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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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00:08:13

He Was an Actor, Now He's in Prison // The Daniel...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/10/05

In 2010, debt-ridden California community theater actor Daniel Wozniak executed a gruesome double-murder plot to steal $62,000 in combat savings from his neighbor, 26-year-old Army veteran Samuel Herr, to finance his own upcoming wedding and honeymoon.

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01:02:25

These are the CREEPIEST True Stories I've told - A...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/10/04

A Compilation of the creepiest true stories we've covered

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00:08:58

She's Going To Kill Them All // The Diane Staudte...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/10/03

Diane Staudte is a Springfield, Missouri woman who was convicted of first-degree murder for fatally poisoning her husband and son with antifreeze. Alongside her favorite daughter, Rachel Staudte, she orchestrated what became widely known as the "Antifreeze Murders," a series of planned family poisonings carried out between 2012 and 2013.

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00:08:52

The Internet Destroyed His Life // The Star Wars Kid...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/10/02

Ghyslain Raza, famously known as the Star Wars Kid, became one of the internet's very first viral phenomena after a private video he recorded in 2002 was leaked online without his consent.

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00:09:11

She Got Famous By Stalking a Guy // The Joyce...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/10/01

Joyce McKinney is a former Miss Wyoming who became an international media sensation in 1977 after allegedly abducting Kirk Anderson, an American Mormon missionary, in England.

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00:08:56

He Was Lying The Whole Time // The Clifford Irving...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/09/30

In 1972, American novelist Clifford Irving orchestrated one of the most audacious literary frauds of the 20th century by concocting a completely fabricated autobiography of the notoriously reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes.

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00:09:00

He Was Stealing From a Celebrity... UNTIL // The...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/09/29

Ippei Mizuhara, the longtime personal interpreter and close friend of Major League Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani, was at the center of a massive sports gambling and theft scandal.

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00:08:22

This Gold Digger is in Prison Now // The Juan Baron...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/09/28

In 2022, 23-year-old Juan Baron strangled his 73-year-old lover, Gary Ruby, inside Ruby's multimillion-dollar mansion in Honolulu's exclusive Hawaii Loa Ridge neighborhood.

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01:00:36

They Went Viral, Then Went to Prison - A Ray William...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/09/27

A Ray William Johnson True Story compilation of people who went viral getting in trouble with the law.

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00:08:12

He Stole Another Man's Entire Life // The Darryl...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/09/26

In 1994, part-time handyman Darryl Kuehl shot and killed 53-year-old retired schoolteacher Paul Gruber at his home near Muskrat Lake in Sandpoint, Idaho.

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00:08:34

The Satisfying Downfall of OJ Simpson

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/09/25

In 2007, former NFL star O.J. Simpson led a group of armed men into a room at the Palace Station hotel-casino in Las Vegas to confront sports memorabilia dealers Alfred Beardsley and Bruce Fromong. Simpson claimed he was merely reclaiming personal mementos, family photos, and sports artifacts that had been stolen from him years prior. However, because members of his group carried firearms and used force to take the items, Simpson was arrested and later convicted in 2008 of multiple felonies.

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00:08:49

This Boy Scout Leader is Creepy // The John Getrue...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/09/24

John Arthur Getreu was an American serial killer whose decades-long evasion of justice finally ended through modern investigative genetic genealogy.

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00:08:53

He Wanted Internet Fame... UNTIL

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/09/23

Tyler Barriss is a California man who was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after orchestrating a deadly December 2017 swatting hoax that resulted in police killing an innocent man.

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00:08:37

She Had the Perfect Hollywood Life...UNTIL // The...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/09/22

Monica Sementilli masterminded the 2017 murder of her husband, Fabio Sementilli, a prominent Los Angeles celebrity hairstylist and beauty company executive. Monica conspired with her secret lover, Robert Louis Baker, to kill her husband in order to collect on a life insurance policy.

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00:08:53

He Cut Off a Man's D**k // The Hossein Nayeri Story

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/09/21

Hossein Nayeri and Kyle Handley orchestrated a 2012 plot to abduct and extort a Newport Beach medical marijuana dispensary owner, mistakenly believing the victim had buried 1 million dollars in cash in the Mojave Desert.

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01:01:32

They Committed Murder for the DUMBEST Reason - A Ray...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/09/20

A Ray William Johnson True Story compilation of people committing murder for petty and ridiculous reasons

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00:08:43

Remember Fetty Wap? He Lost Everything

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/09/19

Fetty Wap rocketed to global superstardom in 2015 when his breakout melodic hip-hop anthem "Trap Queen" reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and achieved diamond certification. Despite pioneering a distinct, chart-topping sound in the mid-2010s, his career faced a severe derailment following a 2021 arrest for federal drug conspiracy charges.

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00:08:28

This TikToker Destroyed Her Life // The Mary Anne...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/09/18

Mary Anne Oliver-Snow, a popular TikTok cosplay influencer known online as "Yandere Freak," accidentally shot and killed her friend Helen Hastings on in 2021, in Houston, Texas.

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00:08:27

This Cop Has Too Much Power // The Grant Hardin...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/09/17

Grant Hardin is former police officer and convicted felon whose criminal history spans multiple decades. He was originally sentenced to 30 years in prison for the 2017 broad-daylight shooting murder of city worker James Appleton. After his conviction, his DNA entered into the federal database linked him to a cold case from 1997 involving the assault of a schoolteacher.

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00:08:49

He Found Out His Girlfriend is an Escort // The Erik...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/09/16

Erik Maund is a wealthy former Texas auto dealer executive who orchestrated a brutal double murder-for-hire plot after becoming the target of an extortion scheme. In early 2020, Maund traveled to Nashville and had an extramarital affair with a woman named Holly Williams. When Williams' estranged boyfriend, William Lanway, discovered the affair and threatened to expose it to Maund's wife unless he paid him a sum of money, Maund chose to hire private security operatives and former military

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