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Real Life Real Crime | Justice For Bradley ep 29

Real Life Real Crime

Sat Jan 24 2026

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Podcast Summary: Real Life Real Crime | Justice For Bradley ep 29

Host: Woody Overton
Date: January 24, 2026

Episode Overview

In this highly candid and unscripted episode, Woody Overton—retired detective and the celebrated host of Real Life Real Crime—offers an emotional, transparent update on the ongoing #JusticeForBradley and #JusticeForAO investigations. Woody announces this will be the last podcast episode covering these two cases until arrests are made or major developments occur. He reflects on the difficulties working these emotionally charged cases, his frustrations with both law enforcement and case advocates, the toxicity clouding community efforts, and his resolve to keep pushing for justice behind the scenes.

Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Final #JusticeForBradley and #JusticeForAO Update – For Now

Woody confirms this will be the last episode discussing the cases of Bradley and Austin O’Banion (“AO”) on the podcast until arrests are made ([03:55]).
He emphasizes this does not mean he’s abandoning these cases—instead, he’s stepping back from public discussion due to escalating frustrations and toxicity.

“...this is really, really, really the last shot... once these findings—whatever they may be—you’re going to know them first...and then we are going to take it to the Cobb County's DA and the media and everything else...”
—Woody Overton ([05:15])

2. Immense Challenges in Case Advocacy

Woody details the overwhelming influx of case requests and tips he receives daily from hurting families ([07:53]). He candidly discusses how taking on Bradley’s case, as a victim with a criminal background, subjected him to criticism for “not focusing on ‘good victims’.”
He describes the difficulties of managing a tide of information—much of it irrelevant or unrelated to Bradley or AO—sent in by advocates, which became unmanageable, distracting, and draining ([14:06], [18:40]).

“I was moved by Bradley's case and the things that weren't done from an investigative standpoint...and the more I got into it, the more I was like, f***, this is just crazy.”
—Woody Overton ([08:35])

3. Breakdown with Local Advocates and Decision to Go Silent

Woody recounts direct conflict with individuals who initially pushed him to take on Bradley’s case, revealing they became critical behind his back and undermined his efforts.
He describes their actions as “blinded by rage” at law enforcement, sometimes to the point of not wanting the sheriff’s office to solve the case out of spite ([21:14], [32:40]).

"You so blinded by rage against the sheriff's office that you don't want them to solve the case. I'm done with that. I'm done with all this sideshow carnival."
—Woody Overton ([36:55])

4. Current Case Status and Law Enforcement Activity

Woody shares that the tipline is still active and producing leads, and that progress is being made—for example, law enforcement in Vernon Parish is re-interviewing witnesses and working the case ([31:50]).
He highlights that the DA is stringently involved, requiring “more and more” evidence before allowing an arrest on these “cold” cases ([34:15]).
On AO’s case, Woody notes the sheriff’s public stance that her death was an accidental overdose, but argues the supplier should still be charged as per Louisiana law ([31:05]).

“But as long as there are people with badges...and they are questioning people, somebody's gonna roll. And somebody's going to give that one piece of information, that one tip.”
—Woody Overton ([33:37])

5. Critique of the System and Podcast Direction

Woody expresses clear frustration with inefficient information-sharing and infighting, explaining why he’s refocusing the podcast away from these current “Justice For” cases and toward broader crime stories and cold cases ([43:03], [46:00]).
He underlines that ongoing investigations are real and not publicity stunts:

“I'm a prove to you it's not about a listen or review or a like or subscribe...because you will never hear anything #JusticeForBradley...on this podcast platform again...”
—Woody Overton ([30:13])

6. Fundraising and Community Support

Updates on the GoFundMe for #JusticeForHaley—encourages any small donation to support a forensic review, clarifying all proceeds are handled by the victim’s mother ([05:55]).

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

“I wasn't going to do one [of these cases]...but when I took the time to read the case and due to all the evidence...holy s***, how do I not use my platform to work these cases?”
—Woody Overton ([05:30])

“I get requests every single day from families that are hurting, that have loved ones that are missing...I can't do them all.”
—Woody Overton ([07:55])

"I'm dedicated all my time and energy...and I'm going to continue to do so, but I am not doing it on here."
—Woody Overton ([21:05])

“Who gives a f*** who solves it? This is not a solve-it contest. This is a contest to bring Bradley home and give his son Oliver somewhere to visit him...You so blinded by rage...that you don't want them to solve the case.”
—Woody Overton ([36:45])

