James Pietragallo Podcasts

This week, we look over the career & crazy times of a man who saw nothing but success in the NFL. An all pro, super bowl champion & apparent hang out buddy of Peyton Manning. Off the field, it's getting so drunk that you can't remember punching a cab driver, as he drove 75 mph on the interstate, or gun play in a strip club parking lot, or teaming w…

This week, in Dickinson, North Dakota, a grisly, and horrifying scene is found in a small town motel, populated by transient oil workers, and drifters, of all types. The problem is that no one in this tiny police department had ever dealt with a double homicide, and it shows. The case goes cold, after years pass, but eventually FBI agent John Dougl…

This week, in Beckley, West Virginia, we look at 2 stories, because they were too crazy to pick just one! First, a man with a "history of meanness" takes vengeance & violence to a whole new level, with acts that so brazen, it's like he wants to spend the rest of his life in prison. For the second story, we talk about a murder so horrendous, that's …

This week, we look at story that is deep in underground criminal lore. An English kickboxer, with international titles, but we barely have time for any sports, due to this episode being packed with crime. Wall to wall. His main occupation was robbing drug dealers for very large amounts of cash & product. Sometimes, needing to torture the unsuspecti…

This week, in Paragonah, Utah, a wild situation unfolds, as a man, who has been in prison for most of his life, and is about to stand trial for murdering a friend, takes some other friends out to rural trailer, so they won't testify against him. A disagreement, and the fear of his friend's knowledge of his guilt leads to a brutal murder, while forc…

This week, in Columbus, Wisconsin, when a young man comes home from the night shift at the paper factory, he finds his wife, bludgeoned, strangled, stabbed, and worse. But police don't quite know where to look for suspects, with the husband having a seemingly fine alibi, and this new mother having no real enemies. A small town police force allows t…

This week, we look at hall of fame player, who was the best at what he did, from the second he stepped on to a basketball court. The world bent over backwards to show him love, and let him off the hook, at every turn. He had a very public marriage, even hosting a TV show, with his wife. But under the surface, there was allegations of a decade of ab…

This week, in Brownington, Vermont, the couple behind a very odd, and seriously hilarious, public access tv show, in northern Vermont suffer a terrible tragedy, when an awful accident kills one of the pair. It seems to be just plain bad luck, until an OK Cupid online dating hookup sees some strange personal habits, and hears some very weird things,…

This week, in Addy, Washington, a rugged, but close family, lives in a remote area, and makes a living mostly off the land. They have their problems, like any other family, but nothing that could possibly hint at the wholesale slaughter that would take place within the walls of the home that they built with their own hands. When police find blood s…

This week, we tell the story of a man who was so athletically talented, that he just couldn't decide between basketball & football. He chose football, and said it was a dream come true. But as soon as he was in the NFL, he was also in the back of a lot police cars. Whether trolling the streets, in the middle of the night, for a ladies, and possibly…

This week, in Daleville, Alabama, a very creepy situation unfolds, when an awful man decides that he doesn't like the new boy who is dating his teenage daughter. This isn't just a case of an overprotective father, either. This is much weirder than that. This man forces his daughter to lure this boyfriend to a rural area, in the middle of the night,…

This week, in Woodbridge, Virginia, bored by his marriage, a man looks to the internet, on Adult Friend Finder to try to spice up his life. An ad, looking for a "sugar daddy" catches his interest, and a strange relationship is born. A woman, in the midst of a child custody battle aspires to have a business, making costumes for strippers, and hostin…

This week, we tell the odd story of a man, who came to another country, as a small child, grew up in foster care, and ran the streets, putting himself in all kinds of dangerous situations. Luckily, he ended up a champion boxer, with an exciting, crowd pleasing style, and a growing fan base. So... What's the problem, right? Well, there was a whole l…