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328. [TEXAS] Catfish Conspiracy || The Murder of Ryan Sullivan

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🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Multiple deployments, unsuspecting love, and a fiancé that never was. [Part 1] Contributing writing & research: The Queen of all things, Haley Gray. For information pertaining to this case, check out the highlight at the top of my profile at Instagram.com/TheHeatherAshley.  Sponsors: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code BIGMAD at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod For Big Mad True Crime listeners, Cure is offering 20% off your first order! Stay hydrated and feel your best by visiting http://curehydration.com/BIGMAD and using promo code BIGMAD at checkout.  Get seafood you can trust. Go to http://wildalaskan.com/BIGMAD for $35 off your first box of premium, wild-caught seafood. Take your food to the next level with Graza Olive Oil. Visit https://graza.co/BIGMAD and use promo code BIGMAD today for 10% off your first order!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0

Hey everyone, and welcome back to Big Mad True Crime, where we get Big Mad over True Crime.

0:36.6

I'm your host, Heather Ashley, and today's case is

0:39.6

out of killing Texas. Small talk sucks, so let's dive in. Ryan Sullivan grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he loved going to the gym,

1:07.2

hunting, and fishing. And two months after turning 18, he actually enlisted in the army because

1:13.9

of course he did. That life made sense to him. I mean, he was made for it.

1:20.2

Ryan became an infantryman with the first infantry division and he worked his way up to

1:25.8

staff sergeant. He did multiple tours in Iraq and he wasn't

1:30.1

just known. He was respected. He was the kind of guy you wanted next to you when things got bad and

1:37.3

they did get bad. One sergeant told him live that Ryan was one of the best non-commissioned officers to ever come

1:46.5

through the company. He said, when things got tough, he was the same person. He didn't let anything

1:52.4

get to him. He led pretty much from the front. He had a no-quit attitude. Another sergeant said Ryan

2:00.0

was the kind of leader who'd put his life on the

2:02.7

line for his people, and that wasn't hypothetical. It had already happened. Matt, a soldier who

2:09.1

served with Ryan in Iraq, remembered a day when their Humvee was hit by a roadside bomb. Matt was

2:16.3

struck by shrapnel on his left side, and another soldier,

2:20.4

Adam, nearly lost his eye. Matt said, Ryan just kept completely calm. He took care of Adam and he

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