“Homie don't play that. All right.”
—Woody Overton ([43:39])

Timeline of Important Segments

03:55: Woody’s warning and opening remarks; intention for final coverage of Bradley/AO (until arrests)
05:55: GoFundMe for “Justice for Haley” and case background
07:53: Volume of case requests and criticism for taking Bradley’s case
14:06: Issues managing wave of recordings/tips (many irrelevant), impact on his work and wellbeing
18:40: Attempts to set boundaries with case advocates, and ongoing challenges
21:14: Personal fallout, toxic community dynamics, final straw leading to podcast silence on cases
31:05: Status update on AO’s case (“accidental overdose” ruling) and law enforcement’s responsibility
31:50: Law enforcement activity—evidence of progress
34:15: The DA's role in requiring airtight cases before charges/arrests
36:45: Advocacy burnout; Woody’s philosophy: focus is on justice, not who gets credit
43:03: Podcast content shift—moving away from “Justice For” public updates, returning to crime storytelling
46:00: Future plans: stories from other cases, occasional updates as warranted

Tone and Style

Woody's tone is raw, direct, and sometimes profane—reflecting authentic frustration, emotional investment, and his no-nonsense approach both as a former detective and as a podcaster devoted to justice. He openly acknowledges the highs and lows inherent in this work, addresses critics head-on, and lays out his reasons for shifting the direction of the podcast away from active, ongoing cases until significant movement occurs.

Conclusion

This episode marks a turning point in Real Life Real Crime’s ongoing engagement with the Bradley and AO cases. Woody Overton pledges to keep working both cases behind the scenes but will no longer share updates or developments on the podcast due to toxic backlash and the diminishing investigative value of public forum discussions. In the future, the show will pivot back to crime storytelling and analysis—though Woody’s commitment to achieving justice for Bradley, AO, and other victims remains steadfast.

Tipline remains open: 313–RLRC–TIP.

For more information or to support justice efforts, see show notes for GoFundMe links and tip submission information.

