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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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00:08:00

Chuck E. Cheese Got Arrested - The Jermell Jones Story

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/11/02

Jermell Jones is a 41-year-old Florida man who was arrested in July 2025 while working as the mascot for Chuck E. Cheese in Tallahassee. He was taken into custody in full costume during a children’s birthday party after surveillance linked him to using a woman’s child-support debit card to make fraudulent charges.

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00:08:30

This Nurse Murdered Her Patients - The Elizabeth...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/10/23

Elizabeth Wettlaufer is a Canadian former registered nurse who confessed to murdering eight elderly patients and attempting to kill six others between 2007 and 2016 in long-term care homes in southwestern Ontario.

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00:09:00

He Made The Biggest Marketing Fail In History - The...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/10/22

Todd Davis, the co-founder and CEO of LifeLock, became famous in 2007 for publicly displaying his real Social Security number in ads to prove confidence in his company’s identity-theft protection service. But the stunt backfired when his identity was stolen at least a dozen times, exposing flaws in LifeLock’s system.

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00:08:41

This Youtuber Killed 70 People - The Pedro Rodriguez...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/10/21

Pedro Rodrigues Filho was a Brazilian serial killer who claimed to have murdered more than 100 people- most of them other criminals.

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00:08:57

He Killed So Many People - The Unabomber / Ted...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/10/20

Ted Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, was a Harvard-educated mathematician who abandoned academia to live in a remote Montana cabin, and between 1978 and 1995 carried out a nationwide bombing spree targeting universities, airlines and individuals he believed were advancing technology.

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00:08:57

He's a Psychopath - The Joran van der Sloot Story

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/10/19

Joran van der Sloot whose criminal history includes the 2010 murder of 21-year-old Stephany Flores Ramírez in Lima, Peru- he was convicted and sentenced to 28 years in prison for the crime. He first came to international attention as the prime suspect in the disappearance of 18-year-old Natalee Holloway in Aruba in 2005.

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00:08:08

This Alpha Influencer Is In Prison Now - The Jeremiah...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/10/18

Jeremiah “The Bull” Evans was a Utah-based entrepreneur who, between July 2019 and July 2022, ran a fraudulent investment scheme through his company Alpha Influence, LLC, claiming to sell clients stakes in automated stores.

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00:08:40

This Spoiled Rich Girl Killed Her Own Mom - The...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/10/17

Heather Mack is an American woman convicted of conspiring to murder her mother, Sheila von Wiese-Mack, during a 2014 vacation in Bali. Heather had secretly used her mother’s credit card to fly her boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer, to Bali, and the two exchanged messages plotting her mother’s death.

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00:08:39

He Pretended To Be In High School - The James Hogue...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/10/16

James Hogue is an American impostor and career con man best known for infiltrating elite institutions by assuming false identities.

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00:08:27

She Scammed $400,000,000 - The Gina Champion-Cain Story

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/10/14

Gina Champion-Cain is a former San Diego business executive who orchestrated what is considered one of the largest woman-led Ponzi schemes in U.S. history. Beginning around 2012, she raised hundreds of millions of dollars from investors by promising to use their funds to make high-interest loans to individuals seeking California liquor licenses—funds she claimed would be held in escrow. In reality, she diverted the money to prop up her struggling businesses, to pay returns to earlier investors, and

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00:08:25

He's a FAKE Secret Agent - The Mark Acklom Story

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/10/13

Mark Acklom is an English conman and fraudster who for decades used false identities and elaborate scams to swindle large sums from victims, often posing as a wealthy Swiss banker or even an MI6 agent.

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00:08:21

He Lived With a Dead Body For 18 Months - The James...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/10/12

James and Suzanne Agnew, a couple from Lakewood, Colorado, were arrested in July 2025 after authorities discovered the decomposed body of 64-year-old James O'Neill in their home. The Agnews allegedly kept O'Neill's body under a deflated air mattress for nearly 18 months following his death.

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00:08:50

He Scammed The Mormon Church - The Mark Hofmann Story

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/10/11

Mark Hofmann is a former document dealer and convicted murderer from Salt Lake City, Utah, known for perpetrating one of the most elaborate forgery schemes in American history. In the early 1980s, Hofmann created and sold numerous forged documents related to the history of the Latter-day Saint (LDS) movement

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00:08:31

He Killed 60 of His Patients - The Michael Swango Story

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/10/10

Michael Swango is a former American physician and convicted serial killer believed to have caused the deaths of up to 60 individuals across the United States and Zimbabwe.

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00:08:20

The Worst Disaster in History - The Tilly Smith Story

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/10/09

Tilly Smith, a 10-year-old British schoolgirl, saved approximately 100 people from the Indian Ocean tsunami while vacationing with her family at Mai Khao Beach in Phuket, Thailand. Two weeks prior, she had learned about tsunamis in her geography class, including the warning signs such as the ocean frothing and receding. Recognizing these signs on the beach, she urgently alerted her parents, who then informed hotel staff. The staff evacuated the beachgoers just minutes before the tsunami struck,

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00:08:55

The Fake Santa Claus Serial Killer - The Sture...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/10/07

Sture Bergwall, formerly known as Thomas Quick, was a Swedish man who, in the 1990s, confessed to over 30 murders across Scandinavia, leading to his conviction for eight of them. These confessions were obtained during therapy sessions at a psychiatric institution, where he was treated for personality disorders and heavily medicated.

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00:08:18

This Famous Internet Star is in Prison Now - The...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/10/06

Latarian Milton became an internet sensation at age 7 in 2008 after taking his grandmother’s Dodge Durango on a joyride through Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. During the escapade, he caused significant property damage, including hitting parked cars and mailboxes. When interviewed by local news, Milton infamously stated, “I want to do hood-rat stuff with my friend,” which quickly went viral. Despite the severity of his actions, he faced no formal charges due to his age. In the years that followed,

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00:08:44

This Cartoonist Turned To Crimes - The Duck Tales Bandit

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/10/04

Arno Funke, known by his alias "Dagobert," was a German extortionist who gained notoriety in the late 1980s and early 1990s for his inventive and non-violent blackmail schemes. A failed cartoonist and sign painter, Funke turned to crime in 1988, planting bombs in luxury department stores in Berlin and demanding ransoms.

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00:09:03

NSYNC Got Scammed - The Lou Pearlman Story

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/10/03

Lou Pearlman was a music producer and manager who rose to prominence in the 1990s by creating and managing successful boy bands such as the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC. However, behind his musical empire lay one of the largest and longest-running Ponzi schemes in U.S. history.

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00:08:03

Mushrooms Drove Him INSANE - The Thomas Chan Story

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2025/10/02

Thomas Chan is a Canadian man from Peterborough, Ontario, who was convicted in 2018 for the 2015 stabbing death of his father, Dr. Andrew Chan, and the assault of his father's partner, Lynn Witteveen. The incident occurred after Thomas consumed a large quantity of magic mushrooms and meditated to enhance the hallucinatory effects.

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