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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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00:08:50

This Scammer Finally Got Caught - The Joe Caronna Story

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/02/11

Joe Caronna was convicted of murdering his wife, Tina Caronna, in a case prosecutors said was driven by financial desperation and insurance fraud.

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00:08:22

This Unpopular Teen Got Revenge - The Story of...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/02/10

The tragic story of Brandon Hole, the My Little Pony fan who committed murder at a FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis Indiana.

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00:08:23

He's an Evil Surgeon - The Raynaldo Ortiz Story

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2026/02/09

Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr., a once-trusted anesthesiologist at a Dallas surgical center, was convicted of grotesquely betraying his medical oath by secretly injecting powerful drugs into bags of IV fluid meant to help patients, turning routine procedures into life-threatening crises.

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00:08:36

She Killed BOTH Her Husbands - The Betty Lou Beets Story

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2026/02/08

Betty Lou Beets was a Texas woman who became known as the “Black Widow” after murdering two of her husbands in the early 1980s for financial gain.

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00:08:26

This TikTok Star is in BIG Trouble - The Jay Icon and...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/02/07

Jadion “Jay Icon” Richards and his wife Akwele “Apple” Lawes-Richards were arrested and charged in the U.S. with shoplifting and related fraud offenses related to the retail chain Lululemon.

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00:08:58

The Shady Politician Who Went To Prison - The Rod...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/02/06

Rod Blagojevich was the Democratic governor of Illinois whose political career collapsed in 2008 when federal prosecutors charged him with corruption, most famously accusing him of trying to sell or trade the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.

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00:08:47

Remember Her? She Got Rich - The Molly Bloom Story

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/01/26

Molly Bloom was a former competitive mogul skier whose Olympic dreams ended after a severe injury, pushing her into the world of high-stakes underground poker in Los Angeles, where she eventually ran some of the most exclusive illegal games in Hollywood, attracting A-list actors, professional athletes, and powerful businessmen. As the operation grew, Bloom became deeply entangled with Russian mob figures who helped bankroll and protect the games, dramatically raising the stakes and the risks.

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00:08:50

She Killed a Preacher - The Latoshia Daniels Story

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/01/24

In November 2025, a Tennessee jury found Latoshia Daniels guilty of second-degree murder for the 2019 shooting death of Memphis pastor Brodes Perry, as well as attempted reckless endangerment for wounding his wife, Tabatha Perry Archie. The trial, dubbed the "Broke My Heart" murder trial, centered on a two-year secret affair between Daniels and Perry that ended shortly before the shooting at the couple's Collierville home.

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00:08:20

This Famous Actor Lost His Mind - The Johnny Lewis Story

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/01/23

Johnny Lewis was a troubled actor best known for his role on Sons of Anarchy whose life unraveled amid escalating violence, mental health struggles, and drug abuse. In September 2012, Lewis brutally attacked his 81-year-old landlady, Catherine Davis, inside her Los Angeles home, beating and strangling her to death, and evidence suggested he may have assaulted other residents before fleeing.

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00:08:47

He Scammed So Many People - The John Donald Cody Story

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/01/22

John Donald Cody is a Harvard-educated lawyer and former U.S. Army intelligence officer who spent decades as a fugitive after disappearing from his Arizona law practice in the 1980s amid allegations he stole client funds. Decades later, using the alias Bobby Thompson, he founded the United States Navy Veterans Association, a bogus charity that raised tens of millions of dollars from donors under the pretense of helping Navy veterans, but instead siphoned off funds and even made political donations,

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00:08:16

This Teen Ruined a Model's Life - The Katie Piper Story

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/01/21

Katie Piper is a British model and television presenter whose life changed dramatically in 2008 when she was the victim of a brutal acid attack orchestrated by her ex-boyfriend, Daniel Lynch, who hired an accomplice to throw sulfuric acid in her face as she stood outside her London apartment. The attack left Piper with severe facial burns, blindness in one eye, and extensive injuries to her esophagus, requiring more than 40 surgeries and years of rehabilitation.

