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The Guilty Files

Paranormal World Productions
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  • TRUE CRIME
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Welcome to The Guilty Files Podcast, where a former police officer takes you beyond the headlines and deep inside real criminal case files.T his isn’t sensationalized true crime. It’s the story after the official report. Each case unfolds in two investigative parts, designed to show not just what happened—but what was missed. True Crime: UncoveredThe factual foundation.Brian reconstructs each case exactly as it happened—step by step, timeline by timeline. Drawing on real law-enforcement experience, he breaks down crime scenes, witness statements, investigative decisions, and procedural missteps with clarity and precision. No speculation. No internet myths. Just the facts—presented the way investigators see them. The Redacted ReportThe story they didn’t tell. Once the facts are laid out, Brian digs into what was overlooked, ignored, or quietly buried. Missing details. Abandoned leads. Evidence that didn’t fit the narrative. The moments where cases veered off course behind closed doors.No conspiracy hype. No sensational claims. Just careful analysis of the gaps that still raise questions. The Guilty Files Podcast Because the truth is rarely simple—and the most important details are often redacted.

  1. TGF 086 Blaze Bernstein: The Redacted Report

    3D AGO

    TGF 086 Blaze Bernstein: The Redacted Report

    On January 2nd, 2018, nineteen-year-old Blaze Bernstein walked out of his parents' home in Orange County, California, to meet a former high school classmate. He left behind his wallet, his keys, and his glasses. He never came home. In Tuesday's episode, we laid out the facts of the case. Tonight, we go deeper — into the encrypted chat logs, the self-authored diary of hate, the dating app predation, the neo-Nazi training camps, and the celebration of murder inside a domestic terror cell that most of the mainstream coverage never touched. We dig into Samuel Woodward's "Sam's Diary of Hate," a series of emails he wrote to himself documenting his campaign of terror against gay men on Grindr, and the prosecution's chilling theory that this was a "ceremonial killing" designed to win prestige within the Atomwaffen Division — a neo-Nazi terror network linked to five murders in just eight months. We walk through Woodward's paramilitary training in Texas, his meetings with the godfather of accelerationist neo-Nazi ideology, and the quarter of a million encrypted messages where Atomwaffen members celebrated the murder and called Woodward a "one-man gay Jew wrecking crew."  We break down how Woodward's story changed dramatically between his police interview and his trial testimony, how he lied to Blaze's desperate parents while they searched for their missing son, and how six and a half years of delays nearly broke a family waiting for justice. And we end where the story demands — at the stones of Borrego Park, where grief became a movement.On July 3rd, 2024, Samuel Woodward was found guilty of first-degree murder with a hate crime enhancement. On November 15th, 2024, he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He refused to appear in the courtroom for his own sentencing. If you or someone you know has information about domestic extremist activity, contact the FBI tip line at tips.fbi.gov. If you or someone you know is a victim of a hate crime, contact the Department of Justice at civilrights.justice.gov.  Learn more about the BlazeItForward kindness movement at blazeitforward.org.

    31 min
  2. TGF 086 Blaze Bernstein: The Redacted Report

    4D AGO • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    TGF 086 Blaze Bernstein: The Redacted Report

    On January 2nd, 2018, nineteen-year-old Blaze Bernstein walked out of his parents' home in Orange County, California, to meet a former high school classmate. He left behind his wallet, his keys, and his glasses. He never came home. In Tuesday's episode, we laid out the facts of the case. Tonight, we go deeper — into the encrypted chat logs, the self-authored diary of hate, the dating app predation, the neo-Nazi training camps, and the celebration of murder inside a domestic terror cell that most of the mainstream coverage never touched. We dig into Samuel Woodward's "Sam's Diary of Hate," a series of emails he wrote to himself documenting his campaign of terror against gay men on Grindr, and the prosecution's chilling theory that this was a "ceremonial killing" designed to win prestige within the Atomwaffen Division — a neo-Nazi terror network linked to five murders in just eight months. We walk through Woodward's paramilitary training in Texas, his meetings with the godfather of accelerationist neo-Nazi ideology, and the quarter of a million encrypted messages where Atomwaffen members celebrated the murder and called Woodward a "one-man gay Jew wrecking crew."  We break down how Woodward's story changed dramatically between his police interview and his trial testimony, how he lied to Blaze's desperate parents while they searched for their missing son, and how six and a half years of delays nearly broke a family waiting for justice. And we end where the story demands — at the stones of Borrego Park, where grief became a movement.On July 3rd, 2024, Samuel Woodward was found guilty of first-degree murder with a hate crime enhancement. On November 15th, 2024, he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He refused to appear in the courtroom for his own sentencing. If you or someone you know has information about domestic extremist activity, contact the FBI tip line at tips.fbi.gov. If you or someone you know is a victim of a hate crime, contact the Department of Justice at civilrights.justice.gov.  Learn more about the BlazeItForward kindness movement at blazeitforward.org.

