{"podcast":{"title":"Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast","slug":"ray-william-johnson-true-story-podcast-7212041","podcast_index_feed_id":7212041,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10074e310/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGt7X90Au6BV8rf49BiM6Dg","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/42926276/42926276-1738116833217-5a66d821dfbef.jpg","author":"Ray William Johnson","episode_count":614,"summary":"The Official Podcast of Ray William Johnson, storyteller and comedian. Tune in for the best stories of True Crime and Pop Culture.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T06:17:49.152430+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ray-william-johnson-true-story-podcast-7212041"},"episode":{"title":"This Rich Guy is in BIG Trouble // The James Farthing Lottery Story","slug":"this-rich-guy-is-in-big-trouble-the-james-farthing-lottery-story","published_at":"2026-05-26T15:22:15+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ray-william-johnson-true-story-podcast-7212041/this-rich-guy-is-in-big-trouble-the-james-farthing-lottery-story","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ray-william-johnson-true-story-podcast-7212041","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raywilliamjohnson/episodes/This-Rich-Guy-is-in-BIG-Trouble--The-James-Farthing-Lottery-Story-e3jttj1","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO3974530088.mp3","summary":"The story of James Farthing centers on a dramatic turn of fortune where a historic lottery win was immediately followed by a cascade of serious legal troubles. In April 2025, Farthing, a Kentucky resident with a prior criminal record, made history by winning a massive $167.3 million Powerball jackpot, the largest ever in the state. However, just days after claiming the prize and publicly promising to turn his life around, he was arrested at a hotel bar in Florida for battery on a law enforcement officer. Over the following year, Farthing's legal spiral worsened with multiple additional arrests in Kentucky, including charges for a 100-mph hit-and-run crash, witness intimidation, and a burglary charge involving his ex-girlfriend.","meta_description":"The story of James Farthing centers on a dramatic turn of fortune where a historic lottery win was immediately followed by a cascade of serious legal trou…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":496,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ray-william-johnson-true-story-podcast-7212041/episodes/this-rich-guy-is-in-big-trouble-the-james-farthing-lottery-story/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ray-william-johnson-true-story-podcast-7212041/this-rich-guy-is-in-big-trouble-the-james-farthing-lottery-story.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}