E91: William Balfour

Fruitloops: Serial Killers of Color

Fruitloops

True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.4 • 953 Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2020

⏱️ 81 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This week Wendy and Beth get into the case of William Balfour, the brother-in-law of Jennifer Hudson (the singer and actress), allegedly because he was angry that his wife wanted a divorce and was seeing someone new. We get get into the stats and setting (12:48) then move into the early life of some of the people involved in the story (25:04). We dive into the time line (36:04) and move on to the investigation and arrest (48:30). We share our take aways, how not to get murdered (102:05) and some shout outs (109:22). Thanks for listening! This is a weekly podcast and new episodes drop every Thursday, so until next time... look alive guys, it's crazy out there! Where to find us: Our Facebook page is Fruitloopspod and our discussion group is Fruitloopspod Discussion on Facebook; https://www.facebook.com/groups/fruitloopspod/ We are also on Twitter and Instagram @fruitloopspod Please send any questions or comments to [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at 602-935-6294. We just might read your email or play your voicemail on the show! Want to Support the show? You can support the show by rating and reviewing Fruitloops on iTunes, or anywhere else that you get your podcasts from. We would love it if you gave us 5 stars! You can make a donation on the Cash App https://cash.me/$fruitloopspod Or become a monthly Patron through our Podbean Patron page https://patron.podbean.com/fruitloopspod Articles/Websites Murderpedia. (n.d.). William Balfour. Retrieved 08/21/20 from https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/balfour-william.htm Wikipedia contributors. (08/15/2020). Murder of Jason Hudson. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 08/21/2020 from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murder_of_Jason_Hudson&oldid=973174825 Justia US Law. (05/06/2015). People v. Balfour (Amended Opinion). Retrieved 08/22/2020 from https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/court-of-appeals-first-appellate-district/2015/1-12-2325-0.html Meisner, Jason; St. Clair, Stacy. (04/28/2012). Girlfriend says Balfour admitted killing mother, brother of Jennifer Hudson. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 08/22/2020 from https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-jennifer-hudson-trial-0428-20120428-story.html Schreiber, Barbara A. (n.d.). Jennifer Hudson. Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 08/22/2020 from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jennifer-Hudson ABC7 Eyewitness News. (12/31/2008). Murder rate jumps in 2008. Retrieved on 8/23/2020 from https://abc7chicago.com/archive/6580432/ Hoekstra, Dave. (12/16/2006). Living The Dream. Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 08/23/2020 from https://web.archive.org/web/20090204155517/http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/175911,sho-cst-dream17.article Klba, Lauren; Sweitzer, Madeline. (11/04/2016) Trump gets Chicago murder statistics... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This podcast contains adult themes and language and some of the things that we discuss may be disturbing to some listeners.
0:06.2	In this podcast we discuss sexual assault, torture, race, and murder.
0:11.0	Listener discretion is advised. I'm going to be. So, Oh, Hello everybody and welcome back we're back
1:04.4	bimb needles bitches
1:06.4	fruitloops is here fruitloops episode 91 thank you so much for listening
1:11.7	fruitloops is a podcast about true crimes committed by people of color
1:15.2	and their victims that we don't hear know much about.
1:17.8	Contrary to popular belief, not all serial killers are straight cisgender white dudes.
1:22.2	No. That's right right there are many well documented
1:25.1	cases of serial killers of color and fruit loops is a podcast all about we will take
1:29.3	deep dives into the fascinating lives and crimes of serial killers and true crimes committed by people of color and the victims the media and energy the allegedly. And we are Wendy and Beth. She's Wendy.
1:43.0	I'm Beth.
1:44.0	We're not journalists, investigators, or psychologists.
1:47.0	Just a couple of gals interested in true crime.
1:50.0	Also, the opinions expressed in this podcast are just that, our opinions.
1:54.0	Please send any questions or comments to Fruitloops Pod at gmail.com
1:58.7	or leave us a voicemail at 602935 6294. And we may feature it on a future episode.
2:06.0	Also our website is fruitloops pod.com and we use fruitloops pod for all our social media.
2:11.0	The footnotes for each episode can be found on our website
2:13.7	plus check it out for some different ways that you can support the show and
2:17.5	become a fruit loops fruitloops patron. Jeez Louise, my tongue's a little rusty.
2:23.2	Anyway, flutloops, yeah.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -1664 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Fruitloops, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Fruitloops and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.