New season of OPB’s hit investigative podcast ‘Hush’ explores an enduring Oregon mystery while probing the role and reality of ‘true crime’

New season of OPB’s hit investigative podcast ‘Hush’ explores an enduring Oregon mystery while probing the role and reality of ‘true crime’

October 8, 2025 — The hit investigative podcast “Hush,” produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB), returns today to all podcast platforms with a new season that examines a young woman’s unexplained death just steps from her front door in rural Oregon, as well as the impact on communities when citizen sleuthing fills the void created by the decline of local journalism. The first season of “Hush,” released in September 2024, was downloaded more…