Jeremy Scott
Appearances
Behind the Bastards
CZM Rewind: The Andrew Tate Story (Part 1 & 2)
At the end of the day, I'm literally a son of a killer.
Behind the Bastards
CZM Rewind: The Andrew Tate Story (Part 1 & 2)
Every time I hear about my dad, it's, oh, he's a killer. He's just straight evil.
Behind the Bastards
CZM Rewind: The Andrew Tate Story (Part 1 & 2)
At the end of the day, I'm literally a son of a killer.
Behind the Bastards
CZM Rewind: The Andrew Tate Story (Part 1 & 2)
Jeremy, I want to tell you something.
Behind the Bastards
CZM Rewind: The Andrew Tate Story (Part 1 & 2)
Every time I hear about my dad, it's, oh, he's a killer. He's just straight evil.
Behind the Bastards
CZM Rewind: The Andrew Tate Story (Part 1 & 2)
At the end of the day, I'm literally a son of a killer.
Behind the Bastards
CZM Rewind: The Andrew Tate Story (Part 1 & 2)
Jeremy, I want to tell you something.
Behind the Bastards
CZM Rewind: The Andrew Tate Story (Part 1 & 2)
Every time I hear about my dad, it's, oh, he's a killer. He's just straight evil.
Behind the Bastards
CZM Rewind: The Andrew Tate Story (Part 1 & 2)
At the end of the day, I'm literally a son of a killer.
Behind the Bastards
CZM Rewind: The Andrew Tate Story (Part 1 & 2)
Every time I hear about my dad, it's, oh, he's a killer. He's just straight evil.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: The Zizians: Birth of a Cult Leader
Something unexpected happened after Jeremy Scott confessed to killing Michelle Schofield in Bone Valley Season 1. I just knew him as a kid. Long, silent voices from his past came forward.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: The Zizians: Birth of a Cult Leader
And they had secrets of their own to share.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: The Zizians: Birth of a Cult Leader
I was no longer just telling the story. I was part of it.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: The Zizians: Birth of a Cult Leader
I was becoming the bridge between a killer and the son he'd never known.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: The Zizians: Birth of a Cult Leader
I never expected to find myself in this place. Now, I need to tell you how I got here.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: The Zizians: Birth of a Cult Leader
Listen to new episodes of Bone Valley Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And to hear the entire new season ad-free with exclusive content, subscribe to Lava for Good Plus on Apple Podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: The Zizians: Birth of a Cult Leader
Something unexpected happened after Jeremy Scott confessed to killing Michelle Schofield in Bone Valley Season 1. I just knew him as a kid. Long, silent voices from his past came forward.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: The Zizians: Birth of a Cult Leader
And they had secrets of their own to share.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: The Zizians: Birth of a Cult Leader
I was no longer just telling the story. I was part of it.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: The Zizians: Birth of a Cult Leader
I was becoming the bridge between a killer and the son he'd never known.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: The Zizians: Birth of a Cult Leader
I never expected to find myself in this place. Now, I need to tell you how I got here.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: The Zizians: Birth of a Cult Leader
Listen to new episodes of Bone Valley Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And to hear the entire new season ad-free with exclusive content, subscribe to Lava for Good Plus on Apple Podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: The Zizians: Birth of a Cult Leader
Something unexpected happened after Jeremy Scott confessed to killing Michelle Schofield in Bone Valley Season 1.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: The Zizians: Birth of a Cult Leader
I was becoming the bridge between Jeremy Scott and the son he'd never known.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: The Zizians: Birth of a Cult Leader
Listen to new episodes of Bone Valley Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: The Zizians: Birth of a Cult Leader
Something unexpected happened after Jeremy Scott confessed to killing Michelle Schofield in Bone Valley Season 1.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: The Zizians: Birth of a Cult Leader
I was becoming the bridge between Jeremy Scott and the son he'd never known.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: The Zizians: Birth of a Cult Leader
Listen to new episodes of Bone Valley Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Space Magic from Venus: A Literary Odyssey
Something unexpected happened after Jeremy Scott confessed to killing Michelle Schofield in Bone Valley Season 1. I just knew him as a kid. Long, silent voices from his past came forward.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Space Magic from Venus: A Literary Odyssey
And they had secrets of their own to share.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Space Magic from Venus: A Literary Odyssey
