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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

This College Student is a Killer // The Christopher...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/04/21

In November 2004, 21-year-old University of Rochester student Christopher Porco used an axe to murder his father, Peter, and severely injure his mother, Joan, in their Delmar, New York home.

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00:08:27

She's Finally in Prison For What She Did // The Kouri...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/04/20

Kouri Richins, a Utah mother of three and real estate agent, was convicted in March 2026 of murdering her husband, Eric Richins, by spiking his cocktail.

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00:08:20

This Priest Killed a Nun. Why? // The Father Gerald...

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2026/04/18

Father Gerald Robinson, a Catholic priest in Toledo, Ohio, who was convicted in 2006 for the brutal 1980 murder of a 71-year-old nun, Sister Margaret Ann Pahl.

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00:08:17

Bryan Cranston Almost Lost Everything

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/04/17

Bryan Cranston was once wanted for murder. And this could have ended his acting career before it had a chance to start.

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00:08:27

This Youtuber is in BIG Trouble // The Matthew Cox...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/04/16

Matthew Cox is a former Tampa, Florida-based mortgage broker who became one of the most prolific mortgage fraud con artists of the early 2000s, stealing an estimated $55 million by crafting elaborate synthetic identities and forging extensive loan documents. After his initial mortgage company collapsed in 2002, Cox escalated his crimes, leading to a three-year multi-state fugitive spree while on the U.S. Secret Service's Most Wanted list.

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00:08:04

He Robbed The Zoo // The Davion Irvin Animal Theft Story

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/04/15

Davion Irvin is the man who was arrested in 2023 for a series of high-profile incidents at the Dallas Zoo, including the theft of two monkeys.

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00:08:31

This Famous Soccer Player is in BIG Trouble // Bruno...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/04/14

Bruno Fernandes de Souza, a prominent Brazilian soccer goalkeeper and captain for Flamengo, had his career abruptly ended in 2010 when he was arrested for orchestrating the abduction and brutal murder of his former girlfriend, Eliza Samudio.

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00:08:43

She Actually Hooked Up With a Dolphin // The Margaret...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/04/13

In the 1960s, naturalist Margaret Howe Lovatt took part in a NASA-funded experiment on the island of St. Thomas aimed at teaching a bottlenose dolphin named Peter to understand and speak English. To facilitate constant interaction, Lovatt lived in a partially flooded house called the Dolphin House, where she spent nearly every waking moment with Peter. The study gained notoriety not just for its ambitious goals, but for the controversial turn it took when Lovatt began a physical relationship with

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00:08:01

This Youtuber Killed 3 People // The Randy Stair...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/04/11

The Randy Stair case refers to a tragic incident that occurred on June 8, 2017, at a supermarket in Eaton Township, Pennsylvania. Stair, an employee at the store, opened fire during an overnight shift, killing three of his coworkers.

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00:08:22

This Cop is in BIG Trouble // The Valerie Cincinelli...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/04/10

Valerie Cincinelli, a former 12-year veteran of the NYPD, was sentenced to four years in prison in 2021 after being caught in a murder-for-hire plot targeting her estranged husband, Isaiah Carvalho, and her boyfriend’s daughter. Cincinelli reportedly paid her then-boyfriend, John DiRubba, to hire a hitman to kill Carvalho as well as DiRubba’s daughter whom she viewed with sheer jealousy.

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00:08:29

This Holy Prophet Got Busted // The Suzan Carson and...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/04/09

Suzan Carson, along with her husband James "Bear" Carson, became known as the "San Francisco Witch Killers" during a notorious murder spree in the early 1980s. Driven by a shared paranoid schizophrenia and a radicalized religious delusion, the couple believed they were "holy warriors" tasked with eliminating "witches" who threatened their spiritual survival. Their trail of violence claimed the lives of three people: their roommate Keryn Barnes in San

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00:08:52

The Elon Musk Romance Scam

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/04/08

An unidentified person or persons pretended to be Eon Musk and successfully pulled a romance scam on a Texas woman.

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00:08:21

He Wants To Be Famous But... // The Luka Magnotta...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/04/07

Luka Magnotta is a Canadian convicted murderer who gained international notoriety in 2012 for the murder of international student Jun Lin in Montreal

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00:08:08

This Millionaire Soccer Player is in BIG Trouble //...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/04/06

Quincy Promes, once a star forward for the Netherlands national team and Ajax, has seen his career derailed by a series of high-profile criminal convictions. After a 2020 family party ended with Promes attacking his cousin in the knee, he was sentenced in absentia to 18 months in prison for aggravated assault. This was followed by a much more severe six-year sentence in February 2024 for his involvement in smuggling drugs through the port of Antwerp. For several years, Promes avoided his prison

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00:08:20

This Famous Hollywood Actor is in Big Trouble // The...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/04/04

Lillo Brancato Jr. is an American actor whose rapid rise to fame was followed by a public descent into addiction and a high-profile criminal case. After being discovered at age 15 for his striking resemblance to Robert De Niro, he gained stardom as Calogero in the 1993 film A Bronx Tale and later appeared in several episodes of The Sopranos. However, Brancato’s promising career was derailed by a severe addiction to drugs, leading to a tragic incident on December 10, 2005, when he and an accomplice,

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00:08:02

The Gay Santa Claus Serial Killer // The Bruce...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/04/03

Bruce McArthur is a Canadian serial killer who murdered eight men in Toronto between 2010 and 2017. A self-employed landscaper who occasionally worked as a shopping mall Santa Claus, McArthur targeted vulnerable men, many of whom had ties to Toronto's Gay Village.

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00:08:01

This Scam Artist is in BIG Trouble // The Eli...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/04/02

Eliyahu "Eli" Weinstein is a New Jersey-based repeat fraudster who masterminded multiple high-stakes Ponzi schemes totaling over $250 million in losses, specifically targeting investors within the Orthodox Jewish community. Originally sentenced to 24 years in federal prison for a $200 million real estate scheme, his sentence was commuted to time served by the president in January 2021 after serving only eight years. Almost immediately following his release, Weinstein began a new $41

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00:08:25

Her Body Count is Too Damn High // The Kelly Cochran...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/04/01

Kelly Cochran and her husband, Jason, lived by a "marriage pact" that required them to kill anyone with whom they had an affair. In 2014, they fulfilled this vow by luring Kelly’s lover, Christopher Regan, to their Michigan home where Jason shot him; the couple then dismembered his body and allegedly served his remains to unsuspecting neighbors at a barbecue. Two years later, Kelly murdered Jason in Indiana by injecting him with a lethal dose of heroin and smothering him, claiming it was

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00:08:04

The Green Ranger Is In Prison For This? // The...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/03/31

Yasutomo Ihara is a former Japanese stuntman and "suit actor" who gained notoriety for using his professional training to commit a series of high-profile burglaries in Japan. He is frequently associated with the Green Power Ranger in viral reports, though his actual work was as a suit actor in the original Japanese Super Sentai and Kamen Rider series, which were later adapted for the American Power Rangers franchise.

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00:07:49

This Entitled Millionaire Just Started Killing People...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/03/30

In 1982, Malcolm Macarthur, a refined but impoverished socialite, committed two brutal murders in Ireland as part of an ill-conceived plan to rob a bank. After squandering his inheritance, Macarthur bludgeoned nurse Bridie Gargan with a hammer to steal her car and later shot farmer Dónal Dunne with a shotgun he was pretending to buy. The subsequent manhunt ended in a major political scandal when Macarthur was discovered hiding in the home of the Irish Attorney General, Patrick Connolly, who was an

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