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Warning this episode of Real Life Real Crime. The podcast may contain descriptions of acts of violence or that of a sexual nature and should be for people that are 18 years or older. He my warning people, I do not get the facts of these cases off of the Internet or for some television show. The facts I'm retelling you will were presented to me by the victims of the crimes or the perpetrators who committed the crimes against the victims. My descriptions of the crime scenes, what I saw with my own two eyes. If you're going to get offended, please turn this podcast off now. Thank you. Hello, everybody, and welcome to this episode of Real Life Real Crime, the podcast. And as always, I'm your host, Woody Overton. Today going to be doing the last hashtag just for Bradley and hashtag just for ao that you will hear on Real life Real crime until arrests are made. Now, before you panic and run off, I'm, I'm just rambling, y'. All, you know, I'm rolling unscripted. I'm going to tell you some shit that's been going down and why I'm doing this. Now, first of all, this does not mean I'm going to stop working the cases or pushing these cases forward as we've been doing the past seven months. And when you life was first reached out to me or Morgan's baggots, people reached out to me and kept blowing it up, blowing it up, blowing it up. And finally I took the time to read the case and due to all the evidence that Morgan had about her communications with Detective David Vance and everything else that was going on, the I was like, holy, you know, I mean, how do I not use the platform, my platform, this platform to work these cases and I wasn't going to do one. And you know, we've done them in the past and we just got done with hashtag just for Haley or so we thought. The DA's office took it and said they were reinvestigating and blah blah blah whatever and y' all know where that's head out. Let me mention that again real quick. The the Haley's mom is doing a GoFundMe and it's very important. The the DA's office said they will not move forward without any additional evidence and scientific evidence and why in the the cops County DA's office is not paying for this I don't know but you can go to gofundme and Ms. Barbara Mc Haley's mom has set up Ms. Barbara Johnson has set up a justice for Haley. This is the name of it on GoFundMe justice for Haley funding an independent forensic review and the I read it on yesterday's episode if you want to listen to it all but y' all we've raised $3602. All this is going to Ms. Barber to pay the evidence from the scientists that are going to do the crime scene reconstruction. And you go there and read it. It's it's long and it's detailed. She even asked frequently answered questions etc and if you could give anything it would be huge and it'll be the link will be in the show notes and it's on social medias but you know thank you to everyone who's contributed $3602 is no small amount of change. We're over we're 37% of the way there and if you can donate something a dollar $5 $500 whatever you can do it. Anonymous that's how I'm doing it or we're doing it. And the this is really really really the last shot and once these finds it I mean this guy's legit. I researched him you heard me talk about him before on last week's episode with Ms. Barbara. But the if they can come up with the possibility that she couldn't, you know use the shotgun or whatever it may be that whatever the whatever the findings are you're going to know them first because we're going to publish them and then then we are going to take it to the Cobb County's DA and the media and everything else and hopefully it's the exactly the way the cops said it was which is a homicide before they fucked up the case. And I'll leave that like that. All right back to hashtag justice for Bradley and hashtag justice for A so I take on the case now keeping in mind that I get request shit. I had one this morning this one was out of let me look at It. I'll tell you, I give requests every single day from families that are hurting, that have loved ones that are missing and everything else. You know, actually, I got two today. Here's one from Arkansas and the. How do you. This. This one's from Arkansas, and this next one is from San Jose, and I guess that's California. Or maybe I hadn't read it, y', all, because I just. I don't have time to read them all. But the sets two just today. And it was the same way on. Oh, I caught. That's what I'm gonna tell you. I caught shit. Because they're like. Then I start talking about Bradley. And obviously Bradley was in what we call the lifestyle. He had a serious drug addiction and he did counterfeit money and he committed crimes. I get it. Frequent flyer. And people were like, why in the. Would you go work a doped case? There were some doped case. And when you have all these innocent families that are suffering and they're good victims, meaning they weren't in the lifestyle and what have you. And I really don't have an answer for that other than I. I was moved by Bradley's case and the things that weren't done from an investigative standpoint. And the more I dug into it and got into it, and we use tip line 313RLRC tip, which you could still use. And I. I'll get into that in a minute. The more I got into it, the more I was like, fuck, this is just crazy. And it just went, you know, snowballed and rolled and rolled and rolled in. And it was such a wealth of not. Well, such an over outpouring of information just on the first couple episodes I did with Morgan that I was able to jump off into both feet. Well, shit, it leads directly to Austin o'. Banion. And I mean, I don't know that you'll ever make me believe that she wasn't released from jail on the condition of. And it's my belief, speculation only, that she wasn't released from jail unless it was underneath the condition that she get. Go out and continue to try to get more information on so the law enforcement could use it to collaborate what she was saying about Bradley's homicide and that. Which is that she was there, that she picked Bradley up. I don't. I understand. When the sheriff came out and he did a statement, said, there's a lot of stuff in Austin, abandon statements that don't ring to be true, doesn't ring to be true to me. And. And I wasn't there interviewing her. Right. But I would always say there's a nugget of truth in what these people are saying. Now nobody's going to go in and admit to being part of a murder, being there, witnessing it and not stopping it. I'm not saying she took part in actually killing him and cutting him up, but the, the witnessing it, not stopping it. And you know, even if you're in a lifestyle, witnessing a brutal murder will eat you up and you're going to hold on to that and. Or you also know that you're with a bunch of murderers, right. And what's to stop them from killing you? And you got to hold on to that. And ultimately, I believe, well, I know what happened. She went to jail and she asked to speak to the detective and she said, I know what happened. Now, she gave, I believe, speculation. She gave a cover her ass explanation saying that, you know, they held her at gunpoint, whatever, and they raped her and kept her and took her where they threw the body and all that. And first of all, we know Bradley had a car that day, right? So, but I'm not throwing shade on. On Austin abandoned for that. Not at all. I believe she was there and, and she was scared sile until it, you know, look, I talked to a female that was in jail with her during the investigation. One of the things y' all don't know, I've talked to so many people and this female said that Austin cried on her shoulder and told her what happened. And this before she took the polygraph. And it just, just rolled on and on. All the rolling on and on and on. You know, doing the public information request, doing. Just so much stuff, you know, just rolling with different things. And then did we get to the point where all this stuff is coming.

Woody Overton (14:06)

