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Real Life Real Crime

Real Life Real Crime Productions

Twisted, gruesome, sometimes funny, but always true: Real Life Real Crime is a multi-award-winning weekly true crime podcast hosted by Woody Overton. Known for his appearances on Dateline, Woody takes listeners on deep dives into cases he has personally worked, offering a unique and exclusive perspective that only he can share. His extensive knowledge from real cases, along with his captivating storytelling ability, has led to what the news media and loyal fans describe as a “cult following.”In

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45:37

True Crime Time For October 6, 2026 | A...

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2026/10/06

Woody Overton opens with October 6 in true-crime history before covering a mass shooting at a Georgia block party that left two people dead and dozens injured, and the arrest of a California woman accused of acting as an unregistered Chinese agent and surveilling a Taiwanese official’s family in the United States. Pasted textIn Family Matters, Woody revisits the chilling case of Diane and Rachel Staudte, the Missouri mother and daughter convicted in a plot involving antifreeze poisonings within

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40:40

True Crime Time For October 5, 2026 | Two Little...

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2026/10/05

Woody Overton starts with October 5 in true-crime history, from the Dalton Gang’s disastrous 1892 double-bank robbery and the 2001 anthrax attacks to the murder of 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway and the notorious crimes and mythology surrounding H.H. Holmes. Pasted textThen, Family Matters brings two disturbing cases involving children: a loaded handgun found in a three-year-old’s daycare backpack in Michigan, and a South Carolina mother charged with homicide by child abuse after her two young

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40:34

True Crime Time For October 3, 2026 | Murder Without...

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2026/10/03

Woody Overton opens with October 3 in true-crime history, including O.J. Simpson’s 1995 acquittal in the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman—and the strange coincidence that exactly 13 years later, Simpson was convicted of armed robbery and kidnapping in Las Vegas. He also gives updates on #JusticeForMadison, #JusticeForStephanie and #JusticeForHailey, reminding Lifers to keep the tips coming. Pasted textThen, an Arizona drive-thru dispute ends in gunfire after a man allegedly shoots

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47:20

True Crime Time For October 2, 2026 | Christa Pike...

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2026/10/02

Woody Overton takes a deep dive into the extraordinary attempted execution of Tennessee death-row inmate Christa Pike. After last-minute court battles, Tennessee proceeded with Pike’s execution, but two doses of lethal-injection drugs failed to kill her. According to the reports covered in the episode, Pike remained alive and was transported to a hospital. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee subsequently ordered a third-party review and halted the state’s remaining executions for the year. Pasted textWoody

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38:32

True Crime Time For October 1, 2026 | A Mom Leaves 4...

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2026/10/01

Woody Overton kicks off October with some of the crimes tied to this date in history, including the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting, the Los Angeles Times bombing, the Golden State Killer, the kidnapping and murder of Polly Klaas, and the sentencing of Nazi leaders following the Nuremberg Trials. Pasted textThen, passengers aboard a flight bound for Israel face a terrifying midair emergency after an alleged attack in the cockpit leaves one pilot injured and the aircraft rapidly losing altitude. In

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43:58

True Crime Time For September 30, 2026 | Murder Over...

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2026/09/30

Woody Overton closes out September with a trip through true-crime history, beginning with John Billington, the Mayflower passenger executed for murder in 1630. He also revisits Jack the Ripper's infamous Double Event of September 30, 1888, and the Nuremberg war-crimes verdicts of 1946.In Family Matters, a New Jersey mother is accused of hiding her missing teenage son in a crawl space, while a Memphis woman receives 30 years in prison for murdering Church's Chicken employee Anitra West

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42:59

True Crime Time For September 29, 2026 | A New Lead...

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2026/09/29

Woody Overton opens with updates on #JusticeForHailey, #JusticeForMadison and #JusticeForStephanie, encouraging anyone with information to come forward and reminding Lifers that investigations continue even when developments cannot yet be made public.Then, a possible new lead emerges in one of America's most notorious unsolved cases: the 1982 Chicago Tylenol Murders. Seven people died after taking cyanide-laced capsules, forever changing consumer packaging. Now, investigators are examining

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40:13

True Crime Time For September 28, 2026 | The Bobby...

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2026/09/28

Cyndi Overton takes over True Crime Time For with a story she intended to cover quickly—but couldn't. On September 28, 1953, six-year-old Robert “Bobby” Greenlease Jr. was taken from his Kansas City school by a woman claiming his mother had suffered a heart attack. Bonnie Heady and Carl Hall demanded $600,000 for Bobby's return, even though they had already killed him. The FBI investigation ended with Bobby's body recovered, Hall and Heady executed less than three months later, and more

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42:26

True Crime Time For September 26, 2026 | A Doctor...

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2026/09/26

Woody Overton opens with #JusticeForMadison and #JusticeForStephanie, thanking listeners for the tips coming in following the newly announced reward and urging anyone with firsthand information to contact investigators. Pasted textOn this day in 2022, 19-year-old Tamir Jones was shot and killed outside his Philadelphia home. Woody follows the case beyond the original unsolved murder and explains how investigators eventually connected suspects to both Tamir's killing and another deadly shooting

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42:37

True Crime Time For September 25, 2026 | $10,000...