I was no longer just telling the story. I was part of it.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Space Magic from Venus: A Literary Odyssey
I was becoming the bridge between a killer and the son he'd never known.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Space Magic from Venus: A Literary Odyssey
I never expected to find myself in this place. Now, I need to tell you how I got here.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Space Magic from Venus: A Literary Odyssey
Bone Valley, Season 2. Jeremy.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Space Magic from Venus: A Literary Odyssey
Listen to new episodes of Bone Valley Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And to hear the entire new season ad-free with exclusive content, subscribe to Lava for Good Plus on Apple Podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Space Magic from Venus: A Literary Odyssey
Something unexpected happened after Jeremy Scott confessed to killing Michelle Schofield in Bone Valley Season 1.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Space Magic from Venus: A Literary Odyssey
I was becoming the bridge between Jeremy Scott and the son he'd never known.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Space Magic from Venus: A Literary Odyssey
Listen to new episodes of Bone Valley Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Space Magic from Venus: A Literary Odyssey
Something unexpected happened after Jeremy Scott confessed to killing Michelle Schofield in Bone Valley Season 1. I just knew him as a kid. Long, silent voices from his past came forward.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Space Magic from Venus: A Literary Odyssey
And they had secrets of their own to share.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Space Magic from Venus: A Literary Odyssey
I was no longer just telling the story. I was part of it.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Space Magic from Venus: A Literary Odyssey
I was becoming the bridge between a killer and the son he'd never known.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Space Magic from Venus: A Literary Odyssey
I never expected to find myself in this place. Now, I need to tell you how I got here.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Space Magic from Venus: A Literary Odyssey
Bone Valley Season 2. Jeremy.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Space Magic from Venus: A Literary Odyssey
Listen to new episodes of Bone Valley Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And to hear the entire new season ad-free with exclusive content, subscribe to Lava for Good Plus on Apple Podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Space Magic from Venus: A Literary Odyssey
Something unexpected happened after Jeremy Scott confessed to killing Michelle Schofield in Bone Valley Season 1.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Space Magic from Venus: A Literary Odyssey
I was becoming the bridge between Jeremy Scott and the son he'd never known.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Space Magic from Venus: A Literary Odyssey
Listen to new episodes of Bone Valley Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: The Grifters Behind The Fake Autism 'Cure' Industry
At the end of the day, I'm literally a son of a killer.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: The Grifters Behind The Fake Autism 'Cure' Industry
At the end of the day, I'm literally a son of a killer.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: The Grifters Behind The Fake Autism 'Cure' Industry
At the end of the day, I'm literally a son of a killer.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: The Grifters Behind The Fake Autism 'Cure' Industry
At the end of the day, I'm literally a son of a killer.
Behind the Bastards
Part Three: The Pol Pot Episodes: How A Nice, Quiet Kid Murdered His Country
Every time I hear about my dad, it's, oh, he's a killer. He's just straight evil.
Behind the Bastards
Part Three: The Pol Pot Episodes: How A Nice, Quiet Kid Murdered His Country
At the end of the day, I'm literally a son of a killer.
Behind the Bastards
Part Three: The Pol Pot Episodes: How A Nice, Quiet Kid Murdered His Country
Every time I hear about my dad, it's, oh, he's a killer. He's just straight evil.
Behind the Bastards
Part Three: The Pol Pot Episodes: How A Nice, Quiet Kid Murdered His Country
At the end of the day, I'm literally a son of a killer.
Behind the Bastards
Part Three: The Pol Pot Episodes: How A Nice, Quiet Kid Murdered His Country
Every time I hear about my dad, it's, oh, he's a killer. He's just straight evil.
Behind the Bastards
Part Three: The Pol Pot Episodes: How A Nice, Quiet Kid Murdered His Country
At the end of the day, I'm literally a son of a killer.
Behind the Bastards
Part Three: The Pol Pot Episodes: How A Nice, Quiet Kid Murdered His Country
Every time I hear about my dad, it's, oh, he's a killer. He's just straight evil.
Behind the Bastards
Part Three: The Pol Pot Episodes: How A Nice, Quiet Kid Murdered His Country
At the end of the day, I'm literally a son of a killer.