Day, Tip lines blowing up, which is still rings. I got I Think at least 3 yesterday. Tip Line still ringing and all the tips have to be investigated. Well, let me tell you what else is going on. Not only is the tip line ringing, but I'm getting an over outpouring of information from the people who originally wanted me to start the case. But it morphed from being about Bradley to being about other cases. And then it morphed into being about every fucking crime that's ever been committed in Vernon Parish. And these people's hatred for the sheriff's office over there is just off the charts. And I get it, they feel they're wrong in some way. I'm not saying that there's Anything wrong that that's good. Battered, indifferent, one way or another. But the. This. It turned into everything. Not all of it, but. But. But the originating people there, it turned from being about Bradley, and then I made it about Austin, I'll say, being about Bradley and ao, and it turned to all this other shit that had nothing and has nothing to do with Bradley or Austin o' Banion's murders. Okay? So I went along with the Planet playing, but, you know, every time all this other shit comes in, I got to listen to it, and it's recording after recording, and they are hours long, and they don't have a thing to do with Bradley and A.O. usually, all right? And. And it got to the point where I'm getting sent these recordings and finally said, listen, I'm not listening to another recording. I am not. Because y', all, when I listen to them on my phone, they're sent through text message. I listen to them on my phone. It. It takes like, I don't know if it's 15 or 30 seconds, and it will play if I don't move the screen, then it kicks me out and I have to start it all over again. Fast forward to the place I was. And these are hours and hours long. Some of them are short, but some of them are five or six in a row. And I'm listening. I'm listening. I'm waiting on something that's pertinent, and it didn't have anything to do with anything. And some of it did, and some of it needs to be investigated, but more times than not, it didn't. And I told these individuals, at one point, I said, please do not ever send me another recording. I do not have time. I'm working all this other shit, trying to push stuff forward, and I don't have time to listen to. Unless you can give me the name, at least of the person who's being recorded. Because I get all those recordings, and I'm like, I don't even know who the fuck this is. And then. But I got to listen for 45 minutes to find out that this is nothing to do with Bradley or ao, Right? Because I have nothing, you know, that. That preceded these messages being sent to me. So I said just. And I said it in a nice way. I said, do not send me another recording unless it has the person who's being recorded. And a summary. I didn't ask for a synopsis, a summary, like, this recording is about Bradley, you know, or this person said. Told this person that such. Such happened. That'd be Great, then I know I gotta go listen to it, right? But I was ignored. And the recordings came more the next day. And I sent text back and said, I'm still waiting on the summary I asked you for on the four that you sent the day before. Then cordon's coming again the next day. And this on top of text messages all at all hours of the day and night. I mean, you know, screenshots of this and what have you. And then recordings came again the next day. And again I'm like, hey, it's been four days.

Woody Overton (18:40)

And, and, and then I get a full, I guess, chat, GPT or whatever transcription of the, the first call it ask for. And I didn't ask that. That's no different to me than, than sending a recording without anything on it. I asked for a title, who it was and why. One sentence. Why is this pertinent or could this be pertinent to the case? Didn't get it. You know, this is all hours of day and night and I'm not bitching. I mean, I asked to take on this case. I was asked to take on this take case. I agreed to take on the case. Let's leave it like that. And I've never quit ever, on any case that I've ever taken on. And I'm not quitting on this one, but I am done talking about it on the fucking podcast. All right? And it goes into more, the more detail. And let me say this, I want to apologize and I'm not going to say your names because then I don't want you to catch any heat for it. My deepest, sincerest apologies to the people I was supposed to meet in Vernon Parish on Monday. I know you took time getting your home ready for me to come, and I did not show and I did not respond and I didn't do so because the person who set it up, the meeting up, I did not want to have any type of communication with them. And I'll tell you why they, but they, they don't know and you don't know is that I was over there from Wednesday until Sunday morning at 4am all right? And I left to come back to Baton Rouge and I found out enough information during that time, which is just fucking ridiculous. And that I had to make up my mind that I'm done. I'm done as far as listening to certain people, never going to talk to them again. And until their arrests are made, okay, they. You cannot fix. I don't want to say crazy, but you can't fix. I mean, the definition of insanity is doing the same over and over and over again, getting the same result every time, but you're expecting a different result. And I have tried. I've tried being nice. I've tried. Sometimes I lose my cool a little bit and be a little harsh and everything else and then change and it still hadn't stopped.

Woody Overton (30:55)

