Real Life Real Crime | #JusticeForBradley ep1 Encore

Summary

Real Life Real Crime | #JusticeForBradley Ep1 Encore

Episode Date: November 29, 2025
Host: Woody Overton
Guest: Morgan Baggot

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Episode Overview

This episode marks the encore presentation and relaunch of Justice for Bradley, a gripping and emotional true crime investigation hosted by Woody Overton. Woody, a seasoned lawman turned podcaster, announces his commitment to reopening the cold case of Bradley Strasner, a young father and husband whose disappearance in rural Louisiana remains unsolved. Woody is joined by Morgan Baggot—Bradley’s ex-wife and steadfast advocate for uncovering the truth behind his disappearance and suspected murder. The episode establishes the personal stakes, the emotional ramifications for Bradley's loved ones, and the initial facts—all with Woody’s signature candid, Southern storytelling style.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Why Woody Took the Case

• Woody often receives requests to feature family members’ cold cases; his decision to take on Bradley’s case felt personal and fueled by anger over the injustices and lack of progress ([07:04]).
• Woody explains, "I have to be moved. I have to be in the right place, the right state of mind. Something has to kick in for me to. In this case, ultimately I got pissed off..." ([07:42]).

2. Introduction of Morgan Baggot

• Morgan describes her deep roots in Vernon Parish, LA, and her long history with Bradley—meeting him as a child, then reconnecting years later as adults ([13:16]-[14:27]).
• Together, Morgan and Woody ground the episode in authentic, lived experience and the pain of families impacted by addiction and unsolved crimes.

3. The Story of Morgan and Bradley

• Morgan paints a portrait of young love, small-town Louisiana life, and building a family despite obstacles ([14:27]-[25:36]).
• She shares the bittersweet memories: "We’d drink beer together, we went riding in the woods together... we were together for seven years" ([15:17]-[15:38]).
• The birth of their son, Oliver, is retold with emotion—Bradley’s joy as a new father ([23:54]-[24:33]).

4. Descent into Addiction and Marital Strain

• The conversation turns somber as Morgan details Bradley’s decline into substance use, particularly meth and pills, and how addiction eroded their marriage ([29:41]-[33:47]).
• Woody, with empathy and realism, reminds listeners: "Not everybody that gets murdered is churchgoing preachers... in 98% of the cases I work, narcotics are involved in some way" ([31:45]-[32:25]).
• Morgan’s struggle to save Bradley, even post-divorce, highlights the lasting bonds and heartbreak addiction leaves in its wake ([32:55]-[33:11]).

5. Fatherhood, Loss, and Final Separation

• Morgan recalls Bradley as a patient father when sober, who wanted to teach Oliver and let him “do things. He literally put the tools in his hands...” ([33:47]-[34:23]).
• Their final encounter is wrenching: Morgan insisted Bradley pass a drug test before seeing Oliver. Unable to pass, Bradley left donut holes and a Yoo-hoo—Oliver’s favorites—and told Morgan, “Tell my son I love him” before leaving for the last time ([43:23]-[43:32]).
  • Quote: "That's something I'll have to live with for the rest of my life." – Morgan ([43:51])

6. Discovery of Bradley's Disappearance

• After months of no contact, Morgan receives a call that Bradley is missing—though at first, she’s not alarmed due to his history. But as the days stretch and he fails to contact family, concern grows ([45:38]-[49:27]).
• The realization hits when even his beloved Uncle Clifford and father, whom he would never ignore for so long, can’t reach him ([54:30]).

7. Initial Investigation and Missing Person Report

• Bradley’s mother files a missing person report with Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office on November 5th after six days with no contact ([55:01]-[55:15]).
• Authorities issue welfare and safety checks, but “in their minds... they weren’t looking at it as a homicide investigation or whatever” due to his past disappearances ([55:41]-[56:10]).

8. Timeline of Bradley's Last Known Movements

• Last seen leaving his mother’s house in shorts, promising to return that evening; he never did ([57:15]).
• Was driving his girlfriend Chelsea’s grandmother’s car, intending to return it. The car was later found abandoned, backed up to a gate with keys inside by neighbors—no sign of Bradley ([57:47]-[61:34]).
  • “They pull out of their driveway to go to town, and there’s this random vehicle sitting there... the car is still there... At that point, they decided to call the sheriff’s office” ([60:14]).
  • Timeline: Car found October 31st; missing person report filed November 5th.

9. Woody’s Call to Action for Justice

• Woody vows full commitment—opening a tip line, vetting every lead, and emphasizing: “Out of all the cases I’ve taken, this is going to be punch you in your mouth because I’m coming hard, all right. And so life will stick with me” ([09:44]-[10:23]; [64:21]).
• Message to possible perpetrators: "The murderers are listening... best thing you can do, go turn yourself in now... I’m coming for you. And you should be very afraid." ([09:44]-[10:23]).

10. Emotional Reflections & Advocacy

• Morgan’s grief, guilt, and continued advocacy are front and center: “It’s been a heavy load, and I’m so happy to watch it take a turn with you” ([70:09]).
• Woody’s closing sentiment: “Bradley’s made his choices... but he still is a human being and I’m telling you Bradley is dead or... in my professional opinion... but to the people who did it, best thing you can do [is] turn your ass in now, right? It’s not going to stop” ([64:59]-[65:08]).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On choosing the case:
  "I apologize ahead of time that I have to be moved. I have to be in the right place, the right state of mind. Something has to kick in for me to... In this case, ultimately I got pissed off..." – Woody Overton ([07:35])

• Final encounter with Bradley:
  "He set the donut holes in the Yoo hoo in the seat, and he looked at me and he said, tell my son that I love him. And he turned around and he left." – Morgan Baggot ([43:23])

• Woody on addiction and crime:
  "98% of the cases I work, narcotics are involved... drug addiction is a sickness in the End. It is a learned behavior. It gets out of hand... But that in no way takes away from the fact that Bradley was a human being." ([31:45]-[32:22])

• Morgan’s pain and advocacy:
  “This is really surreal. I have a lot of faith in you... I do always try to keep my composure, but when I told y’all that story about the last time I saw Bradley, I can’t help it. Sometimes it comes out of my eyes.” ([69:01])

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Important Timestamps

• [07:04]-[08:46]: Woody explains why he chose Bradley’s case; launches #JusticeForBradley
• [09:44]-[12:37]: Introduction of Morgan Baggot; basic context of Vernon Parish
• [13:42]-[15:38]: Morgan describes meeting and dating Bradley
• [23:54]-[24:33]: Bradley’s reaction to learning Oliver is a boy
• [29:41]-[33:47]: Struggle with Bradley’s addiction, family tension
• [43:23]-[43:51]: Morgan’s last meeting with Bradley—poignant, pivotal moment
• [45:38]-[49:27]: Discovery that Bradley is missing and the initial lack of alarm
• [55:01]-[56:10]: Filing of the missing person report; local law enforcement reaction
• [57:47]-[61:34]: Discovery and recovery of abandoned car Bradley was last seen driving
• [64:21]-[65:08]: Woody’s rallying call to listeners and challenge to perpetrators
• [69:01]-[70:13]: Morgan’s emotional closing; transition to Woody leading the fight

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Structure & Format

• The episode is largely narrative, alternating between Woody’s explanation, direct questions, and Morgan’s candid, heartfelt storytelling.
• Woody maintains a compassionate but firm tone—protective of families, real about crime, and determined to ruffle feathers if that means progress.
• The show closes with a call to action: share the episode, use #JusticeForBradley, and bring forth any tips to help solve the case.
• Listeners are told to expect more in-depth analysis and new revelations in future episodes as Woody and Morgan continue their fight.

