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I, a Squealer The insider’s account of the “Pied Piper of Tucson” murders

Richard Bruns

The year was 1965. The Beatles, Elvis Presley, and The Righteous Brothers filled the airwaves. Television shows like “The Adventures of Ozzy and Harriett” and “The Andy Griffith Show” mirrored the innocence of life in the dusty city of Tucson, Az. But the sunbaked desert surrounding Tucson was hidin...

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My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

It was written by Richie Bruns and details his experience in the aftermath of the murders, including being ostracized for being a snitch.

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he recently wrote a book cause right after all this stuff happened to him, he kind of wrote everything down. It was like his side of the story, because of course he had a horrible time in Tucson.

— Episode: 245 - Time Is Becoming A Serious Problem

Episode: 245 - Time Is Becoming A Serious Problem

It was written by Richie Bruns and details his experience in the aftermath of the murders, including being ostracized for being a snitch.

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he recently wrote a book cause right after all this stuff happened to him, he kind of wrote everything down. It was like his side of the story, because of course he had a horrible time in Tucson.

he titled it, I squealer, which is kind of a hilarious title.

at the table next to us was somebody I recognized had gone to prison. He was this big dude. And I thought, Oh my God, I'm in trouble. He shot a couple of balls and said, how you doing Richard? And he was friendly as hell.

So here was somebody who was in prison and lived by a strict, you don't squeal code. And he recognized the difference between squealing on somebody for stealing a candy bar and squealing on somebody who was out there killing girls.

Then he says once he was playing pool with his brother at a bowling alley on south Alvernon way. And he says, quote, at the table next to us was somebody I recognized had gone to prison.

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