Betrayal: Season 4
Betrayal Weekly: BONUS EP 1 - Behind the Scenes Q&A
Something unexpected happened after Jeremy Scott confessed to killing Michelle Schofield in Bone Valley Season 1. I just knew him as a kid. Long, silent voices from his past came forward.
Betrayal: Season 4
Betrayal Weekly: BONUS EP 1 - Behind the Scenes Q&A
And they had secrets of their own to share.
Betrayal: Season 4
Betrayal Weekly: BONUS EP 1 - Behind the Scenes Q&A
I was no longer just telling the story. I was part of it.
Betrayal: Season 4
Betrayal Weekly: BONUS EP 1 - Behind the Scenes Q&A
I was becoming the bridge between a killer and the son he'd never known.
Betrayal: Season 4
Betrayal Weekly: BONUS EP 1 - Behind the Scenes Q&A
I never expected to find myself in this place. Now, I need to tell you how I got here.
Betrayal: Season 4
Betrayal Weekly: BONUS EP 1 - Behind the Scenes Q&A
Bone Valley Season 2. Jeremy.
Betrayal: Season 4
Betrayal Weekly: BONUS EP 1 - Behind the Scenes Q&A
Listen to new episodes of Bone Valley Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And to hear the entire new season ad-free with exclusive content, subscribe to Lava for Good Plus on Apple Podcasts.
Betrayal: Season 4
Betrayal Weekly: BONUS EP 1 - Behind the Scenes Q&A
Something unexpected happened after Jeremy Scott confessed to killing Michelle Schofield in Bone Valley Season 1. I just knew him as a kid. Long, silent voices from his past came forward.
Betrayal: Season 4
Betrayal Weekly: BONUS EP 1 - Behind the Scenes Q&A
And they had secrets of their own to share.
Betrayal: Season 4
Betrayal Weekly: BONUS EP 1 - Behind the Scenes Q&A
I was no longer just telling the story. I was part of it.
Betrayal: Season 4
Betrayal Weekly: BONUS EP 1 - Behind the Scenes Q&A
I was becoming the bridge between a killer and the son he'd never known.
Betrayal: Season 4
Betrayal Weekly: BONUS EP 1 - Behind the Scenes Q&A
I never expected to find myself in this place. Now, I need to tell you how I got here.
Betrayal: Season 4
Betrayal Weekly: BONUS EP 1 - Behind the Scenes Q&A
Bone Valley Season 2. Jeremy.
Betrayal: Season 4
Betrayal Weekly: BONUS EP 1 - Behind the Scenes Q&A
Listen to new episodes of Bone Valley Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And to hear the entire new season ad-free with exclusive content, subscribe to Lava for Good Plus on Apple Podcasts.
Betrayal: Season 4
Betrayal Weekly: BONUS EP 1 - Behind the Scenes Q&A
Something unexpected happened after Jeremy Scott confessed to killing Michelle Schofield in Bone Valley Season 1.
Betrayal: Season 4
Betrayal Weekly: BONUS EP 1 - Behind the Scenes Q&A
I was becoming the bridge between Jeremy Scott and the son he'd never known.
Betrayal: Season 4
Betrayal Weekly: BONUS EP 1 - Behind the Scenes Q&A
Listen to new episodes of Bone Valley Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Betrayal: Season 4
Betrayal Weekly: BONUS EP 1 - Behind the Scenes Q&A
Something unexpected happened after Jeremy Scott confessed to killing Michelle Schofield in Bone Valley Season 1.
Betrayal: Season 4
Betrayal Weekly: BONUS EP 1 - Behind the Scenes Q&A
I was becoming the bridge between Jeremy Scott and the son he'd never known.
Betrayal: Season 4
Betrayal Weekly: BONUS EP 1 - Behind the Scenes Q&A
Listen to new episodes of Bone Valley Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Betrayal: Season 4
Betrayal Weekly: BONUS EP 4 - The Science of Storytelling for Trauma Recovery
Jeremy, I want to tell you something.
