# EP297: The Dallas Filicide Files

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Podcast: [Crimes and Consequences](https://stenobird.com/podcast/crimes-and-consequences-91860)
Published: 2026-04-30T02:53:04+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3353

## Resource

On the surface, he looked like a man who had it all—confidence, charisma, and a life built in the sprawling affluence. But behind the polished exterior of John Battaglia was a storm of control, obsession, and escalating violence that would end in one of the most chilling acts of filicide in modern American crime.In this Early Relese episode we pull back the curtain on a case that is as psychologically disturbing as it is heartbreaking. This is not just the story of a crime—it’s the unraveling of a man who weaponized love, custody, and control against the very people who trusted him most.

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