The Ballad of Billy Balls

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True Crime, Comedy Interviews, Comedy, Performing Arts, Panel, Writer, Crime, Author, Review, Arts

4.4 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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A punk rocker is shot in 1982, then his body disappears. A journalist explores whether their mother’s claims of a cover-up are true. We’ll go back to our April 15, 2019 review of the classic podcast series “The Ballad of Billy Balls.”

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0:00.0	To get the Crime Writers on After Show right now, go to patreon.com slash partners in crime media.
0:06.6	I'm Rebecca Levoy, and this is Crime Writers On.
0:25.7	Crime Writers On is the original True Crime Review podcast that digs in a true crime,
0:27.3	pop culture, other podcasts.
0:33.5	And on this episode, a punk rocker is shot in 1982, then his body disappears.
0:39.1	A journalist explores whether their mother's claims of a cover-up are true. We'll go back to our 2019 review of the classic podcast series, The Ballad of Billy Balls. Joining me to get
0:45.4	that done and more is true crime author, TV journalist, and host of these are their stories
0:50.0	podcast, my husband and love of my life, Kevin Flynn. Hello, Kevin. Hello, Rebecca. So, Kevin,
0:55.2	what are we going to hear in today's CWO Classic Rewind? Okay, so this rewind was requested by
1:00.2	Danielle Jorgensen. She would like to hear our April 15th, 2019 review of The Ballad of
1:08.4	Billy Balls, hosted by I. O. Tillett Wright, which at one point we referred to it as
1:13.6	a fever dream set to synth music. Kevin. Yes. This was so long ago. I have no idea what we thought
1:22.4	about it. Did I even like this? Did I not like it? You remember? Oh, well, I think it wasn't perfect.
1:28.1	But we did have a lot of good things to say about it.
1:29.9	So why don't we jump right into it?
1:35.0	Moving on.
1:36.6	Crime Town Presents is back with a new series about true love and true crime.
1:42.5	The Ballad of Billy Balls is a hit podcast that looks at the mysterious death of a New York punk-era
1:47.7	musician told mostly through the eyes of his long-devoted and troubled girlfriend, Rebecca.
1:54.7	In the mid-70s, Rebecca was a struggling model in New York.
1:59.7	You think I'm pretty, huh?
2:01.2	You think I'm pretty?
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