Richard Merritt Part 1

True Crime All The Time

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True Crime, Truecrime, Podcast, Documentary, Murder, Exhibit C, Serial, Killers, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Richard Merritt was a well-known, successful attorney in Smyrna, Georgia, until he was caught stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from his clients. Richard pleaded guilty to the financial crimes and was given two weeks to get his affairs in order before he had to report to prison. Richard was willing to kill to avoid going to prison

Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss Richard Merritt. His mother, Shirley, supported him throughout his legal troubles and was planning to drive him to prison on the day he was supposed to turn himself in. When Richard’s family received notice that he had cut off his ankle monitor and was nowhere to be found, they worried for Shirley’s safety.

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0:00.0	When Luigi Mangione was arrested for allegedly shooting the CEO of United Healthcare,
0:05.4	he didn't just spark outrage.
0:07.5	He ignited a cultural firestorm.
0:10.5	Is the system working or is it time for a reckoning?
0:14.6	I'm Jesse Weber.
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0:19.8	Music crimes Luigi exclusively on Wondery Plus. Hello everyone and welcome to episode 434 of the True Crime All the Time podcast. I'm Mike Ferguson
0:59.4	and with me as always is my partner in True Crime, Mike Gibson. How are you?
1:03.9	Hey, I'm doing good, man. How about you? I'm doing great. You and I just talked about it on our
1:07.8	Patreon episode, but you know, I've been watching a lot of movies
1:12.1	and gave my opinion of this new movie Baby Girl. Yeah, you did. You know, I'm not going to
1:18.8	spoil it for those that haven't watched the, or listened to the Patreon episode yet. Also,
1:25.3	watched the lighthouse and the vanishing. So, you know, I've been catching
1:30.0	up on some of the movies you wanted me to watch, but also venturing out, maybe for the good,
1:35.8	maybe for the bad. Yeah, I'll let you know when I, uh, go out and watch, uh, the baby girl.
1:41.8	Yeah. When I'll let you know what I... I am very interested to hear your opinion.
1:46.2	Yeah.
1:47.2	Let's go ahead and give our Patreon shoutouts.
1:49.2	We had KYW.
1:51.0	Hey, KY.
1:51.7	Or Kentucky W.
1:52.9	I'm not sure which one.
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