My favorite Oregon murder mystery is now a podcast! I listened to the first episode and it is awesome! Murder In Oregon. Search for it in your favorite podcast app or in Google.
High-profile Oregon murder now the focus of a popular podcast Kelsey Watts SALEM, OR (KPTV) - The high-profile 1989 murder of Michael Francke, the former director of the Oregon Department of Corrections, is now the subject of a wildly popular podcast. The iHeart Radio production is called “Murder in Oregon” and is hosted by Lauren Bright Pacheco. Francke’s brothers, Pat and Kevin, say they are both very happy with how it’s been done and are grateful for the renewed attention on their brother’s murder. “It’s been a long time coming,” Kevin Francke said. “…In my mind, it has never been a solved case.” “Lauren has done an exceptional job of defining this case and separating all the different pieces and parts,” Pat Francke said. “…We are addressing a whole new generation of people who have no knowledge of this case and they need to know about it.” Two episodes have been released so far, and according to Apple’s list of most popular podcasts, it’s sitting at number three in the true crime category and number 12 overall. It was Jan. 17, 1989, when Francke was stabbed outside his office in Salem. It was initially called a car burglary gone bad, but his brothers say it was a conspiracy involving a botched investigation and a “patsy” who was pinned for the crime but was innocent. Frank Gable spent 29 years in prison for the murder, but earlier this year, a judge overturned his conviction and he was released. RELATED: Statement from Federal Public Defender's Office regarding Gable ruling The State of Oregon is appealing that ruling, but Francke’s brothers have always believed that Gable is innocent. “There’s more than one victim,” Kevin Francke said. “You’ve got Frank Gable, who lost 29 years of his life and my brother, who lost all of his.” The podcast explores Francke’s rise in the New Mexico Department of Corrections, his move to Oregon, and the corruption he was said to be investigating when he was killed. The series includes the perspectives of those who worked with him, those who covered the case, and, of course, his brothers who traveled to the scene of the crime with the show’s producers. “We’re going to let this podcast play out,” Pat Francke said of next steps in the case. “We’re collecting information, there are calls and information coming back to us now, and I think this is going to generate more leads and information, and that will be telling going forward.” Kevin Francke added that he hopes the State of Oregon will drop its appeal related to Gable’s conviction. “If the state would just simply drop their appeal and say we were wrong, then the case could be officially reopened and we could get on with our lives and get on with the prosecution of the individuals who were involved in the murder,” Kevin Francke said. “…I will not rest until the perpetrators are brought to justice.” Copyright 2019 KPTV-KPDX Broadcasting Corporation. All rights reserved. https://www.kptv.com/news/high-prof...cle_18686aee-fd01-11e9-a2a6-1f3a515fd7d1.html
New True-Crime Podcast, “Murder in Oregon,” Features Michael Francke’s Mysterious Killing Frank Gable, the man convicted of Gable's 1989 murder was released earlier this year after a federal magistrate judge reviewed his case. Michael Francke. (Courtesy of the Francke family) By Nigel Jaquiss | Published October 24 Updated October 28 at 11:08 AM The highest profile Oregon murder in the past half-century is getting more attention—with a true-crime podcast. iHeartRadio today released a new podcast called "Murder in Oregon," revisiting the 1989 murder of the then-Director of the Oregon Department of Corrections, Michael Francke. Francke was stabbed to death outside his Salem office in the early evening of Jan. 17, 1989. Police never found the murder weapon and struggled to solve the case. They did not make an arrest for 14 months. Prosecutors won a conviction of a small-time Salem criminal named Frank Gable in 1991, although skeptics, led by then-Oregonian metro columnist Phil Stanford, did not believe Gable was the killer. Stanford never let go of the case, continuing to write about it for years at the O and later the Portland Tribune. In June of this year, U.S. Magistrate Judge John Acosta, who reviewed Gable's conviction at the behest of Nell Brown, Gable's federal public defender, ordered Gable released. "The trial court erred in excluding evidence of third-party guilt and that trial counsel provided ineffective assistance in failing to assert Gable's federal due process rights in the face of the trial," Acosta wrote in his decision. Now, the New York-based writer and producer Lauren Bright Pacheco is taking a fresh look at the story here. https://www.wweek.com/news/2019/10/...features-michael-franckes-mysterious-killing/
New true-crime podcast, 'Murder in Oregon,' examines the 1989 murder of Michael Francke Abby Luschei, Salem Statesman Journal Published 8:56 a.m. PT Oct. 24, 2019 | Updated 2:52 p.m. PT Oct. 25, 2019 Michael Francke, the Oregon Department of Corrections Director, was stabbed to death in 1989. A federal judge recently ruled the man convicted of murdering him, Frank Gable, should either be released from prison or retried within 90 days. Francke's brother has supported Gable since the beginning. Anna Reed, Statesman Journal One of Oregon's most high-profile cases is the topic of a new true-crime iHeartRadio Original Podcast. "Murder in Oregon," hosted by Lauren Bright Pacheco and Phil Stanford, will investigate and examine the murder of Oregon Department of Corrections Director Michael Francke. The first episode of 12 is available as of Thursday. TIMELINE: A look at one of Oregon's highest-profile cases, the murder of Michael Francke Francke was found stabbed to death in Salem in January 1989. Frank Gable, a small-time methamphetamine dealer, was indicted for the murder in 1990 and found guilty a year later. He spent nearly three decades behind bars. In April, a federal judge ruled Gable should be released from prison or re-tried within 90 days because of errors during his trial. He was released from the Lansing Correctional Facility on June 28. Francke's brothers, Patrick and Kevin, were both long-time doubters of Gable's guilt. Stanford, a journalist and author based in Oregon, was as well. The podcast co-host wrote more than 100 columns arguing Gable's innocence. The podcast's second co-host, Pacheco, is an author and producer based in New York City. "Murder in Oregon" will deep dive into the story, featuring a handful of interviews with people close to the case — including both of Francke's brothers. New episodes of "Murder in Oregon" can be found every Thursday on iHeartRadio or wherever podcasts are available. https://www.statesmanjournal.com/st...r-michael-francke-prison-director/4076018002/
No, Dale Penn has gone on to head the Oregon Lottery and now is a Oregon Supreme Court judge. That dude got paid off.
