It’s 1982, and a man bursts into an East Village storefront apartment and shoots punk musician Billy Balls. Author and activist iO Tillett Wright and Crimetown Producer Austin Mitchell unravel a mystery of love and loss, the tender binds of family, and the stories we tell ourselves just to survive. Created by Marc Smerling and Zac Stuart-Pontier.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 19 hours 30 minutes
Introducing Beyond All Repair
Imagine if, one day, you are accused of something. Something horrible, violent, heinous. Something you swear you did not do, and nothing you say can convince anyone otherwise — even the people closest to you.
That’s Sophia Johnson’s story.
Sophia was starting fresh: A new life, a new husband, a baby on the way. But it all unraveled on January 10, 2002, when her mother-in-law Marlyne Johnson was found bludgeoned to death in her home...
Introducing | Firebug
From the co-creator of The Ballad of Billy Balls, Crimetown and host of Morally Indefensible comes a new podcast, Firebug. In the early 1990s, a manuscript for a novel called “Points of Origin” lands at literary agencies across the country. It tells the story of a fictional serial arsonist who lights up southern California. The thing is… the fires described in the novel may actually be real...
Introducing | Morally Indefensible
1979 is the year that Ex-Green Beret Doctor Jeffrey MacDonald is convicted of the murders of his pregnant wife and two young daughters. It’s also the year he meets a new friend in famous journalist Joe McGinniss. Joe agrees to write a book about Jeff’s case...
S2 [BONUS] The Ballad of The Ballad | The Ballad of Billy Balls
iO, Austin, and Zac sit down for a very special behind-the-scenes bonus episode.
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S2 [BONUS] The Lawslinger | The Ballad of Billy Balls
iO and Austin pay a final visit to everyone's favorite lawslinger, Ron Kuby.
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Introducing Crimetown, Season 2
From the same team behind The Ballad of Billy Balls comes Crimetown, Season 2.
This season, Crimetown heads to Detroit, Michigan. From its heyday as the Motor City to its rebirth as the Brooklyn of the Midwest, Detroit’s history reflects a series of issues that strike at the heart of American identity: race, poverty, policing, loss of industry, the war on drugs, and our universal desire for a savior. Detroit’s a tough town, and its residents are even tougher...
S2 [BONUS] I'll Call You Back | The Ballad of Billy Balls
iO returns some of the many compelling listener calls, while Austin checks in with old friends.
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S2 [BONUS] Leave a Message | The Ballad of Billy Balls
In the afterglow of the season, we play some voicemails we've received from our wonderful listeners.
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episode 13: S2 [13] Life After Death | The Ballad of Billy Balls
As the show comes to an end, iO tries to figure out what the wisdom of it is.
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episode 12: S2 [12] The Guy in the Cowboy Hat | The Ballad of Billy Balls
The elusive character at the center of the mystery is found, and iO gets his story.
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