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For New & Returning Listeners

This relaunch of #JusticeForBradley is a deeply personal, human portrait of loss, addiction, and small-town crime—driven by the voices of those left behind. It lays the emotional and factual groundwork for further investigation, pressing listeners to care, participate, and demand answers for Bradley Strasner, whose story is only just beginning to unfold.

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Hashtag Justice for Bradley. Keep the information flowing. If you have a tip, call 313-RLRC-TIP or connect through official channels. Join the conversation and help fight for closure—one family at a time.

Transcript

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[Woody Overton]

You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have to write to an attorney prior to or during any question. If you can't afford one, the court will want one for you. Do you understand your rights?

[Morgan Baggot]

And the wolf is at your door.

[Woody Overton]

Go.

[Morgan Baggot]

You running over?

[Woody Overton]

That's for sure.

[Morgan Baggot]

Already knows all about you.

[Woody Overton]

Cut you.

[Morgan Baggot]

Down no matter about you.

[Woody Overton]

Now you.

[Morgan Baggot]

Better walk the line.

[Woody Overton]

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 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 gonna get offended, please turn this podcast off now. Thank you.

Hello, everybody.

This is Woody Overton, you host Real Life, Real Crime, the podcast. And it's Thanksgiving weekend and we hope you all are having a wonderful time with your family and friends and eating a lot of food and watching some football, maybe hunting, taking a nap, whatever it is that you want to do. Right? And it's also the little this week and Christmas week are the worst week of the year for podcasts because nobody listens. Everybody's shopping and doing everything and that's fine. But so instead of doing a new episode on Just for Bradley and just four ao, we are going to play Saturday the first episode we ever did on Bradley, and Sunday, the second episode we ever did on Bradley. And y' all keep calling in your tips. 313 RLRC tip and all the groups are out there working the Facebook pages they got going. Y' all keep the information flowing. The heat. Every if you had live in Vernon Parish, you already know how hot it is over there and the things that are going on behind the scenes. We're still working the case, you know, praying for Morgan Baggot and everybody that's involved. And we're going to get justice and we're going to continue to work and continue calling you tips. Things are happening. Everybody is feeling the heat. Some big we'll do a big episode this coming week and some people on the run. I've got the information on that. I don't have to go into details, and I'm not going to go into details until we have some further. But it'll probably be released for Patreon.

And convicts on Thursday.

But I love and appreciate each and every one of y'.

All.

Hashtag Just for Bradley.

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If it's Saturday, you're listening to the first episode. If it's Sunday, you'll listen to the second episode.

And I love and appreciate y' all.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. And hot off the press next week.

Just for Bradley, just for AO Peace. Hello, everybody, and welcome to this episode of Real Life, Real Crime, the podcast. As always, I'm your host, Woody Overton, and today is the day we begin the next hashtag justice4&Y', all, this case, before I disclose it, I tell you, you know, all you lifers and all the people around the world that messaged me about their families cold cases and begged me to take them, and some of you send a lot more information to others and, and I get that. And I, I. And I know some of you can be mad because I didn't choose your case, or a lot of you be mad, but maybe one day, and I'm going to explain in a minute why I took this case, and you'll understand it as we dived into this case, what's happening, what's going on. But I apologize ahead of time that I have to be moved. I have to be in the right place, the right state of mind. Something has to kick in for me to. In this case, ultimately I got pissed off and that. Not that your cases don't piss me off also, but just stick with me one family at a time, as always. Hashtag justice for Haley. She, the new district attorney has taken the case to reinvestigate. That's all we could ask for, right? And then use media coverage, etc. Of course, we hashtag justice Courtney. Courtney. We. We solved it. He's doing life, right? Hashtag justice for Mary Poo show. Well, he played out to 60 years, right? Hashtag just for Ms. Barbara. Well, y' all know the story on that one. That's the white, the white whale, if you will please keep calling in your tips on her. Me knowing what happened and being able to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. Or, or actually two different things. In this Monday, I'm actually recording an episode with Sheriff Hard on Ms. Barbara, kind of an update deal. So that being said, without further ado, we'll go ahead and give you the name of the case now and just hashtag justice for Bradley. And Bradley's last name is Strasner. Okay.

And.

But for reasons. That we've learned in the past, for the Virgo warranty, we want everybody to tag this case when you post about it, when you mention it. And you're going to, believe me, you're going to be so pissed when you hear all the stuff that's happened, hadn't happened, et cetera. And this is a wild and crazy case. But for expediency and ease, we're going to hashtag justice for Bradley. But it's Bradley Str. With that being said, I have in the new studio today, hopefully we have any technical difficulties. So it's hashtag justice for Bradley. His last name is Str. And in the new studio today, hopefully we won't have any more technical issues. I have with me Ms. Morgan Baggot. Is that right?

[Morgan Baggot]

Yes, correctly.

[Woody Overton]

And so say hi to the world.

[Morgan Baggot]

Hello to the world, the whole wide world.

[Woody Overton]

See all the this first episode, we're going to talk about how Morgan and I, Morgan and I became acquainted and everything else. But this story, Morgan, it even has a unique twist on it as to why you're the one that's fighting so hard, right? Yes, Full. And so we're going to get into all of it. Y' all stick with me. You know, I got to tell the story the way I need to tell it. And this one is like an elephant. And how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. Right. But I'm going to tell you this and I'll say it again at the end of the show. We're going to work this case. And do I believe it's solvable? Absolutely. The end. Guess what the the y'. All. And we'll get into the details in a minute, but Bradley and my professional opinion is has been murdered and throwing this out there because I know the murderers are listening and this is going to be blowing up everywhere. We know that and. But the murderers are listening you. We're coming for you. I'm coming for you. And you should be very afraid. Best thing you can do, go turn yourself in now because out of all the cases I've taken, this is going to be punch you in your mouth because I'm coming hard, all right. And so life will stick with me. And we're going to get started on the story. So Ms. Morgan drove all the way in from Leesville, basically, huh?

