'I mean, [my dad] killed Danny boy in 1996. I suspected he was a murderer before 1996, and I didn't do anything about it. And I have to live with that guilt.' Via Refinery29
”, a podcast from Gimlet and Pineapple Street, Balascio teamed with veteran journalist Josh Dean to tell her story and unravel the truth about her father’s life and crimes. The result is an exploration of memory and family, as well as an interrogation of true crime narratives.
“The breaking point was [convicted murderer] Scott Peterson’s lawyer contacting me,” she told Refinery29. “He wanted me to help him overturn his client’s conviction due to the information that was being spread to the public. It was just crazy and ludicrous and I had enough. Meanwhile nothing was being done about the cold cases that I do believe my Dad committed.”It was then that Balasico got in touch with Dean, who’d first contacted her a few years earlier about potentially writing a story.
April Balascio: “I felt like nothing was being done about the cold cases that I believe my dad committed, because of all the rumors. I had turned all this information over to the authorities, and no one was doing anything about it. So, I was frustrated and at my limit. That’s when I finally reached out to Josh and decided to take him up on his offer to talk.
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