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Real Life Real Crime

Real Life Real Crime Productions

Twisted, gruesome, sometimes funny, but always true: Real Life Real Crime is a multi-award-winning weekly true crime podcast hosted by Woody Overton. Known for his appearances on Dateline, Woody takes listeners on deep dives into cases he has personally worked, offering a unique and exclusive perspective that only he can share. His extensive knowledge from real cases, along with his captivating storytelling ability, has led to what the news media and loyal fans describe as a “cult following.”In

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52:08

Real Life Real Crime | The Jacob Mansell Case: How...

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2026/09/18

In this episode of Real Life Real Crime, Woody Overton takes a deep dive into the controversial Jacob Mansell case in West Feliciana Parish and explains why he believes there is far more to the story than the public has heard.Mansell was arrested in March 2026 on sexual battery and second-degree rape charges involving his 13-year-old daughter. After posting bond, he was initially ordered to have no contact with her. That condition was later rescinded, and Judge Kathryn Jones awarded Mansell majority

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47:26

True Crime Time For September 17, 2026 | A Serial...

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2026/09/17

On True Crime Time For September 17, 2026, Woody Overton begins with updates on #JusticeForMadison and #JusticeForHailey. Investigators are now in the digging phase of the search connected to Madison Renee Allen and Stephanie Hevia, while evidence collected from the Zachary property has been sent for examination. In England, investigators are searching for the remains of Theresa Shepherd, who disappeared in 1995 after telling friends she was meeting a man for a picnic. Her former boyfriend, Peter

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43:13

True Crime Time For September 16, 2026 | A Family...

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2026/09/16

On True Crime Time For September 16, 2026, Woody Overton begins with the latest #JusticeForMadison update. According to Sheriff Brian Spillman, investigators are actively working both the Morris Road property and a Zachary location connected to the investigation into Madison Renee Allen and Stephanie Hevia. By Monday, 14 agencies had already contributed hundreds of man-hours to the Morris Road search, with excavation beginning at identified areas of concern. Then, in North Carolina, two men accused

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40:53

True Crime Time For September 15, 2026 | A Daughter’s...

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2026/09/15

On True Crime Time For September 15, 2026, Woody Overton opens with an update on #JusticeForMadison, as investigators continue working to find answers in the disappearances of Madison Renee Allen and Stephanie Hevia. Woody discusses information indicating investigators may shift attention from the Morris Road property to an Ash Street location in Zachary, where Thomas Morris previously lived.Then it’s into the day’s cases.In Ohio, 18-year-old Brianna Dutcher, her boyfriend Christian Evans, and his

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32:59

Real Life Real Crime | For Ruthie: A Lifer Forever

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2026/09/14

This episode of Real Life Real Crime is for Ruthie Cox Doré—a Lifer, a fierce advocate, a loyal friend, and a woman whose second chance became a life spent fighting for and helping others.Woody Overton remembers the Ruthie the Lifers knew, while sharing parts of her remarkable story that many never knew.Ruthie openly spoke about a past involving addiction, bad choices and ultimately eight and a half years of incarceration. But she didn't allow that chapter to define the rest of her life. Ruthie

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42:31

Real Life Real Crime | The Disappearance of Patricia...

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2026/09/12

On this Saturday edition of Real Life Real Crime, Cyndi Overton takes a single entry from September 12 in her true-crime calendar and follows it into the unresolved disappearance and death of Patricia Marie Viola.Patricia was a 42-year-old wife and mother living in Bogota, New Jersey, when she vanished on February 13, 2001. She had spent the morning volunteering at her children's school, walked home, spoke with her mother and then seemingly left her house again—without her purse, identification,

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34:35

True Crime Time For September 11, 2026 |...

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2026/09/11

Today’s True Crime Time For is devoted entirely to a major development in #WhatHappenedToMadison—and the beginning of a new chapter: #JusticeForMadison.Woody Overton attended a press conference with West Feliciana Parish Sheriff Brian Spillman, where authorities announced the execution of a search warrant at 9745 Morris Road in connection with the disappearances of Madison Renee Allen and Stephanie Hevia.More than ten federal, state and local agencies are assisting in a slow, methodical search of

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56:45

Real Life Real Crime | #WhatHappenedToMadison — The...

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2026/09/10

Today, Real Life Real Crime goes back to the beginning of #WhatHappenedToMadison.Woody explains that RLRC is re-releasing the first episode in the Madison Renee Allen series because, by the afternoon of September 10, listeners are going to understand why this case is back at the center of attention. He promises a brand-new episode Friday covering what the Lifers helped bring to fruition.In this original conversation, Woody sits down with Lynn Rollins, Madison’s mother, to introduce listeners to the

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33:38

True Crime Time For September 9, 2026 | A House of...

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2026/09/09

On today’s True Crime Time For, Woody opens with the bizarre 1999 disappearance and murder of Girly Chew Hossencoff in Albuquerque, New Mexico, before moving into a packed episode involving police misconduct, disturbing family violence, international crime and two major death-penalty stories. In Georgia, a Cedartown police officer is under investigation after fatally shooting a beloved bottle-raised donkey named HeeHaw while officers searched private property for a missing child. Officer Trenton

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39:48

True Crime Time For September 8, 2026 | Children...

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2026/09/08

On today’s episode of True Crime Time For, Woody starts with an update about the direction of the shows. Saturdays are going back to old-school Real Life Real Crime stories, while True Crime Time For continues during the week. He also reminds listeners that work continues on #WhatHappenedToMadison, #JusticeForHailey, and the other cases RLRC is involved with—and that any breaking developments will be brought to listeners as soon as possible. Then it is time for a disturbing edition of Family

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Real Life Real Crime | She Killed Her Parents: “Bag...

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2026/09/07

This is Real Life Real Crime.In this episode from the RLRC archives, Woody Overton takes listeners to rural Washington Parish, Louisiana, and the 1995 murders of a well-known dairy-farming couple inside their own home.George Lander Spears Sr. and Bobbie Jean Spears were longtime members of their community. They operated a dairy farm on Star Hill and also owned a bar on their property. By Woody's account, they were successful, hardworking people who were well known in the area.Then, on January

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38:07

True Crime Time For September 5, 2026 | Carl Panzram:...

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2026/09/05

On today’s episode of True Crime Time For, Woody celebrates one of his favorite weekends of the year: LSU football and the opening of dove season in Louisiana. But before heading to the field and getting ready to cheer on the Tigers, he begins the story of one of the most violent and relentlessly criminal figures in American history:Carl Panzram.And September 5 carries special significance in Panzram’s story. On September 5, 1930, Panzram was executed by hanging at the federal penitentiary in

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True Crime Time For September 4, 2026 | The Missoula...

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2026/09/04

On today’s episode of True Crime Time For, Cyndi takes over the microphone and begins with a message for the families who continue sending Real Life Real Crime information about unsolved cases.There are more families asking for help than there are hours in the day. Cyndi explains that Woody is the investigator while she serves as the keeper and organizer of much of the information coming in. Every family deserves to have its case examined carefully, but meaningful investigative work cannot be

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38:58

True Crime Time For September 3, 2026 | Ohio Serial...

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2026/09/03

On today’s episode of True Crime Time For, Woody opens by thanking the Lifers for listening and sharing and reminds everyone that tips can still be called into 313-RLRC-TIP on any case he has worked. He explains that when a specific tip comes in on an active investigation he cannot personally act on, he forwards it to the people currently working the case—and every credible lead has to be run down. Meanwhile, families and investigators continue waiting for answers and justice.Larry Ralston and the

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44:27

True Crime Time For September 2, 2026 | Charlie...

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2026/09/02

On today’s episode of True Crime Time For, Woody takes listeners through the disturbing story of Carl Eric “Charlie” Brandt, a killer whose known crimes began when he was only 13 years old—and whose true number of victims may never be known.Woody opens by briefly mentioning the ongoing Lindsay Clancy trial before turning to Brandt, who was born in 1957. In January 1971, 13-year-old Brandt entered a bathroom in his family’s Fort Wayne, Indiana, home and shot his parents with his father’s handgun. His

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True Crime Time For September 1, 2026 | Dating-App...

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2026/09/01

On today’s episode of True Crime Time For, Woody welcomes September and looks ahead to Labor Day weekend while hoping the holiday does not bring the violent crime and mass shootings that so often dominate the news. He reminds listeners that those stories will be covered as they develop before getting into the day’s true crime.Khalil Wheeler-Weaver and the Murder of Robin WestFor On This Day in Crime, Woody looks back to September 1, 2016, and the murder of 19-year-old Robin West, the first known

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37:57

True Crime Time For August 31, 2026 | The Villisca...

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2026/08/31

On today’s episode of True Crime Time For, Woody closes out August with one of the most notorious unsolved mass murders in American history: the Villisca Axe Murders of 1912.Before getting into the case, Woody reminds listeners to continue calling in tips at 313-RLRC-TIP on the cases Real Life Real Crime is working. Because the episode was prerecorded, he also says he is still waiting for developments he hopes he may soon be able to share. The story begins in Villisca, Iowa, where sometime during

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37:38

True Crime Time For August 29, 2026 | NFL Battery...

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2026/08/29

On today’s episode of True Crime Time For, Woody opens with the 1994 murders of the Hodges family in Vinton, Virginia. William Blaine Hodges, Teresa Lynn Fulcher Hodges, 11-year-old Winter Ashley Hodges, and 3-year-old Anah Michelle Hodges were found dead inside their burning home. Teresa had been strangled, while Blaine, Winter, and Anah had been shot. Family friend Earl Conrad Bramblett was later convicted and executed for the murders. Woody then heads to New Hampshire, where Nestor Roman II is

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37:22

True Crime Time For August 28, 2026 | The Scalp...

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2026/08/28

On today’s episode of True Crime Time For, Woody opens with updates on Justice for Hailey and What Happened to Madison. Hailey’s case remains under review, while Woody says the Madison investigation is still moving forward and asks listeners to continue sending information to 313-RLRC-TIP. For On This Day in Crime, Woody remembers Emmett Till, the 14-year-old Black teenager who was brutally murdered in Mississippi in 1955. Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam were charged with the murder, acquitted by an

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43:14

True Crime Time For August 27, 2026 | A Wife’s Death...

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2026/08/27

On today’s episode of True Crime Time For, Woody opens with another message for everyone following What Happened to Madison: hang on. Because the episode was recorded a day early, he still can’t reveal what he believes is coming, but promises the Lifers will hear about any break in the case as soon as he can share it. For On This Day in Crime, Woody looks back at Edmund “Ed” Kemper, the infamous Co-Ed Killer, who committed his first murders in 1964 when he killed his grandparents, Edmund Emil Kemper

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