[Morgan Baggot]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

Parish, which if y', all, if you're not from Louisiana, it's just about as far away from me as you can get, Right. Would you take you like four hours almost?

[Morgan Baggot]

Yes.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah. And then you had some car trouble and everything else.

[Morgan Baggot]

New battery.

[Woody Overton]

Then I've done a lot of work over there, Fort Polk and stuff. So I know where it is. And y', all, it's on kind of on the Texas border and about midway in the state. As far west as you can go, almost. Right.

[Morgan Baggot]

So they call us West Central, but.

[Woody Overton]

Right?

[Morgan Baggot]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

Well, that's a. That's an apt name for it. So the mostly piney woods, actually forest.

[Morgan Baggot]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

And right in the middle of it. Right. And then Fort Polk, of course, will be the main. I would guess the main employer in that area. Burning Parish.

[Morgan Baggot]

Most definitely. Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

Y', all, we're going to be talking about Burning Parish almost non stop. So it's not a real populous area. Not a lot of people. I mean, it's compared to say, give or take, Calcasieu or East Baton Rouge or something like that.

[Morgan Baggot]

48, 000 is approximately in the whole parish. It's a very large parish in size, very low in population.

[Woody Overton]

Right. Very rural as far as population, I guess that 48,004 POG is the majority of that, probably.

[Morgan Baggot]

Yes.

[Woody Overton]

So, all right. So where are you from?

[Morgan Baggot]

Right there. Pitkin, Louisiana. Have a Pitkin address. But they just kind of stuck us somewhere because really I live in a community called Marlow and it's about six miles from the military base, which is where I also work. Born and raised right there.

[Woody Overton]

Born and raised in Burnham Parish. And can I say we talk about how old you are? You look young. Yeah, I guess that would be a pencil.

[Morgan Baggot]

I'm.

[Woody Overton]

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[Morgan Baggot]

I'm 32 years old. I feel older.

[Woody Overton]

You look. You look young.

[Morgan Baggot]

I've lived a hundred lifetimes.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah, unfortunately, these kind of cases do that, so. So you grow up in Burning Parish and at some point you meet Bradley. Bradley Y. Bradley. Stress. Right. So how did. How did that happen?

[Morgan Baggot]

Well, I had actually met Bradley when I was a young girl, like, you know, like 12, 13 years old. He was friends with my older cousins who they're all four years older.

[Woody Overton]

He was the cute boy. Whatever. He's your first boyfriend.

[Morgan Baggot]

No, he was not. He was actually the second boyfriend ever. I married, the second boyfriend I ever had. But, you know, so I'm a little girl swimming in my grandma's pool and my friends are crazy over my cousins and I'm crazy over my friend, my cousin's friends, you know, and.

[Woody Overton]

Which is Bradley.

[Morgan Baggot]

Bradley is. And it's just a little girl crush at that point, you know. And then time rocks on and fast forward to I'm graduating high school and.

[Woody Overton]

Did you know 18?

[Morgan Baggot]

No. They were four years. He was four years older than me. My cousins are four years older than me. And so when you're 12 and 13, four years older, that's a big deal. But when you're 18, you know, so.

[Woody Overton]

So you graduated from high school.

[Morgan Baggot]

Yep. And, well, I was sitting, you know, just the backwoods story. I was sitting at my aunt's bar on the back porch, and Bradley pulled up and walked in. Yeah. And he stopped and looked at me, said, oh, my God, you're Ben's little cousin. And I was like, yep. And literally that was all she wrote for the next seven years we were together.

[Woody Overton]

Wow. So tell me how. How it started. At night or.

[Morgan Baggot]

Uncensored? You know, we. We. We drink beer together, we went riding in the woods together. And he was staying at his boss's house. Right. And he somehow talked me into going back to his boss's house with him.

[Woody Overton]

Right.

[Morgan Baggot]

But, you know, so. So we're like, snuggled up and. And, you know, of course, him being Bradley, who he was, he's so good looking and a typical man trying to get in my pants. And I'm a good girl, you know, really, truly to God I was a good girl. And I was like, no, sir. No, sir. You know, there you go.

[Woody Overton]

Do y' all date? It.

[Morgan Baggot]

Yeah, we dated. We dated. I met his parents. His daddy has loved me so much since day one. One time, that man squeezed my whole cheek.

[Woody Overton]

What's his daddy's name?

[Morgan Baggot]

Mr. Sam. Papa Sam. That's what me and my little boy call him. Okay, Papa Sam.

[Woody Overton]

So Papa Sam. And what's his mama's name?

[Morgan Baggot]

His mother's name is Tony. And Bradley has a stepmother named Karen who's married to Papa Sam, and we call her Nana.

[Woody Overton]

Cool. And. And so y' all date and, you know, it progresses, and at some point, get married or you get something about getting engaged or married, how. How that all works.

[Morgan Baggot]

He was working a job down in New Orleans, and I had never really traveled anywhere alone, but I took off down there in my little red Mitsubishi Galant, and I was. Went to stay with Bradley. Against my mother's wishes, against my whole family's wishes, I was going to be with him. And he asked me to marry him down there. And, yeah, of course I said, yeah. So he walked through the door of the place we were staying one day, and he just stopped at the door, and I was standing across the room, and he pointed at me and he said, literally this was from out of nowhere, he said, you're pregnant.

[Woody Overton]

What?

[Morgan Baggot]

And I was like, no, I'm not. And he's like, yes, you are. And I said, yes, Bradley. Bradley, yeah. Walks in from work, and I'm just like, whatever. No, I'm not.

[Woody Overton]

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[Morgan Baggot]

And he, he Bradley kept on and kept on for days telling me that. And you know, it would have been easy to go get a test, but I was that sure that I was not pregnant and so I just didn't. So I'm meeting one day for lunch and I'm going to head home and I wanted to eat at this Chinese place. We eat Chinese. I get on the interstate, 20 minutes, I'm pulling over on the side of the interstate, sicker than I've ever been. So violently projectile vomiting. I called him and I was like, look, I guess I'm going to take a test when I get home, because I'm like, I can't leave. I'm so sick. So I make it the rest of the way home. I take six tests because, you know, after the first two, you got to keep trying to get a negative one. And I was pregnant.

[Woody Overton]

And what year was that?

[Morgan Baggot]

2013.

[Woody Overton]

Right.

[Morgan Baggot]

We actually got married while I was pregnant, right before I had Oliver. We got married January 1, 2013. I had Oliver February 19, 2013.

[Woody Overton]

So there you go. And where was Oliver born?

[Morgan Baggot]

Oliver was born into Ritter just at a hospital up the road from my house. So.

[Woody Overton]

And so you showed me a picture earlier. You're in the hospital bed with Oliver, and Bradley's leaning over the bed with you. The. What was Bradley's reaction, Oliver being born?