Betrayal: Season 4
Betrayal Weekly: BONUS EP 4 - The Science of Storytelling for Trauma Recovery
Jeremy, I want to tell you something.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 5 - Like a Little Kid
Sorrow's depths are endless In this valley of tears I want to see your revelation I want to know who you are I'm reaching out To the one who's holding the star
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 4 - Horse and Buggy
I told him if he ever touched my mom, I'd kill him. I meant that, right? I'm just telling it straight up.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 4 - Horse and Buggy
When I called the taxi to get a drive, I was just going to rob him. But when I pointed the gun at him, I guess he just touched it. Boom. You know? I know that sooner or later it's going to come back on me. You know, I just wait for it. It's a matter of time.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 4 - Horse and Buggy
My truck was blown up by a 20-pound anti-tank mine.
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Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
You know, we'd just be out here listening to music. You know, if we got beer or something, you know.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
Yeah, that's where I hid that gun at. Yeah. And she wasn't looking for it. I couldn't find it. When I saw her looking, as soon as she left, I went and got it and moved it. And I knew somebody had saw me put it there.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
No, I'll borrow my next door neighbor's glasses.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
All right. March. March. His last name is G-R-E-A-N-E-Y.
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Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
It don't make no sense how they kill all them kids off like that.
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Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
And the only one that left is the two girls and that one little boy.
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Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
And the crippled kid, which he's going to become something else.
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Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
Remember that series you sent me? Yeah. The Hunger Games? That was a pretty good series, too. Somebody told me they got it on TV, too.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
I still want to read the rest of them Will of Time series, but man, that's a lot of books there. They got 18 books in that series.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
I think I only read five of them so far. Yeah? Book one, two, three, four... And five.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
Ever since I came back over here, it seems like everything has been going wrong for me. I get gas for no reason. They sprayed me with that pepper spray. I didn't do nothing.
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Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
Now my shit's stolen. And it's got to be something going on. Something's going on here. I don't understand this shit. I got to go to medical. I got to get a test run on me. I got a knot in my stomach.
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Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
And I asked the male nurse about it, right? He said it could be a hernia, right? Or it could be a tumor.
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Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
It's like... It's right... It's like maybe two inches above my navel.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
It's right there, right in the middle of my gut.
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Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
All right. And when I lay down, I can see my ribs cages.
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Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
I don't like to do it because, you know, they charge you $5 every time you go up there. to see a doctor or a nurse. You know, they're going to charge you $5 to see a nurse, and she's going to write it down, and she's going to put a report in to the doctor. Then you've got to wait a couple weeks, maybe a month, you know, until your name pops up. Anything can happen by then, you know?
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
He said, you're Jeremy Scott. I said, that's me. And he shook my hand. He was one of the ones that worked with Leo over there.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
Yeah. They threw all my stuff away. I ain't got nothing. The books you sent me, the four books, I ain't got to read them. They were in my property. I ain't got nothing. I'm talking about everything I own within my locker is gone.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
And the only other person that he might be still around is John Scott. Johnny Scott? That's my oldest cousin.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
The first time I ever did a crime was with him.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
We saw the truck. Oh, okay. Yeah, he's not a criminal. That was something we did when we were 13 years old. Name that. I think I might have been 9 or 10.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
Do you know if anybody else died in my family?
