In this harrowing long-form episode of Unsealed, Joel Chandler takes listeners inside one of the darkest investigations of his career: Florida’s public housing authorities. What began in 2017 with a single phone call about a slap inside the Lakeland Housing Authority spiraled into a years-long battle uncovering systemic abuse, sexual harassment, exploitation, and secrecy.

From whistleblowers and victims to commissioners, police detectives, and even predators themselves, Joel follows the threads through a maze of intimidation, cover-ups, and impunity. The investigation reveals not just individual misconduct, but a system designed to protect itself—where commissioners are stripped of power, phantom corporations hide in plain sight, and women are silenced through fear, eviction, and retaliation.

Drawing on firsthand encounters,  ...