[Morgan Baggot]

He. When. The day that we found out Oliver was a boy, Bradley actually jumped up in the ultrasound room. Like, he just jumped up. I think he probably would have had a similar reaction if it was a girl, but he threw his hands up in the air and he cried and he rubbed my belly, and he smiled at me, and he was so excited.

[Woody Overton]

You know, I think every dad. My first was. Was a girl. But every dad secretly wants a boy, folks. So they can buddy and efficient buddy and whatever. But. So he's very excited and, you know, go through the pregnancy and Oliver comes. Where'd you get the name Oliver?

[Morgan Baggot]

Oliver is named after my great grandpa, and we're old country music fans, you know. So his name is Oliver Whelan. And we had been through. My man, so many names. So many names. And we had one picked out, and. But I thought of Oliver Whelan one day, and I called Bradley. He was on the road working again, and I was like, look, I got one more name. He's like, but I thought we already picked. And I can't even remember what we picked. I was like, well, we did, but I think you're going to like this one. And I said it. Oliver Whan. And he said, that's it. I love it. Don't call and tell me no more names. I love it. We're. That's the one.

[Woody Overton]

That's awesome.

[Morgan Baggot]

And so we went with that.

[Woody Overton]

So I. Some questions about Bradley. Where was he born?

[Morgan Baggot]

Bradley was born in Der.

[Woody Overton]

Another burning parish.

[Morgan Baggot]

Well, Deridder is a neighboring parish. Is Beauregard.

[Woody Overton]

Well, about West Louisiana parish.

[Morgan Baggot]

Yeah. West Central. Huh?

[Woody Overton]

The West Central parish. And so he's born there. We. You told me who his parents were. And for the record, you actually. Because a lot of podcasters were just jumping the ship for numbers or whatever. But you actually told them that you were going to be doing this.

[Morgan Baggot]

Well, we did in a roundabout way. We just didn't tell them who. So now the world knows.

[Woody Overton]

And, And. But that's okay. But I'm a. I'm a victim's advocate. Right. For the families, you know, even though sometimes family members are the ones that are involved.

[Morgan Baggot]

So many people guessed you, Woody, by the way, the.

[Woody Overton]

I want to keep it on the wraps for obvious reasons. We need time to prepare. I need time to do more deep dive and figure out things. And you gave me that time graciously and I appreciate it. I know it had to be hard for you. He said Bradley's born into Ritter, grows up. He graduated from school.

[Morgan Baggot]

He went. He went to school between Rose Pine and Evans. A lot of people in. In between and in those areas know him. West Central, that's. Yeah. Evans is actually as close to the Texas state line in our area as you can get before you cross over to Texas.

[Woody Overton]

How far are you from toleda, Ben?

[Morgan Baggot]

About 40 minutes. 40, 45 minutes.

[Woody Overton]

So he goes to school there and then at some point he. He goes to work.

[Morgan Baggot]

He. He went to a welding school and then he started welding. Yes, sir. He. He worked for a local. It's called Parker still and Supply. And they're fabulous people, wonderful people. They. They love Bradley so much and they think a lot about him. I talked to them fairly often and they always want to know about. About Bradley, but he worked there for a long time.

[Woody Overton]

All right, so then we'll get into that part in just a minute. So he worked there for a long time and then this is it that. When y' all were together yet?

[Morgan Baggot]

We were together, yes. He worked there before and after.

[Woody Overton]

All right, so. And at some point he leaves there. You're married for seven. How many years?

[Morgan Baggot]

We were together for seven years. You know, I can't even remember if we divorced in the summer of 15 or 16. Yeah. It's crazy how. What time does to a memory, but.

[Woody Overton]

Right, but. So let me tell a story. So you're married, you have Oliver, and he's working the. At some point, sugar starts to turn the. A little bit.

[Morgan Baggot]

Yes.

[Woody Overton]

You know, we're gonna get this. First of all, we're not gonna lie.

[Morgan Baggot]

No.

[Woody Overton]

We're not gonna sugarcoat anything.

[Morgan Baggot]

We're not here to do that.

[Woody Overton]

That's exactly right. At some point. Now, first of all, before we get that, what was the favorite thing which Bradley had you go for?

[Morgan Baggot]

Really? That man loved my. He loved anything. He. Both of our favorite meals was like, what I'm gonna. What am I trying to say? So it's rice and gravy. It's hamburger, round steak.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah.

[Morgan Baggot]

And rice and gravy. And probably black eyed peas, Mac and cheese, cornbread. And the boy could eat.

[Woody Overton]

There you go. So.

[Morgan Baggot]

And again. Oh, my Lord. If I baked a cake for. For dessert.

[Woody Overton]

There you go. So y' all hear my accent. Totally different area of Louisiana from her accent, which I'm listening to, which is really almost Texas.

[Morgan Baggot]

Also the fact that I said cornbread.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah, well, but I just heard it for the first time. So.

Yeah. You're married.

You're both young. How old are you when you're married? It's 25, 10 years. You're young, 20s, right?

[Morgan Baggot]

13. So he was born in 89. I was born in 93. Yeah. 20, 1989. I was 19 years old is when I got married. He's four years older.

[Woody Overton]

Nothing wrong with that. People do it every day. Right. And then. So you. You're married, he's working, making a living. Life starts happening at some point. Tell me about Bradley's sliding into the dark area with drugs or whatever it was. Tell me how I progress.

[Morgan Baggot]

He just kind of started staying away a lot. You know, he would say, I'll be right back. And eight hours later, you know, he's still not back. Or, you know, of course, it wasn't that long at first, but there was signs, and I know the signs. You know, I've loved family members that had drug issues all my life. I. I knew and I was kind of in denial or. And. And I would catch him in small white lies. And then he started to lie even when he didn't have to. And then we started having some pretty serious money issues. Let's talk about.

[Woody Overton]

I said money. I mean, dope has to be bought, right? What's his drug of choice?

[Morgan Baggot]

Well, I think it was meth. I know it was meth a lot.

[Woody Overton]

But really blowing up, man.

[Morgan Baggot]

He liked. He liked pills, too. If he. Xanax, as I know is. Is another choice of his.

[Woody Overton]

I say he's sliding in at some point. Even starts to take money basically away from you and Oliver.

[Morgan Baggot]

Yes, exactly.

[Woody Overton]

And stuff like that. Typical drug addict behavior. Right. But y' all the, you know, everybody that gets murdered. Not everybody that gets murdered is churchgoing preachers. Right?

And.

And 98 of the cases I work, narcotics are involved in some way that.

What do you.

