After the Uprising
After the Uprising is a true crime podcast that investigates suspicious deaths and tragedies surrounding Ferguson activists in St. Louis, years after their protests helped spark the national Black Lives Matter movement. Season One examines the death of Danyé Dion Jones, hosted by John Duffy and Ray Nowosielski. Season Two, hosted by former Missouri state Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal and Ray Nowosielski, looks into the murder of Darren Seals. The series was nominated for an NAACP Image Award.
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BONUS: Announcing 2025 NAACP Image Award Nomination!
After the Uprising Season 2: The Murder of Darren Seals is 1 of 5 nominees for the 2025 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Podcast, News and Information! Please vote for the show now by clicking https://vote.naacpimageawards.net/ Then scroll down to the Podcast section at the bottom, click on News & Information, and then tap the After the Uprising icon. At bottom click Back to Categories,
Notice of Episode UPDATE (#1)
Season 2 Episode 10 has been updated as described here.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/DoubleAsteriskSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Season 2 Episode 10: Long Live the King
After two and a half years of investigation, our podcast team is finishing this episode when something unexpected arrives: the 196-page St. Louis County police investigation report into Darren Seals’ murder. Buckle up. If you want to know what the cops knew, here it is. And the questions raised will shock you. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com https://www.dou
Season 2 Episode 09: Mosi's Secret Box
We think we know what happened to Darren Seals. From the beginning, word spread about another investigator from the New York Times who had spent years looking into the case. When a box of Mosi Secret’s materials makes it into our hands, it leads to a deep dive into a series of federal indictments, a seemingly dirty St. Louis cop, a Mexican drug cartel and some uncomfortable questions about who was
Season 2 Episode 08: A Dangerous Game
Our investigators seek out the surviving members of the rap group Darren Seals managed during his final year, the Bottom Boyz. Was the motive for his homicide really a matter of a music dispute, or have “the streets” had that wrong the whole time? Los the Main Event speaks from behind prison walls. Meanwhile, Little Ricky has been released after a stretch, while LP has just beaten a murder rap. L
Season 2 Episode 05: The Bonnie Situation
Before her sudden passing in 2023, Darren Seals’ mother Bonnie Otis sat down over several months for roughly 30 hours of conversations with this podcast. It becomes apparent that she was a central hub of sorts to whom tipsters turned. Using these varied and often conflicting accounts, our investigators piece together scenarios for Darren’s final night. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://
Season 2 Episode 07: Satan's Seed
One of the lead suspects for the murder of Darren Seals was himself murdered in 2020. When our investigators obtain the police report into that killing – and audio from the police interrogations – many of the pieces begin to fall into place. But many new mysteries emerge. Why was Darren’s murder suspect never prosecuted? And what about the suspects in that man’s murder? Learn more about your ad-ch
Season 2 Episode 06: Confidential Human Source
Darren Seals’ mother was certain the answer to his murder lay with the FBI. Dismissed as “conspiracy theory,” her assertion seems suddenly bolstered when a redacted document is released that reveals the existence of a U.S. government surveillance operation on Darren over his final six months. What were they after? Who was the informant that sent them to Darren? And what do they know? Learn more ab
Season 2 Episode 03: Roc Nation
The streets talk, and they say Darren Seals was killed during an argument about music. But is this a red herring? The investigators work to pin down the details of a meeting Darren had in New York City with JayZ’s Roc Nation only one month before his death. Members of his rap group D.O.A. talk and lead us to a focus on another group Darren began managing during his final year, the Bottom Boyz. And
Season 2 Episode 04: Crime Scene
Amir Brandy, co-founder of Real STL News, and his videographer friend Darnell Singleton, undertook their own on-the-ground investigation into Darren Seals’ murder beginning the day he was found. Meeting them at the Ridgeview Apartments where his Jeep was driven and set ablaze, they reveal a lead as to where the actual killing took place. On Gamble Street, in the city of St. Louis, on that same nig
Season 2 Episode 02: Serial Killer
The strange torched vehicle M.O. of Darren Seals’ murder bears a striking similarity to another that took place two years prior, DeAndre Joshua. And his brother names a suspect, their friend Perez Reed. When Reed is suddenly arrested for a murder spree across Missouri and Kansas, it sends our investigators on the trail of an alleged serial killer. Could Reed be the answer to both Joshua and Seals?
