Random Prison Podcasts

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Season 3: The Disappearance of Mario Rossi – Set against the backdrop of NASCAR’s drug smuggling scandal in the early 1980’s, this season of The Sneak tells the story of the disappearance of one of the sport’s most brilliant engineers, a mystery that haunts racing to this day. The hosts will set out to finally answer the question: What really happened to Mario Rossi?

Season 2: Murders at Whiskey Creek – We follow world champion surfer Jack Roland Murphy as he pulls off the biggest jewel heist in American history. Things turn deadly as he is implicated in two murders afterwards. Interviews with him and his accomplices expose even more murders, and an even darker story.

Season 1: DB Tuber – News of the crime spread across the internet like wildfire. The story of a football hero turned bank robber shocked the sleepy town where the heist occurred, and became a worldwide sensation. People were aghast as the disgraced athlete told his incredible story. There was only one problem. It wasn’t the whole story. Not by a long shot.

From USA Today & Wondery comes The Sneak. A show that digs into spectacular true crime stories from the world of sports. New episodes every Tuesday.

Categories: Society & Culture, Sports, True Crime

Tags: Anthony Crucio, Bank Robbery, car racing, Exhibit C, Football, For The Win, gambling, heist, Incarciration, Mario Rossi, NASCAR, Nate Scott, Prison, Prison Stories, racing, SPorts, true-crime, Untold Story

Presented by Men of Valor. Rudy Kalis, sportscaster, talks with a different man; each one on a journey from incarceration to reconciliation. So join the conversation reconciling men to God, their families, and society.

Categories: Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

Tags: addiction, after prison, alcoholic, alcoholism, behind bars, beyond the walls, Bible, bill lee, born again, carl carlson, changed life, christian, church, Crime, criminal justice, criminal justice reform, curt campbell, david wilkinson, discipleship, drug, drug addiction, Drug Use, drugs, dui, generational cycle, givers to society, hope, hope hines, incarceration, jail, jericho project, karen carlson, men, men of valor, men of valor ministry, men's ministry, ministry, nashville, nashville prison ministry, new life, poverrty, poverty, Prison, Prison Ministry, Prison Reform, raul lopez, reconciling men to god, Recovery, recovery community, relational discipleship, rudy kalis, set free, spiritual, spiritual growth, spiritual transformation, SPorts, street life, tennessee governor, tennessee prison ministry, tennessee titans, tevin peterson, titans, tn prison ministry, Transformation, transitional housing, valor, valor ridge, zach williams

Rocky Singh Kandola Trials, Tribulations, Business, Prison, Kidnappings, Near Death and even more Tests, to ultimate Success.

Categories: Society & Culture

Tags: entrepreneur, meditation, mental-health, Motivation, positivity, Prison, tennis, travel, wellness, yoga

Re-entry and life after prison conversations hosted by Cleveland Bell, CEO of Riverside House, a re-entry facility in Miami, Florida. We support re-entry and encourage others to bloom where they are planted, to share stories of challenges being overcome, and to remind each listener that life is a continual transformation process. You are your future self in the making! Forget your past, forgive yourself, and begin again right now.

Categories: Education, Society & Culture

Tags: addiction, christian, desmondmeade, faith, hope, Prison, reentry, returningcitizen, riversidehouse, secondchance, Sobriety

Two former residents of The Lord’s Ranch go back over 40 years and interview various generations of former residents, staff members, local towns people, and a local award-winning investigative journalist about a religious-based adolescent treatment facility in Warm Springs, Arkansas. The Lord’s Ranch was founded by a financial felon from California; named Bud Suhl. After his time incarcerated, Suhl proclaimed he had turned his life around when he found Jesus. He left California and moved to Randolph County, Arkansas with his new wife Shirley. Bud Suhl opened up inpatient and outpatient treatment facilities for troubled youth. The newly found inpatient facility was in a small town of fewer than 300 residents and has since been the subject of numerous investigations that go as high up as the FBI. The Lord’s Ranch even briefly lost their license three years into business due to numerous complaints of abuse. These investigations ultimately made Bud’s son, Ted a felon as well. In 2016, around 50 years after Bud’s conviction, Ted was convicted of bribery and fraud. Ted got out of prison about 4 1/2 years early when Suhl’s family friend, Mike Huckabee convinced President Donald Trump to commute his seven-year sentence. As it stands right now, nobody has been able to find any documentation indicating how long Bud spent in prison. At any rate, since Ted had his sentence commuted rather than being fully pardoned, he remains a felon for financial crimes committed when his business hit a low point– just like his father. With allegations of mental, physical, and sexual abuse at The Lord’s Ranch, Sammi and Ryan decided to do a deep dive into the matter. Whether it was good, bad, or ugly, they searched for the full truth. The statements in this podcast may sound one-sided but nearly everybody who felt compelled to defend the ranch was unwilling to be interviewed on the podcast. We even offered to let defensive staff members speak while we asked zero questions and agreed to offer no rebuttals to anything the guest said. It would essentially have been a speech in defense of The Lord’s Ranch. But unfortunately, most preferred to type words, rather than speaking on the phone. Some have also tried their best to prevent people from coming onto our podcast to share their story. For somebody claiming innocence, that seems rather suspect. At any rate, we continued asking anybody with any kind of experiece with The Lord’s Ranch what it was like. These are their stories.WARNNG: Some of the details spoken in this podcast are disturbing. Listen at your own risk.

Categories: History, Religion & Spirituality, True Crime

Tags: abuse, assault, death, depression, drugs, exorcism, Huckabee, Prison, rape, religion, Suhl, Trump

Within the United States, there are currently 2.3 million people in prisons, jails and correctional facilities. Approximately 10 million men, women and youth pass through jail or prisons yearly. Our podcasts are produced to reduce these numbers. The men on the Death or Prison program know what incarceration is and offer their personal experiences in order to tell how a second chance can become a new life. As the episodes unfold, the perspectives of the panel and their guests unlock an undeniable and enlightening path illuminated by their faith.

Categories: Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

Tags: behindbars, convict, Crime, criminal, God, Prison, reallifestories

Justice in America, hosted by Josie Duffy Rice and Clint Smith, is a podcast for everyone interested in criminal justice reform— from those new to the system to experts who want to know more. Each episode we cover a new criminal justice issue. We explain how it works and look at its impact on people, particularly poor people and people of color. We’ll also interview activists, practitioners, experts, journalists, organizers, and others, to learn. By the end of the episode, you’ll walk away with a better understanding of what drives mass incarceration and what can fix it.

Categories: Education, News

Tags: America, criminal, History, incarceration, jail, justice, law, Politics, Prison