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Small Town Dicks

Misery, Part 2

Small Town Dicks

Audio 99

True Crime, Paul Holes, History, Small Town, Yeardley Smith, Society & Culture, Police

4.79.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In part two of this two-part case, former Orange County DA Matt and his team devise a plan to capture their main suspect—who has gone into hiding in Eastern Europe. But just when it seems like justice is within reach, a sudden misstep threatens to unravel everything they’ve built.

As the case takes a dangerous turn, Matt and his colleagues find themselves at risk—and a fiery courtroom showdown looms. In the end, it will take sharp legal maneuvering and the courage of a young woman to finally bring the suspect to justice.

Matt Murphy is a legal analyst for ABC News and an attorney in private practice in Southern California. He was a Senior Deputy District Attorney in Orange County California. Matt Murphy spent 21 years assigned to the sexual assault and homicide units where he prosecuted some of the most notorious murder cases in the state of California. He completed 132 jury trials in his career as a prosecutor, including 52 while he was assigned to the homicide unit. He worked as an adjunct professor of law for 7 years. In addition to his work for ABC news, Mr. Murphy is in
private practice representing victims of sexual abuse and some select criminal defense cases.

He has also been regularly appearing on NewsNation with Elizabeth Vargas, Chris Cuomo and Ashleigh Banfield providing analysis on Criminal cases in the news. Matt published his first book, The Book of Murder: A Prosecutor's Journey Through Love and Death, in 2024, which was an instant Best Seller, and is working on his next book proposal.

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0:00.0

Hey Smalltown fam, it's Yardley. How are you guys? Listen, before we get started today, I have a little Smalltown Dick's housekeeping that I need to bring you up to speed on. First things first. This episode, the one you're listening to right now, this is the final episode of season 16.

0:22.0

I know, I know, you hate that.

0:24.3

We hate it, too.

0:25.5

We really do.

0:26.6

I mean, why does 12 weeks feel like 12 minutes when we're in season?

0:31.2

I don't know.

0:32.3

It's a cruel trick, though.

0:34.3

But guess what, my friends, the good news is we'll be back with season 17 on September

0:40.7

12th. And the even better news is, if you're a part of our Super Duper fan membership, you will get

0:48.0

early access to the first four episodes of season 17 starting September 5th. That, my friends, is a full week before everyone else.

0:58.1

In the meantime, even though the main feed will be quiet for a little while, we're still sharing

1:03.7

new bonus conversations every week over on our superam feed all summer long.

1:13.4

There's so much to enjoy over there when you subscribe.

1:18.1

Honestly, it's like hanging out with us once the regular recording is done,

1:21.5

and we just chat about everything.

1:27.3

In fact, at the end of this episode, we'll play a little sample of the goodness you get when you become a super fan member.

1:29.7

So stick around for that.

1:31.5

Okay, so those are the need to know things I wanted to share with you.

1:35.0

And last, but certainly not least, I have to say thank you.

1:39.2

From all of us here at Small Town Dix, thank you times a million for listening this season.

1:45.0

We are so grateful and honored

1:46.7

to have the best fans in the pod universe

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