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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S12E27: Becky's Week

09.25.2022

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.

Truth & Justice with Bob Ruff episodes:

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.
09.02.2022 S12E23: Follow-Up S12:E23 Bob, Zaq, and Janet discuss this week's "spider web" of an episode, and they give us a some clues about what's coming up next week!
08.28.2022 S12E23: Jessica Henry Today we hear Jessica Henry's police interview, in which she describes some of her odd interactions with - and observations about - Austin Alba.
08.26.2022 S12E22: Follow-Up S12:E22 Bob, Janet, and Zaq discuss their thoughts about this week's episode, the interview with Nick Crum.
08.24.2022 Bonus: Nick Crum's 2016 Interview This bonus episode features another phone interview between Nick Crum and the Police. In this instance, Nick calls Detective Bodmer on June 13, 2016. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
08.23.2022 Bonus: Nick Crum's 2015 Interview This bonus episode features Nick Crum's 3/25/15 interview with Police. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
08.21.2022 S12E22: Nick Crum After hearing his name on the podcast, today's guest reached out to Bob to give us his insight into the Pinyon Pines case.
08.19.2022 S12E21: Follow-Up S12:E21 It's your Season 12, Episode 21 Follow-Up!
08.14.2022 S12E21: Alex Bob continues to pull on the figurative "ball of yarn" to see what unravels. Today we hear an interview with someone we haven't heard from yet, Alex Foulan.... and it's not at all what we were expecting.
08.12.2022 S12E20: Follow-Up S12:E20 Ahoy friends! There are A LOT of listener questions that Bob & Zanet go over today while Jack is on assignment. Get ready for a Friday Follow-Up chock full of details.
08.07.2022 S12E20: Puzzle Pieces Today, we hear clips of Austin Alba, Beau Nash, Jacob Santiago, and Nick Coraline.
08.05.2022 S12E19: Follow-Up S12:E19 Bob, Zaq, and Janet discuss their thoughts on all the discrepancies in this week's episode with the Cory Donovan interview.
07.31.2022 S12E19: Cory Donovan's Interview This episode may change everything you think you know about the Pinyon Pines case so far. Grab a pen and a notebook... and listen close. This is the interview with Cory Donovan.
07.29.2022 S12E18: Follow-Up S12:S18 Ahoy, Friends! Bob's back from assignment! Jack and Zanet are super excited to catch up with Bob about everything that took place in the Pinyon Pines case while he was away.
07.24.2022 S12E18: Jacob Santiago's Interview Becky's ex-Boyfriend, Jacob Santiago, was interviewed by police three days after her body was discovered. Becky had broken up with Jacob two days before the murders. This is Jacob's 9/20/06 police interview. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy ...
07.22.2022 S12E17: Follow-Up S12:E17 It's the Truth & JUST US Friday Follow-Up! Zaq and Janet discuss everything that Dr. Shiloh and Dr. Scott laid out for them in this week's full episode, "The Doctors Return."
07.17.2022 S12E17: The Doctors Return Janet and Zaq steer the ship while Bob is away on assignment.
07.15.2022 S12E16: Follow-Up S12:E16 Bob, Zaq, and Janet go over the details of this week's fact-filled episode.
07.11.2022 Introducing: Who Killed Daphne? When a car bomb kills Daphne Caruana Galizia on the beautiful Mediterranean island of Malta, the hunt for her killers exposes secrets with consequences that go far beyond its shores. In the aftermath of her death an international team of ...
07.10.2022 S12E16: Back On Track Bob dives deeper than ever into the Pinyon Pines case.
07.08.2022 S12E15: Follow-Up S12:E15 Today Bob, Janet and Zaq chat about the plethora of information we heard in Javier's full interview.
07.03.2022 S12E15: Javier's Full Interview Today we hear Javier's full interview. Grab a pen and paper, because this one is chock-full of information.
07.01.2022 S12E14: Follow-Up S12:E14 Today you'll hear Bob, Zaq & Janet talk more about the WM3 ruling, as well as all the details of this past week's episode.
06.28.2022 S5E44: WM3 Ruling Explained Bob breaks down the events of last week. The way Supporters were treated at the hearing, the ruling and the next steps in our fight for the truth. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
06.26.2022 S12E14: An Interview with Javier This week, we listen to two interviews with Javier to see what additional info we can gather. What are your thoughts? Be sure to tell us on the Truth & Justice Instagram page!
06.24.2022 S12E13: Follow-Up S12:E13 In a rare night-time recording of the Friday Follow-Up, Bob & Zap join Janet as they have a lively discussion about the phone pings and cell phone tower data.
06.20.2022 Wondery Presents: The Execution of Bonny Lee Bakley On May 4, 2001, Bonny Lee Bakley was found fatally shot in a car on a dark North Hollywood street. The prime suspect was her husband, famed actor Robert Blake. But Bonny, a longtime con artist, had plenty of enemies. ...
06.19.2022 S12E13: Pings Last week, Bob gave us a thorough analysis of the cell phone records of everyone involved in the case, but this week, we go even further down the habit hole.
06.17.2022 S12E12: Follow-Up S12:E12 Janet is back from Europe and joins Bob and Zap to discuss the phone records. The online chat is bursting with listener questions and comment that you won't want to miss!
06.14.2022 Bonus: Conversation w/ Cell Phone Expert This bonus episode is raw and unedited. In this week's main episode Bob asked listeners if they would like to hear the conversation he had with Cell Expert, Ian Patterson. A lot of listeners wanted to hear it, so here ...
06.12.2022 S12E12: A Game of Telephone It's time to review the cell phone records of the key players involved in this case.
06.10.2022 S12E11: Follow-Up S12:E11 Janet joins Bob and Zaq from across the pond to chat about Bob's final episode with Jim Clemente.
06.06.2022 Introducing - Persona: The French Deception Introducing the true crime podcast Persona: The French Deception— the story of Gilbert Chikli, one of the greatest con artists of all time. What does it feel like to pick up the phone and scam someone out of $50 million? ...
06.05.2022 S12E11: Jim Clemente Part 3 Today's the day you've been waiting for... the third and final installment of Bob's chat with former FBI profiler, Jim Clemente.
06.03.2022 S12E10: Follow-Up S12:E10 The crew discusses Bob's previous episode with Jim Clemente, fielding some listener comments and reactions.
05.29.2022 S12E10: Jim Clemente Part 2 Bob continues his discussion with former FBI profiler, Jim Clemente.
05.27.2022 S12E9: Follow-Up S12:E9 Bob, Janet, and Zaq discuss the Jim Clemente episodes.
05.22.2022 S12E9: Jim Clemente Part 1 Today, Bob is joined by former FBI profiler, Jim Clemente.
05.15.2022 S12E8: The Autopsies In this episode, Bob goes through the autopsy reports.
05.13.2022 S12E7: Follow-Up S12: E7 Bob, Janet and Zaq discuss the fires more in-depth.
05.08.2022 S12E7: The Fires In today's episode, Bob uses his experience as a firefighter to break down all the details of the fatal Pinyon Pines fire.
05.06.2022 JonBenét Ramsey Bonus Follow-Up Today's episode is a follow-up to the bonus JonBenét Ramsey live episode you heard with Bob, The Captain, and Kelli.
05.01.2022 Bob & The Captain Debate JonBenét Ramsey Case Bob, The Captain, and Kelli discuss one of the most-hotly debated cases in America.
04.29.2022 S12E6: Follow-Up S12: E6 In this Friday Follow-Up, Bob and the gang go over some more details of the crime scene.

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