I've used it and that's the way that it is. That's what y' all think. That's what it's about. I'm gonna prove to you it's not. But I'm again continue calling your tips 313rlrctip the the I get them every day. It's great. Love it. And the I will continue to do what I do but I don't need to do it on the air anymore other than to say 313 rlrc tip colony tips. I'm not doing another episode of this happen or that happened or what. We're looking at this what have you because the very people who so desperately wanted it done have, you know, bucket they you know, you bash me, say all the shit about me and you you expect that I'm still going to play nice with you. I'm a Christian, not a pacifist. All right, now I want to say a couple more things. On the case though. On Austin's case, the sheriff has come out and said that it is unequivocally a accidental overdose. All right, let's roll with that. Okay, I don't I don't agree with that, but let's roll with that. And the Under Louisiana law, whoever gave her the dope needs to be charged for murder. Look it up. Happens every day. And Austin O' Banion didn't get out of jail. Whether it was 24 hours or five days or whatever, she didn't get out of jail and just have the means and the know how to go manufacture a bunch of methamphetamines and Zoloft or whatever else they said she had mixed in. Even though I don't know. It doesn't matter what my opinion is that the she didn't have it. And Gordon Cloud said she wasn't even high that night, and then he offered her dope and she refused it for the first time in her life. Take that for what it's worth. Right? But she got it from somewhere, Sheriff. If you're saying hers was a accidental overdose, well, it's still an overdose. And she got the dope from somewhere. Murder charges never go away. Do the family a justice. Find out who gave her the dope. You know who was there. I know who was there. And and you arrested two of the four that were there. And even the other people that were there earlier that night, they were in and out. I got the names of all of them. I'm sure you have them now. See, somebody gave her the do Whether they shot her up themselves or they gave her in your your say say Sheriff, that they gave her the dope that she ingested, which ultimately led to her death. That's a murder charge. Pursue that. Give the family some closure. They deserve it. Hashtag just for Bradley. Geez, Louise. The I I can tell you a couple of things. I know where I'm at, and I'm gonna continue to look at all the tips that come in, but right now, I definitely have some that I can't get off of. Meaning they are top suspects now proven to be out of reasonable doubt. We just keep calling you tips and the law enforcement. I can tell you Sheriff Sam Kraft and his people are actually working the case. They are re interviewing I know I've talked to people that have done. And then as recently as this week, Detective David Vance, when got one lady from her work kept saying, you need to come in and let me talk to you. And she was she was like, you got a warrant? He was like, nope, but you need to come in and talk to me. And then and they left. She got him to leave to the side door of the business where she works at. And I'm not gonna say names because I don't have to. I'm just letting you know I know, all right? I'm not blowing steam. They're working it. Here's why I like that. Regardless of how I feel about what Vance did in the past or didn't do an investigation, I don't care who's working it. It could be they could get a new detective from wherever. It doesn't matter. As long as people are being questioned, as long as people are being interviewed, they. The. There is the chance that they're going to bring it from beyond. They're going to bring it to the point beyond a reasonable doubt, which is what you need for the conviction right now. Listen, take it back. If this was way back when Bradley first went missing, had this been done, they'd always say, when you bring out, break out the handcuffs, motherfuckers, confess. But they never broke out handcuffs on the right people. Like on Austin's case, they arrested the other two who lived in the home. And I have recordings of them that telling exactly what happened in that night also. I mean, I have it. And they told what happened and what didn't happen and all that. And the. But as long as there are people with badges, I don't have a badge anymore, okay? Or I don't wear a badge anymore. And the. But those people out there representing law enforcement and they are questioning people, somebody's gonna roll. And somebody's going to give that one piece of information, that one tip. And don't you think that the district attorney in Vernon Parish and all over this, too, and they've talked to him and they said, this is what we have in the DA's, like, I need a little bit more. You know why? Because it's not the beginning, y'. All. It's not the beginning. Bradley's not fresh missing. Austin's not fresh dead. And the this time amount of time has gone by, and that now is, you know, the detective on the street's not going to make the rest based off of his own probable cause, which is 50% plus one. Now the DA is going to put down restrictions. And the one things I can tell you about district attorneys is before you present a case like this that's cold, or the cases that are cold, they. They are going to want more and more and more. And you know why? Because they can get it. And in past cases, they've gotten it cold cases. And you know, so they're going to push and they don't want to lose. They don't want to take it to a grand jury and have it rejected, which I agree with. And they also the don't want to take the evidence and all this that's going on with it now that to a jury trial. Because the one thing that's going to happen in this case is a defense attorney is going to have a. A field day. And every day that goes by because all the. That wasn't done originally, all I'm talking about law enforcement and people not being interviewed and what have you. And they're going to have a field day at that. But hats off to the agencies that are actively working the case. The main thing for me in the beginning and always will be bring Bradley home first, get convictions second. And same people I told you that wanted me to work this case so desperately and are bashing the out of me in private. The, the. And they're bashing, you know, all law enforcement and. And sheriff's office. They actually said this to me. I said let the sheriff do their job. I'm gonna continue to do what I do and hopefully, hopefully I'll have it and can and give it to the powers to be and they move forward right beyond a reasonable doubt, but let the sheriff do their job. And this person actually said and I have been messages that something to this fact that they better not solve it after all this time and after all the work that we've put into it. What the fuck you mean? Who gives a who solves it? This is not a solve it contest. This is a contest to bring Bradley home and give his son Oliver somewhere to visit him at the. You're so blinded by rage against the sheriff's office that you don't want them to solve the case. I'm done with that. I'm done with all this sideshow carnival. Now look, some of it was mine. I'll talk about that real quick. Lulabelle. It's just I didn't know her and reached out and it was in a time where I'm actually working the case and all this and that I can't tell y' all about, right, because of Jeff's last investigation. And those were fluff shows, what I call fluff. They were fillers. I'm not saying that she didn't get some shit right or she didn't get everything right or she got everything wrong or she's with Jesus or with the devil. I didn't give a fuck. I wanted Something to put out on Real Life, Real Crime, the podcast that would keep you, the lifers talking. And guess what? It worked, right? And people are sending in pictures of this and that and it's. People are hating on Luna Bell. Some of them are loving her and you know, she may be crazy and she uses filters and blah, blah, blah, but, but, you know, this by you is here, and this is this and this is that. It worked. It kept you talking. Why? I didn't give a. I never even listened to those episodes and that's the truth. And I, I, I think I listened to half of one of them and because I didn't care. It wasn't pardon to what I was doing, but it worked as far as keeping the pressure up and Burn in Paris, keeping the people talking, keeping the people invested until the next episode we could come out with whether whatever it was that was valid from an investigator standpoint. So there you have it. The am I mad and bitter? Absolutely not. It's part of the job. But not part of podcast job, which is why I'm taking it off the podcast. It's part of an investigator's job to catch like Dave Vance is catching. Well, didn't say he didn't deserve it, but it's part of his job. And if you do, if you're a person in a position of authority long enough, you're going to have somebody pissed off at you. It's just the way it works. I'm not upset about it. Not mad at those people. I mean, and truly I'm not, I'm just not with them anymore until the arrest are made and then they're going to love the out of me again. Right? And actually they, you know, are apologizing and this and this and that and another. You know what? I'm done. Save it for someone else. You'll love me again when this is over and Bradley's brought home, period. Uh, and I actually, it frees me up to concentrate on, on more important shit. And I haven't been telling people stuff for a long time. And there's a reason for that. How long do you think it took me to figure out the who I could talk to and not talk to?