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00:08:22

Side-chick Murder's Her Man's Girlfriend - The Marni...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/01/20

Marni Yang was a former girlfriend of NFL safety Shaun Gayle who, in July 2007, murdered Gayle’s pregnant girlfriend, Rhoni Reuter, in her Deerfield, Illinois condo.

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00:08:31

Charlie Sheen Sent a Woman to Prison - The Heidi...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/01/19

Heidi Fleiss, dubbed the Hollywood Madam in the 1990s, became nationally infamous when federal investigators exposed her high-end prostitution ring catering to wealthy clients in Los Angeles, a scandal that erupted into pop-culture spectacle once actor Charlie Sheen publicly admitted he had been one of her customers.

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00:08:30

This Trans Woman Killed For Surgery - The Vonlee...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/01/17

Vonlee Nicole Titlow was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2000 death of her uncle, Donald Rogers, in Michigan after prosecutors said she helped her aunt, Billie Jean Rogers, kill him.

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00:08:44

The Internet Destroyed Them - The Coldplay Kiss Cam...

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2026/01/15

During a Coldplay concert when the stadium’s kiss cam landed on two attendees who very clearly did not want to be seen together, triggering an instant internet pile-on. As the camera lingered, the pair awkwardly recoiled, hid their faces, and appeared panicked rather than playful, which viewers quickly interpreted as evidence of an affair. Online sleuths soon identified the man as Andy Byron, the CEO of data company Astronomer, seated beside Kristin Cabot, the company’s head of HR, despite both

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00:08:35

Don't Date Him - The Daylon Pierce Story

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/01/14

Daylon Pierce became known for running a widespread online dating scam in which he used social media and dating apps to target women, often presenting himself as charming, emotionally invested, and sometimes falsely claiming stable careers or military ties to build trust quickly. After forming intense romantic relationships, Pierce would manufacture financial emergencies and persuade victims to send him money, gifts, or access to funds, only to disappear or cycle them into ongoing manipulation. The

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00:08:52

This Unpopular Teen Got Revenge - The Christina...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/01/13

Christina Paolilla is from Clear Lake, Texas, and was involved in a brutal double murder in 2003. Along with her boyfriend, Steven Spence, Paolilla carried out a home invasion that resulted in the execution-style killings of her childhood friends, Clara Harris’s relatives Josh and Alicia Moffatt, whom Paolilla had grown up with and once considered family.

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00:08:18

She Killed Her Famous Husband - The Lorenzen Wright...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/01/12

Lorenzen Wright, a former NBA center who played 13 seasons in the league, was found murdered in July 2010 after disappearing from Memphis, Tennessee, his body discovered in a wooded area riddled with multiple gunshot wounds. The case drew national attention due to Wright’s prominence and the disturbing revelation of a 911 call in which he appeared to be fleeing for his life. After years of stalled investigation and public pressure, prosecutors alleged that Wright’s wife, Sherra Wright-Robinson,

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00:08:30

She Killed Her Ex - The Ezra McCandless Story

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/01/10

Ezra McCandless, also known as Ezra McCandless Mitchell, was convicted for the 2018 murder of her former boyfriend, Alex Woodworth, in rural Wisconsin, a case that initially appeared to be a tragic act of self-defense but unraveled into a carefully staged homicide.

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00:09:11

This Religious Con Man is Leaving America To Start...

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast ·

2026/01/09

Gerald Payne was the pastor and director of Greater Ministries International, a Tampa-based religious organization that operated in the 1990s as a massive Ponzi-style fraud cloaked in faith-healing rhetoric, promising believers that if they “gifted” money to the ministry they would receive double their money back in about 17 months through supposed divinely blessed investments in foreign currency, mines, and other ventures. The scheme pulled in hundreds of millions of dollars from tens of thousands

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