From the same team that brought you Crimetown comes Crimetown Presents: The Ballad of Billy Balls. It’s 1982 in New York City, and a man bursts into an East Village storefront apartment and shoots punk musician Billy Balls. What follows is a mystery of love and loss that examines the tender binds of family, and the stories we tell ourselves just to survive. Learn more at www.theballadofbillyballs.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, Crimetown listeners.
Zach here.
I want to tell you about a new podcast that I think you're really going to love.
Cause, well, we made it.
Apple just named it one of the best podcasts of 2019 so far.
It's under our banner, Crimetown Presents, hosted by dear friend IO Tillett Wright.
And it's called the Ballad of Billy Balls.
The Ballad of Billy Balls begins with a murder in New York City in the early eighties, a place in time where punk musicians mingled with Hell's Angels and dope dealers ran entire city blocks.
But what starts as a simple murder investigation becomes a twisting tale of love and loss, the tender binds of family, and the stories we tell ourselves just to survive.
That doesn't mean we don't get to the bottom of the mystery.
We do, and it's a roller coaster.
Best part is, all 13 episodes are available to binge right now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen.
We're going to give you a little taste of that first episode right here.
And if you like it, head on over and listen to the rest of the show.
All right, here's the ballot of Billy Balls.
One New York cop put it very bluntly.
What happened early this morning on the Lower east side must have been the work of a psycho.
A man walked into a coffee shop and started shooting.
In New York City, graffiti covered subway cars rattle through wormholes beneath the streets.
New Yorkers saw one result of the city's tight new budget when garbage began to pile up in the streets.