Wondery Presents: The Apology Line

True Crime Couple

True Crime Couple Podcast

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2021

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

If you could call a number and say you’re sorry, and no one would know…what would you apologize for? For fifteen years, you could call a number in Manhattan and do just that. This is the story of the line, and the man at the other end who became consumed by his own creation. He was known as “Mr. Apology.” As thousands of callers flooded the line, confessing to everything from shoplifting to infidelity, drug dealing to murder, Mr. Apology realized he couldn’t just listen. He had to do something, even if it meant risking everything. From Wondery the makers of Dr. Death and The Shrink Next Door, comes a story about empathy, deception and obsession. Marissa Bridge, who knew Mr. Apology better than anyone, hosts this six episode series.

Listen today at wondery.fm/AL_TrueCrimeCouple

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0:30.7	Wondry's new True Crime podcast, The Apology Line,
0:34.5	begins with Alan Bridge posting flyers around New York City
0:38.6	asking people to anonymously apologise for their crimes.
0:43.1	Not to God, not to the police, but to his answering machine.
0:48.8	Within hours, the call started coming in.
0:51.8	People apologising for stealing, infidelity, lying,
0:56.5	and even murder.
0:57.8	Alan got dozens of calls from people claiming to be murderers.
1:01.9	But one man stood out, Richie.
1:05.0	He was deliberate, measured, and his calls would leave thousands
1:09.2	wondering if he really was the serial killer he claimed to be.
1:14.3	That is until Richie offered to provide proof of his crimes.
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