Season 2 Episode 01: The King Is Dead
St. Louis County, 2016, the early hours after Labor Day. Darren Seals, 29 year old rapper and famed Ferguson activist, is found shot dead inside his burning Jeep. Six years later, the former Missouri state senator who was in the movement with him, Maria Chappelle-Nadal, joins co-host Ray Nowosielski and our investigative team to begin a two-plus years investigation. His activist friends point to a
Season 2 Trailer: The Murder of Darren Seals
Trailer for 2024's 10-part Season 2 of the NAACP Image Award-nominated true crime podcast. Darren Seals, 29-year-old rapper and famed activist, hailed as a possible successor to Malcolm X, is found shot dead inside his burning Jeep the morning after Labor Day 2016. Six years later, the former Missouri state senator who was in the Ferguson movement with him, Maria Chappelle-Nadal, joins co-host Ray
Season 1 Trailer: The Death of Danyé Dion Jones
Trailer for the 11-part NAACP Image Award-nominated 2021 Season 1 of investigative podcast series After the Uprising, exploring the mysterious hanging death in St. Louis County of Ferguson activist Melissa McKinnies' son Danyé Jones. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com https://www.doubleasteriskmedia.com/Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/DoubleAsteriskS
S1E01: A Mother Knows Her Son
Danyé's mother Melissa finds her son dead and requests help from the media. Our hosts make contact with her, and the investigation begins. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com https://www.doubleasteriskmedia.com/Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/DoubleAsteriskSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S1E02: Lost Voices
Melissa's backstory at the origins of Black Lives Matter is explored. A shocking revelation about the lead detective in Danyé's case is unearthed. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com https://www.doubleasteriskmedia.com/Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/DoubleAsteriskSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S1E03: A Minor Component
As the St Louis County medical examiner determines Danyé's death to be suicide, our hosts look deeper into the evidence. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com https://www.doubleasteriskmedia.com/Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/DoubleAsteriskSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S1E04: Missing Time
A time-of-death innovator deepens the mystery around Danyé's last night. New evidence of racism by the lead detective causes a risky visit to his home by our hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com https://www.doubleasteriskmedia.com/Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/DoubleAsteriskSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S1E05: Chasing Dasha
A rocky relationship begins between the podcast and St Louis County PD. A twisty turny pursuit of Danyé's ex-girlfriend ends in surprise. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com https://www.doubleasteriskmedia.com/Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/DoubleAsteriskSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S1E06: She Said, She Said
The 5-year anniversary of the Ferguson movement sees Melissa reunited with other activists. The hosts finally connect with Danye's ex, who may lead them into unlocking his phone. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com https://www.doubleasteriskmedia.com/Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/DoubleAsteriskSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S1E07: Navy Knots
Melissa seeks the bed sheet used in her son's death, intent on finding the origins of additional DNA. The death of George Floyd changes everything -- or maybe nothing at all? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com https://www.doubleasteriskmedia.com/Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/DoubleAsteriskSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S1E08: The Streets Was Gonna Handle It
The opening of Danyé's cell phone leads deeply into the man himself. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com https://www.doubleasteriskmedia.com/Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/DoubleAsteriskSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
E1S09: Not Paranoid, Stressed
New discoveries lead our hosts more deeply back into the suicide theory. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com https://www.doubleasteriskmedia.com/Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/DoubleAsteriskSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S1E10: Hypothesis & Conjecture
In the penultimate episode, "theory" sessions attempt to tease out how Danyé's final hours may have gone done. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com https://www.doubleasteriskmedia.com/Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/DoubleAsteriskSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S1E11: A Fair Shake
Everything wraps up with Melissa and the podcasts allying with Missouri state Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal to try to get new evidence to first black prosecutor Wesley Bell, and Danyé's case reopened. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com https://www.doubleasteriskmedia.com/Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/DoubleAsteriskSee omnystudio.com/listener for
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