    31 min
  3. TGF 085 The Murder of Blaze Bernstein

    6D AGO

    TGF 085 The Murder of Blaze Bernstein

    On January 2nd, 2018, a nineteen-year-old University of Pennsylvania sophomore slipped out of his parents' house in Lake Forest, California, to meet up with a former high school classmate. He left without his wallet, his glasses, or his keys. He never came home. Blaze Bernstein was everything you'd want a kid to be. A pre-med student at an Ivy League school, the managing editor of a culinary magazine, a gifted writer who once said that writing gave him his voice. He was the oldest of three children in a tight-knit Jewish family, the grandson of a Holocaust survivor, and a young man who was just beginning to live openly and authentically as a gay man. The person he went to meet that night was Samuel Woodward, a former classmate from the Orange County School of the Arts. What Blaze didn't know was that Woodward had become a trained member of the Atomwaffen Division, a neo-Nazi terrorist organization that specifically targeted LGBTQ and Jewish people. He didn't know about the hate diary, the encrypted chat rooms, or the training camp in Texas. He didn't know that Woodward had brought a knife and a skull-faced terrorist mask to their meetup that night. This episode covers the full story. Blaze's life and the family that shaped him. Woodward's radicalization from a troubled kid in a homophobic household to a committed domestic terrorist. The seven-day search that gripped Orange County.  The rain that uncovered a shallow grave. The arrest, the evidence, and the six agonizing years it took to bring this case to trial. The testimony that exposed a killer's lies. And the verdict that finally held him accountable. It also covers what came after.  How the Bernstein family turned the worst moment of their lives into a movement called Blaze It Forward, and how a nineteen-year-old kid who loved food, writing, and people left a legacy that hatred could never erase. This is a difficult one. But it's a story that deserves to be heard.

    1h 17m
  4. TGF 085 The Murder of Blaze Bernstein

    6D AGO • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    TGF 085 The Murder of Blaze Bernstein

    On January 2nd, 2018, a nineteen-year-old University of Pennsylvania sophomore slipped out of his parents' house in Lake Forest, California, to meet up with a former high school classmate. He left without his wallet, his glasses, or his keys. He never came home. Blaze Bernstein was everything you'd want a kid to be. A pre-med student at an Ivy League school, the managing editor of a culinary magazine, a gifted writer who once said that writing gave him his voice. He was the oldest of three children in a tight-knit Jewish family, the grandson of a Holocaust survivor, and a young man who was just beginning to live openly and authentically as a gay man. The person he went to meet that night was Samuel Woodward, a former classmate from the Orange County School of the Arts. What Blaze didn't know was that Woodward had become a trained member of the Atomwaffen Division, a neo-Nazi terrorist organization that specifically targeted LGBTQ and Jewish people. He didn't know about the hate diary, the encrypted chat rooms, or the training camp in Texas. He didn't know that Woodward had brought a knife and a skull-faced terrorist mask to their meetup that night. This episode covers the full story. Blaze's life and the family that shaped him. Woodward's radicalization from a troubled kid in a homophobic household to a committed domestic terrorist. The seven-day search that gripped Orange County.  The rain that uncovered a shallow grave. The arrest, the evidence, and the six agonizing years it took to bring this case to trial. The testimony that exposed a killer's lies. And the verdict that finally held him accountable. It also covers what came after.  How the Bernstein family turned the worst moment of their lives into a movement called Blaze It Forward, and how a nineteen-year-old kid who loved food, writing, and people left a legacy that hatred could never erase. This is a difficult one. But it's a story that deserves to be heard.

