Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast

In 2005, Washington, D.C. administrative law judge Roy L. Pearson Jr. dropped off a pair of suit trousers for alteration at Custom Cleaners, a small neighborhood business owned by South Korean immigrants Soo and Jin Chung. [1, 2]When the cleaners misplaced the pants—and later presented a pair that Pearson vehemently insisted was not his—the dispute rapidly escalated into a notorious symbol of frivolous litigation. Acting as his own attorney, Pearson filed a massive civil lawsuit under D.C. consumer protection laws, pointing to the storefront's "Satisfaction Guaranteed" and "Same Day Service" signs to demand a staggering $54 million

Mark Redwine was convicted of second degree murder after the November 2012 disappearance and murder of his son, Dylan Redwine, during a court-ordered Thanksgiving custody visit in Vallecito, Colorado.

In 1933, a homeless man named Michael Malloy became the target of a deadly $3,500 life insurance fraud scheme orchestrated by a five-man gang. Assuming Malloy's severe alcoholism would make him an easy victim, the conspirators repeatedly attempted to kill him for the insurance money.

A compilation of True Stories about celebrities who were robbed and scammed, including Dane Cook, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, David Letterman, and more

In 2003, 18-year-old Devin Moore shot and killed two police officers and a radio dispatcher inside a Fayette, Alabama police precinct after being brought in on a suspected car theft charge. His lawyer later blamed it on the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise.