Real Life Real Crime
by 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 addition to “Real Life Real Crime,” Woody is dedicated to solving cold cases and actively works with families seeking justice and closure. His commitment to these efforts is reflected in his development of new projects, including #JusticeFor" highlighting the importance of advocacy in the true crime community, and dives into intense tales in “Scorched,” which examines cases of severe miscarriages of justice while offering insights into the complexities of the legal system. Woody also hosts “Tr
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True Crime Time For November 11, 2026 | Veterans Day Special: Timothy McVeigh, Oklahoma City Bombing, Serial Killers & Witness Protection
On this Veterans Day edition of True Crime Time, Woody Overton honors the men and women who have served in the United States military while examining a darker side of American history: notorious criminals who once wore the uniform. A veteran himself, Woody opens with a personal tribute to those…
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True Crime Time For November 10, 2026 | Fallen Washington Deputies, Russell Brand Sentencing, Dallas Murder & Mysterious New Jersey Deaths
This Day in History — November 10 2003: The case of Mary Lynn Witherspoon, who was murdered after being stalked by Edmonds Tennant. 1998: Eight-year-old Maddie Clifton's body is discovered inside the home of her teenage neighbor, Josh Phillips, in Jacksonville, Florida. 2009: John Allen Muhammad,...
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True Crime Time For November 9, 2026 | Poland Mass Shooting, Brooklyn Jogger Murder, Pediatric Doctor Scandal, Fallen Colorado Officer & Louisiana Prison Deaths
Woody Overton returns with another episode of True Crime Time, covering international violence, disturbing allegations against trusted professionals, the murder of a young woman in Brooklyn, the death of a Colorado police officer, and a troubling investigation into deaths inside a Louisiana…
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True Crime Time For November 7, 2026 | The Unsolved Hendricks Family Murders, Louisiana Murder Cases & New Developments in the Jeff Davis 8 Investigation
Woody Overton returns with an episode of True Crime Time examining one of Illinois' most controversial unsolved family murders, several Louisiana homicide cases, and renewed investigative efforts in the decades-old Jeff Davis 8 case. The episode begins with the 1983 murders of Susan Hendricks and...
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True Crime Time For November 6, 2026 | Washington Deputies Shot, Missing Teen Rescued, Samantha Humphrey Murder & Angola Prison Violence
Woody Overton returns to True Crime Time following election week with a powerful episode covering the dangers faced by law enforcement, the rescue of a missing teenager, a heartbreaking murder conviction, and the violent realities of life inside Louisiana's Angola prison. The episode opens with...
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True Crime Time For November 5, 2026 | Tennessee Prison Escapee Captured, South Carolina Serial Burglaries, Mushroom Murders & Michelle Parker Breakthrough
Cyndi Overton returns with a packed episode of True Crime Time, covering a multistate manhunt, disturbing home invasions, a major sentencing development in Australia's infamous mushroom murder case, controversial U.S. military strikes, and a long-awaited arrest in a Florida disappearance. The...
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True Crime Time For November 4, 2026 | West Memphis Three, Yella Beezy Murder Trial, Alex Murdaugh, Lindsay Clancy & NYC Road Rage Killing
Cyndi Overton takes listeners through five major true crime stories involving new forensic testing, disputed testimony, legal challenges, and the pursuit of justice. The episode begins with a look back at the 1993 murders of eight-year-olds Christopher Byers, Stevie Branch, and Michael Moore in...
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True Crime Time For November 3, 2026 | Election Day Violence, The Ocoee Massacre, The Colfax Massacre & America's Bloody Voting History
On Election Day 2026, Woody Overton takes listeners back through some of the darkest chapters in American voting history, when exercising the right to vote could cost someone their life. From the 1920 Ocoee Massacre in Florida to the 1874 election violence in Barbour County, Alabama, Woody…
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Real Life Real Crime | The Final Word: Woody Overton on the District Attorney's Race
On the eve of Election Day, Woody Overton delivers a candid, unfiltered episode about the race for District Attorney in Louisiana's East and West Feliciana parishes. After nearly three months on the campaign trail with candidate Cy D'Aquila, Woody reflects on the experience, the importance of...
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Real Life Real Crime | Jasper Brock: Inside the Courtroom and the Race for Judge
Woody Overton welcomes longtime friend and veteran criminal defense attorney Jasper Brock for a candid conversation about the courtroom, the justice system, and Brock's campaign for judge in Louisiana's 21st Judicial District. With more than 30 years of legal experience, Brock shares stories from...
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Real Life Real Crime | Where Is Alayna? Part 5: A Mother's Plea, a Fugitive's Past & the Search for Answers
A mother speaks out. A lifelong friendship reveals the people behind the missing-person reports. And new details about a fugitive's past raise more questions as the search continues. In Part 5 of Where Is Alayna?, Cyndi Overton returns with an unexpected fifth installment of the Real Life Real...
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Real Life Real Crime | Where Is Alayna? Part 4: A Fugitive's Aliases, New Criminal Allegations & the Search for Answers
A man wanted in Texas. Multiple false identities. An arrest hundreds of miles away. And a Louisiana mother and daughter who remain missing. In Part 4 of Where Are Danielle and Alayna?, Cyndi Overton concludes the initial four-part Real Life Real Crime investigative series examining the...
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Real Life Real Crime | Where is Alayna? Part 3: A False Identity, Conflicting Messages & a Missing Child
A child withdrawn from school. Messages that don't sound familiar. Conflicting accounts of where a mother and daughter are living. And the discovery that a man known by two different names has a third identity. In Part 3 of Where Are Danielle and Alayna?, Cyndi Overton continues examining the...
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Real Life Real Crime | Where Is Alayna? Part 2: The Man Called Trevor and the Warning Signs
A relationship that began online. A trip to Texas. A missing vehicle. And a man whose identity was not what it seemed. In Part 2 of Where Are Danielle and Alayna?, Cyndi Overton continues investigating the disappearance of 39-year-old Danielle Escue Lea and her daughter, Alayna Lea, from East...
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Real Life Real Crime | Where Is Alayna? Part 1: The Mother and Daughter Who Vanished
A mother and daughter are missing. Their families are searching for answers. And a relationship that began online may hold important clues to what happened. In the first installment of a planned four-part Real Life Real Crime investigative series, Woody and Cyndi Overton introduce the...
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True Crime Time For October 24, 2026 | A Pregnant Woman Murdered for Her Baby, 17 Years Wrongfully Imprisoned & the D.C. Snipers
Woody Overton revisits the terrifying 2002 D.C. sniper attacks, when John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo randomly shot people throughout the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. On October 24, investigators arrested the pair as they slept inside their modified Chevrolet Caprice, ending weeks…
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True Crime Time For October 23, 2026 | A Cop Accused of Stealing a Dead Man's Home, a Triple Murder & a Mafia Hit
Woody Overton examines a disturbing case of alleged police misconduct in Florida, where Lauderhill police officer Brian Lewis Seguros is accused of taking over the home of a deceased man whose body he discovered during a welfare check. Investigators allege that Seguros renovated the property,...
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True Crime Time For October 22, 2026 | A 31-Year Cold Case Arrest, a Bank Robber in Disguise & a Mass Shooting Plot
Woody Overton examines a major breakthrough in the 1995 murder of Angela Renee Buck, whose body was discovered by turtle hunters along a creek in Iowa. More than three decades later, investigators have arrested Kelly Grant, a longtime suspect now facing a first-degree murder charge. Woody…
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True Crime Time For October 21, 2026 | A Mother Accused of Killing Her Family, a Serial Killer's Remains & a Deadly Crash
Woody Overton examines disturbing new developments in the Great Wolf Lodge murders in Pennsylvania, where a mother is accused of killing her husband and their three-year-old son. Investigators are examining evidence that may suggest premeditation, while the victims' family struggles with an...
