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Apartment 515

By: Jeff Pearlman
Narrated by: Jeff Pearlman
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  • Jeff Pearlman is a critically-acclaimed sportswriter, with bestselling books about the Mets and the Lakers to his credit, but some ten years ago he found himself out of his element when he came face to face with a murderer. That’s where this insane true crime story begins.

    Apartment 515 is a podcast exploring how Pearlman first encountered a part-time professional backgammon player named Rod Covlin while both men were waiting to pick up their young children from preschool inside a Jewish Community Center in the upscale suburb of Scarsdale, New York. Pearlman thought of Covlin as "Mr. Balloon Animals" - the single dad whose special talent was tying balloons into funny shapes for the kids. It was then that Pearlman heard a story - one that was just rumor at the time - about Covlin allegedly committing a shocking crime.

    Pearlman would spend the next decade, off and on, investigating the case, tracking down witnesses, running down leads, and ultimately confronting a murderer in prison about his victim. By turns surprising, emotional, and thrilling, Apartment 515 takes twists and turns listeners won’t see coming. It’s the kind of tale that makes you wonder: how many of your friends, family members and neighbors are wearing a disguise? How far will they go to hide their true face? And what lengths are you prepared to go to uncover who they really are?
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Episodes
  • Episode One - Mr. Balloon Animals

    Episode One - Mr. Balloon Animals
    Sep 16 2021
    Sportswriter Jeff Pearlman discovers that one of his neighbors has been accused of a shocking crime, and begins to investigate the tragic, tangled tale of Rod and Shele Covlin.
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    20 mins
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  • Episode Two - Rolling the Dice

    Episode Two - Rolling the Dice
    Sep 16 2021
    Businesswoman Shele Danishefsky takes a chance and marries Rod Covlin, a man she barely knows.
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    19 mins
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  • Episode Three - Look Out For Love

    Episode Three - Look Out For Love
    Sep 16 2021
    Professional backgammon, and shocking secrets, begin to unravel the Covlins’ marriage.
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    21 mins
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Thought it was well researched and well read.

I thought it was well researched and well read. Thoroughly enjoyed listening to it in one go.

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Excellent!

Very well told and truly harrowing. Definitely worthy of a multi-part podcast…not sure what previous reviewer was on about!

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Facinating and Infuriating

It makes me so angry this man got away with so much for so long

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Bath time will never be the same . . . . .

Good listen and be thankful for all those busy bodies in life because as in this case, they highlight and turn around things that are missed by the so called professionals.
I really enjoyed this bit of investigative journalism, well researched and well narrated well worth 5 stars all round.

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excellent case

such a great deep dive into this case.. so sad for Shelley"s family. Great job Jeff.

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Interesting

This podcast, in my opninion, was well-written and researched and extremely well put together.
Highly recommend.

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Heart breaking

Very well narrated and put together. My heart is broken for this poor woman and her family, especially her children.

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Informative account of a true event.

If you like try crime documentaries give this one ago. More speculation than fact but you get a true sense of the characters involved.

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Excellent

Listened to it all in one go - well composed and a disturbing series of events.

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Interesting True crime story

Good presentation and story without intrusive music as so often found in other true crime podcasts.

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