Truth & Justice with Bob Ruff

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What's Truth & Justice with Bob Ruff about?

Truth & Justice is a true crowdsourced investigation in real time. Host, Bob Ruff, asks listeners to help with investigations as he takes on a new potential wrongful conviction case every season. The subject of Season 12 is a grizzly 2006 triple homicide, that occurred in Pinyon Pines, California. Three innocent people lost their lives, and many believe that Robert Pape and Cristin Smith were wrongfully convicted of the murders. Join the investigation, and together we'll find the truth!

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S12E43: Cristin's Second In...

01.29.2023

Today we hear Cristin's second interview.

Truth & Justice with Bob Ruff episodes:

01.29.2023 S12E43: Cristin's Second Interview Today we hear Cristin's second interview.
01.27.2023 S12E42: S12:E42 Follow-Up Today, Bob and Janet - sans Zaq - take a closer look at, "A Closer Look".
01.23.2023 Introducing: Frozen Head Hosted by Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart from the hit show Morbid. When 90-year-old Laurence Pilgeram drops dead on the sidewalk outside his condo, you might think that’s the end of his story. But, really, it’s just the beginning. Because ...
01.22.2023 S12E42: The Fire: A Closer Look Using Bob's sleuthing skills and his background in firefighting, today we take a very detailed look into the Pinyon Pines fire.
01.20.2023 S12E41: S12:E41 Follow-Up Today, Bob, Zaq and Janet are all back together to discuss Episode 41, The End of the Rainbow.
01.15.2023 S12E41: The End of the Rainbow Today, Bob continues on with the conclusion of LeClaire's transcript....but wait, there's more.
01.13.2023 S12E40: S12:E40 Follow-Up Today, Bob and Janet discuss LeClaire's testimony, sans Zaq.
01.09.2023 Introducing SUSPECT: Vanished In the Snow For more than three and a half decades, the disappearance of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews was a mystery – a riddle neither authorities nor her family members could solve. The residents of her cloistered Colorado hometown had scoured every inch of ...
01.08.2023 S12E40: LeClaire’s Testimony, Part 1 Today, we take a closer look at how this investigation was conducted, from the viewpoint of the lead investigator himself.
01.06.2023 S12E39: S12:E39 Follow-Up In today's episode, the whole crew is back together to discuss, "Stipulated".
01.01.2023 S12E39: S12:E39 Stipulated Knowing what we know about the DNA evidence found on Becky's body, how exactly did the jury convict Robert and Cristin?
12.23.2022 BONUS: Beau Nash 2015 Police Interview This bonus episode features a 2015 interview with Beau Nash. Keep in mind as you're listening that 9 years have passed since the murders. You'll hear some conflicts between details in this interview and his 2006 and 2007 interview. For ...
12.23.2022 S12E38: S12:E38 Follow-Up Today, Bob, Janet and Zaq go over DNA expert, Suzanna Ryan’s, analysis.
12.18.2022 S12E38: DNA Analyst: Suzanna Ryan Today, Bob discusses the DNA evidence with DNA Analyst, Suzanna Ryan.
12.16.2022 S12E37: S12:E37 Follow-Up In today's episode, Bob and Janet are having an IRL Pinyon Pines, boots-on-the-ground, investigation and meet-n-greet; whilst Zaq is "all by himself".
12.11.2022 S12E37: The Business Card Bob discusses the State's main piece of evidence today... the business card.
12.09.2022 S12E36: S12:E36 Follow-Up In today's episode, Bob, Zaq, and Janet go over what was a very information-packed episode, "The Books".
12.04.2022 S12E36: The Books In today's episode, Bob breaks down Jon & Vicki's finances.
12.02.2022 S12E35: S12:E35 Follow-Up Bob, Zaq, and Janet start this episode with a few Delphi updates, and then they get into a great discussion of this week's episode, "The Why".
11.27.2022 S12E35: The Why In today's episode, Bob takes your candid listener feedback to heart and presents to you, his "why".
11.25.2022 S12E34: S12:E34 Follow-Up Bob, Zaq and Janet discuss Episode 34, Jon and Vicki.
11.20.2022 S12E34: Jon and Vicki In today's episode, we hear a series of interviews that should help us to move the ball forward.
11.11.2022 S12E33: S12:E33 Follow-Up Today, Bob, Janet & Zaq discuss this week's full-length episode, "Chuck,".
11.06.2022 S12E33: Chuck In today's episode, we hear an interview with Chuck, which paints a picture for us as to what was happening in Becky's life in the year, and even the weekend, before the murders.
11.04.2022 S12E32: S12:E32 Follow-Up In today's episode, Bob, Zaq, and Janet discuss their thoughts about Ron Friedli, and his role in the Pinyon Pines case.
