ESPN Investigates
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ESPN Investigates
ESPN Investigates explores fascinating questions, revealing riveting tales and unforgettable characters across the world of sports—all from ESPN's premier storytellers.
Recent Episodes
10 episodesS2 E4: Confronting Conrad
When David O’Boyle decided to head to the UCLA track on the morning of June 28, 2016, he didn’t really have a grand plan; he just knew he had to confr...
S2 E3: The Blog
Tym De Santo says he was 17 when Conrad Mainwaring sexually abused him in the mid-’70s. But even 35 years later, he hadn’t processed it as abuse. Like...
S2 E2: Mind Games
In the fall of 1980, Robert Bender was an incoming freshman at Syracuse University, hoping to make the gymnastics team as a walk-on. Within minutes of...
S2 E1: Meeting Conrad
Our search for Conrad Mainwaring began with a single tip, from a California man named Andrew Zenoff. Andrew reached out to reporter Mike Kessler and t...
Season 2 Trailer: The Running Man
This is the story of an obscure former Olympian and alleged serial sexual predator – and the 14-month ESPN investigation that brought him out the shad...
S1 E3: The House Is Condemned
A trip to the breeding farms of Kentucky where the fastest horses in the world are made, but not without also passing on the dangerous defects in thei...
S1 E2: Inheritance
A look into the history of thoroughbred horse racing in America from the family dynasties that rose during the Industrial Revolution all the way throu...
S1 E1: When A Horse Dies
An examination of the 49 dead horses at Santa Anita. This episode examines the theories into what happened and the effect it has all had on the people...
Season 1 Trailer: Bloodlines
Between July 2018—June 2019, 49 horses died at the Santa Anita race track in Southern California. The story of the dead horses spread— from the trade...
ESPN Investigates: Trailer
ESPN Investigates explores fascinating questions, revealing riveting tales and unforgettable characters across the world of sports—all from ESPN's pre...