#117: Truth and Justice with Bob Ruff
Real Crime Profile
Real Crime Profile / Wondery
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🗓️ 4 April 2018
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
The Real Crime Profile team (Jim Clemente, Laura Richards and Lisa Zambetti) interview one of our favourite guests and podcasters Mr Bob Ruff from @truthjusticepod about his latest crowdfunded re-investigation into the murders of three eight year old boys Christopher Byers, Michael Moore and Stevie Branch on May 5 1983.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, prime members, you can listen to Real Crime Profile add free on Amazon music. |
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| 0:08.0 | 14 and a half years ago, the gruesome murders of three eight-year-old boys shot West Memphis, |
| 0:14.0 | Arkansas, Stevie Branch, Christopher Buyers, and Michael Moore, second grade playmates, |
| 0:20.0 | were found beaten to death naked and bound in shallow water. |
| 0:27.0 | Police arrested three teenagers, including an alleged devil worshipping ring leader, |
| 0:33.0 | named Damian Eccles. Eccles and 16-year-old Jason Baldwin denied involvement. |
| 0:39.0 | But 17-year-old Jesse Miskelli confessed, telling authorities they killed the boys after a chance encounter in the woods. |
| 0:47.0 | Miskelli, who defends attorneys claim has a low IQ, now says the confessions were coerced. |
| 0:57.0 | A small, quiet, residential neighborhood. |
| 1:09.0 | The streets are lined with modest two and three bedroom homes from one end to the other. |
| 1:17.0 | Back in 1993, and even today, you're not likely to drive these streets without crossing paths with dozens of children, |
| 1:25.0 | walking and riding bikes. And on May 5th of 1993, little eight-year-old Stevie Branch was one of these children. |
| 1:35.0 | Hello and welcome to Real Crime Profile. This is a very special episode. |
| 1:41.0 | And my name is Jim Clementi, we target FBI profiler, former New York City prosecutor, and writer producer for CBS's Criminal Minds. |
| 1:48.0 | And with me in the studio is... |
| 1:50.0 | I'm a former Richard's former New Scotland Yard Criminal Behavior Analyst, and founder of Paladin National Stoking Out because he served it. |
| 1:58.0 | And I am Lisa Zambetti, I'm the casting director for Criminal Minds. And oh my God, I'm geeking out right now. I can't keep it together. We have somebody in the woods. But I'm just... oh my God! |
| 2:06.0 | Anyway, yes. |
| 2:08.0 | And I'm sure you heard that laughter, and you will recognize the voice of... |
| 2:12.0 | I'm Bob Ruff, the host of the Truth and Justice podcast. I'm quickly gonna... I have to snap chats where I'm at, |
| 2:18.0 | three of my favorite people, Lisa and Laura and Jim. |
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