The Ballad of Billy Balls

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S2 [BONUS] The Ballad of The Ballad | The Ballad of Billy Balls

iO, Austin, and Zac sit down for a very special behind-the-scenes bonus episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.

Aug 15 2019
39 min

S2 [BONUS] The Lawslinger | The Ballad of Billy Balls

iO and Austin pay a final visit to everyone's favorite lawslinger, Ron Kuby. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/

Aug 8 2019
32 min

Introducing Crimetown, Season 2

From the same team behind The Ballad of Billy Balls comes Crimetown, Season 2. This season, Crimetown heads to Detroit, Michigan. From its heyday as the Motor City to i

Aug 1 2019
9 min

S2 [BONUS] I'll Call You Back | The Ballad of Billy Balls

iO returns some of the many compelling listener calls, while Austin checks in with old friends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 18 2019
33 min

S2 [BONUS] Leave a Message | The Ballad of Billy Balls

In the afterglow of the season, we play some voicemails we've received from our wonderful listeners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoi

Jul 11 2019
31 min

S2 [13] Life After Death | The Ballad of Billy Balls

As the show comes to an end, iO tries to figure out what the wisdom of it is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com

Jul 4 2019
41 min

S2 [12] The Guy in the Cowboy Hat | The Ballad of Billy Balls

The elusive character at the center of the mystery is found, and iO gets his story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystud

Jun 27 2019
29 min

S2 [11] There’s Someone Under This Ground | The Ballad of Billy Balls

iO takes Rebecca on a trip 37 years in the making. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor

Jun 20 2019
33 min

S2 [10] Something Bigger Than Me | The Ballad of Billy Balls

iO's upbringing pushes him to a life or death moment, and his path toward healing leads straight to Billy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/

Jun 6 2019
41 min

S2 [9] Ophelia | The Ballad of Billy Balls

Rebecca's grief in the years following Billy’s death leads her to an unlikely source of comfort, and a big surprise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastch

May 30 2019
36 min

S2 [8] Cops Tend to Shoot | The Ballad of Billy Balls

After months of anticipation, iO and Austin receive the biggest piece of evidence yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnys

May 23 2019
35 min

Introducing Gangster Capitalism

Gangster Capitalism Season 1 is centered on the 2019 college admissions scandal that is exposing everyone from CEOs to celebrities. Award-winning documentarian Andrew Jen

May 21 2019
6 min

S2 [7] The Hunt for Paper | The Ballad of Billy Balls

iO and Austin track down some concrete evidence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa

May 9 2019
27 min

S2 [6] Amanda | The Ballad of Billy Balls

Amanda, a game-changing character, tells her story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info

May 2 2019
40 min

S2 [5] Those High-Powered Lawyers | The Ballad of Billy Balls

Was there a conspiracy to murder Billy in order to keep him quiet? iO's search for an answer leads to a sobering reality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podc

Apr 25 2019
35 min

S2 [4] Get in the Wind | The Ballad of Billy Balls

iO explores a darker side of Billy - did it lead to his death? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for p

Apr 11 2019
23 min

S2 [3] Billy the Kid | The Ballad of Billy Balls

As the investigation begins, iO explores Billy's journey to New York City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/li

Apr 4 2019
30 min

S2 [2] He's Not Done Yet | The Ballad of Billy Balls

After Billy dies, his body disappears and strange things start to happen. Rebecca insists the whole thing is a cover up and we set out to find the truth. Learn more a

Mar 28 2019
24 min

S2 [1] Billy Balls and His Babygirl | The Ballad of Billy Balls

New York City. The 1970s. Artists flock to the East Village hoping to make a name for themselves. Enter Rebecca, an aspiring model, who meets Billy Balls, a rock and roll

Mar 28 2019
29 min

S2 Trailer | The Ballad of Billy Balls

"Crimetown Presents: The Ballad of Billy Balls" premiers March 28th, 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/li

Mar 21 2019
3 min

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What listeners say

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Beautifully told, touching, human story. I was hanging on to every minute of every episode. Thank you iO for taking us on your journey. And for the introduction to Light Asylum.

spookycookie · Jan 2026

I’m listening to Billy Balls for the 4th time through, and I’m still crying and laughing and feeling every emotion as if it were the first time. I’ve listened to A LOT of podcasts, and this one absolutely tops the charts. The content is captivating, the characters rich and engrossing. It’s super well edited and excellently reported. IMHO, Billy Balls is one of the best podcasts ever made. Perfection!

lolaindigo · Jun 2025

This podcast ruined all other podcasts for me for a while but then I discovered Payne Lindsey. Neil Strauss. Marc Smerling. This is probably still my favorite podcast so far though and it definitely set the standard for comparison against other podcasts, weeding out the good from the not so good so thanks to iO T-W for raising/setting the bar in my absolute podcast obsession! You’ve created a snob in me. R.I.P. BILLY BALLS!!

CodeNameDuchess00 · May 2024

This is one of the BEST podcasts I’ve ever listened to! So we’ll done. I loved the mix of trying to figure out the crime but also all the interpersonal, trauma revealing, humanness to it. I seriously binged this, could not stop listening. Well done 👍🏽 👏🏼👏🏼

Socobluesky · Jan 2024

When I first listened to this podcast, I really enjoyed it. However, now knowing that Io is a liar, perjurer, protector of an abuser, who also objectified a teenager for their own purposes, my feelings have changed. As a result, the entirety of the pod lacks credibility, and I now think that this podcast was a means to promote themselves at the expense of their mother. As a victim of DV and SV, that Io would lie for and protect a violent abuser disgusts me.

Adeline Clemetine · May 2022

So basically, the RFK tapes season is the story of the host exploiting an old family friend to use his collection of tapes (and thus have a show), and then allows one of said friends old rivals to take over the show and make said friend look like a fool (with an assist from the friend himself, obviously). I’m not super invested in the details of the RFK assassination, but I think if you’re going to hang an old friend and co-host out to dry, you at least owe him the courtesy of stress testing and examining the weak points of his old rival’s (Moldea?) theory, too. Why let him brush aside the complicating factor of his own theory (namely, the “girl in the polka dot dress”) with a “well, I never bought into that”. This show spent a whole episode presenting multiple witness accounts of seeing the girl with Sirhan before the murders and you’re just going to let him shrug it off with a “meh” because there was no second gun in the room, after all?!? Ok, lol. Hardly fair to the co-host, though.

JohnMHeath · Apr 2022

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