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
Since you asked. That's why I never heard from her.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
I know she never turned her back on me. Because it was her grandma who came to see me.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
Inmates at different prisons send coded messages to each other. Oh.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
They knew where I was coming, they knew who I was, what I looked like and everything.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
And I know who this dude was, right? And... When I heard what he was going to do, right, I just snapped.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
Because I know he was waiting for me to go to sleep, right? I was wide awake. So I know if something was going to happen, it was going down. By me being in prison all these years, I ain't stupid.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 3 - Never Turned Her Back on Me
I could have actually killed him. I could have put it right in his heart.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 1 - You Told Me No
I'm saying he didn't do it, and that's what I mean. He didn't do it.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 1 - You Told Me No
So she gave me a ride, and that's... That's one of them. I guess I lost it then. She went screaming and panicking and stuff.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 1 - You Told Me No
I've been trying to help him. I'm doing everything I could.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Jeremy knows he took Michelle Schofield's life, too, forever. He's spoken to me many times about Michelle and her family with what I understand as sincere remorse. It reminds me of some condemned men, moments from execution, who in their final words attempt to ease the suffering they caused.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Listening to Jeremy now, I couldn't help but think of Michelle's family and whether his contrition might possibly offer a tiny measure of consolation.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
In December of 2024, I returned to Polk County to give a talk about all my reporting in Central Florida. It was a cold winter evening in Lakeland, and downtown shimmered with Christmas decorations. I was just about to enter the lobby of the Polk Theater when people were already milling about when I saw a man in a flannel jacket and a leather vest walking toward me on the sidewalk.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Sorry, I got a habit of tearing my nose off when I get nervous. It's been tough finding time to meet with Justin lately. He'd been so busy with work and caring for his kids with Ariel. To make things easier, they moved north, back to Lakeland, so they'd have more family support. Now Justin's mom, Jamie, is there for his kids in ways she wasn't always able to be there for him in the past.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
When I first met Justin, I could tell how excited he was about going down this path with me. He wanted to solve all the mysteries about how he came into the world, to know everything. But I wanted to deliver the details gently. So I promised Justin I'd come back to him with everything I'd learned, especially from his mom. And now, it was time for him to hear it.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
So I'm just going to give you some of the things that Jamie said and just talk to you about them. I could tell that Justin was nervous. It was almost like now he was realizing the reason for Jamie's silence over the years. It was hard for Jamie to say some of these things. So it's going to be hard for Justin to hear them. I started from the beginning.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
So she starts talking about meeting Jeremy at 17 and the piercing blue eyes.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
I told Justin about how Jamie first met Jeremy and why she was drawn to him.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
It was Leo, surprising me. He had a big smile on his face, and we hugged right there on the street. "'It must be pretty surreal being back in Lakeland,' I said." Together, we walked into the theater lobby, and Leo was swarmed by Bone Valley fans who approached him for photos and conversation.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
And she talked about learning about his activities and some of the things he used to do was hang around these gay bars. Like there was one called Fantasy 2000 and another one called The Green Parrot. Parrot's over here. Yeah, you've probably seen him.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
I told Justin how Jeremy had done a short stint in prison in 1988 for burglary and how, when he'd gotten out, he'd come back into Jamie's life a different person, darker, more violent.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
I told him about how his mom was with Jeremy when he was arrested for the murder of Donald Moorhead. And so they put her in the car, but she talks about that moment of being in the police car and just like, finally, it's over. He's not somebody I need to worry about. I don't need to be threatened by anymore and scared of.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
So that was a really big moment in her life to just sort of be free from him that way. And be able to breathe.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
It occurred to me that Justin might never have known the full story of how he came into this world if his father, Jeremy Scott, had never agreed to talk to me. And his mother, Jamie, might never have opened up if Justin hadn't reached out wanting to know everything.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
And Justin's family is growing. And you also mentioned you had some good news to tell me, but you're waiting for you to tell me in person.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Justin and his girlfriend, Ariel, will be welcoming a fifth child into the family. I see.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Justin's family has always tried to reassure him. You are not your father. But Jamie's view on this has shifted.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
She wanted you to know that Jeremy also had a good side to him and that, you know, that he could be charming, that he could be sweet and caring and empathic at times. And she made a point of saying that, like, she started looking at it differently when she saw you growing up.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
