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EPISODE · Aug 14, 2025 · 34 MIN

#285 With Friends Like These

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Jason Sweeney was a 16 year old from the Fishtown area of Philadelphia Pennsylvania who was brutally setup and murdered by his “girlfriend”, Justina Morely, and his friends, Edward Batzig, Dominec Coia, and Nicholas Coia. *Warning violence against children and violent children” Check out our other shows!: Cryptic Soup w/ Thena & Kylee Strange & Unexplained True Crime Guys YouTube EVERYTHING TRUE CRIME GUYS:   https://linktr.ee/Truecrimeguysproductions True Crime Guys Music: True Crime Guys Music on Spotify OhMyGaia.com Code: Crimepine Patreon.com/truecrimeguys Patreon.com/sandupodcast Merch: truecrimeguys.threadless.com Intro Song: Fishtown by True Crime Guys (soon to be released on spotify) Lyrics: Verse 1 He was on his way to meet her He didn’t know what to say He wasn’t gonna mess this up He just got paid She was on her way to meet him She knew  just    what to say This wasn’t her first rodeo And he just got paid. Chorus: With Friends like these Its like placing bets Welcome to Fishtown Don’t get caught in the nets With friends like these You don’t get what you see There’s sharks in Fishtown They just look like teen(s)(agers) Verse 2: They stalked him in the shadows It had to be today Just before the drugs wear off Their conscience fades away And everything that’s left Is sure to find a way To make this feeling last Just one more day Sources: Show - CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, "Coming of Rage" (S4E10) Graphic Novel - Kevin Colden's wrote Fishtown, a 2008 graphic novel which was nominated for an Eisner Award, this dude writes graphic novels in a comic styling to tell you about crime cases DocuSeries - Lifetime series called Killer Kids, "Foul Ball and Framed" detailed the murder, including actual footage from the crime scene, in the second segment of the episode called "Framed" from 2012 DocuSeries - Murder Among Friends, '"Friend Fatale,"  from 2016 News Article - Chicago Tribune News Article - TulsaWorld Video - Court Hearings & Trials Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jason Sweeney was a 16 year old from the Fishtown area of Philadelphia Pennsylvania who was brutally setup and murdered by his “girlfriend”, Justina Morely, and his friends, Edward Batzig, Dominec Coia, and Nicholas Coia. *Warning violence against children and violent children”   Check out our other shows!: Cryptic Soup w/ Thena & Kylee Strange & Unexplained True Crime Guys YouTube EVERYTHING TRUE CRIME GUYS:   https://linktr.ee/Truecrimeguysproductions True Crime Guys Music: True Crime Guys Music on Spotify OhMyGaia.com Code: Crimepine Patreon.com/truecrimeguys Patreon.com/sandupodcast Merch: truecrimeguys.threadless.com   Intro Song: Fishtown by True Crime Guys (soon to be released on spotify) Lyrics: Verse 1 He was on his way to meet her He didn’t know what to say He wasn’t gonna mess this up He just got paid She was on her way to meet him She knew  just    what to say This wasn’t her first rodeo And he just got paid.   Chorus: With Friends like these Its like placing bets Welcome to Fishtown Don’t get caught in the nets With friends like these You don’t get what you see There’s sharks in Fishtown  They just look like teen(s)(agers)   Verse 2: They stalked him in the shadows It had to be today Just before the drugs wear off Their conscience fades away And everything that’s left Is sure to find a way To make this feeling last Just one more day   Sources: Show - CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, "Coming of Rage" (S4E10) Graphic Novel - Kevin Colden's wrote Fishtown, a 2008 graphic novel which was nominated for an Eisner Award, this dude writes graphic novels in a comic styling to tell you about crime cases DocuSeries - Lifetime series called Killer Kids, "Foul Ball and Framed" detailed the murder, including actual footage from the crime scene, in the second segment of the episode called "Framed" from 2012 DocuSeries - Murder Among Friends, '"Friend Fatale,"  from 2016 News Article - Chicago Tribune News Article - TulsaWorld Video - Court Hearings & Trials

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