432: Chicago's Apartment 131 Murders w/ Gregg Owen

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

History, True Crime, Education

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2026

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

On a chilly night in March of 1976, a father searching for his missing son made a horrifying discovery inside a Chicago apartment - in at what first appeared to be a drug deal gone bad. Inside were the bodies of Gio Messina and Delphine “Tinker” Moore, brutally stabbed to death. With no clear motive and a case that seemed ready to fall apart, it might have stayed buried if not for a series of unlikely breaks. My guest is author Gregg Owen, who, years later, found himself prosecuting that very case and was determined to see it through. His book "Convergence", co-authored with Jonathan Dixon, tells the story of how it all came together. The author's website: https://26thstreetbooks.com Free shipping and 365-day returns with Quince! Refresh your wardrobe here: https://www.quince.com/notorious Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to True Spies.
0:02.0	The podcast that takes you deep inside the greatest secret missions of all time.
0:08.0	Suddenly out of the dark that's appeared in Laubman.
0:10.0	You'll meet the people who live life undercover.
0:13.0	What do they know? What are their skills?
0:16.0	And what would you do in their position?
0:18.0	Vengeance felt good.
0:20.0	Seeing these people pay for what they'd done felt righteous.
0:24.6	True spies from Spyscape Studios, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:29.2	You know, Welcome all to another episode of the Most Notorious podcast.
1:00.1	I'm Eric Rivenis.
1:01.8	Well, my guest today, Greg Owen, has taken an unusual path into the courtroom before becoming a prosecutor.
1:10.3	He was a professional musician touring in rock
1:13.7	bands and later playing keyboards with the band The American Breed. And while in law school in Chicago,
1:21.1	he saw a notice for interviews with the Cook County State's Attorney's Office applied on a whim, and that decision
1:29.2	changed everything. He went on to become an assistant state's attorney, trying dozens of
1:35.4	felony jury trials, most of the murder cases, and also served as the first chief of the
1:41.5	gang prosecutions unit in Illinois during one of the most violent periods
1:46.4	in Chicago history. And today, we're going to talk about his book, Convergence, co-authored with
1:52.8	Jonathan Dixon, who tells the story of the apartment 131 murders in Chicago. Great to have you on
1:59.5	the show. Welcome. Well, thank you very much, Eric.
2:02.5	It's a pleasure to be here, and I'm looking forward to our conversation today. Yes, me too.
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