Episode 1: The Egregious Video

A police officer in Rutherford County, Tenn., sees a video of little kids fighting, and decides to investigate. This leads to the arrest of 11 kids for watching the fight. The arrests do not go smoothly.

From Serial Productions and The New York Times in partnership with ProPublica and Nashville Public Radio, “The Kids of Rutherford County” is reported and hosted by Meribah Knight, a Peabody-award winning reporter based in the South.

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factual

Living in Murfreesboro I can attest that this is a true story, it was heartbreaking. I'm so very glad that changes have been made.

Vocal fry is too much

My husband and I enjoyed the story line, but could not get past the narrator's vocal fry. We tried our best for about 10 minutes, and gave up from utter annoyance. I look forward to the day the vocal fry trend is over!!!

Dear narrator

Please clear your thought or cough. 4 min in and I can’t take it anymore