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Introducing: Into the Madness, new from Trevor Aaronson

Alphabet Boys

iHeartPodcasts and Western Sound

Society & Culture, Government, True Crime

4.6968 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Into the Madness is a new Audible Original from Trevor Aaronson and Western Sound.

On July 4, 2022, a shooter climbed onto a rooftop in Highland Park, Illinois, and opened fire on a Fourth of July parade below, killing seven people and wounding dozens more. Prosecutors charged Robert “Bobby” Crimo III with the mass shooting. But this attack was part of something even more insidious. Bobby had created an elaborate game—complete with cryptic videos, a book of numbers, and an eerie online presence—designed to seed a conspiracy theory about the massacre.

Into the Madness is a deep dive into the events leading up to the mass shooting and the story of a woman who became a confidant to Crimo and the final player in his game. Drawing from dozens of interviews and more than 48 hours of recorded calls with Bobby, investigative journalist Trevor Aaronson tells a story that will challenge everything you think you know about mass shootings, conspiracy theories, and the fragile boundary between reality and illusion.

The series explores the rise of nihilistic violence, the role of technology in fostering extremism, and America’s collective descent into conspiracy thinking. Into the Madness will leave you questioning where the truth ends—and the madness begins.

Into the Madness is an Audible Original, produced by Trevor Aaronson and Western Sound.

Search for Into the Madness on the Audible app or go to audible.com/intothemadness. Start listening today when you sign up for a free 30-day trial.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, Alphabet Boys listeners. This is Trevor Aronson. I'm here to tell you about a new series from me

0:05.8

and Western Sound, Into the Madness. It's a very different kind of series from me, and, well, a different

0:13.0

kind of series altogether, something very unique. Into the Madness is a seven-part investigation of the

0:20.5

2022 mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois,

0:23.6

a devastating attack during a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburbs.

0:28.2

Prosecutors charged Bobby Krimo with the mass shooting.

0:31.7

Krimo was a sound cloud artist, who went by the stage name, Awake the Rapper.

0:36.6

But the mass shooting near Chicago was part of something insidious.

0:40.9

Cremo had created an elaborate game,

0:43.4

complete with cryptic videos, a book of numbers,

0:46.2

and an eerie online presence,

0:48.3

designed to seat a conspiracy theory about the massacre.

0:52.5

Into the Madness is a deep dive into the events leading up to the mass shooting and the story

0:56.9

of a woman who became a confidant to Krimo and the final player in its twisted game.

1:03.6

Drawing from dozens of interviews and more than 48 hours of recorded calls with Kremo,

1:08.3

I tell a story that will challenge everything you think you know about mass shootings, conspiracy theories, and the fragile boundary between reality and illusion.

1:17.4

Into the Madness explores the rise of nihilistic extremism, the role of technology and fostering extremism, and America's collective dissent into conspiracy thinking.

1:27.1

You're about to hear the first chapter of this series.

1:30.2

To listen to the full series, search for Into the Madness in the Audible app,

1:34.4

or follow me, Trevor Aronson, on the audible app.

1:38.0

You can start listening today when you sign up for a free 30-day trial.

1:42.5

Here's chapter one.

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