Episodes

  • The Problem with Erik | Update: Judge Orders a New Trial

    The Problem with Erik | Update: Judge Orders a New Trial
    Sep 20 2024
    After the verdict in the Erik Maund murder-for-hire trial, this bizarre story finally seemed to have reached an end: Maund and his co-defendants all faced mandatory life in prison. But this week, some surprising news came from the federal court in Nashville: Erik Maund may be getting a new trial.
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    3 mins
  • Free Range Presents: The Unforgotten

    Free Range Presents: The Unforgotten
    Sep 11 2024
    Katy Vine tells us about a new Texas true crime podcast you won't want to miss from our friends at Free Range called "The Unforgotten".
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    5 mins
  • The Problem with Erik | 5. How to Perform a Hit

    The Problem with Erik | 5. How to Perform a Hit
    Jul 23 2024
    Red agrees to a risky operation to help the investigation: going undercover to get Adam Carey and Bryon Brockway talking about the murders while the FBI listens in.

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    38 mins
  • The Problem with Erik | 6. The Fall

    The Problem with Erik | 6. The Fall
    Jul 30 2024
    As investigators close in, they set a trap to see how far Erik will go to maintain control of the situation.


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    31 mins
  • The Problem with Erik | 4. The 60k Option

    The Problem with Erik | 4. The 60k Option
    Jul 16 2024
    With little to show for their time in Nashville, the team on the ground proposes a radical escalation: For a premium, they can fix Erik’s problem permanently.
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    40 mins
  • The Problem with Erik | 3. The Fixer

    The Problem with Erik | 3. The Fixer
    Jul 9 2024
    Facing the blackmail threat, Erik Maund decides not to pay up or go to the police. Instead, he turns to Gil Peled, a security guy at the Maund family car dealership who seems qualified to solve sensitive problems. Built like a bodybuilder, Peled claimed to have experience in the Israeli special forces, and had spent years in Hollywood protecting Charlie Sheen. But Gil Peled isn’t quite the success story he pretends to be.

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    39 mins
  • The Problem with Erik | 2. Bill

    The Problem with Erik | 2. Bill
    Jul 2 2024
    Bill Lanway met Holly Williams through mutual friends in the Nashville EDM scene. Soon after they started dating, he moved into her apartment. It was only then, after snooping around on her phone, that he discovered Holly was an escort. Bill reacted with jealousy and violence against Holly, but the scheme he hatched next put them both in peril.

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    27 mins
  • The Problem with Erik | 1. Car Talk

    The Problem with Erik | 1. Car Talk
    Jul 2 2024
    In early 2020, Erik Maund—an executive at one of the top Toyota dealerships in the country, founded by his grandfather—had a problem. A stranger was blackmailing him for having an extramarital affair. Erik’s response to the threat set off a series of fateful decisions that left two people dead. One of those victims was Holly Williams, a Nashville woman who trained as an esthetician, loved to party in the local EDM scene, and also worked as an escort. After months in an abusive relationship, she’d been trying to get her life on track when Erik requested a date.

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    39 mins