    1h 17m
  5. TGF 085 Trooper Chadwick LeCroy: The Redacted Report

    FEB 6

    TGF 085 Trooper Chadwick LeCroy: The Redacted Report

    On December 27th 2010, Georgia State Trooper First Class Chadwick LeCroy pulled over a car with a broken taillight on Bolton Road in northwest Atlanta. It should have been routine. Instead, it became the first fatal shooting of a Georgia trooper in thirty-five years. The man behind the wheel was Gregory Favors, a thirty-year-old career criminal with eighteen prior arrests stretching back to 1998. He'd been convicted of drug charges, weapons violations, forgery, and obstruction. He was on active probation in Cobb County.  And he should have been in prison. This episode digs into everything that went wrong before that night. The rocket docket system that fast-tracked felonies and handed out lenient sentences to clear overcrowded jails. The July hearing where a prosecutor asked for four years and a judge gave sixty days. The December thirteenth release when no officer showed up to testify and a known flight risk walked free on a signature bond.  The missed court appearance the morning of the murder that should have triggered a bench warrant. We examine the finger-pointing between District Attorney Paul Howard, Mayor Kasim Reed, APD Chief George Turner, and Chief Judge Cynthia Wright. We look at the failed push for Chad's Law and the reforms that came too little, too late. And we remember the man behind badge 744, the trooper who spent his whole life dreaming of wearing the uniform and finally got his chance at thirty-six years old.This is the story of a death that didn't have to happen.

    29 min
  6. TGF 085 Trooper Chadwick LeCroy: The Redacted Report

    FEB 6 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    TGF 085 Trooper Chadwick LeCroy: The Redacted Report

    On December 27th 2010, Georgia State Trooper First Class Chadwick LeCroy pulled over a car with a broken taillight on Bolton Road in northwest Atlanta. It should have been routine. Instead, it became the first fatal shooting of a Georgia trooper in thirty-five years. The man behind the wheel was Gregory Favors, a thirty-year-old career criminal with eighteen prior arrests stretching back to 1998. He'd been convicted of drug charges, weapons violations, forgery, and obstruction. He was on active probation in Cobb County.  And he should have been in prison. This episode digs into everything that went wrong before that night. The rocket docket system that fast-tracked felonies and handed out lenient sentences to clear overcrowded jails. The July hearing where a prosecutor asked for four years and a judge gave sixty days. The December thirteenth release when no officer showed up to testify and a known flight risk walked free on a signature bond.  The missed court appearance the morning of the murder that should have triggered a bench warrant. We examine the finger-pointing between District Attorney Paul Howard, Mayor Kasim Reed, APD Chief George Turner, and Chief Judge Cynthia Wright. We look at the failed push for Chad's Law and the reforms that came too little, too late. And we remember the man behind badge 744, the trooper who spent his whole life dreaming of wearing the uniform and finally got his chance at thirty-six years old.This is the story of a death that didn't have to happen.

    29 min
  7. TGF 084 Trooper Chadwick LeCroy

    FEB 2

    TGF 084 Trooper Chadwick LeCroy

    This one is personal because I knew and worked alongside Trooper Chadwick LeCroy when I was an Atlanta Police Officer. Chad and I served together in Zone 2, and later I had the privilege of working with him when he joined the elite Georgia State Patrol Nighthawks DUI Task Force. He was one of the good ones – the kind of officer you wanted backing you up, the kind of man who made the badge mean something. On December 27th, 2010, Chad was murdered during what should have been a routine traffic stop. He pulled over a broken taillight on Bolton Road in northwest Atlanta.  The driver was Gregory Favors, a thirty-year-old career criminal with eighteen prior arrests and ten felony convictions. Favors fled, crashed his car, and when Chad approached on foot – without drawing his weapon – Favors fired three shots through the passenger window. One bullet struck Chad in the neck. He died in the ambulance on the way to Grady Memorial Hospital. But here's what makes this case so infuriating: Gregory Favors should have been locked up. He'd been arrested just seventeen days earlier and was out on a nineteen-thousand-dollar bond despite pretrial services recommending he be held without bail. Three times in 2010, the system said he was too dangerous to release.  Three times, judges ignored those recommendations. On the morning Chad was killed, Favors missed his court hearing. He should have been in jail, but instead he was free to murder a good man. The investigation was swift – dashboard camera footage captured everything. Favors stole Chad's patrol car, dumped it on Gun Club Road, and was arrested by Atlanta PD officers.  After nearly four years of legal proceedings, he pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty and received life without parole plus fifty-five years. Chad LeCroy was the first Georgia State Trooper killed by gunfire in thirty-five years. He left behind his wife Keisha, sons Bret and Chase, and a law enforcement family that still feels his loss. A bridge over the Chattahoochee River now bears his name, and a scholarship in his memory helps new troopers get their education. This is the story of how system failures cost a hero his life, and why there really are no such things as "routine" traffic stops.In memory of Trooper First Class Chadwick Thomas LeCroy, Badge #744.  End of watch: December 27, 2010.

