Bloody Angola: The Complete Story of America's Bloodiest Prison

From the creative minds of award winning podcasters Woody Overton of Real Life Real Crime and Jim Chapman of Local Leaders the Podcast Bloody Angola is a no holds barred podcast based on stories and interviews of the bloodiest prison in America, told like you have never heard it!

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June 17, 2026

Part 4 | 50 Shades of Evil: Washington - Ted Bundy

Part 4 of a 4 part series Jim Chapman brings you into the shadows of one of America’s most notorious serial killers: Ted Bundy. This episode covers Bundy’s Florida trials, including the Chi Omega and Kimberly Leach cases, both ending in death...

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June 10, 2026

Part 3 | 50 Shades of Evil: Washington - Ted Bundy

Part 3 of a 4 part series Jim Chapman brings you into the shadows of one of America’s most notorious serial killers: Ted Bundy. This episode covers Bundy’s 1975 attacks and murders in Colorado and Utah, his 1977 multiple escapes, the Chi Omega...

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June 3, 2026

Part 2 | 50 Shades of Evil: Washington - Ted Bundy

Part 2 of a 4 part series Jim Chapman brings you into the shadows of one of America’s most notorious serial killers: Ted Bundy. Behind the handsome face, law-school smile, and easy charm lurked a predator who terrorized the United States from...

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May 27, 2026

50 Shades of Evil: Washington - Ted Bundy

Part 1 of a 4 part series Jim Chapman brings you into the shadows of one of America’s most notorious serial killers: Ted Bundy. Behind the handsome face, law-school smile, and easy charm lurked a predator who terrorized the United States from...

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May 20, 2026

50 Shades of Evil: California - Charles Manson

In the summer of 1969, a ragtag group of runaways and outcasts living in the California desert unleashed one of the most shocking crime sprees in American history. At the center of it all was Charles Manson —a failed musician with a magnetic personality and a deadly vision. In this episode, we dive deep into the twisted world of the Manson Family: how a small-time criminal became the self-proclaimed messiah of a doomsday cult, how he used sex, drugs, and the Beatles’ White Album to brainwash his

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May 13, 2026

50 Shades of Evil: Massachusetts

In this episode of "50 Shades of Evil" Jim Chapman brings you to Massachusetts to tell the story of "Freddy" Geas who after being sentenced to life in prison, killed infamous Boston mobster "Whitey" Bulger.

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May 5, 2026

Part Two | 50 Shades of Evil: Pennsylvania

Part 2 of a 2 part series: In July 2017, the peaceful suburbs of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, were rocked by a string of disappearances that quickly turned into one of the most disturbing murder cases in recent American history. Over the course of just three days, four young men—Jimi Patrick, Dean Finocchiaro, Thomas Meo, and Mark Sturgis—vanished after heading out to what they believed were routine marijuana deals. They never came home. What they walked into was a nightmare orchestrated by 20-ye

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April 29, 2026

50 Shades of Evil: Pennsylvania

Part One In July 2017, the peaceful suburbs of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, were rocked by a string of disappearances that quickly turned into one of the most disturbing murder cases in recent American history. Over the course of just three days, four...

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April 20, 2026

50 Shades of Evil: Indiana

Between 1993 and 1995, a small rural hospital in Clinton, Indiana, experienced a horrifying spike in ICU deaths. The mortality rate tripled almost overnight, with elderly patients suddenly coding and dying at an alarming pace. Every victim had one thing in common: licensed practical nurse Orville Lynn Majors was present. Admired by colleagues and trusted by families, Orville Lynn Majors was the last person anyone would suspect. But a painstaking investigation revealed a terrifying pattern. He ha

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April 13, 2026

50 Shades of Evil: Back To Florida

Rocky Ali Beamon—better known as the “Vigalante Killer.” Already serving a life sentence for the 2005 kidnapping, robbery, and brutal drowning murder of Deborah Lacey (carried out with his girlfriend Karen Wilkins to fuel a crack cocaine binge), Beamon wasn’t done killing. Behind the walls of Florida state prisons, he became a self-appointed vigilante, hunting down convicted sex offenders with cold, calculated precision. In 2012, at Apalachee Correctional Institution, he stalked fellow inmate Br

