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

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

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

2022 mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois,

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

Prosecutors charged Bobby Krimo with the mass shooting.

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

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

Cremo had created an elaborate game,

complete with cryptic videos, a book of numbers,

and an eerie online presence,

designed to seat 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 Krimo and the final player in its twisted game.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Here's chapter one.

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