    1 hr
  8. TGF 084 Trooper Chadwick LeCroy

    FEB 2 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    TGF 084 Trooper Chadwick LeCroy

    This one is personal because I knew and worked alongside Trooper Chadwick LeCroy when I was an Atlanta Police Officer. Chad and I served together in Zone 2, and later I had the privilege of working with him when he joined the elite Georgia State Patrol Nighthawks DUI Task Force. He was one of the good ones – the kind of officer you wanted backing you up, the kind of man who made the badge mean something. On December 27th, 2010, Chad was murdered during what should have been a routine traffic stop. He pulled over a broken taillight on Bolton Road in northwest Atlanta.  The driver was Gregory Favors, a thirty-year-old career criminal with eighteen prior arrests and ten felony convictions. Favors fled, crashed his car, and when Chad approached on foot – without drawing his weapon – Favors fired three shots through the passenger window. One bullet struck Chad in the neck. He died in the ambulance on the way to Grady Memorial Hospital. But here's what makes this case so infuriating: Gregory Favors should have been locked up. He'd been arrested just seventeen days earlier and was out on a nineteen-thousand-dollar bond despite pretrial services recommending he be held without bail. Three times in 2010, the system said he was too dangerous to release.  Three times, judges ignored those recommendations. On the morning Chad was killed, Favors missed his court hearing. He should have been in jail, but instead he was free to murder a good man. The investigation was swift – dashboard camera footage captured everything. Favors stole Chad's patrol car, dumped it on Gun Club Road, and was arrested by Atlanta PD officers.  After nearly four years of legal proceedings, he pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty and received life without parole plus fifty-five years. Chad LeCroy was the first Georgia State Trooper killed by gunfire in thirty-five years. He left behind his wife Keisha, sons Bret and Chase, and a law enforcement family that still feels his loss. A bridge over the Chattahoochee River now bears his name, and a scholarship in his memory helps new troopers get their education. This is the story of how system failures cost a hero his life, and why there really are no such things as "routine" traffic stops.In memory of Trooper First Class Chadwick Thomas LeCroy, Badge #744.  End of watch: December 27, 2010.

    59 min
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Welcome to The Guilty Files Podcast, where a former police officer takes you beyond the headlines and deep inside real criminal case files.T his isn’t sensationalized true crime. It’s the story after the official report. Each case unfolds in two investigative parts, designed to show not just what happened—but what was missed. True Crime: UncoveredThe factual foundation.Brian reconstructs each case exactly as it happened—step by step, timeline by timeline. Drawing on real law-enforcement experience, he breaks down crime scenes, witness statements, investigative decisions, and procedural missteps with clarity and precision. No speculation. No internet myths. Just the facts—presented the way investigators see them. The Redacted ReportThe story they didn’t tell. Once the facts are laid out, Brian digs into what was overlooked, ignored, or quietly buried. Missing details. Abandoned leads. Evidence that didn’t fit the narrative. The moments where cases veered off course behind closed doors.No conspiracy hype. No sensational claims. Just careful analysis of the gaps that still raise questions. The Guilty Files Podcast Because the truth is rarely simple—and the most important details are often redacted.

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  • Creator
    Paranormal World Productions
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    199
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Paranormal World Productions LLC
  • Show Website
    The Guilty Files
  • Provider
    Brian King-Sharp

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