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Your Own Backyard

Your Own Backyard

Chris Lambert

True Crime, Flores, Smart, Kristin, Mystery, Unsolved, Homicide, San, Person, Paul, Cal, Obispo, Crime, Missing, College, Poly, Luis, Murder

4.9 • 27.1K Ratings

Overview

A documentary podcast series investigating the 1996 disappearance of Cal Poly student, Kristin Smart.

28 Episodes

Closer to Closure: A Conversation with the Smart Family

One year after the conviction of Paul Flores, Chris sits down with the Smart family to discuss the trial, the concept of closure, and their memories of Kristin

Transcribed - Published: 18 October 2023

People vs. Flores: The Conclusion Part Four

Chris recaps Paul Flores’ sentencing with help from the prosecution team

Transcribed - Published: 10 July 2023

People vs. Flores: The Conclusion Part Three

Chris recaps the verdicts with help from the prosecution team and the jury that convicted Paul Flores

Transcribed - Published: 10 July 2023

People vs. Flores: The Conclusion Part Two

Chris recaps the closing arguments with help from the prosecution team

Transcribed - Published: 25 May 2023

People vs. Flores: The Conclusion Part One

Meet the team that prosecuted Paul and Ruben Flores

Transcribed - Published: 12 May 2023

The Conclusion (teaser)

The conclusion of People vs. Flores is in progress.

Transcribed - Published: 20 March 2023

A Brief Update

Where is the final episode??

Transcribed - Published: 7 December 2022

People vs. Flores: Defense and Rebuttal

Chris recaps the Defense case and the State's rebuttal from the Salinas Courthouse

Transcribed - Published: 17 October 2022

People vs. Flores: Weeks 9 and 10

Chris recaps the weeks of September 12th and September 19th from the Salinas Courthouse

Transcribed - Published: 2 October 2022

People vs. Flores: Week 8

Chris recaps the week of September 5th from the Salinas Courthouse

Transcribed - Published: 12 September 2022

People vs. Flores: Week 7

Chris recaps the week of August 29th from the Salinas Courthouse

Transcribed - Published: 7 September 2022

People vs. Flores: Week 6

Chris recaps the week of August 22nd from the Salinas Courthouse

Transcribed - Published: 29 August 2022

People vs. Flores: Weeks 4 and 5

Chris recaps the week of August 8th and the week of August 15th from the Salinas Courthouse

Transcribed - Published: 24 August 2022

People vs. Flores: Week 3

Chris recaps the week of August 1st from the Salinas Courthouse

Transcribed - Published: 8 August 2022

People vs. Flores: Weeks 1 and 2

Chris recaps the week of July 18th and the week of July 25th from the Salinas Courthouse

Transcribed - Published: 2 August 2022

People vs. Flores #2: Jury, Final Motions, Subpoena

Chris recaps the final pre-trial events from the Salinas Courthouse

Transcribed - Published: 24 July 2022

People vs. Flores #1: Motions

Chris recaps the pre-trial events following the 2021 preliminary hearing, through the first week of motions in the Salinas Courthouse

Transcribed - Published: 11 June 2022

Episode 10: The Beginning of The End Part 2

Chris travels down to the South Bay, and attempts to trace Paul Flores' predatory behavior from its origins to the present day.

Transcribed - Published: 6 July 2021

Episode 09: The Beginning of The End Part 1

After the April 2021 arrests of Paul Flores and his father, Ruben, Chris recounts the search that led to them, and a timeline of the spot where investigators believe Kristin Smart's body was buried.

Transcribed - Published: 6 July 2021

Episode 08: The 16-Hour Gap

Where was Paul Flores over Memorial Day Weekend 1996? Chris scours the Smart Family’s notebooks to find forgotten witnesses and leads.

Transcribed - Published: 25 November 2020

Episode 07: The Iceberg

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office speaks.

Transcribed - Published: 29 January 2020

Episode 06: Ongoing and Active

A newspaper publisher thinks he's found Kristin Smart, until he hits a brick wall.

Transcribed - Published: 11 November 2019

Episode 05: The P

Psychics, parents, Parkinson, and Poly.

Transcribed - Published: 28 October 2019

Episode 04: Son Of Susan

A man from North Carolina vows to keep the Flores family on their toes, and accidentally finds a new way to get their backyard searched in the process.

Transcribed - Published: 21 October 2019

Episode 03: Their Own Backyard

If Kristin Smart is dead, where did her body end up? Chris follows a trail left by a lost piece of evidence, and retraces Paul Flores’ movements in the years after.

Transcribed - Published: 14 October 2019

Episode 02: The Only Suspect

Who is Paul Flores? Chris talks to women who knew him before he was the suspect in Kristin Smart's disappearance, and learns that none of them were surprised.

Transcribed - Published: 7 October 2019

Episode 01: A Face On A Billboard

Who is Kristin Smart? Chris travels to Stockton to meet her parents, Stan and Denise, along with her friends, neighbors, and classmates.

Transcribed - Published: 30 September 2019

Episode 00: Coming Soon

Your Own Backyard: The Disappearance of Kristin Smart starts September 30th. Subscribe now.

Transcribed - Published: 20 September 2019

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