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S2 [BONUS] I'll Call You Back | The Ballad of Billy Balls

July 18, 2019·33 min·2 clips

K-Balls says listening to Billy's story helped him leave a 200-days-a-year road life for time with his daughter.

1. The Ballad of Billy Balls S2 bonus episode "I'll Call You Back" revisits listener reactions and unanswered voicemails about Billy's story. 2. Ayo Tillett-Wright hosts the calls, and Kevin Shepard, the associate producer handling listener messages, selects people to contact. 3. The episode asks what Billy's story prompted listeners to remember, question, or change in their own lives. 4. A listener known as Parking Lot calls from a Publix parking lot in Boone, North Carolina, where Appalachian State University is located. 5. Parking Lot says four generations of her family were bakers and that Ayo's mother Rebecca's descriptions of street life felt familiar to her. 6. Dom discusses his friend Gregory Capri, who grew up near him in a small Oregon town and hosted concerts in a basement. 7. Dom says Gregory worked dangerous fishing jobs in Alaska, later used ketamine, and died after overdosing while using with someone. 8. Brian Seifertmeier says his mother Rosalind disappeared in 2016 after walking toward Lake Alpine during a family camping trip. 9. Brian reports that sonar and a search lasting about two weeks found logs but no clothing or personal object belonging to Rosalind. 10. Brian connects the disappearance to possible dementia or Alzheimer's symptoms Rosalind had been hiding. 11. Austin, identified in the show as Natasha, says Ron's account changed her view of why Billy was shot. 12. Austin says she believes Ron, the undercover cop, was serious and remorseful, and that Billy dealt heroin. 13. Cheetah Chrome rejects the police report's claim that Billy pulled and cocked a gun during an attempted heroin purchase. 14. Cheetah says Billy sold pills, including Valium and speed, and remembers him roller-skating in the snow while wearing a blue jumpsuit. 15. Ron Kubi describes the season as a love story between Rebecca and her son within a true-crime investigation. 16. Ron says false narratives can affect behavior when people refuse to examine facts that add contradiction or nuance. 17. Ron advises people seeking public records through a FOIL request to find a lawyer and offers to make his request public. 18. The episode uses live phone calls, voicemail excerpts, personal memories, and follow-up conversations in a reflective documentary format. 19. Listeners drawn to unresolved disappearances, memoir, and listener-driven true crime. 20. Listeners seeking a self-contained account of Billy's original case may skip this follow-up episode.

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