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Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast

Ray William Johnson

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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00:08:17

The Tragic Downfall of Milli Vanilli

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/08/28

Milli Vanilli was a pop duo assembled in the late 1980s by German music producer Frank Farian—the mastermind behind Boney M.—and fronted by dancers Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan, who lip-synced to vocals recorded by session singers. The duo skyrocketed to fame with hits like “Girl You Know It’s True”, even winning a Grammy for Best New Artist in 1990. But their bubble burst when Farian revealed that they never sang on the tracks, leading to the unprecedented revocation of their Grammy and condemnation

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00:08:09

This Comedian Caught a Serial Killer? - The Golden...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/08/27

The Golden State Killer, later identified as Joseph James DeAngelo, was a former police officer who terrorized California from the 1970s through the 1980s

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00:08:15

This Pro Athlete is in BIG Trouble - The Dan Serafini...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/08/26

Former MLB pitcher Dan Serafini, who played for several teams from the mid‑1990s through 2007 and later faced financial setbacks, was convicted in July 2025 of first‑degree murder, attempted murder, and burglary

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00:07:57

He's Addicted To Prostitutes - The Liar Joe Story

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/08/24

Jonaris Badlishah—nicknamed “Liar Joe” —was identified as the prime suspect in Singapore’s infamous 1998 “Rolex watch murder.” The victim, beautician Sally Poh Bee Eng, was found brutally slain near the Marina South bus stop, and investigators traced her missing Rolex back to Jonaris, who had apparently gifted it to his girlfriend the same day

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00:08:13

This OnlyFans Model is in BIG Trouble - The Selena...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/08/23

Chelsea Perkins, a former U.S. Coast Guard veteran who later became an adult model under the name “Selena Savage,” pleaded guilty in May 2025 to second-degree murder after luring Matthew Dunmire to a remote area of Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio

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00:08:02

He Crashed Out Over McDonald's French Fries - The...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/08/22

When 24-year-old Antoine Sims called 911 to complain about receiving cold French fries at a McDonald’s in Kennesaw, Georgia, law enforcement responded only to discover he was a murder suspect out on bond—wanted in connection with a 2018 case involving a woman found in a burning car.

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00:08:06

He's a Real Life Dexter - The Mark Twitchell Story

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/08/21

Mark Andrew Twitchell was a Canadian filmmaker–aspiring from Edmonton who was convicted in 2011 of first-degree murder.

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00:08:22

He Hid $2 Million Dollars in The Mountains - The...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/08/20

In 2010, art dealer and memoirist Forrest Fenn hid a bronze chest containing gold, jewels, and rare artifacts—worth over $1 million—in the Rocky Mountains of the United States. He embedded nine cryptic clues in a 24‑line poem published in his memoir The Thrill of the Chase, inviting the public into an epic, decade‑long treasure hunt that drew more than 300,000 searchers and sadly resulted in five deaths.

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00:08:30

This Woman Slept With Over 20 Buddhist Monks - The...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/08/19

A fast‑escalating scandal in 2025 centers on a woman known publicly as “Sika Golf” (aged 35), who is accused of entangling herself with high-ranking Buddhist monks in a vast temple fund and corruption scheme.

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00:08:01

The Largest Heist In US History - The Allen Pace III...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/08/18

Allen Pace III, a security inspector at the Dunbar Armored facility in Los Angeles, used his insider knowledge to pull off the largest cash heist in U.S. history. Fired from his job the day before the robbery in September 1997, Pace recruited five childhood friends and devised an elaborate plan, memorizing security routines, bringing a camera to scope out the vault, and even sketching chalk diagrams of the building in parking lots during planning sessions. On the night of the heist, they tied up

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00:07:55

This Reality TV Star Is In BIG Trouble - The Jen Shah...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/08/17

Jen Shah, a cast member of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, built her persona around glamour and wealth, but behind the scenes, she was running a nationwide telemarketing scheme that defrauded hundreds of elderly and vulnerable people. Alongside her assistant, Stuart Smith, Shah operated lead lists and sales floors that tricked victims into paying for bogus “business services” they didn’t need. The scheme raked in millions, fueling her lavish lifestyle and reality TV image.

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00:08:08

This Crazy Man Shot Up a Walmart - The Jerad Miller...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/08/15

Jerad and Amanda Miller were a married couple from Indiana who embraced extreme anti-government and anti-law enforcement views, often posting conspiracy-laden, anti-police rhetoric online. After moving to Las Vegas in 2014, the pair’s hostility toward authority escalated into violence on June 8 of that year, when they ambushed two Las Vegas police officers while the officers were eating lunch, killing them both. The Millers fled to a nearby Walmart, where they shot and killed a civilian who tried to

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00:08:15

This Pop Star Is In Prison Now - The Tom Girardi /...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/08/14

Tom Girardi, a once-celebrated Los Angeles trial attorney famous for the Erin Brockovich case, and his wife, reality TV star Erika Jayne of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, became embroiled in a massive legal scandal starting in 2020. Girardi was accused of embezzling millions of dollars in settlement funds from vulnerable clients

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00:08:02

She Killed Her Own Hitman - The Susan Kuhnhausen Story

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/08/13

Susan Kuhnhausen, a 51-year-old ER nurse in Portland, Oregon, survived a murder-for-hire plot orchestrated by her estranged husband. Coming home from work one evening, she was attacked by Edward Haffey, a man armed with a hammer who had broken into her house.

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00:07:56

This Flight Got Hijacked - The Hijacking of Ethiopian...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/08/11

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was hijacked on November 23, 1996, by three Ethiopian men seeking asylum in Australia. Shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa en route to Nairobi, the hijackers—armed with an axe and a fire extinguisher—stormed the cockpit and demanded the Boeing 767 fly to Australia, despite the captain warning they didn’t have enough fuel. Forced to keep flying, the aircraft eventually ran out of fuel over the Indian Ocean. The pilots attempted an emergency ditching near the Comoros

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00:07:47

The Cop That Killed Other Cops - The Christopher...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/08/09

Christopher Dorner, a former LAPD officer and U.S. Navy reservist, launched a violent ten‑day revenge campaign in February 2013 after being terminated—he claimed for exposing misconduct within the department

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00:08:02

These Insane Women Ran Over Homeless Guys - The Helen...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/08/08

In 2008, Helen Golay, then 77, alongside her accomplice Olga Rutterschmidt, 75—two seemingly benign elderly women residing in California—were convicted of orchestrating the staged hit-and-run murders of two homeless men.

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00:08:00

This Psycho Pilot Tries To Crash His Own Plane - The...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/08/07

Auburn Calloway, a disgruntled FedEx flight engineer facing imminent dismissal over falsified flight hours, attempted a shocking act of disguising a hijacking as an accident. Smuggling hammers, a speargun, and a guitar case aboard as a deadhead passenger, Calloway planned to murder the cockpit crew mid-flight, crash the DC‑10, and ensure his family cashed in on his life insurance.

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00:08:03

The Man Who Murdered Jeffrey Dahmer - The Christopher...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/08/06

The story of Christopher Scarver, the man who murdered Jeffrey Dahmer.

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00:08:04

He's Faking His Cancer - The Glenn Rycroft story

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/08/04

Glenn Rycroft—a former British Airways steward from Salford and a prolific con artist—spent years fooling family, friends, and co-workers into donating money by fabricating a terminal brain tumor, shaving his head, faking seizures, and even using fake medical documents to support his lies

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