The Burden: Empire on Blood - the Director’s cut of the true crime classic Empire on Blood which reached #1 on the overall charts when it was released half a dozen years ago - has now launched on The Burden feed. This 7 episode limited series (plus 3 brand new bonus episodes!) features never-before-heard tape and new interviews with characters who've gone on to riches, to freedom and to infamy. 
The Burden: Empire on Blood is set In the Bronx in the early 90s when two young drug dealers ruled an intersection known as “The Corner on Blood.” The boss, Calvin Buari, lived large, wearing mink, drinking champagne, stacking bills. He and a protege swore they would build an empire on blood. Then the relationship frayed, dead bodies piled up, and the protege accused Calvin, the boss, of a double homicide, which he claimed he didn’t do. But did he? Witnesses came forward. A prosecutor, who went by Turtle Man, swore Calvin was the culprit. Father Frank, the detective who got the impossible-to-get confessions, gathered evidence. Meanwhile, Calvin put his faith in a legendary 85-year-old attorney on his death bed, and a born-again preacher who carried a gun and a Bible and who promised to find the mysterious Evilina – she supposedly saw it all go down twenty years ago. 
Host and journalist Steve Fishman (recently of #1 ranked My Friend The Serial Killer) spent seven years untangling this dark intrigue and is available to talk about the show, new information they uncovered about those involved and NYC (especially the Bronx) in the 90s.
Listeners can follow The Burden: Empire on Blood on The Burden feed, as well as all major podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify.