy that became a frightening mystery.

From Wavland and Street Smart Audio, Cruel Summer: The Violent Death

of Tiffany Valiante brings stunning new perspectives on the case in the first in-depth examination of the life, times and horrific death of a young woman seemingly with everything to live for.

In this original podcast series, we take you to a small New Jersey town, a place of secrets, suspicious of strangers, where those who may know what happened the night Tiffany died are unwilling to talk.

But you'll also learn how new technology has helped unlock many secrets in Tiffany's cell phone, revealing a new perspective on her world.

A Story That's Captivated The World

FOR more than a decade, the story of Tiffany Valiante has been the subject of a newspaper, Internet, television and radio frenzy. Journalists around the world have reported on the case, their audiences fascinated to understand what happened to this striking, athletic young woman. But no one has spent the time to thoroughly investigate Tiffany's background - until now.

Marie McGovern has been given unprecedented access to the case files. In addition, with the complete cooperation of the Valiante family, she has been able to study Tiffany's social media accounts. What she learned has helped re-shape the investigation.

Cell Phones Don't Lie

TIFFANY'S new cell phone was found in the brush near her home on the night her body was hit by the speeding train. But it was never thoroughly examined by police during the original investigation. However, the latest technology has given access to tens of thousands of Tiffany's previously unseen texts, phone calls, emails, photographs, videos and voice notes. It took Marie McGovern months to study every one, but, with the trove of new information, she established a new timeline of Tiffany's last days and weeks.

While everyone thought what was on Tiffany's phone was lost for ever, the work of a team of digital detectives shows how messages and calls are never destroyed. And what was uncovered, has given a fresh insight into Tiffany's world and her relationships with the people in it, casting more and more doubt on the original determination her death was by suicide.

In Cruel Summer: The Violent Death of Tiffany Valiante, you'll learn how many things captured digitally on Tiffany's phone have helped paint a new picture of her life.

First episode available NOW wherever you get your podcasts

First episode available NOW wherever you get your podcasts

First episode available NOW wherever you get your podcasts

First episode available NOW wherever you get your podcasts

First episode available NOW wherever you get your podcasts

First episode available NOW wherever you get your podcasts

Listen to first episode now

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The Story

Tiffany's life in pictures

A Story That's Captivated The World

When content is typically deleted, it doesn't just disappear.

Cell Phones Don't Lie

The Untold Story Of Tiffany Valiante

First episode available NOW wherever you get your podcasts

Listen to first episode now

DO YOU HAVE INFORMATION ?

The Story

Tiffany's life in pictures

A Story That's Captivated The World

When content is typically deleted, it doesn't just disappear.

Cell Phones Don't Lie

The Untold Story Of Tiffany Valiante

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