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The final episode of Conviction: American Panic comes out next week.

Listen to this preview of Conviction: American Panic.

In 1989, nine-year-old John Quinney accused his father Melvin of being a satanic cult leader and abusing him in satanic rituals. His father vehemently denied the charges. It was a case that tore their family apart. But what none of them knew was that they were just one of dozens of families going through the same nightmare.

When John Quinney was ten years old, he took the stand to testify against his own father. He had come to believe that his dad Melvin was the murderous leader of a satanic cult. It would be decades before John would learn that his family was just one of many swept up in a panic that gripped America in the 1980s—one in which hundreds of people were accused of taking part in underground satanic cults that sacrificed infants and sexually abused children. By the time the panic had subsided, scores of people were in prison, convicted on little to no evidence—people like John's father. Conviction: American Panic takes you inside one of the darkest and most bizarre chapters of American history.Conviction: American Panic premieres February 25.

Pedro’s trial date finally arrives, and Manny sets out on another quest. Will he finally push the envelope too far? 

Manny takes some big risks that could get Pedro’s case dismissed—or could get Pedro into even deeper trouble.

Manny’s quest to free Pedro isn’t just about justice. It’s payback. 

Terrell believes that Manny and his clients are out to destroy his career. But they aren’t the only ones sounding alarms about Terrell. 

Manny meets a key witness. Saki meets Manny’s nemesis. 

Pedro gets pushed to take a plea deal. Manny goes on a quest to find the one young man who can free him.

Private Investigator Manuel Gomez takes on the biggest case of his career: the case of Pedro Hernandez.

Manny Gomez is a detective straight out of a detective novel. He carries a pen that’s really a knife, wears a watch that’s really a camera, adores Sherlock Holmes and Miami Vice. But the cases Manny takes on are all too real: cases of young men in New York City who say they’ve been arrested for crimes they didn’t commit. In the first season of Conviction, reporter Saki Knafo follows Manny as he tackles the biggest case of his career—and along the way, Saki explores big questions about criminal justice in America. This story is the first in Gimlet Media’s Conviction series, which will feature a new piece of investigative reporting each season. Hear all the episodes on February 4th.