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True Crime Time For October 20, 2026 | A Mother Vanishes on a Louisiana Bridge, a Couple Killed Before Their Wedding & a Child Found Dead
Cyndi Overton examines the mysterious disappearance of 22-year-old Kristen Mon Holliday, a Texas mother who vanished following a vehicle crash on Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin Bridge. Her abandoned BMW was discovered near the Whiskey Bay exit on Interstate 10, but Kristen was nowhere to be found....
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True Crime Time For October 19, 2026 | A School Shooting, a Grisly New Orleans Murder & Seven Missing Women
Woody Overton revisits one of New Orleans' most disturbing murder-suicides: the 2006 killing of Addie Hall by her boyfriend, Iraq War veteran Zachary Bowen. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the couple remained in the French Quarter, where their increasingly troubled relationship ended in...
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True Crime Time For October 17, 2026 | The Hillside Stranglers, Al Capone & a Botched Execution That Shocked Tennessee
Woody Overton revisits the terrifying crimes of the Hillside Stranglers, cousins Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono, who abducted, sexually assaulted and murdered ten young women and girls in Los Angeles during the late 1970s. Their victims were left on hillsides, and the investigation eventually...
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True Crime Time For October 16, 2026 | 130 Stab Wounds, the Suitcase Murders & a Random Publix Attack
Woody Overton revisits two notorious October 16 crimes: the 1931 Trunk Murders, when Winnie Ruth Judd killed two friends and attempted to transport their remains in suitcases, and the 1991 Luby's Cafeteria massacre in Killeen, Texas, where 23 people were murdered and 27 others injured. Woody also...
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True Crime Time For October 15, 2026 | The Hi-Fi Shop Murders, a Killer Who Wanted Death Row & Diddy's Prison Injury
Woody Overton revisits one of Utah's most horrific crimes: the 1974 Hi-Fi Shop murders in Ogden. Five innocent people were taken hostage during a robbery, tortured and forced to drink drain cleaner. Three were murdered, and two survived with devastating injuries. Woody examines the crime, the...
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True Crime Time For October 14, 2026 | The Amityville Murders, 21 Children in an Alleged House of Horrors & a Death Row Request
Cyndi Overton takes listeners back to the Amityville murders, where Ronald DeFeo Jr. killed his parents and four siblings in 1974. As his murder trial began on October 14, 1975, the case would eventually become the inspiration for countless horror movies and stories of hauntings. But Cyndi…
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True Crime Time For October 13, 2026 | Four Friends Murdered, Three Men Killed Over a Truck Engine & DNA Cracks Two Cold Cases
Woody Overton opens with an update on #JusticeForMadison before revisiting the chilling Clear Lake murders, where Christine Paolilla and her boyfriend killed four people inside a Texas home. What began as a planned robbery ended in a quadruple homicide, and an anonymous tip eventually helped...
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True Crime Time For October 12, 2026 | A Serial Killer Identified, a Newborn Found Dead & Three Children Beheaded
Woody Overton opens with the Colonial Parkway murders, a series of killings and disappearances that haunted Virginia for decades. Advances in forensic DNA testing have linked deceased fisherman Alan Wade Wilmer Sr. to multiple victims, although questions remain in some cases. Woody also revisits...
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True Crime Time For October 10, 2026 | A Possible Serial Killer, a 4-Year-Old Found Dead & a Fugitive Millionaire
Woody Overton opens with an update on #JusticeForMadison, including the postponement of Thomas Morris’s arraignment to October 29. He then revisits the murder of Q.C. Chadwick, whose millionaire husband fled to Mexico while awaiting trial and remained a fugitive for years before his capture. The...
