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🗓️ 10 November 2024
⏱️ 60 minutes
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0:00.0 | For years, Tim Ballard has been championed as a modern-day superhero. |
0:05.0 | The first time I saw one of the kids from the video, and it changed my life. |
0:10.0 | He was the face of Operation Underground Railroad, a movement that inspired hope around the world by rescuing children from human traffickers. |
0:18.0 | However, Ballard's crusade to save innocent lives has always hidden a darker secret. |
0:24.6 | Oh, I think he's a pathological liar. Beneath the accolades and the applause, a dark storm has been brewing. |
0:32.2 | I mean, I can't find a time that he's told the truth about anything. Shocking allegations of sexual misconduct has surfaced, |
0:41.2 | casting his shadow over his once-unquestioned reputation. |
0:46.2 | I am host Sarah James McLaughlin, |
0:48.8 | and in this new season of The Opportunist, |
0:51.0 | we explore the rise and the fall of Tim Ballard. |
0:54.7 | Join us this October for Tim Ballard, unmasking a hero. |
0:58.6 | Subscribe to a new season of the Opportunist Now, wherever you get your podcasts. Thank you. Hello, everyone and welcome to episode 389 of the True Crime All the Time Unsolved podcast. I'm Mike Ferguson. |
1:48.3 | And with me as always is my partner in True Crime. Mike Gibson, give me, how are you? |
1:52.6 | Yeah, I'm doing okay. How about you? I'm doing great, man. I said it on TCAT. I'm having a really good week. I'm getting a lot of sleep, but somehow feeling tired still. |
2:03.1 | Too much sleep. |
2:04.0 | Maybe too much sleep. |
2:05.4 | Is that possible? |
2:06.9 | I think your wife thinks you're sleeping too much. |
2:09.1 | Oh, I know she does. |
2:10.3 | And too late. |
2:12.1 | Both. |
2:13.7 | Hey, let's go ahead and give our Patreon shoutouts. |
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