the keepers

Socially-committed, honest documentary films do the same work great newspapers and digital platforms do in bringing accurate information and uncompromising truths to audiences. They are another way in which we, can counter the disinformation and lies coming from so many of our elected leaders.

By David Zurawik

Mar 7, 2019

Still wondering what happened to Baltimore’s Sister Cathy? Amateur sleuths have continued tracking the famous cold case in a new podcast series.

By Lillian Reed

Oct 10, 2018

Maryland has no shortage of real stories that are being used in documentaries, TV series and podcasts. Here are some of the top jaw-dropping stories that have been retold for your viewing (or listening) pleasure.

By Brittany Britto

Aug 27, 2018

An explosive grand jury report on pervasive child abuse in the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania has called into question the actions — or inactions — of late Baltimore Cardinal William H. Keeler, who previously was hailed for his transparency in handling abuse cases.

By Pamela Wood

Aug 14, 2018

Those who spoke out in the Netflix "Keepers" documentary are Baltimore's own silence breakers.

Gemma and Abbie have become unofficial patron saints of DIY detective work since their mission to solve the 1969 murder of Sister Cathy Cesnik, their beloved

Solving mystery of nun's death requires full cooperation from Baltimore archdiocese.

The nomination for "The Keepers" as outstanding documentary or nonfiction series almost makes me a believer again.

By David Zurawik

Jul 13, 2017

There were several productions with Baltimore ties that received Emmy nominations Thursday, including "House of Cards," "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," and "The Wizard of Lies."

An online petition on change.org has more than 11,000 signatures urging church officials to make public its files on A. Joseph Maskell, who died in 2001.

By Alison Knezevich

Jul 1, 2017

Six months into 2017, and already it's easy to find 10 outstanding TV productions. And all feature women in strong roles.

By David Zurawik

Jun 30, 2017

Jean Hargadon Wehner keeps her guard up when she leaves her home.

By Alison Knezevich

Jun 28, 2017

Public health officials in Ireland say they are reviewing services delivered by the late Catholic priest in the Netflix series "The Keepers," who worked as a psychologist there after leaving Baltimore in the 1990s amid sexual abuse allegations.

By Alison Knezevich

Jun 6, 2017

In "The Keepers" finale, we’re left with as many questions as we started with in the true crime documentary.

About a minute into Netflix's new serial documentary "The Keepers," journalist Tom Nugent, in a too-big gray sweatshirt, his hair a little messy, digs around

If you thought things were getting dark in "The Keepers," just wait for Episode 6.

We moved from Baltimore to a small suburb in Pennsylvania when I was 7 years old. I remember the day my mom enrolled me in public school. I was upset. I wanted to go to Catholic school like my friends and cousins back in Maryland. Today, I understand. My mother is one of the women featured in the latest Netflix crime saga "The Keepers." She was sexually abused by A. Joseph Maskell, the former chaplain at Archbishop Keough High School in Baltimore, and a string of other men to whom Maskell gave

The theories about who might have killed Sister Cathy expand in Episode 5 of "The Keepers."

"The Keepers," Netflix's look at the 1969 unsolved murder of a 26-year-old Baltimore nun, arrives Friday on Netflix.

By Quinn Kelley

May 26, 2017

"The Keepers" director answered questions about the series in a Reddit AMA -- and the Archdiocese of Baltimore showed up.

This was already going to be a bittersweet spring at The Seton Keough High School. The Archdiocese of Baltimore announced in October that it would be closing

By Jonathan M. Pitts

May 25, 2017

Richard Sipe, the former priest who spent 25 years studying the sexual behavior of the Catholic clergy, appears in “The Keepers,” the Netflix documentary series

By Dan Rodricks

May 25, 2017

Episode 4 of "The Keepers" leaves us with a burning question: Who is Brother Bob?

Baltimore police have created an online tip form for people to report sex offenses related to the Netflix documentary "The Keepers."

