# Elliot Williams: Five Bullets Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wicked-words-a-true-crime-talk-show-with-kate-winkler-dawson-1332124/elliot-williams-five-bullets Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wicked-words-a-true-crime-talk-show-with-kate-winkler-dawson-1332124/elliot-williams-five-bullets.md Podcast: [Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wicked-words-a-true-crime-talk-show-with-kate-winkler-dawson-1332124) Published: 2026-02-16T08:01:00+00:00 Episode link: https://omny.fm/shows/wicked-words-a-true-crime-talk-show-with-kate-wink/elliot-williams-five-bullets Audio file: https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/fdf29e64-8856-472d-b2cd-b24c011a225c/e03b6621-d5e1-44a7-9b81-b3ee014af332/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=d35298b0-c12a-44ed-956a-b24c011a22e0 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wicked-words-a-true-crime-talk-show-with-kate-winkler-dawson-1332124/episodes/elliot-williams-five-bullets Duration seconds: 4048 ## Resource We’re talking about a very famous case this week. In 1984, Bernie Goetz shot four Black teenagers on a subway in Manhattan. He was hailed as a hero in the press, a man who stopped would-be robbers. But as the public learned more about the evidence, and about Goetz himself, the story seemed to shift. Elliot Williams is a CNN legal analyst and former federal prosecutor. And he wrote a book about the case called "Five Bullets: The Story of Bernie Goetz, New York's Explosive '80s, and the Subway Vigilante Trial That Divided the Nation."  Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link:  https://bit.ly/4gF2K18   See more information on my books: katewinklerdawson.com  Follow me on social: @tenfoldmore (Twitter) / @wickedwordspod (Facebook) / @tenfoldmorewicked (Instagram)  2026 All Rights Reserved  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wicked-words-a-true-crime-talk-show-with-kate-winkler-dawson-1332124/episodes/elliot-williams-five-bullets/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/wicked-words-a-true-crime-talk-show-with-kate-winkler-dawson-1332124/elliot-williams-five-bullets.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.