May 21, 2026 · 42 min · 13 segments
Local reporters at The Connecticut Mirror heard story after story of drivers having their cars towed and then sold out from underneath them, sometimes in just 15 days. They teamed up with ProPublica…
Jessica LussenhopHost
Dave AltimariGuest
Ginny MonkGuest
Julia LongoriaPanelist[upbeat drum music] ProPublica, investigative journalism in the public interest.
Getting your car towed is one of those life experiences that is so common, and yet can completely ruin your day.
Whatever you wanted to do that day, it's over, and that's sort of on the low end of the consequences.
But I wanna take you to a place where, for years, people have been having a fun house mirror version of this experience, where this annoying but pretty common thing becomes a life-altering experience.
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[upbeat drum music] ProPublica, investigative journalism in the public interest.
Getting your car towed is one of those life experiences that is so common, and yet can completely ruin your day.
Whatever you wanted to do that day, it's over, and that's sort of on the low end of the consequences.
But I wanna take you to a place where, for years, people have been having a fun house mirror version of this experience, where this annoying but pretty common thing becomes a life-altering experience.