That, you know, narcotics is. Drug addiction is sickness in the End. It is a learned behavior. It gets out of hand. You think, oh, it. And then you don't. It controls you. But that in no way takes away from the fact that Bradley Strayson was a human being. He was a husband. He was a father. Oliver. And he's a son. His parents. I'm sure he's a friend to many. He was loved by so many brothers and sisters.

[Morgan Baggot]

Yes. He has two sisters and one brother. Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

Okay. And. But the. You know, people get tired of messing. They. I don't know. And you and I have not talked about this part. But the. You know, you love them, and you love them, and then the behavior goes on. You're praying for change. Try to get change, and they'll hit a wall. And so I'm gonna change and whatever. You want to believe in it. Then the cycle starts all over to go back. But they're human beings.

[Morgan Baggot]

I held on. You're exactly right about that, Woody. I held on for far too long. Even after I divorced him, we still kept seeing each other. My family.

[Woody Overton]

You. You were Hope.

[Morgan Baggot]

Yeah. I just loved him. I loved him so much. I still do to this day.

[Woody Overton]

But you didn't like, was the addiction.

[Morgan Baggot]

Yeah, because he was destroying it. It was destroying our family.

[Woody Overton]

Absolutely.

[Morgan Baggot]

And the life that we were supposed to be having.

[Woody Overton]

That's exactly the point. Destroying life that you're supposed to be having because you're young, you're working, and he's actually. You know, Welton's is a great trade to have. I mean, the. And the. It's taken away from his daddy time. Just taken away from his Morgan time. But. But tell me this, and I'm gonna. We haven't talked about this. How was he as a father when he was sober?

[Morgan Baggot]

He was a wonderful father. He had so much patience with Oliver, and Oliver is incredibly smart. Bradley could. Could do anything, build anything. He could figure out anything. And Oliver is so much like his dad. But the time that Oliver spent with him back then, you know, four years old, Oliver's under a hood with. You know, under the hood of a truck with his dad. And Bradley let him do things. He literally put the tools in his hands, and he was patient enough, no matter how many times it took to help Oliver.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah.

[Morgan Baggot]

And I saw that.

[Woody Overton]

That's a daddy's love.

[Morgan Baggot]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

And. And you just lost your daddy recently, right?

[Morgan Baggot]

Yes, on May 4th.

[Woody Overton]

And I think my daddy also one like the day days with something. So you lost your dad, and I lost mine in the. I got to have mine for a lot longer. Than you did.

[Morgan Baggot]

Yeah, right.

[Woody Overton]

And then. Then I think about poor Oliver, you know, but circumstances are what they are. Bradley's addiction, you know, got the best of them, and I get that. But he sounds like. I mean, you married a good day, right? You dated a good date, good heart and had a good heart. People liked him. He had people, people that loved him, but he had friends and. And he worked and he had good.

[Morgan Baggot]

Friends and good people. You know, he didn't only have that drug crowd, you know, there were so many people, good people genuinely cared about him.

[Woody Overton]

The drug crowd. Friends aren't really your friend. No, they. They. You're all living the same lifestyle and you. You think that you're super tight and all that. That's. This is the biggest pile of shit in the world. It's the friends that you. The true friends that you leave behind because you choosing their narcotics over. And that's just. Unfortunately, that's, you know, that's what happened. But he was a good daddy. And when. Before the addiction came, when was he a good husband?

[Morgan Baggot]

Yeah, he was. We had so much fun together.

[Woody Overton]

Right.

[Morgan Baggot]

We loved to do all of the.

[Woody Overton]

Same things like you tell me about. Just a couple quick ones.

[Morgan Baggot]

We just fishing all the time, riding in the woods constantly doing anything. You know, if it rains, we're going to see. See how much the creek rose.

[Woody Overton]

Right?

[Morgan Baggot]

This is a picture looking at a picture right now of him and my baby sister in a garden. Gracie, my sister was our baby before we had a baby. Gracie went everywhere. And Bradley loved him some Gracie. And Gracie loved her some Bradley.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah. And how old is Gracie?

[Morgan Baggot]

Gracie is going to be 21 in September, but she was just a little girl.

[Woody Overton]

Brother, you got. When we got together, there are a whole lot of people that love Bradley outside of the drughead crowd. Right. The. The. So y' all. Again, this wait. Got to hear what happens in this story now. I do. I believe Bradley would ever been murdered had he not been involved in narcotics. Absolutely not that. But that's way God let things work out. And the. But this good dude, you know, worked hard, was a good daddy and. And ultimately made some poor choices that sent him in the wrong direction. And. And y' all got divorced because you'd had enough, right? And then now you're going into got to protect Oliver mode, praying that he gets out of it and all that.

[Morgan Baggot]

I knew I had to take care of me and Oliver, and that was. That was one of the saddest days, was me just finally saying it out loud to myself in my bed. I said, I'm not. I'm not Jesus, and I cannot save Bradley. And that's what I was trying to be was his savior. I was trying, and it was killing me, you know, I was losing myself and not taking as good a care of Oliver as I could have been, you know, so.

[Woody Overton]

And I get it. Get it.

[Morgan Baggot]

Second saddest day was walking into that courtroom to divorce him.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah, well, everything happens for a reason. And unfortunately, that's going to bring us to the next part of the story. So when. When y' all were divorced, did he have any visitations or anything with Oliver or. No. Because of the dope or.

[Morgan Baggot]

So we divorce. And like I said, either summer of 15 or summer of 16. I think it was 16. And we saw each other off and on the fall of 2017, very last time I ever spent any time with Bradley. And very shortly after that, Bradley ended up in. In jail and. All right, let's.

[Woody Overton]

Tell me about that.

[Morgan Baggot]

What do you get that time? I think it was just parole violations. You know, I don't. I don't remember this specifically.

[Woody Overton]

He'd been arrested before.

[Morgan Baggot]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Woody Overton]

When you get into dope life, everybody gets. He had been in and out of charge, so. Okay, let's talk about that. We're not gonna hide anything. And this is a human being struggling with addiction. What was he stealing or did he. Possession. Tell me some of his charges.

[Morgan Baggot]

He had some theft charges.

[Woody Overton]

Right. And got a supply of the habit.

[Morgan Baggot]

And he got caught with drugs, you know, a couple of times.

[Woody Overton]

Everybody that gets high, it's because drugs move from point A to B. Whether you're a user and a cop stops you or you're hauling it, making money or whatever, you're going to get busted sooner or later. Cops only have to get lucky once. You got to get lucky every day. And I'm not. Excuse me. I've rested 10,000 people for dope and for the theft and the different things that this all about. 90% of crime all ties back in the day.

[Morgan Baggot]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

And some of the best people in the world, they get inside and they get locked up and they dry out, and then they're gonna be straightened. And you see them in the jail because you bring somebody else in head like, hey, Mr. Woody, how you doing? Good to see you straight. A couple months later, they get out and chase them downstream again.