11.03.2022 Bonus: Ron Friedli 2015 Interview This bonus episode features an August 4, 2015 interview with Ron Friedli and his wife Lesil. At this point and time Robert and Cristin had been arrested for the first time. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice ...
11.02.2022 Bonus: Drew Friedli This bonus episode features a September 20th, 2006 interview with Becky's sister Drew. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
11.02.2022 Bonus: Tanya Friedli This bonus features a police interview with Becky's sister, Tanya Friedli. It was recorded on September 19th, just two days after the murders. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
11.02.2022 Introducing: The Vanished The Vanished is a true crime podcast that explores the stories of those who have gone missing. The Vanished goes beyond conventional news reports to take a deep dive into the story of a different missing person each week. Host ...
10.30.2022 S12E32: Ron Friedli Today we listen to an explanation regarding the financial settlements between Vicky and her ex-husband, Ron Friedli.
10.28.2022 S12E31: Follow-Up S12:E31 In today's episode, Bob, Zaq, and Janet sift through the many details of family dynamics and interesting financial happenings in the lives of the victims.
10.23.2022 S12E31: Tiffany, Part 2 After all the info we gleaned from Tiffany last week, we are going to dive a little deeper into that relationship today.
10.21.2022 S12E30: Follow-Up S12:E30 This week, Bob, Janet, and Zaq discuss their own thoughts about the family dynamics that were laid out in Episode 30, "Tiffany".
10.19.2022 Bonus: Tiffany Teasdale 9/20/06 Interview This bonus episode features Tiffany Teasdale's September 20th, 2006 Police Interview. Tiffany is Becky's half-sister, and was interviewed here, three days after the murders. This interview was not played in a main episode because the audio quality is almost unlistenable. ...
10.16.2022 S12E30: Tiffany Today, we learn a lot more about the family dynamics after Bob thoroughly combs through an interview with Becky's sister, Tiffany.
10.14.2022 S12E29: Follow-Up S12:E29 Today, Bob, Janet and Zaq discuss their thoughts about "The Mystery Hiker" episode, while commenting on listener feedback from the live chat.
10.12.2022 Bonus: Brandon Kugler-Harrison This bonus episode features a September 22, 2006 interview with Becky's friend Brandon Kugler-Harrison See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
10.09.2022 S12E29: The Mystery Hiker In today's episode, we explore the possible identity of that "mystery hiker".
10.07.2022 S12E28: Follow-Up S12:E28 While Zaq is out on assignment, Janet and Bob review the details of this week's episode, "Relationships".
10.05.2022 Bonus: Jeanie McDaniel Interview This bonus episode features a February 2007 Police interview with Becky's friend, Jeanie McDaniel. Jeanie shares some new details about Becky's relationship with Robert and with Javier in this interview. Is what she's saying accurate? It's up to you to ...
10.03.2022 Introducing - The ReWatcher: Buffy The Vampire Slayer Welcome to the Hellmouth Weirdos! Your favorite Morbid hosts Ash and Alaina are branching out from true crime and heading to Sunnydale for the ultimate Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch podcast! Alaina is a Buffy superfan and Ash has never ...
10.02.2022 S12E28: Relationships After doing some deeper digging, Bob gives us a more concise analysis of the days we have covered so far, and then finishes off the details of the weekend.
09.30.2022 S12E27: Follow-Up S12:E27 This week, not only does the crew field some great listener questions and comments, but they also get the privilege of sharing even MORE good news regarding the subject of a previous T & J season!
09.25.2022 S12E27: Becky's Week In this week's episode, Bob starts by playing us a short police phone call with Javier, and then goes over the details of Becky's week.
09.23.2022 S12E26: Follow-Up S12:E26 This week, the crew goes over their thoughts about Episode 26, Family Ties.
09.18.2022 S12E26: Family Ties Today, Bob gives us a hybrid episode where he analyzes a few police interviews that were conducted with family members of Becky's friend group.
09.16.2022 S12E25: Follow-Up S12:E25 Today, Bob, Janet, and Zaq discuss their thoughts on this week's hybrid episode, "The Road to Austin Alba".
09.11.2022 S12E25: The Road to Austin Alba This week, Bob gives us the best of both worlds, with a combination of his classic narration style, and a very interesting interview with Austin Alba.
09.09.2022 S12E24: Follow-Up S12:E24 Let's hear what Bob, Janet, and Zaq have to say about Season 12, Episode 24: Beau Nash.
09.04.2022 S12E24: Beau Nash In this second interview with Beau Nash, he rehashes the details of what he did on the night of the murders.

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