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NEW PODCAST: The Killing Month August 1978 from WRAL Studios

The true story of a family who would do anything to keep their crimes secret

Follow the Truth · Anita Normanly

August 15, 202340m 20sExplicit

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<p><span class="TextRun SCXW227715006 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW227715006 BCX4">The events that took place in Chester County, Pennsylvania in August 1978 were unthinkable. Family killing family. A father calling for the murder of his own son. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW227715006 BCX4">For </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW227715006 BCX4">years</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW227715006 BCX4"> The Johnston Gang got away with everything&mdash;theft, burglary, violence&mdash;until the brazen attacks of August </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW227715006 BCX4">1978 crossed a line, and the family crime empire began to crumble. Host and writer Amanda Lamb shares her own memories of the murders and the trials that followed. Her father was the lead prosecutor who helped bring the killers to justice.</span> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW227715006 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW227715006 BCX4">A fictional account of The Johnston Gang&rsquo;s downfall was portrayed in </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW227715006 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW227715006 BCX4">the 1986 movie &ldquo;At Close Range</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW227715006 BCX4">,&rdquo; but this is the </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW227715006 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW227715006 BCX4">real</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW227715006 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW227715006 BCX4"> story of a violent</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW227715006 BCX4"> family crime operation and the long task of bringing its leaders to justice.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW227715006 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span class="EOP SCXW227715006 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"><span class="TextRun SCXW147807740 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW147807740 BCX4">You can listen to THE KILLING MONTH AUGUST 1978 ad-free and exclusively on </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW147807740 BCX4">Wondery</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW147807740 BCX4">+. Join </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW147807740 BCX4">Wondery</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW147807740 BCX4">+ in the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW147807740 BCX4">Wondery</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW147807740 BCX4"> App or on Apple Podcasts.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW147807740 BCX4">&nbsp;</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW147807740 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}">&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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