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Killer Psyche

Wondery | Treefort Media

True Crime, Exhibit C

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

It’s not that hard to kill a planet. All it takes is a little drilling, some mining, a generous helping of pollution and voila! Earth over. When you take stock of what’s left, it starts to look like a crime scene: decapitated mountains, poisoned rivers, oil-soaked pelicans, maybe a sun-bleached cow skull in a dried-up lake bed. The only thing missing is yellow caution tape. On each episode of Lawless Planet, host Zach Goldbaum reveals the scams, murders and cover-ups on the frontline of the climate crisis, and the life and death choices people are making to either protect our world – or destroy it.

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0:00.0	What if I told you the biggest crime story of our time is happening right under our noses,
0:05.1	and we're all witnesses? Introducing Lawless Planet, the new podcast from Wondry that
0:09.6	exposes the dark underbelly of the climate crisis. From the Amazon rainforest to small-town
0:14.8	America, hosts Zach Goldbaum uncover shocking tales of murder, corporate cover-ups, and greed.
0:20.7	You'll hear about the brave activists
0:22.2	risking their lives for their beliefs, the corrupt tycoons destroying ecosystems for profit,
0:27.4	and the ordinary people caught in the crossfire. This isn't some distant threat. It's happening
0:32.0	right now, and each episode drops you into a battle for our planet's future. There are mysterious deaths, daring heists, and billion-dollar scams, all with the fate of our world hanging in the balance.
0:43.2	This is Lawless Planet.
0:44.9	You're about to hear a clip from Lawless Planet.
0:47.1	Follow Lawless Planet on the Wondry app, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:02.3	911, where's your emergency?
1:04.5	Yeah, I was just calling out. I'm home to figure out.
1:06.3	My heart's been missing for a while.
1:09.2	I can't figure out where he is. It's just before 2 a.m. on April 18th,
1:15.0	2018. Amy Price is in her home in Bluefield, Virginia, an Appalachian coal mining town on the border of West
1:21.6	Virginia. Amy last spoke to her husband around 8 p.m. He said there were a few things he needed to take care
1:28.3	of at a coal mine he does business with. But Amy hasn't heard from him since. And now she's scared.
1:35.8	And he's been trying to depress right, and I know there's a lot of things going on with you're still
1:42.0	concerned. Okay, what's his name?
1:45.0	Larry Price, Jr.
1:47.0	Larry Price Jr., or L.J., as he's known to friends, is 38 years old.
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