Going Ballistic with Radley Balko

Luigi Mangione is accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on December 4, 2024.An article from Gizmodo on Mangione's alleged manifesto: https://gizmodo.com/they-continue-to-abuse-our-country-for-immense-profit-luigi-mangiones-manifesto-leaks-online-2000536812An ar ... Show More

On Sunday January 18, 2026, somebody shot Judge Steven Meyer and his wife Kimberly Meyer in Lafayette, Indiana. A Journal & Courier article on Judge Steven Meyer's upcoming retirement: https://www.jconline.com/story/news/2020/11/04/tippecanoe-county-voters-select-three-superior-c ... Show More

Malcolm Kempt worked for years as a criminal defense attorney in the Canadian Arctic. He served clients in some of the coldest, most remote places on the planet. And he saw some horrific crimes.He channeled that experience into his incredible debut novel, A Gift Before Dying. Tha ... Show More

Andrew Cunanan was a big talker and wanted all the best things in life. Unfortunately, he was unwilling to work to reach his goals. Instead he lived off the wealth of his older lovers and off the money from the drugs he sold (and used). Then Cunanan’s desire for the finer things ... Show More

The prosecutions' star witnesses take the stand, but Robert Blake's defense has its own strategy to try and prove Blake is innocent. The final closing arguments lead to a shocking conclusion. Meanwhile, Bonny's family seeks justice in a civil trial, and a new attorney gets involv ... Show More

<p>The Wonderland Murders, or The Four on the Floor case is a case from the old days of Hollywood. It’s not the kind of old Hollywood case that Ash usually delivers, this one instead is a totally different take. The Wonderland Gang was made up of a group of people you definitely ... Show More

Woody Overton, Jim Chapman and Mike Agovino discuss the crime headlines for April 28th 2023 including up to the minute details on a horrible murder in Harahan, Louisiana, details on the arrest warrant issued for UFC Star Nate Diaz after an altercation on Bourbon Street in New Orl ... Show More

Woody Overton, Jim Chapman, and Mike Agovino of Real Life Real Crime Daily discuss the crime headlines for Monday July 31st 2023.It’s the current crime commentary show that you won’t get on network TV!Topics for today’s episode in order of discussion.Update: Schabusiness trial is ... Show More

<p>We continue&nbsp;our coverage of the Netflix docuseries "The Tinder Swindler" aka "The Snake" per Laura. Laura points out many of his behaviors are power and control tactics, which you will see if you look up Duluth Minnesota’s power and control wheel <a href="https://www.thed ... Show More

<p>This episode we are joined by Ronnie Karam and Ben Mandelker of the Watch What Crappens podcast, for something a bit different! Throughout the years recording Morbid we’ve come across an abundance of songs that were inspired by true crime events. We figured it would be pretty ... Show More

<p>If you knew Ashely Young she was probably the kindest, most genuine human being you’ve ever met. Her favorite thing to ask people was, “if I bought you a smile would you wear it?” Jared Chance didn’t deserve to know Ashley, and didn’t deserve her friendship, but that’s who Ash ... Show More

<p>Susan Monica was a farmer in her 60’s with her very own property where she raised chickens and pigs and worked on beautiful wrought iron fences. She had made it through much of her life flying under the radar. That was until one of the handymen on her farm, Robert Haney disapp ... Show More