Finding James Redline

Murder Sheet

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True Crime, Murder, Unsolved Case, Killing, Murderer, Cold Case

3.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

After a restaurant robbery goes wrong, a Pennsylvania man finds himself convicted of murder. But that's not the end of the story for James Redline. It's only the beginning.

This episode of the Murder Sheet features a harrowing hostage crisis, a son discovering his father's dark secret, mysterious mob connections, and even the popular 1990s band Fuel.

This isn't just a story about murder and crime and violence. It's a story about hard-won redemption, community, and family. It's the story of love can change us.

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0:00.0	J. Redline was 18 when he learned his father's secret.
0:06.0	He and some friends were in the basement of his family's Allentown, Pennsylvania home,
0:11.1	digging through old photo albums sometime back in the 80s.
0:15.4	And these articles fell from behind some photos, and my friends found them and he's like,
0:21.0	oh my god, look at them.
0:22.9	J. Stared at the headlines.
0:26.1	Allentown gunman shot in Redding Police Clash.
0:29.6	James Redline faces murder count today.
0:33.3	Redline has one of state's ace lawyers.
0:36.6	Redline found guilty of first degree murder.
0:40.3	Redline sentence, life for murder.
0:44.0	I was floored, I had to look at it over and over again.
0:50.3	None of this made sense to Jay.
0:53.0	He had grown up around law enforcement.
0:55.6	His dad was friends with practically every cop and firefighter in town.
1:00.0	And my dad got home that night.
1:02.4	He almost looked terrified when I found out about what he had been involved in.
1:08.8	I mean, I kind of sprung it on him.
1:13.0	And I'll think he was happy about that, especially with my friends being there.
1:17.7	We all sat around like this.
1:19.7	We were about to hear a ghost story.
1:22.2	And we're in front of a campfire in the woods.
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