I watched him drift through the crowd, chatting with everyone, even a Polk County deputy who said he'd just finished listening to the podcast. After I finished my talk, I brought Leo onto the stage.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
There was one part of Jamie's story that I wanted to make sure I got right when I told it to Justin. So I read him what his mom said about the day he was born. She says, I went into really, really hard labor and he was in stress. It was just, it was scary. And he ended up being in the hospital for like six weeks. And I couldn't hold him. I couldn't touch him.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Well, there's one very interesting update where some of you are aware, but Mr. Schofield, Leo Schofield is here tonight.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Leo, where are you, buddy? He sat down next to me and took questions from the audience.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
The very first time I talked to Justin, he told me he wanted to start communicating with his dad.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
He wanted to, but he couldn't figure out how. He needed my help with the logistics. Ariel wasn't comfortable with the idea of Jeremy sending his letters to Justin at their house. And I think Justin needed my help emotionally, too.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Justin had been trying to write his dad, but each time he tried, he struggled to find the words. You don't know what to write or anything. I know, so many years, I know. So Jeremy, after waiting weeks for a letter from his son, couldn't wait anymore. He wrote Justin a letter and sent it to me so I could deliver it in person.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Justin smiled as I handed him the letter. But as soon as he held it, I saw his eyes start to well up. And all I could think about was how carefully Jeremy had written this letter, how he talked to Mary about finding the right words, about how to say what he really felt.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
He was as graceful as ever, sharing memories of his years in Lakeland and the decades-long fight to prove his innocence. At the end of the night, he received a standing ovation and he lingered for more photos with fans. It was late now, and I walked him to his bike. He pulled his helmet down, swung his leg over his Harley Davidson and fired it up.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Watching Justin read this letter and take in Jeremy's words is complicated for me. This isn't some story about a long-lost father reconnecting with his son through a genealogy website. This is different. This is heavy. And I'm always careful to keep expectations low. The father in this story is still locked inside the dead end of prison, where he'll spend the rest of his life.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
But Justin seems to understand this. He's realistic, and he wants to give his father a chance.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Justin and Jeremy keep writing letters to each other Jeremy mails me his for Justin and I either bring them to his house or take a picture and message them to him To Justin, dear son I got your letter and I was glad you wrote I really would like to get to know you a lot better Tell me about you How far did you go to school? Do you like sports? What kind of music do you like?
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
So tell me, how tall are you? I'm about six feet and a half. Got all my hair. I'm 54 years old, same age as your mama. I don't know what all your mother has told you about me. I want to make sure that you understand I love your mom more than anything, and I always will. If you talk with her, tell her I said hello, okay? So how is your grandma doing?
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
I'm sure that she told you about what me and your mom did, took off with the car, and then we were all over the state.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
But I think if she was really mad, she would have called the cops faster. But she didn't. Once this communication is opened up, it revealed a side of Jeremy that I'd never truly seen in the four years we've been speaking. Between them, there's an openness, almost a giddiness as they begin to learn about each other.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
For a moment, he just sat there, smiling proud, like a man who had returned to Polk County and finally took back a piece of himself. Then he rode off, and I watched the red glow of his taillight disappear into the night. The next time I saw him, a month later, he wasn't on a bike. He was in a hospital bed.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
You were right, we're like pen pals. I like that because I don't have many people to write me, I never knew who my father was. I always wanted to meet him, but I never did. I don't even know his name.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Dear Justin, I was looking at those pictures you sent of you and Val. I couldn't stop myself from crying. Just seeing you with your son, it makes me so happy to see that, the two of you together. I know Val will be in good hands. Enjoy it while you can, because Val will start growing, and before you know it, he will be a man with kids of his own.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
There's empathy and remorse, but there's also vulnerability, the raw need Jeremy feels for family, for belonging. He takes pride in knowing his son has not followed the same path he did. He's trying on the role of a father, something he's never known, searching for ways to show love in a way he's never received. I hope one day that I will get to meet both of you, my son and grandson.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Sound like you are ready to walk down that road. She has three kids of her own. As long as you are happy, and she is happy, that's all that matters. I'm sorry for not being there for you growing up. I'm glad that you are doing the right thing with your son.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Well, son, maybe one day you can come to visit me.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Well, I hope to hear from you soon. I will close for now. I do love you, son. Don't you forget that.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Love, Dad. Jeremy. No, very early on you said learning all about this would actually help me be a better father. I'm just wondering if you still think about that.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
I don't hear you talking about wondering if you are your dad.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
I asked Justin, what does he hope to gain by learning his father's story and telling his own?