[Morgan Baggot]

Yeah, well, when you're using drugs, it gets out of hand quick. You know, you don't lay low and stay out of trouble. It just makes you go crazy.

[Woody Overton]

Well, the. I Mean, you're. You're in the frequent fire time. I mean, you're in the life where it's. Nothing good is gonna happen. Yeah. And so he's been. He's goes to jail numerous times. Right. For a plethora of different reasons.

And.

So you're saying that. What were you telling me?

[Morgan Baggot]

Well, just about when. After. After the fall of 17, we. We aren't seeing each other anymore. And shortly after that, he. He goes to jail. And he was in for maybe. Maybe a year, maybe a little less, and he got out. And a couple of months after he got out, he contacted me. It's 2018 by now. I don't remember which part of the year, but he contacts me and says that he wants to see Oliver. So I said, okay. I told him he could, and he had been not around for so long, you know, and I'm thinking about Oliver, and I don't want to make him sad. And this is. This. This is a difficult conversation. This part is. So I told him, yeah, and I went to Walgreens because I had already told him. I said, you're going to be in Oliver's life, and you're going to be doing right, and you're going to be consistent or you're not going to be in it at all. You're not doing this to him. So I went to Walgreens and I bought one of those back then. They're probably 60 by now, but it was $40. $40 drug test. And I showed up to the meeting place with it, and I get a text message, and he says, I'm here. I said, I am, too. Come inside. And he walked in with Oliver's favorite thing in the world, donut holes in a Yoo Hoo. And he looks at me, and he kind of looks around and he says, my heart's beating fast. He says, where's Oliver? And I said I had brought my sister with me, and I left him in my vehicle. And I said, he's in the car and I'll go get him right now. I'll bring him in. You can see him, but first you need to take him pass this drug test. And his face just melted. His shoulders drooped. He dropped his. You know, he had the donut holes up by his chest, and he just dropped it. His whole body just slumped. And he said, are you serious? Are you kidding me? And I said, no, Bradley, I'm not. I told you. I told you. You're gonna be clean and you're gonna be persistent and consistent or not at all. And unfortunately, that is the very last time that I ever laid eyes on Bradley. He set the donut holes in the Yoo hoo in the seat, and he looked at me and he said, tell my son that I love him. And he turned around and he left.

[Woody Overton]

Wow.

[Morgan Baggot]

And that's. He knew he couldn't pass the drug test, you know, and then.

[Woody Overton]

And he left.

[Morgan Baggot]

He left. He was gone.

[Woody Overton]

And that's the last time you ever spoke to him.

[Morgan Baggot]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

Or saw him.

[Morgan Baggot]

Last time I ever spoke to him or saw him in person and.

[Woody Overton]

Okay.

[Morgan Baggot]

That's something I'll have to live with.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah.

[Morgan Baggot]

For the rest of my life.

[Woody Overton]

You know what? It's okay. I understand that. And. And I feel your pain. But your mama Baron clothes. Okay.

[Morgan Baggot]

Yeah. I was, you know, just trying to protect Oliver and. And do the right thing. I thought I was doing the right thing.

[Woody Overton]

Well, you know, if he had been.

[Morgan Baggot]

Clean, I question myself now, you know, because he wasn't going to leave with Oliver.

[Woody Overton]

Right.

[Morgan Baggot]

What would it have hurt just to see him. But, you know, then Oliver would see him and he would be happy and excited and want to know when's the next time could he see his daddy? And I couldn't tell him that Lord only knew when the next time we would see him would be.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah. And he certainly didn't expect it to be last. And no one ever us. Right. And. And wow. Okay, now this is where we're going to really, really start. Hashtag justice for Bradley. You know, it's Bradley's facer.

The.

That's the last time you saw him in person.

[Morgan Baggot]

Yep.

[Woody Overton]

Now, I want you to take. To take me, and we have not discussed this, that. That y' all was just raw, unscripted. Once you take me forward in time to certain date, and I want. I want to know while we're here, or hashtag justice for Bradley, would you get a phone call? Somebody can saw you. What happened? I mean, you. You tell the story.

[Morgan Baggot]

Well, after that day that he was supposed to see him and he did it and we left, I didn't see him or hear from him. And time went on, and I just prayed. And I always worried about him. Constantly, I worried. And I was just living my life. I was going to school, I was working. I was taking care of Oliver, and I was hoping and praying that Bradley would clean up. And all the time and something weird happened to me, you know, come October, for weeks, all of a sudden, I just started thinking so much about Bradley. I couldn't stop thinking about Bradley, go to bed thinking about him wake up thinking about him. And I was like, if I see him, I knew he wasn't doing well. You know, you hear things. And if I see him, I'm going to stop and I'm gonna be like, what the hell are you doing? You know, get in my car. Where do we need to go? What do you want to do? Because this isn't it. And I literally. I never drove through Sandy Hill, but I started driving through Sandy Hill hoping to see him.

[Woody Overton]

I'm assuming that's where there he was staying.

[Morgan Baggot]

He was there a lot. He was seen and heard of in Sandy Hill. And I never saw him. I tried. I tried, but I had made up my mind about that. And I was like, man, why won't I just shake this? I need to just quit thinking about him. But I'm working down in South Louisiana, Sulfur, long drive from my house. And I went to a co worker's house after work one day. And I'm sitting there, we're playing cards, and my phone rings and it's a friend of mine. And she. The first thing she says when I say hello, I'm excited because I hadn't heard from her in a while. And she says, I'm sorry to hear about Bradley. And immediately I get beside myself and I'm like, what do you mean you're sorry to hear about Bradley? What are you talking about? What are you. And she's like, you haven't heard? And I'm freaking out at this point. Her name's Amanda. I said, amanda heard what? What? Please just say it. You know, I'm thinking she's about to tell me he's dead. And she's like, well, he. He's missing. And I was like, are you kidding me? I was. I was actually so relieved. I was like, missing. Do you know how many times he's been missing?

[Woody Overton]

Right?

[Morgan Baggot]

Like he. He goes off on a binge or he takes his uncle's truck and skips down for a couple of months. He comes back a week, she know, like, he's gonna turn up, right? And so I don't even talk to any of. She says. She literally says, well, okay, if you're not worried. I guess I'm like, no, girl, he's gonna turn up.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah. He didn't get any information or anything?

[Morgan Baggot]

No, no. I just know somebody's looking for him. So.

[Woody Overton]

Okay, so you get off the phone and what happens? How the store.

[Morgan Baggot]

See, I'm not. I'm not too worried.

[Woody Overton]

Same. Same drug addict behavior, right?

[Morgan Baggot]

I don't even call his family. Like I don't he. Through the whole time I stayed in contact with his family, whether Bradley and I were talking or not. But, well, with his dad. But after a couple of days, you know, I'm not really hearing anything other than people messaging me, you know, hey, what's going on? What's going. I don't know. I was so out of contact with him, I don't know. So I started messing.

