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Your Own Backyard

Your Own Backyard

29 episodes

Closer to Closure: A Conversation with the Smart Family

One year after the conviction of Paul Flores, Chris sits down with the Smart family to discuss the trial, the concept of closure, and their memories of Kristin

Oct 18, 202355 min

People vs. Flores: The Conclusion Part Four

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Chris recaps Paul Flores' sentencing with help from the prosecution team

Jul 10, 20231h 9m

People vs. Flores: The Conclusion Part Three

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Chris recaps the verdicts with help from the prosecution team and the jury that convicted Paul Flores

Jul 10, 20231h 55m

People vs. Flores: The Conclusion Part Two

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Chris recaps the closing arguments with help from the prosecution team

May 25, 20231h 47m

People vs. Flores: The Conclusion Part One

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Meet the team that prosecuted Paul and Ruben Flores

May 12, 20231h 6m

The Conclusion (teaser)

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The conclusion of People vs. Flores is in progress.

Mar 20, 20233 min

A Brief Update

Where is the final episode??

Dec 7, 20221 min

People vs. Flores: Defense and Rebuttal

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Chris recaps the Defense case and the State's rebuttal from the Salinas Courthouse

Oct 17, 20221h 4m

People vs. Flores: Weeks 9 and 10

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Chris recaps the weeks of September 12th and September 19th from the Salinas Courthouse

Oct 2, 20221h 18m

People vs. Flores: Week 8

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Chris recaps the week of September 5th from the Salinas Courthouse

Sep 12, 202237 min

People vs. Flores: Week 7

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Chris recaps the week of August 29th from the Salinas Courthouse

Sep 7, 20221h 20m

People vs. Flores: Week 6

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Chris recaps the week of August 22nd from the Salinas Courthouse

Aug 29, 202240 min

People vs. Flores: Weeks 4 and 5

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Chris recaps the week of August 8th and the week of August 15th from the Salinas Courthouse

Aug 24, 202249 min

People vs. Flores: Weeks 4 and 5

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Chris recaps the week of August 8th and the week of August 15th from the Salinas Courthouse

Aug 24, 202249 min

People vs. Flores: Week 3

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Chris recaps the week of August 1st from the Salinas Courthouse

Aug 8, 202240 min

People vs. Flores: Weeks 1 and 2

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Chris recaps the week of July 18th and the week of July 25th from the Salinas Courthouse

Aug 2, 202257 min

People vs. Flores #2: Jury, Final Motions, Subpoena

Chris recaps the final pre-trial events from the Salinas Courthouse

Jul 24, 202253 min

People vs. Flores #1: Motions

Chris recaps the pre-trial events following the 2021 preliminary hearing, through the first week of motions in the Salinas Courthouse

Jun 11, 202227 min

Episode 10: The Beginning of The End Part 2

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Chris travels down to the South Bay, and attempts to trace Paul Flores' predatory behavior from its origins to the present day.

Jul 6, 20211h 32m

Episode 09: The Beginning of The End Part 1

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After the April 2021 arrests of Paul Flores and his father, Ruben, Chris recounts the search that led to them, and a timeline of the spot where investigators believe Kristin Smart's body was buried.

Jul 6, 20211h 0m

Episode 08: The 16-Hour Gap

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Where was Paul Flores over Memorial Day Weekend 1996? Chris scours the Smart Family's notebooks to find forgotten witnesses and leads.

Nov 25, 20201h 7m

Episode 07: The Iceberg

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office speaks.

Jan 29, 202040 min

Episode 06: Ongoing and Active

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A newspaper publisher thinks he's found Kristin Smart, until he hits a brick wall.

Nov 11, 201956 min

Episode 05: The P

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Psychics, parents, Parkinson, and Poly.

Oct 28, 20191h 10m

Episode 04: Son Of Susan

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A man from North Carolina vows to keep the Flores family on their toes, and accidentally finds a new way to get their backyard searched in the process.

Oct 21, 201948 min

Episode 03: Their Own Backyard

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If Kristin Smart is dead, where did her body end up? Chris follows a trail left by a lost piece of evidence, and retraces Paul Flores' movements in the years after.

Oct 14, 201956 min

Episode 02: The Only Suspect

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Who is Paul Flores? Chris talks to women who knew him before he was the suspect in Kristin Smart's disappearance, and learns that none of them were surprised.

Oct 7, 201955 min

Episode 01: A Face On A Billboard

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Who is Kristin Smart? Chris travels to Stockton to meet her parents, Stan and Denise, along with her friends, neighbors, and classmates.

Sep 30, 20191h 21m

Episode 00: Coming Soon

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Your Own Backyard: The Disappearance of Kristin Smart starts September 30th. Subscribe now.

Sep 20, 20191 min