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True Crime Time For October 9, 2026 | A Police Chief Candidate Accused of Rape, a Toddler’s Overdose & a 20-Year-Old Cold Case
Woody Overton covers a bizarre situation in Elizabeth, Louisiana, where police chief candidate Chris Paul remains on the ballot—and is running unopposed—after being arrested on allegations that he raped two 13-year-old girls nearly 20 years ago. Paul has not been convicted and is presumed…
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True Crime Time For October 8, 2026 | An American Idol Murder, a Toddler Burned Alive & a Babysitter’s Chilling Confession
Woody Overton begins with an update on #JusticeForMadison, as he prepares to attend Thomas Morris’s arraignment with Madison Renee Allen’s mother. Morris’s current charges stem from an unrelated case involving a Montana woman and include second-degree kidnapping, false imprisonment and illegal...
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True Crime Time For October 7, 2026 | An American Idol Murder, a Baby Cut From the Womb & a 33-Year-Old Cold Case
Woody Overton covers the conviction of former American Idol contestant Caleb Flynn, sentenced to life without parole for murdering his wife, Ashley Flynn, as she slept in their Ohio home. Prosecutors presented evidence of his affair, disturbing messages about wanting Ashley dead, and an attempted...
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True Crime Time For October 6, 2026 | A Mother-Daughter Murder Plot, 35 Shot at a Block Party & Military Death Row
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...
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True Crime Time For October 5, 2026 | Two Little Girls Found Dead, a Botched Execution Fallout & Deadly Friday Night Lights
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 text Then, Family Matters brings...
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True Crime Time For October 3, 2026 | Murder Without a Body, a Drive-Thru Shooting & a Woman Abducted for a Bride
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...
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True Crime Time For October 2, 2026 | Christa Pike Survives Execution & Tennessee Halts the Rest
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...
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True Crime Time For October 1, 2026 | A Mom Leaves 4 Kids for a Cruise, 40 Years on Death Row & a Midair Attack
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....
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True Crime Time For September 30, 2026 | Murder Over Chicken, Jack the Ripper & a Sixth Woman Linked to an Alleged Serial Killer
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...
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True Crime Time For September 29, 2026 | A New Lead in the Tylenol Murders, a Deadly McDonald's Run & Family Matters
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...
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True Crime Time For September 28, 2026 | The Bobby Greenlease Kidnapping, a Murder Without a Body & Family Matters
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...
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True Crime Time For September 26, 2026 | A Doctor Murdered in His Bed, a $20K Cold Case & Death Row’s Only Woman
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 text On this day in 2022, 19-year-old Tamir Jones was shot and killed...
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True Crime Time For September 25, 2026 | $10,000 Reward, Jason Landry Found & a Warning About Kratom
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…
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Real Life Real Crime | #JusticeForMadison: Madison Mattered
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…
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True Crime Time For September 23, 2026 | The Cleveland Torso Murders & Children Who Never Had a Chance
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...
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True Crime Time For September 22, 2026 | #JusticeForMadison: The Investigation Moves Forward
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,...
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True Crime Time For September 21, 2026 | Family Matters: Abuse, Murder & Two Death Row Cases
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...
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Real Life Real Crime | The Jacob Mansell Case: What Woody Heard in Court
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...
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Real Life Real Crime | The Jacob Mansell Case: How Did We Get Here?
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...
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True Crime Time For September 17, 2026 | A Serial Predator Unmasked by DNA, a Missing Woman Search & an 11-Year-Old Mauled
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...
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True Crime Time For September 16, 2026 | A Family Massacre, a Body in a Freezer & a TikTok Attack
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...
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True Crime Time For September 15, 2026 | A Daughter’s Murder Plot, a Deadly Stray Bullet & a Mother Accused
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…
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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 addition to “Real Life Real Crime,” Woody is dedicated to solving cold cases and actively works with families seeking justice and closure. His commitment to these efforts is reflected in his development of new projects, including #JusticeFor" highlighting the importance of advocacy in the true crime community, and dives into intense tales in “Scorched,” which examines cases of severe miscarriages of justice while offering insights into the complexities of the legal system. Woody also hosts “Tr
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