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Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast

The Official Podcast of Ray William Johnson, storyteller and comedian. Tune in for the best stories of True Crime and Pop Culture.

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He Was The Perfect Pastor UNTIL... // The Pastor David Love Story Aug 08, 2026

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Pastor David Love, the married pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in Independence, Missouri, engaged in a decade-long affair with a parishioner, Teresa Stone. In 2010, he Love shot and killed Teresa's husband, Randy Stone, inside his insurance office.

This Loser Scammed His Sugar Mama // The Jorge Landeros Murder Story Aug 07, 2026

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Jorge Landeros was a yoga and Spanish instructor who spun a web of romantic and financial manipulation around Sue Ann Marcum, a beloved accounting professor at American University. Over the course of their relationship, Landeros acted as a con man, mismanaging and draining Marcum's investment funds. Following an escalating dispute over the missing money, Landeros brutally beat Marcum with a liquor bottle and strangled her to death inside her Bethesda, Maryland home.

These Teen Girls Are in BIG Trouble Aug 06, 2026

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In 2026, in Citrus Heights, California, three girls were arrested and charged with felonies including aggravated arson and burglary after security cameras captured them throwing a lit firework through a window into an expectant couple’s newly prepared baby nursery, destroying the room just two weeks before the baby's due date.

She Killed Someone... and Blamed Her Twin // The Samantha Jo Petersen Story Aug 04, 2026

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Samantha Jo Petersen was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to criminal vehicular homicide and operation for a September 2023 crash in Minnesota where she struck an Amish horse-drawn buggy while driving.

He Killed a Man With a Wedgie // The Brad Lee Davis Murder Story Aug 03, 2026

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Brad Lee Davis is an Oklahoma man who gained national attention when he was convicted of killing his 58-year-old stepfather, Denver Lee St. Clair, during a drunken physical altercation in December 2013. Davis, a former U.S. Marine, claimed the fight began after St. Clair insulted Davis's mother. After knocking St. Clair unconscious, Davis pulled his stepfather's underwear waistband up over his back, head, and tightly around his neck in a severe variation of the prank known as an atomic wedgie.

This TikToker is a Liar // The Haleigh Knight Scandal Aug 01, 2026

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Haleigh Morgan Knight is a Henderson, Nevada influencer and mother who defrauded close friends and family out of nearly 20 grand. Between June 2023 and April 2024, Knight posed as a luxury trip adviser for the Four Seasons hotel chain, collecting expensive trip "deposits" for fake vacations. When her victims began asking questions about the repeatedly canceled trips, Knight fabricated a terminal pancreatic cancer diagnosis to deflect suspicion and evoke sympathy.

This Entitled Loser Got Revenge // The Walter Moody Story Jul 31, 2026

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Walter Moody was an American man who carried out a deadly mail-bomb campaign in December 1989, killing federal appeals court Judge Robert S. Vance and civil rights attorney Robert E. Robinson. Driven by a decades-long grudge against the legal system after a 1972 bomb conviction he desperately sought to overturn, Moody mailed explosive packages to targets.

She Deserves to be in Prison Jul 29, 2026

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Natalie Cochran, a former West Virginia pharmacist, is serving life in prison without the possibility of parole after being convicted of first-degree murder. Between 2017 and 2019, Cochran operated a $2.5 million Ponzi schemethrough her family's defense contracting company

He Was Destroyed By Pokemon // The Anthony Curcio Scandal Jul 28, 2026

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Anthony Curcio pulled off one of the most elaborately planned armored car heists in American history in 2008 by using Craigslist to orchestrate his getaway. Months before the robbery, the former college football star placed a fake advertisement on the website offering high-paying landscaping work, instructing applicants to wear a specific uniform consisting of a blue shirt, yellow vest, safety goggles, and a respirator mask. On the day of the heist in Monroe, Washington, Curcio dressed in the exact same outfit, pepper-sprayed a Brink's armored car guard, and fled with over $400,000.

This Hardcore Rapper is in BIG Trouble // The Cool C Murder Story Jul 27, 2026

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Christopher "Cool C" Roney was a rising Philadelphia rapper in the late 1980s known for his hit song "Glamorous Life". His music career faded, and on January 2, 1996, he joined fellow rapper Steady B in a botched bank robbery. During the heist, Cool C shot and killed Philadelphia Police Officer Lauretha Vaird

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