{"podcast":{"title":"The Binge Crimes: The Poet","slug":"the-binge-crimes-the-poet-4109522","podcast_index_feed_id":4109522,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/witnessed","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/faf0bcae-ec29-11eb-8df5-cf233328ba3b/image/61d6dc412681f01987d90031e3e029f5.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Sony Music","episode_count":150,"summary":"In 1977, a stranger calls Ruth Finley to blackmail her about a secret from her past. The caller escalates to stalking her on the streets, sending terrifying poems in the mail, and threatening her life. The case sets off a years-long manhunt, one of the most expensive and infamous in Wichita history, to catch the man known as The Poet. A serial killer named BTK, with a knack for bad poetry, already had the city on edge. So when Ruth goes to the police, they start to wonder: are The Poet and BTK the same person? The police try to protect Ruth at all costs. At one point stationing officers in the home she shares with her loving husband. Still, The Poet keeps finding ways to get to her. At the dawn of criminal profiling and serial killers, it’ll take a whole new strategy to finally crack this case. And when they do, it opens up bigger, scarier mysteries about the human psyche. Binge all episodes of The Poet, ad-free by subscribing to The Binge. Search and follow The Binge Crimes and The Binge Cases feeds on Apple Podcasts and hit Subscribe, or visit ⁠GetTheBinge.com. From serial killer nurses to psychic scammers – The Binge is your home for true crime stories that pull you in and neve…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T18:23:30.900504+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-binge-crimes-the-poet-4109522"},"episode":{"title":"Introducing . . . The Poet","slug":"introducing-the-poet","published_at":"2026-06-24T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-binge-crimes-the-poet-4109522/introducing-the-poet","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-binge-crimes-the-poet-4109522","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/143/tracking.swap.fm/track/Vjambo9ifGBwbaCTlDBD/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/SONY5417349694.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/143/tracking.swap.fm/track/Vjambo9ifGBwbaCTlDBD/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/SONY5417349694.mp3","summary":"Coming soon to the Binge is The Poet! In 1977, during the BTK Strangler’s reign of terror in Wichita, a woman named Ruth Finley receives a threatening phone call from an unidentified man. He’s blackmailing her about a secret from her past. The harassment escalates to letters, then poems, then attacks. The Wichita police wonder if this is the work of BTK. But the deeper their investigation goes, the darker and stranger the questions become. Binge all episodes of The Poet July 1st by subscribing to The Binge. Visit ⁠The Binge Crimes⁠ on Apple Podcasts and hit ‘subscribe’ or visit ⁠GetTheBinge.com⁠ to get access. The Binge – feed your true crime obsession. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Coming soon to the Binge is The Poet! In 1977, during the BTK Strangler’s reign of terror in Wichita, a woman named Ruth Finley receives a threatening pho…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":129,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-binge-crimes-the-poet-4109522/episodes/introducing-the-poet/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-binge-crimes-the-poet-4109522/introducing-the-poet.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}