A woman found tied up in a closet, her hands tied behind her back, the door jammed shut from the outside. Now, she’s on trial for stabbing her husband, without a motive.

Nearly five years after Jim Melgar’s death, Sandy Melgar is in court, accused of his murder.

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz
Producer: Maggie Latham
Script consultant: Emma Weatherill 
Sound designer:  Tom Brignell
Production support from:  Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright
Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett
Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

Hands Tied is a BBC Studios Audio production for iHeartPodcasts

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