{"podcast":{"title":"UNMARKED: A True Crime Podcast","slug":"unmarked-a-true-crime-podcast-7637226","podcast_index_feed_id":7637226,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5167828.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5167828","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43493272.jpg","author":"UNMARKED: A True Crime Podcast","episode_count":31,"summary":"UNMARKED is a new true crime podcast and YouTube series built on rare interviews, real police evidence, and never-before-heard audio from some of the most infamous cases in North America. From inside prison phone calls to lost tapes and forgotten case files, these are the stories that were never meant to be heard — told by award-winning true crime filmmaker James Buddy Day. REAL CASES. REAL TAPES. NEVER-BEFORE HEARD. Exclusive interviews & archival recordings No reenactments. No gimmicks. Just the truth. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T10:17:10.408922+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unmarked-a-true-crime-podcast-7637226"},"episode":{"title":"25: Wayne Williams: Psychopath or Scapegoat?","slug":"25-wayne-williams-psychopath-or-scapegoat","published_at":"2026-06-03T22:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unmarked-a-true-crime-podcast-7637226/25-wayne-williams-psychopath-or-scapegoat","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unmarked-a-true-crime-podcast-7637226","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8910351","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8910351.mp3?modified=1780333279&sid=5167828&source=rss","summary":"For nearly fifty years, Wayne Williams has insisted he is innocent. But when you step back and examine the evidence as a whole, the picture becomes far more complicated. In this episode of UNMARKED , I dig through FBI files, surveillance reports, witness statements, and forensic evidence to understand the man at the center of one of America's most controversial murder investigations. Along the way, I speak with award-winning journalist Clemson Richardson, who covered the Atlanta Child Murders as they unfolded and witnessed the fear that gripped the city firsthand. Together, we examine the patterns investigators saw: the dump sites, the escalating violence, the witness sightings, the fiber evidence, and the psychological profile of a man who spent decades trying to control the narrative surrounding himself. Was Wayne Williams a psychopath? A scapegoat? Or something far more complicated? Research Notes: MiinChai, A. M., Yaksic, E., Chopin, J., Fortin, F., & Hewitt, A. (2022). Time After Time: Factors Predicting Murder Series’ Duration. CrimRxiv. Stuart, R. (1981, June 22). Suspect in Atlanta: Young, big ideas, but a career of limited achievements. The New York Times , A1. *** If you want to follow the cases as I’m working on them, you can find me on Instagram — @jamesbuddyday If you want to go deeper into the Charles Manson case, my book Charles Manson: The Last Words documents years researching the story and speaking directly with members of the Manson Family — including Charles Manson himself. Read it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GQ6QRVQ7 For those who want to examine the evidence directly, complete phone calls and documents are available inside UNMARKED: Case Files, our research portal, along with ad-free episodes. Join here: https://www.patreon.com/Unmarked_…","meta_description":"For nearly fifty years, Wayne Williams has insisted he is innocent. But when you step back and examine the evidence as a whole, the picture becomes far mo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3351,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unmarked-a-true-crime-podcast-7637226/episodes/25-wayne-williams-psychopath-or-scapegoat/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unmarked-a-true-crime-podcast-7637226/25-wayne-williams-psychopath-or-scapegoat.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}