It’s 1982, and a man bursts into an East Village storefront apartment and shoots punk musician Billy Balls. Author and activist iO Tillett Wright and Crimetown Producer Austin Mitchell unravel a mystery of love and loss, the tender binds of family, and the stories we tell ourselves just to survive. … read more
"Crimetown Presents: The Ballad of Billy Balls" premiers March 28th, 2019.
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New York City. The 1970s. Artists flock to the East Village hoping to make a name for themselves. Enter Rebecca, an aspiring model, who meets Billy …
After Billy dies, his body disappears and strange things start to happen. Rebecca insists the whole thing is a cover up and we set out to find the …
As the investigation begins, iO explores Billy's journey to New York City.
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Amanda, a game-changing character, tells her story.
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iO explores a darker side of Billy - did it lead to his death?
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Was there a conspiracy to murder Billy in order to keep him quiet? iO's search for an answer leads to a sobering reality.
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iO and Austin track down some concrete evidence.
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After months of anticipation, iO and Austin receive the biggest piece of evidence yet.
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Rebecca's grief in the years following Billy’s death leads her to an unlikely source of comfort, and a big surprise.
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iO's upbringing pushes him to a life or death moment, and his path toward healing leads straight to Billy.
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iO takes Rebecca on a trip 37 years in the making.
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The elusive character at the center of the mystery is found, and iO gets his story.
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As the show comes to an end, iO tries to figure out what the wisdom of it is.
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In the afterglow of the season, we play some voicemails we've received from our wonderful listeners.
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iO returns some of the many compelling listener calls, while Austin checks in with old friends.
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From the same team behind The Ballad of Billy Balls comes Crimetown, Season 2.
This season, Crimetown heads to Detroit, Michigan. From its heyday as the Motor City to its rebirth as the Brooklyn of the Midwest, …
iO and Austin pay a final visit to everyone's favorite lawslinger, Ron Kuby.
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iO, Austin, and Zac sit down for a very special behind-the-scenes bonus episode.
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1979 is the year that Ex-Green Beret Doctor Jeffrey MacDonald is convicted of the murders of his pregnant wife and two young daughters. It’s also the year he meets a new friend in famous journalist Joe McGinniss. Joe …
From the co-creator of The Ballad of Billy Balls, Crimetown and host of Morally Indefensible comes a new podcast, Firebug. In the early 1990s, a manuscript for a novel called “Points of Origin” lands at literary …
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