
Trailer | Spiral: Murder in Detroit
from Honestly with Bari Weiss
by The Free Press
Published: Thu Oct 23 2025
Show Notes
On October 21, 2023,beloved Detroit community leader Samantha Woll was found brutally stabbed to death outside her home—two weeks to the day after the October 7 attacks on Israel. It looked like an open-and-shut case—a hate crime. But swiftly the police ruled that out. Instead they eventually found themselves with two unrelated suspects. When they charged one with murder, the case took a turn that raised questions about antisemitism, race, and justice in America.
Hosted by The Free Press’s Frannie Block, this podcast features exclusive interviews and explores the remarkable, too-short life of Woll and the impact she had. And Spiral tells the bizarre twists and turns of one of Detroit’s most haunting recent crimes.
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