Encore Episode: Hometown Hero | Someone They Knew Podcast

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4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Encore Episode: High School Football Coach Ed Thomas was a beloved fixture in the small Iowa town he called home and taught generations of pro-caliber football players. So when it was learned that one of his former players walked into Thomas’ weight room and gunned him down, it shocked the community, who were even more shocked when they learned who shot him and the tragic circumstances that caused it. This episode of Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall is called Hometown Hero and tells the story of what happened on that tragic day—and why.

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0:00.0	The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are simply that.
0:04.8	Opinions.
0:05.7	All are presumed innocent until proven otherwise in a court of law.
0:09.7	Sensitive topics are discussed.
0:11.8	Discretion is advised.
0:16.3	I'm Vinipolitan and welcome to the Court TV podcast.
0:19.8	This week is another audio edition of our original series, Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall, which delves into the Court TV archives to cover the tragic tales of crimes perpetrated on people not by complete strangers, but instead by someone quite close to them. This week's episode is among the most tragic we've ever covered on court TV.
0:41.2	It's called hometown hero,
0:43.2	a title that refers to beloved high school football coach Ed Thomas,
0:47.5	who was murdered while conducting a weight training session with his players.
0:51.5	But this was not a random act of violence.
0:56.0	His killer went to that gym specifically to kill Ed Thomas, but for reasons that only ramp up the tragic circumstances
1:02.5	of a story that not only impacted the lives of two families, but the entire Iowa community
1:08.6	where it happened. Here featuring interviews with Chris Lurring,
1:12.7	the local chief of police,
1:14.4	prosecutor Scott Brown,
1:16.1	Ed Thomas's widow and son Jan,
1:18.5	and Aaron Thomas,
1:20.1	and the mother of the killer, Joan Becker,
1:23.4	is someone they knew, hometown hero.
1:26.6	This is the Court TV podcast.
1:34.9	Ed Thomas was an iconic high school football coach in the state of Iowa.
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