Woody Overton (43:39)

Again I apologize to that family, the one that did meet with and you know who you are and but I'm not getting off the case. The I'm going to continue to work it I'm going to continue to say 313-RLRC-TIP-Call in your tips when it when I'm quiet about it anyway it means I have so much more plate that I'm working it and eating it and you know four days last week in Burn and Parish. That's enough. And and the shit ends up not being about Bradley or Austin. It ends up being all this negative and I'm not dealing with it. Homie don't play that. All right. So the but continue calling you tips 313RLRC tip and last thing and I'm going to prove this to you that this is in no way influenced by any type of law enforcement or powers that be in Burning Parish. My decision not to do any more direct podcasts until the rest are made or Bradley's found the which I believe I believe both are coming. The I'm approved to you that I'm not scared of the powers that be because I have a entire case file and I'm about to do the story and it's how to Vernon Parish another story and it's way colder than these cases and I'm going to tell the story. I'm going to have the family tell the story. I'm not working the case as far as it's a whodunit or where are they because that's a known right and but the story is going to get told and it's really going to piss off a bunch more people in Burning Parish. You know what? I don't care. I didn't do it and I didn't make this story up. I didn't make Bradley's story up. I didn't make Austin's story up. They are what they are and so I'm gonna do this one I it deserves to be told and let the chips fall where they may. So and after that I I you know I I'm gonna start doing I'm gonna start doing more of the stories. All these requests I get every day. You know I'm, I'm a cherry pick the ones that I think are most relevant what have you and if there's some that you know one once we do the story and some tips come or somebody calls and messes or wants to confess or the cops make an arrest. Great right? That'd be awesome. But the as far as hashtag justice4 goes and me spending every waking moment investigating cases it I'm not doing it. The I'm gonna tell the stories and then if something comes out of it that the happenstance comes out of it then I will work it if you get what I'm saying. Other than that I'm going back to telling old cop stories. The meanwhile hashtag just for Bradley hashtag just for ao never gonna stop always will be doing me just not on real life real crime the podcast and continue calling you tips 313RLRC tip and.