The Retrievals

Matt Gutman, ABC News chief national correspondent, hosts a new investigative podcast examining a California case involving two young men whose wealthy lifestyle unravels into a story of lies, mistrust, and violence.

On 7 December 2003, Daniel James Morcombe, a 13-year-old from Palmwoods on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, vanished while waiting at a bus stop. For eight years, his family and police pursued countless leads. Then, in August 2011, a confession changed everything.

Forsvarsadvokat Kim Bagge, a Danish defense attorney, discusses the complexities and challenges that arise within the courtroom environment. His insights into legal defense and the judicial system offer perspective on how defense rights function in practice.

A nurse at Yale University's fertility clinic systematically stole fentanyl—a powerful opioid painkiller—and replaced it with saline solution, forcing an unknown number of women to endure painful egg retrieval procedures without anesthesia. The case, uncovered in 2020, raises urgent questions about institutional oversight in reproductive medicine and healthcare worker substance abuse.