[Woody Overton]

You say, what's going on, Brad?

[Morgan Baggot]

Yeah, just random people, you know, because they're, they're seeing the whereabouts ad for him, you know, So I finally decide, okay, guess I already call and we start talking. I start talking to his dad, start talking to his uncle, start talking to his cousin.

[Woody Overton]

What are they saying?

[Morgan Baggot]

Same thing as me, you know, wait, he's going to turn up. He's going to turn up. You know, he stayed away from his dad when he wasn't doing well. He was so ashamed and he didn't want to disappoint his dad that bad. So, you know, that wasn't nothing new for him.

[Woody Overton]

He's a human being and.

[Morgan Baggot]

Time rocks on. And we, there, there comes a point where we start getting worried because eventually somebody hears from Bradley, you know, when he, he goes off.

[Woody Overton]

Oh, you talking about not this time?

[Morgan Baggot]

No, not this time, but eventually.

[Woody Overton]

But I always say in the cases, yeah, the dopers, they run, but they always come back home. So safe place. Or they reach out to someone who's safe, but not in this case. You know, crickets, right?

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[Morgan Baggot]

Where he would usually be calling his Uncle Clifford who helped him almost more than anybody. Uncle Clifford hasn't heard from him. That was the most worrisome thing for me. He would every now and then let his dad know hey dad, you know I'm doing okay. I would get messages when he would go off one o' clock in the morning number I didn't know I'd wake up and he's just saying tell my son I love him and I'm just letting y' all know I'm okay. Literally. And, and that's not happening.

[Woody Overton]

Right. So it's at some point the first action that's taken is mom Paul's Missing Persons November 5th. On November 5th and by this time he's. He's been missing how long?

[Morgan Baggot]

Where? However the, the 30th to the October 30th to November 5th.

[Woody Overton]

So six days. And so she files the missing persons report with Vernon Parish Sheriff's office.

[Morgan Baggot]

Yes.

[Woody Overton]

And what happens?

[Morgan Baggot]

They. They put out you know below looking for Bradley straiss Welfare concern.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah right. Safety check. But in their minds to be honest, you know, if I'd have got it and a small place like that burn pair of sheriff's house. I don't know how many deputies they have. It can't be that big they're going to know who Bradley is that they would have arrested him for. They know he disappears sometimes so they're like okay we'll humor you and take your report. But it was not when I. They weren't looking at it as a homicide investigation or whatever.

[Morgan Baggot]

Yeah right. Not at that point. They you know. But his mom was very, very, very worried. She was more worried worried than anybody.

[Woody Overton]

And, and talked her why Was she so worried this time?

[Morgan Baggot]

I didn't talk to her for a while after that. Her and I weren't as close as Bradley's father and I. But when we finally talked, you know, she was just saying, you know, it's getting cold, and he left my house in shorts, and he wouldn't stay going without talking to me.

[Woody Overton]

Okay, the. Let's back up to that. The. So the last person that's on the record, or is his mama seeing him.

[Morgan Baggot]

Leave the house, his mother and two other individuals that also lived in Sandy Hill.

[Woody Overton]

Right. Let's talk about what. What his mom said about the last time she saw him. And what did he say?

[Morgan Baggot]

He just told her that he would be back by later. She. She says that he said, bye, mom, and I love you, and. And I'll see you later.

[Woody Overton]

Right.

[Morgan Baggot]

And almost six years later.

[Woody Overton]

Well, let's go six days later. First.

[Morgan Baggot]

Yeah, he.

[Woody Overton]

She didn't hear anything from. So at this point, now y' all are starting to worry. His family's starting to worry. You're starting to worry, and Bradley's nowhere to be found. Yeah, but what was found?

[Morgan Baggot]

There was a vehicle.

[Woody Overton]

Tell me that he was driving and how he. How we know that he became. Came to be in possession of the vehicle and where that vehicle ended up.

[Morgan Baggot]

So he was driving his girlfriend's car, and he was supposed to be returning that vehicle. And Chelsea is his girlfriend's name. She started calling his mother and the other two people that he was supposed to be visiting, and she's saying, hey, you know, it's getting really close to time. I need to get my son, and I need the car. The car is not her car. It's her grandmother's car. And, you know, it's getting later and later, and Bradley is not showing back up in the vehicle.

[Woody Overton]

Right.

[Morgan Baggot]

And so there's communication between the. The two individuals where he was supposed to be going, communication between Bradley's mother and the girlfriend. And the last word that Chelsea heard was from the two individuals. He said, he's coming. He's going to bring the car back. He says, okay. She's calling them because Bradley does not have a phone.

[Woody Overton]

Right.

[Morgan Baggot]

And.

[Woody Overton]

I would assume these two individuals, I mean, she's gonna be like, I'm gonna report this stolen.

[Morgan Baggot]

She did say that.

[Woody Overton]

And. And I was just guessing because I marked these cases and that it might have been a crack loan or a meth loan or whatever. Hey, give me the car for the day. Here's a bump for you or whatever. And I'm not saying this. But the case was obviously, Bradley had possession of the vehicle. He doesn't have a phone. Chelsea's reaching out, like, I'm about to call the cops, report stolen, because you're not gonna leave me. Not picking up my daughter and my grandmother's going to, you know what. Whatever. That shit's gonna happen. And these two individuals tell Chelsea that Bradley said he's bringing the car back.

[Morgan Baggot]

Yeah. That they're relaying, you know, the message.

[Woody Overton]

Chelsea never talked to him. No, she's just getting a relayed message. And then what happens with the car?

[Morgan Baggot]

Well, what she was afraid of was that her family also was going to report the car missing.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah. And then she needs to get her.

[Morgan Baggot]

Son, and she doesn't want do that.

[Woody Overton]

Right.

[Morgan Baggot]

So when he doesn't show up, she had no choice but to tell them. There's some individuals that live up the road at a dead end from the house that he was visiting. They pull out of their driveway to go to town, and there's this random vehicle sitting there, and it's backed up to a gate. The gates closed, the keys in it, and they're like, that's weird. There's nobody that lives back there but them. They go to town, and they're gone all day. And they come back, and the car is still there. So at that point, they decided to call the sheriff's office, and they said, hey, there's this car just sitting here. It seems a little suspicious. Y' all should come check it out. Well, in the meantime, Chelsea's family had already reported the car stolen. So when they get that call and go see the car.

[Woody Overton]

Boom for 29. That's. That wasn't it. So they had deputy response. They run the license plate.

[Morgan Baggot]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

Get the alert. Stolen vehicle.

[Morgan Baggot]

And. And they call. They call the family and say, hey, we know where your car is, and you can come and pick it up. Now, this is. This is October 31st, that the car is picked up.