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
One of the things I told Justin is what Jeremy fears most. It's not a fear for his safety or his health in prison, but a fear about what will happen after he dies. The thought that haunts him most is being buried in the prison cemetery. And it turns out you have to have somebody, like, claim you, claim your body after your death.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Leo had been riding his Harley one night, his daughter Ashley on the back, when a driver made a sudden left turn in front of them. There was no time to stop. Leo suffered an open-book pelvis fracture, a torn bladder, a broken back, and shattered hands, wrists, and an ankle. Ashley's injuries were only slightly less severe. Leo told me the pain was unbearable.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
He said he didn't think anybody in his immediate family, including his mother and his aunts, would claim him.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
You said you were better at talking than writing? Yeah. Let's just do a quick thing here. I just talked to him, and I'll write it down afterwards and send it to him.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Our executive producers are Jason Flom, Jeff Kempler, and Kevin Werdes.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Kara Kornhaber is our senior producer. Jackie Pauley and Hannah Beal are our producers.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Britt Spangler is our sound designer. Marianne McCune is our editor. Fact-checking by Dania Suleiman.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Jeff Clyburn is our head of marketing and operations. Our social media director is Ismadi Gouardrama.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Our social media manager is Sarah Gibbons. And our art director is Andrew Nelson.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Additional research and production by Kelsey Decker. Additional sound recording by James Johnson.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Bone Valley is written and produced by me, Gilbert King. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and threads at Lava for Good.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
With plates and screws now holding his body together, he worried about whether he'd ever walk again, let alone play guitar. He was laying in a bed in the living room of the home he now shared with his wife Chrissy. Due to the severity of Leo's accident, the Florida Parole Commission allowed him to leave the halfway house and move home.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
I'd come to visit Leo partly because something interesting had come up in my ongoing investigation, something I'd never known before and something that could make a difference. I was just telling Leo about it when I got a phone call. I looked at the screen and saw who it was. showed it to Leo, whose eyes widened. Should I take this, I asked him. He nodded and sat up straight.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Bone Valley Season 2, Jeremy. Chapter 6, Walk Down That Road. The news I was telling Leo that day was about Jeremy. He had called me a few weeks earlier from the new prison he'd been transferred to, and he was in a pretty decent mood. So I asked him a question I'd always been curious about.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
It was about something he'd said in court when the state of Florida was deciding whether Jeremy's confession was enough to grant Leo a new trial.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
In this hearing, prosecutor Victoria Avalon approached Jeremy and showed him a picture that she shielded from the gallery.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
As soon as Jeremy saw it, he turned his head away. He didn't want to look. Said he'd seen it before.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
I wanted to know what picture Avalon had showed him and what Jeremy really meant when he said, no, I didn't do that.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
On the stand, he thought that Avalon was accusing him of raping Michelle. That he'd left her like that, naked at the crime scene. Something he knew was not true.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Avalon argued to the judge that when Jeremy said, no, I didn't do that, he was recanting his confession. And the Polk County judge agreed. He ruled that Jeremy had recanted. And with that, Leo Schofield was denied a new trial. Even though some of Jeremy's last words in the hearing were, I killed her.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
When I went to Leo's house that day, after the motorcycle crash, it was to play him the recording of my call with Jeremy, so he would finally know for sure that Jeremy didn't recant his confession. The state had gotten it wrong, and in the four years I'd been talking to Jeremy, he has never once denied killing Michelle. It was when I was standing next to Leo's bed that my phone rang.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
The caller ID displayed a prison in North Florida. It's Jeremy, I told Leo. Should I pick up?
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Jeremy was calling from his new prison. He was no longer in solitary confinement. Now, he was in protective management with around 80 other inmates like Jeremy who have to be separated from general population for their safety. I told him Leo had been in a serious motorcycle accident.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
I put the phone on speaker and held it out in front of Leo, who scooted up in his bed. He's right here.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Leo explained the accident, how he and his daughter had both suffered serious injuries.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
There was a nervous energy between them, an awkwardness in the small talk. But Leo didn't linger there. He got right to the point.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Silence stretched on the other end as Leo continued.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
In one of his letters, Jeremy had written, I hope someday I will come face to face with Leo so I can look at him and say I'm sorry for what I did. But now, on the phone, Jeremy seemed lost for words, his nervousness filling the silence. Leo guided him, almost instinctively, helping a fellow inmate steady himself.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Leo knew that number too well. It was how long he had waited for freedom. Jeremy talked about his recent transfer and the struggles adjusting to life there. Leo listened, his concern genuine.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
After years in prison, Leo knew how to navigate hardship. He reassured Jeremy that he could get through this.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Leo stared at the phone I was holding in front of him.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
At that moment, with Jeremy standing at the telephone, surrounded by other inmates, I realized this might be his apology. These were the words he had chosen for a place where any display of vulnerability could be dangerous.