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April 6, 2026

50 Shades of Evil: Georgia

On March 11, 2005, Brian Gene Nichols was sitting in a Fulton County Courthouse holding cell in Atlanta, Georgia, awaiting trial on SA charges. What happened next became one of the most shocking courthouse attacks in American history. In a matter of minutes, Nichols overpowered his deputy escort, seized her weapon, and stormed the courtroom of Superior Court Judge Rowland Barnes. He murdered the judge and court reporter Julie Brandau in cold blood. As he fled the building, he gunned down Sheriff

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March 30, 2026

50 Shades of Evil: Colorado

On July 20, 2012, a packed midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises at the Century 16 theater in Aurora, Colorado, turned into one of the deadliest mass shootings in American history. Dressed in tactical gear and heavily armed, 24-year-old James Holmes known as the “Colorado Theatre Shooter” opened fire, killing 12 people and injuring 70 others in a matter of minutes. Once a high-achieving neuroscience PhD student at the University of Colorado, Holmes had meticulously planned the attack for m

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Feb. 20, 2024

Prison Soldier: Cop Killer Wayne Felde Drops February 22nd on Bloody Angola Podcast

On Thursday February 22nd Bloody Angola Podcast goes deep into the life story of Wayne Felde, a troubled individual who was born in 1949 and grew up in a family with a history of military service. Wayne's father was abusive and strugg…

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Dec. 26, 2023

Saying Goodbye to Season 5 with "Revolving Door"

In our episode released Thursday December 21st, 2023, we wrapped up our fifth season!The episode can be listened to completely free by clicking here.We share the success of our recent episode on the Black Code and discuss some breaking news stor…

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Nov. 27, 2023

Google Podcasts is shutting down, here's how you can still get Bloody Angola Podcast.

Google Podcasts is shutting down, here's how to switch.As you may know, the Google Podcasts app is shutting down soon. That means if you’re using the app to listen to your favorite podcasts, you’ll need to find a new app to switch to.…

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About the Hosts

Jim Chapman

Co-Host

Jim Chapman has been a historian of prisons his entire life.
His first visit to Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola was at the age of 11 with his church youth group.
Since that time Jim has visited angola countless times which lit his passion for America's prison history!

Jim Chapman is also the award winning Creator and Host of Local Leaders the Podcast.
Jim is also founder of several companies including Envision Podcast Production, Envision Podcast studio Rentals and The Louisiana Podcast Association.

Jim has received numerous awards for his podcasting efforts including being recognized as a finalist for a Peoples Choice Podcast award for Best Business Podcast in 2021 and In 2022 his podcast Local Leaders again was nominated for a Peoples Choice Podcast Award for Best Business Podcast.

Jim also wears executive producing hats for topped ranked podcast including Real Life Real Crime, and Unspeakable: A True Crime Podcast by Kelly Jennings.

Jim's editing and sound mixing skills are also well known and he is managing sound and video editor for several top podcast including RLRC, Unspeakable, The Death of Journalism and Real Life Real Crime Daily where he also serves in a co-hosting role.

Woody Overton

Co-Host

Award winning podcast host, Woody Overton, is a retired law enforcement officer that has taken to the mic to recount stories of his experiences in law enforcement as a major crime detective, polygraphist, street cop and more!
Woody Overton has become the voice of victims and their families. He holds law enforcement officers accountable for their actions or lack there of.
Overton, Best Male Host of 2021 in the Peoples Choice Podcast Awards, has a voice as "smooth as butter", speaks his mind and has major credentials to back him up.
Overton has solved numerous cold cases, he seeks justice where there is none, helps the innocent and works hard to put the guilty where they belong.
Podcast to his credit include the massively successful Real Life Real Crime, and Scorched Justice!

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