By Alison Knezevich

May 23, 2017

In Episode 3 of "The Keepers," Jean talks about how she repressed her memories of Maskell and Sister Cathy's body -- and how they came back to light.

'The Keepers' recap

"The Keepers," the new docuseries from Netflix, starts out with an intriguing story that should grab true crime fans' attention.

With Netflix's "The Keepers" documentary series on the unsolved killing of Baltimore nun Sister Catherine Cesnik debuting Friday, we chronicle developments in

DNA evidence from a priest whose remains were exhumed does not match crime-scene evidence from the unsolved killing of Baltimore nun Sister Catherine Ann

By Alison Knezevich

May 17, 2017

Donna Von Den Bosch climbed to the attic of her home so she could watch the footage alone. The images flashed on her computer screen: the police car, the churches, the priests. Her heart raced. "I'm 60," she told herself, again and again. "I'm not 15 anymore."

By Alison Knezevich

May 12, 2017

It is hard to imagine a true-crime docu-series that has more winning story elements than "The Keepers."

By David Zurawik

May 12, 2017

The president of Seton Keough High School in southwest Baltimore wrote to parents this week about the upcoming Netflix series "The Keepers," which focuses on sexual abuse and the unsolved killing of a nun who taught there decades ago.

By Alison Knezevich

May 12, 2017

It is hard to imagine a true-crime docu-series that has more winning story elements than "The Keepers."

The body of a priest who died in 2001 has been exhumed as part of the investigation into the slaying of a Baltimore nun more than 40 years ago, Baltimore County police say.

By Alison Knezevich

May 4, 2017

Secrets within secrets, crimes upon crimes, layers upon layers and journeys within journeys. That's the way documentary filmmaker Ryan White talks about his Netflix docuseries "The Keepers," which revisits the unsolved murder of Sister Catherine Cesnik, a Baltimore nun who went missing in 1969.

By David Zurawik

Apr 21, 2017

Watch the first trailer for "The Keepers," a Netflix docuseries on the unsolved murder of Baltimore nun Sister Catherine Cesnik.

By David Zurawik

Apr 19, 2017

The unsolved murder of Sister Cathy Cesnik, a 26-year-old Baltimore nun, who disappeared in 1969, will be the subject of a seven-part Netflix docuseries

By David Zurawik

Apr 17, 2017

Nearly five decades after the death of a nun who taught at Archbishop Keough High School, Baltimore County police say they are still working the case.

By Alison Knezevich

Feb 9, 2017

The Archdiocese of Baltimore has paid a series of settlements to people alleging they were sexually abused by a priest who worked at Archbishop Keough High School decades ago.

By Alison Knezevich

Nov 15, 2016

Sister Catherine Ann Cesnik, a gifted teacher and friend

The Rev. A. Joseph Maskell, who left his Elkridge parish July 31 to seek psychological treatment in the wake of allegations that he sexually abused high school

Baltimore County detectives and FBI agents met this week to consider possible connections between the unsolved slayings of Sister Catherine Ann Cesnik and Joyce

On a gray Saturday morning almost 25 years ago, two hunters crossing a snow-crusted field in Lansdowne stumbled on a terrifying sight -- the partly clothed body

Has he talked in the 25 years since the slaying? Has he tried to ease his conscious by telling relatives or friends about the death of Sister Catherine Ann

The caretaker-gravedigger of Holy Cross Cemetery, fired from his job of nearly four years by a Roman Catholic priest shortly before Christmas, has been ordered

Two men were questioned at length this week by Baltimore County Police in their investigation of the slaying of Sister Catherine Ann Cesnik, the 26-year-old

City homicide detectives are trying to reconstruct a two-hour time period Friday night to shed light on the disappearance of Sister Catherine Cesnik, the young

City police say that they have little hope of connecting the disappearance of Sister Catherine Cesnik with a pair of black formal high-heeled shoes found Friday

The 20-year old Lansdowne girl whose body was found Thursday on the Fort Meade reservation struggled with her attacker before she was murdered, an autopsy