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May 2023
39m 47s

Good Deed

They Walk Among Us / Law&Crime
About this episode

On this episode of They Walk Among America… On this episode of They Walk Among America… William Fischer was a man of mystery in the affluent community of the Hamptons. He was wealthy, well-liked, and was known as a bachelor. But little did his new friends know that he had a dark secret. William had abandoned his family in Monticello, leaving behind a son who was battling cystic fibrosis. He had chosen a life of middle-class luxury over his own flesh and blood. On a stormy night in 1986, William’s son, Billy, paid him a visit. Some time later, Billy called up his friend, Nancy, and asked her to come and collect him. Nancy braved the treacherous weather, and set off on a journey that would drastically change the lives of all three individuals forever…


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‘They Walk Among America’ is a Law & Crime podcast network production.


This episode was hosted by Nina Innsted.


Researched and written by Emily G. Thompson.


Editing and scoring by Kory Hilpmann


Script editing, additional writing and production direction by Rosanna and Benjamin Fitton.


MUSIC: 


Things Gone Wrong by Moments

The Captain by Wicked Cinema

Retreat by Chelsea McGough

Winds of Change by Four Trees

In Pursuit by Craig Allen Fravel

Strangers by Craig Allen Fravel

A Curious Trinket by Wicked Cinema

As Fate Would Have It by Wicked Cinema

A Most Sinister Kind by Dresden The Flamingo

Mystery by Third Age

Invisible Line by Stephen Keech

Tomb of Ramses by Moments

Jun by Kevin Graham

Almost Awake by Joshua Spacht


Additional musical compositions by Kory Hilpmann.


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