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2026/09/25

Woody Overton opens with an important #JusticeForMadison and #JusticeForStephanie update: the West Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office and Capital Region Crime Stoppers are offering a reward for information that could help resolve the disappearances of Madison Allen and Stephanie Hevia. The reward is temporarily increased to $10,000, and tipsters can remain anonymous. Pasted text WBRZ independently confirms the reward announcement and that Thomas Morris remains a person of interest after his July

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63:29

Real Life Real Crime | #JusticeForMadison: Madison...

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2026/09/24

This special Real Life Real Crime episode is devoted to #JusticeForMadison and #JusticeForStephanie. Woody Overton accompanies Lynn Rollins, Madison Renee Allen’s mother, to a private meeting with Sheriff Brian Spillman and members of the multi-agency task force investigating the disappearances of Madison and Stephanie Hevia. Investigators explain just how exhaustive the search of the 15-acre Morris Road property was. Teams used specialized technology, searched more than two dozen areas of disturbed

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40:34

True Crime Time For September 23, 2026 | The...

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2026/09/23

Cyndi Overton takes over True Crime Time For and begins with one of Cleveland's most disturbing unsolved mysteries: the Cleveland Torso Murders. Between 1935 and 1938, a series of dismembered victims were discovered around Kingsbury Run, many of whom were never identified. Cyndi follows the investigation through Eliot Ness, the controversial destruction of the Kingsbury Run encampments, the disputed confession of Frank Dolezal, and Ness's suspicions surrounding Dr. Francis Sweeney. The

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47:42

True Crime Time For September 22, 2026 |...

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2026/09/22

Woody Overton opens with the 2006 murder of 16-year-old Cassie Jo Stoddart before turning to a major #JusticeForMadison update. The intensive search of the Morris Road property connected to Thomas Morris has concluded without the recovery of the remains of Madison Renee Allen or Stephanie Hevia, but investigators say the case is far from over. Woody plays the latest WBRZ report, discusses what investigators collected during the search, and explains why evidence recovered from a property can remain

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39:08

True Crime Time For September 21, 2026 | Family...

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2026/09/21

On True Crime Time For September 21, 2026, Woody Overton opens with #JusticeForMadison, reacting to public social-media comments surrounding the ongoing search for Madison Renee Allen and Stephanie Hevia and reminding listeners that law enforcement has not publicly disclosed everything investigators know. Then it's an episode Woody jokingly realizes could be called “Family Matters.”In Russia, a mother was convicted as an accomplice after authorities determined she knew her husband was sexually

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47:28

Real Life Real Crime | The Jacob Mansell Case: What...

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2026/09/19

In Part 2 of the Jacob Mansell case, Woody Overton takes listeners inside the West Feliciana Parish courtroom and recounts the roughly three-and-a-half-hour hearing he personally witnessed.Woody describes testimony concerning the history of the allegations, repeated interviews of the child, the child's reported recantation, and the custody dispute surrounding Mansell. He also recounts testimony from Dr. Allen Taylor, the court-appointed evaluator whom Mansell's attorney has publicly said

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52:08

Real Life Real Crime | The Jacob Mansell Case: How...

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2026/09/18

In this episode of Real Life Real Crime, Woody Overton takes a deep dive into the controversial Jacob Mansell case in West Feliciana Parish and explains why he believes there is far more to the story than the public has heard.Mansell was arrested in March 2026 on sexual battery and second-degree rape charges involving his 13-year-old daughter. After posting bond, he was initially ordered to have no contact with her. That condition was later rescinded, and Judge Kathryn Jones awarded Mansell majority

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47:26

True Crime Time For September 17, 2026 | A Serial...

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2026/09/17

On True Crime Time For September 17, 2026, Woody Overton begins with updates on #JusticeForMadison and #JusticeForHailey. Investigators are now in the digging phase of the search connected to Madison Renee Allen and Stephanie Hevia, while evidence collected from the Zachary property has been sent for examination. In England, investigators are searching for the remains of Theresa Shepherd, who disappeared in 1995 after telling friends she was meeting a man for a picnic. Her former boyfriend, Peter

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43:13

True Crime Time For September 16, 2026 | A Family...

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2026/09/16

On True Crime Time For September 16, 2026, Woody Overton begins with the latest #JusticeForMadison update. According to Sheriff Brian Spillman, investigators are actively working both the Morris Road property and a Zachary location connected to the investigation into Madison Renee Allen and Stephanie Hevia. By Monday, 14 agencies had already contributed hundreds of man-hours to the Morris Road search, with excavation beginning at identified areas of concern. Then, in North Carolina, two men accused

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40:53

True Crime Time For September 15, 2026 | A Daughter’s...

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2026/09/15

On True Crime Time For September 15, 2026, Woody Overton opens with an update on #JusticeForMadison, as investigators continue working to find answers in the disappearances of Madison Renee Allen and Stephanie Hevia. Woody discusses information indicating investigators may shift attention from the Morris Road property to an Ash Street location in Zachary, where Thomas Morris previously lived.Then it’s into the day’s cases.In Ohio, 18-year-old Brianna Dutcher, her boyfriend Christian Evans, and his

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32:59

Real Life Real Crime | For Ruthie: A Lifer Forever

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2026/09/14

This episode of Real Life Real Crime is for Ruthie Cox Doré—a Lifer, a fierce advocate, a loyal friend, and a woman whose second chance became a life spent fighting for and helping others.Woody Overton remembers the Ruthie the Lifers knew, while sharing parts of her remarkable story that many never knew.Ruthie openly spoke about a past involving addiction, bad choices and ultimately eight and a half years of incarceration. But she didn't allow that chapter to define the rest of her life. Ruthie

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