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Jeremy | Chapter 6 - Walk Down that Road
Leo handed me my phone, and I told Jeremy goodbye for now, said we'd talk again later. Just as I was about to end the call, I thought I heard his voice again. Mr. King? I put the phone to my ear. Jeremy was still there.
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Introducing - Bone Valley, Season 2: Jeremy
At the end of the day, I'm literally a son of a killer.
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Introducing - Bone Valley, Season 2: Jeremy
I don't do what I do only for women. I do it for everyone. And I want the whole market.
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Introducing - Bone Valley, Season 2: Jeremy
His eyes were empty, and there was nothing. There was nothing there.
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Introducing - Bone Valley, Season 2: Jeremy
He showed up at your house in this guy's car and he had blood on his pants. Why did you get in the car with him?
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Introducing - Bone Valley, Season 2: Jeremy
People just don't understand. I wasn't telling him no. I knew I wasn't coming back. I knew if they didn't catch him, I was going to die.
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Introducing - Bone Valley, Season 2: Jeremy
Gilbert King, I'm the son of Jeremy Lynn Scott.
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Introducing - Bone Valley, Season 2: Jeremy
If the cops and everything would have done their job properly, my dad would have been in jail. I would have never existed.
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Introducing - Bone Valley, Season 2: Jeremy
Every time I hear about my dad, it's, oh, he's a killer. He's just straight evil.
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Introducing - Bone Valley, Season 2: Jeremy
You see movies about evil children, and I had those thoughts. What if this kid is just like his father?
What Happened to Talina Zar
The Mattress - Talina Zar E4
Something unexpected happened after Jeremy Scott confessed to killing Michelle Schofield in Bone Valley Season 1. I just knew him as a kid. Long, silent voices from his past came forward.
What Happened to Talina Zar
The Mattress - Talina Zar E4
And they had secrets of their own to share.
What Happened to Talina Zar
The Mattress - Talina Zar E4
I was no longer just telling the story. I was part of it.
What Happened to Talina Zar
The Mattress - Talina Zar E4
I was becoming the bridge between a killer and the son he'd never known.
What Happened to Talina Zar
The Mattress - Talina Zar E4
I never expected to find myself in this place. Now, I need to tell you how I got here.
What Happened to Talina Zar
The Mattress - Talina Zar E4
Listen to new episodes of Bone Valley, Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And to hear the entire new season ad-free with exclusive content, subscribe to Lava for Good Plus on Apple Podcasts.
What Happened to Talina Zar
The Mattress - Talina Zar E4
Something unexpected happened after Jeremy Scott confessed to killing Michelle Schofield in Bone Valley Season 1. I just knew him as a kid. Long, silent voices from his past came forward.
What Happened to Talina Zar
The Mattress - Talina Zar E4
And they had secrets of their own to share.
What Happened to Talina Zar
The Mattress - Talina Zar E4
I was no longer just telling the story. I was part of it.
What Happened to Talina Zar
The Mattress - Talina Zar E4
I was becoming the bridge between a killer and the son he'd never known.
What Happened to Talina Zar
The Mattress - Talina Zar E4
I never expected to find myself in this place. Now, I need to tell you how I got here.
What Happened to Talina Zar
The Mattress - Talina Zar E4
Listen to new episodes of Bone Valley Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And to hear the entire new season ad-free with exclusive content, subscribe to Lava for Good Plus on Apple Podcasts.
What Happened to Talina Zar
The Mattress - Talina Zar E4
I was becoming the bridge between Jeremy Scott and the son he'd never known.
What Happened to Talina Zar
The Mattress - Talina Zar E4
Listen to new episodes of Bone Valley Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
What Happened to Talina Zar
The Mattress - Talina Zar E4
Something unexpected happened after Jeremy Scott confessed to killing Michelle Schofield in Bone Valley Season 1.
What Happened to Talina Zar
The Mattress - Talina Zar E4
I was becoming the bridge between Jeremy Scott and the son he'd never known.
What Happened to Talina Zar
The Mattress - Talina Zar E4
Listen to new episodes of Bone Valley Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
What Happened to Talina Zar
The Mattress - Talina Zar E4
Something unexpected happened after Jeremy Scott confessed to killing Michelle Schofield in Bone Valley season one.