[Woody Overton]

And this is. So that's still five days before mama.

[Morgan Baggot]

Reports, before the report.

[Woody Overton]

So the. They come pick up the car. No Bradley. Chelsea never hear some Bradley. You don't hear Bradley's parents don't hear from Bradley?

[Morgan Baggot]

Nope.

[Woody Overton]

Oliver doesn't hear from Bradley.

[Morgan Baggot]

No.

[Woody Overton]

The. No one hears from Bradley. And this is October 31st, 2019.

[Morgan Baggot]

2019.

[Woody Overton]

No Bradley.

[Morgan Baggot]

Nope.

[Woody Overton]

Where's Bradley? All right, lifers, we're going to end this episode because it's been an hour. The want you to get a taste. Bradley Strasner, human being. The father, the husband, the son, the friend the worker human being. Real dude, real guy. I'm sitting here looking at his pictures and. And he's loved, right? Narcotics addiction habits. No one should be having it like this. Morgan driving all the way across the state to come record Brad Estracer story and open this case the way it should be open. And we're gonna handle it the way it should be handled. But no one deserves to go through that. And we're going to need everyone to like and share, share, share, share these episodes. Yes, I'm going to open a tip line. And that tip line, y', all, as in the past cases that we solve together, the tip line. You can remain totally anonymous or you can give me all your. I don't care. I do not have to report it to law enforcement. I'm no longer a member of law enforcement. You can tell me anything you want to tell me. Could be anonymous, but I'm going to look into every single tip. I'm going to flip every rock and I'm going to work every lead until either I get off of it because I disproved it or I'm going to stay on it because I can't get off of it. And that's called work in a case. And then. And they all. There's so much more that we'll get into on the next episode that happens in this case. And you're going to die when you hear. I mean the. There are a lot of things that happen that are very unusual in out the box on a case like this. But then. And I was like, yeah, that's really interesting. And I think we could do something with this. But there was one night around midnight, I was laying in bed and I'd gone on like a three hour Bradley stressful trip. And in the watching every news article and everything else and I'm There's a lot. There's a lot. And in watching all of Morgan Baggot's tick tocks, it's under where's Bradley Strysler? Right.

[Morgan Baggot]

Yes.

[Woody Overton]

The but and then, then I just hit a certain point. I was like, what the and and then I just started messaging Morgan in the middle of the night. I said it was long text. I said, I hope you're sleeping and getting rest. I said, now I'm pissed and this is ridiculous. And I said, do not tell anybody I'm coming, but I'm coming and don't tell anybody we're taking this on. I need some time to work things out. It's been a couple weeks by Morgan. A couple weeks ago text and and so and I needed more time to get into it and Morgan I've been communicating non stop and and there's just so much to the story you've got every story. It's not like it's competition right Corny Coco's America shows or Miss Barbara's or Haley's or whatever. Every story is different. This one has more twists and turns than you could ever believe and including other murders. Okay and in believe it or not I don't like to do it. I bleed blue. Been a cop my whole life. We got some cop shit we got to deal with and and I don't choose fight these battles sometimes people are so stupid that these battles have to be fought and yes you're all going to get pissed off but I need you to please continue to listen and share share Hashtag justice for Bradley everywhere every every post when you start commenting hashtag justice for Bradley. Now when you go to Morgan's Tick tock Morgan. I don't know how all that really works I know I you know have a pretty big following but the you did a a video in the last since we've been I told you I was going to take the case we did a video hinting that was coming out and it got over 200 some thousand views in a couple days. Yes so people are. Bradley's made his choices the the. The drug choices and but it he still is a human being and I'm telling you Bradley is dead or and I hate to be free but I'm just gonna say he's dead or because he is my professional opinion the and they oh just wait I just wait but but to the people who did it best thing you can do to turn your ass in now right it's not going to stop and you don't know who's going to flip on you I already have tons and tons and tons and tons of information but one by the elephant at a time. Ms. Morgan, thank you for sharing your story this is exactly why I don't script shut I don't want to know ahead of time your story about the last time you saw him. Holy shit.

[Morgan Baggot]

You had never heard that before.

[Woody Overton]

No I I did never heard before and you know stuff like that I didn't know I knew where the car was found but I know that they had driven out and seen and came back later on it's all the stuff and I think that makes for a better story and y' all I'm when I say that I mean get you invested all the life was invested in Bradley Stracer. Hashtag justice for Bradley. And I love and appreciate each and every one of y'. All. Morgan, thank you for being here. We're actually just gonna take a little break.

[Morgan Baggot]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

And then we're gonna get back to it again. But thank you for being here. Thank you for being here. And I want to ask you, do you have anything that you want to say?

[Morgan Baggot]

I. This is really surreal. I have a lot of faith in you. I have a friend that I love dearly. I think on her list, you're next under Jesus. Just if we're being honest. And I'm very thankful to be here, and it's surreal. I do always try to keep my composure, but when I told y' all that little story about the last time I saw Bradley, I didn't. I can't help it. Sometimes it comes out of my eyes.

[Woody Overton]

This is all about being real. The life. Real crying. And crying is totally acceptable. All right. And so is anger and everything else. And just. You just. We need that. Because Bradley had been a good dude and a good father and a good person before he got the addiction, then we wouldn't be sitting here. You didn't have that anger and stuff built up inside of you. Hey, y'. All. The next episode, we're going to really start to talk about why after all these years, it's the ex wife, Bradley Strice, who has been carrying this torch and pressing this fight. And it's been a hell of a fight.

[Morgan Baggot]

It's been a heavy load, and I'm so happy to watch it take a turn with you.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah. Well, you know what? We're gonna do, and we're gonna work it. We're going to work it on the podcast, and I'm going to work it, and we're going to work it. And those better be. They just go turn themselves in, save us all the trouble, and. And then you get to put your spin on it with the cops. Because when I'm done and I'm going to investigate it correctly with someone who actually knows what they're doing, and we'll get in all that in the end, they better go in and. And. And try to put their spin on the story before we're done. But we'll get off of that love and appreciate each and every one of y'. All. Thank you so much. Again, hashtag justice for Bradley. Go on Tick Tock. So you just go to Tick Tock and type in, where's Bradley Striester?

[Morgan Baggot]

Yes.

[Woody Overton]

And you'll see all Morgan's videos and how she's been carrying this towards for all these years. So I love and appreciate each and every one of you. Thank you for liking listening and sharing. Let's do it lifers. We can do this. We can bring this case home. Let's get justice. Hashtag justice for Bradley and I'm Woody Everton. You host a Real Life Real Crime the podcast until next time or ever. Only catch you don't murder Bite Peace.

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[Morgan Baggot]

And the wolf is at your door. You running so that's for sure. Already knows all about you.

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