On Their Behalf: A True Crime Podcast

On Their Behalf is a True Crime podcast highlighting underrepresented cases of BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and beyond. Hosted by Aja Hamilton & Devon Balsamo-Gillis.

Ep 8: On Behalf on Abraham Lee Shakespeare

In the Season 4 Finale, Aja tells Devon the case of Abraham Lee Shakespeare, a Florida man who disappears after winning the Lottery. 

10-20
01:10:54

Ep. 7: On Behalf of Kierra Coles

In 2018, Kierra Coles was pregnant with her first child and on a great career path. And then, she vanished. Almost every step in the investigation came up with nothing. So, what happened to Kierra Coles? 

10-13
01:02:01

Ep. 6: On Behalf Of Kenyatta Barron

In 2018, Kenyatta Barris and her two children were violently attacked by her boyfriend and their father, Ronnie Oneal. What followed was a bizarre, traumatic rigamarole. 

10-06
01:24:24

Ep. 5: On Behalf of Beverly Jackson

This week Aja tells the case on behalf a Beverly Jackson, a single mother living Florida who goes missing and is found days later dead in the trunk of her car with no visible sign of how she died. 

09-29
01:31:47

Ep. 4: On Behalf of Junko Furuta

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode is particularly graphic and violent. Listener discretion advised. In 1980s Japan, high schooler Junko Furuta was kidnapped and held prisoner for 40 days. The brutality of her murder shocked the Japanese public, but gained little attention overseas. 

09-22
01:07:22

Ep. 3: The Charleston Church Massacre

This week Aja tells Devon the case of the Charleston Race Massacre. June 17th, 2015 Dylann Roof walked into the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church and murdered 9 innocent people attending a bible study.

09-15
01:32:29

Ep. 2: Sister Margaret Ann Pahl

In 1980, Sister Margaret Ann Pahl was brutally murdered in Toledo, Ohio. Her case remained unsolved for nearly 23 years, until shocking new evidence gave the case a sinister new angle. 

09-08
01:04:00

Ep. 1: The Tulsa Race Massacre

In the season 4 premiere, Aja and Devon discuss the Tulsa Race Massacre and context in which the worst case of racial violence in American history came to be. 

09-01
01:42:56

Ep. 10: The Grim Sleeper

South Central Los Angeles experienced a slew of murders across 3 decades. Listen as Devon and Aja spend the season finale detailing the reign of terror of the Grimm Sleeper. 

06-09
01:53:14

Ep. 9: Herbert Lee

In 1961, Herbert Lee was shot point blank in front of a crowd of people. His killer went free. Listen to find out just exactly how that came to be.

06-02
58:01

Ep. 8: On Behalf of Deborah Danner

In this week's episode, Aja discusses the death of Deborah Danner, a 66-year-old black woman who was shot by police while she was suffering from a mental health crisis. 

05-26
56:03

Ep. 7: The Roxbury Murders

In 1979, 12 women were murdered in a string of killings in the small neighborhood of Roxbury in Boston. Aja and Devon discuss why so many women were targeted in such a small town. 

05-19
01:23:57

Ep. 6: On Behalf of Joan Little

In this week's episode, Devon discusses the case of Joan Little, who faced the death penalty for killing her jailor after he sexually assaulted her, and the cultural impact of the 1975 trial. 

05-12
49:50

Ep.5: On Behalf of Hannah Zehner Brim

This week Aja tells the case of a pregnant mother of a toddler who goes missing in Florida. 

05-05
01:22:03

Ep. 4: On Behalf of Valentino Dixon

In 1991, Torriano Jackson was shot and killed. Valentino Dixon served 27 years for his murder, but according to multiple eyewitnesses, he wasn't the shooter. Find out how Golf Digest and Michelle Obama were involved with Valentino's exoneration. Pics and sources on instagram @ontheirbehalf_pod. CURTIS FLOWERS EPISODE: https://anchor.fm/dna-podcast7/episodes/Ep--10-The-Tardy-Furniture-Murders-and-the-Trials-of-Curtis-Flowers-ed3n7s Written and edited by: Devon Balsamo-Gills Music by: Holly Amber Church Social Media: Kelcie Gruenberg 

04-28
01:05:54

Ep.3: On Behalf of Vincent Chin

This week Aja tells the story on behalf of Vincent Chin, a Chinese-American man who was beaten to death by two white autoworkers in 1982. Written and edited by: Aja Hamilton Produced by: Devon Balsamo-Gillis & Aja Hamilton Music by: Holly Amber Church Social Media: Kelcie Gruenberg

04-21
01:02:24

Ep. 2: On Behalf of Quawan Charles

This week's episode, Devon discusses all that we know of the ongoing case surrounding the mysterious death of 15 year old Quawan Bobby Charles. 

04-14
01:14:45

Ep. 1: On Behalf of Breonna Taylor

This week Aja tells the story on behalf of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old African American girl who was shot while sleeping in her Kentucky home by plain clothes police officers in the middle of the night.

04-07
01:50:54

Ep. 10: On Behalf of Emmett Till

In the Season 2 finale, Aja tells the story on Behalf of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American boy who was lynched in 1955 after being accused of offending a white woman in her family's local grocery store.

12-09
01:41:25

Ep 9: On Behalf of Celia A Slave

This week Aja and Devon tell the case on behalf of Celia A Slave, a 19 year old enslaved woman who was found guilty of murdering her slave owner Robert Newson, the man who raped her repeatedly for 5 years. 

12-03
02:01:16

Aflacbird

👍 great work. Thanks.

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Aflacbird

great show!! keep up the good work.

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