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The Murder of Robert Wone

By: AYR Media
Narrated by: H. Alan Scott
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  • Episode 0 - Trailer

    Episode 0 - Trailer
    Sep 23 2021

    Robert Wone and Joseph Price were unlikely friends. Having met in college, both went on to become promising young lawyers in Washington, DC. This is where their similarities ended. Robert, a fourth-generation Chinese American, was newly married to his wife Kathy and was about to embark on a new career. Joseph, a prominent LGBT activist, became known for his wealth and his unconventional sexual relationship with his partner, Victor Zaborsky, and the third man in their relationship, Dylan Ward.

    On the night of August 2, 2006, the lives of these two unlikely friends change forever when Robert is found stabbed to death in Joseph’s guest room. True crime junkie H. Alan Scott re-investigates this cold case, hoping to discover more about who murdered Robert Wone, talking to those who lived it, covered it and from within the LGBTQ community.
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  • Episode 1- The Murder

    Episode 1- The Murder
    Sep 23 2021
    True crime junkie H. Alan Scott begins a deep dive into a case that obsesses him. Robert Wone works late and stays over with his friends Joe, Victor, and Dylan in their luxurious townhouse in Washington, DC. That night, Robert is stabbed to death, and the men claim that an intruder murdered him, beginning a twist-filled investigation where nothing is as it seems.
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    29 mins
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  • Episode 2- The Investigation

    Episode 2- The Investigation
    Sep 23 2021
    The night of Robert’s murder, medical workers and investigators find that the crime scene contains many suspicious elements. When detectives interview Joe, Victor, and Dylan, they think that their stories don’t add up and that they’re hiding something.
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    34 mins
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About the Creator

AYR Media is a full service content production company with an emphasis on non-fiction content in podcasts, television, and film. President and CEO Aliza Rosen has worked as a producer in the television industry for over two decades and brings a breadth of knowledge and experience in premium unscripted programming. AYR Media’s credits include *The Case of Jon Benet Ramsey *(CBS), The Case of Caylee Anthony, Dirty John: The Dirty Truth, and documentary feature film Latter Day Jew.

About the Performer

H. Alan Scott is a Los Angeles based writer, journalist, and comedian. Scott’s work has appeared in Newsweek, VICE, Esquire, and OUT Magazine. Appearances include MTV, Fusion, CNN, and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, and Ellen. Scott has contributed to Jim Henson’s No, You Shut Up on Fusion, Paramount Plus’s Younger, and BBC/Netflix’s Danger Mouse. Currently, Scott co-hosts the podcasts Out on the Lanai: The Golden Girls Podcast on Elizabeth Banks’ WhoHaHa network and You’re Making It Worse on Dan Harmon’s Starburns Industries network.

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Agenda driven

The story itself was really good but I felt that they were trying to push an agenda. I felt like they were ghost hunting where they were looking for a implicit bias. The people that were making the decisions in the case clearly did not have any bigotry towards the LBGTQ+ community. The narrator still tried to drive home that there was a bias and I felt like the entire episode was structured to drive that point home. If they remove those components of this podcast it would be a very good crime podcast.

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Very compelling podcast

This is very well organized and presented clearly. I do think when the suspects are LGBTQ+ and in an unconventional relationship with unconventional sexual proclivities, presenting the story becomes especially sensitive. But quite honestly, I'm far less concerned about the feelings of the three men in that townhouse who undoubtedly were involved in a cover up of a crime than I am about what happened to Robert Wone and the feelings of his widow and parents, who have been left not only to grieve but to wonder every day of their lives what actually happened to him.

To imply that detectives' questions about the possibilities of an intimate relationship with Wone or attraction to him on the part of any of those three men is somehow homophobic is absurd to me. Avoiding these questions would be negligent. If a straight couple had lived in that townhouse, similar questions would have been asked. If three female straight roommates had lived in that townhouse, similar questions would have been asked. If one of the residents of the townhouse collected weapons, it would have put that person under suspicion. So the fact that Dylan Ward had a stash of S&M sex toys and equipment as well as a knife set in his bedroom would make any reasonable person wonder if his interest in hurting people for pleasure were at issue here. That's not prejudice—it's common sense. It's the job of a detective to explore all those questions. As for the police not exploring other avenues because of homophobia, as the host claims at the end, they did explore the possible role of Michael Price. Any other possibility was pretty much out of the question, as there was no evidence that the house had been broken into. What other avenues does the host believe they should have explored? He doesn't say.

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New facts learned

As a true crime fan, I have heard the story of Robert Wine’s mysterious death.
I enjoyed this podcast because it gave me so much more information about the investigation of this case.

I looked forward to each new episode and was sad when they were all played.

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Brilliantly Produced

Although this crime is terribly sad , it is also terribly interesting. I would have listened to 10 more episodes if there was more to the story to report

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Great telling

Compelling story and wonderful delivery. Would definitely recommend! The narrator seems very invested in the story, as well.

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Good Podcast - Well done

I didn't know much about this story, so I found this interesting, and enjoyable to listen to.

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Chilling and complex

The overall sadness and tragedy of this case is unavoidable as more and more baffling details are revealed. The mystery deepens and twists in a way that really makes your mind work to try to make sense of something that in all likelihood will never make sense.

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So repetitive

It does not deliver what it promises. Your “readers” are not stupid. You don’t have to repeat so much. It makes it super boring.

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  • 02-15-22

Homosexual Propaganda Disguised as a Murder Mystery

Very sad. I heard it was a great murder mystery about a true crime. But it starts and continues as homosexual propaganda garbage.

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Interesting case, tiny bit dry presentation

This case has always baffled me so I really appreciated the opportunity to delve a little deeper. The presentation at times was a little dry but overall pretty good! Two things to highlight: killer opening tunes and Dr. G!!!

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  • 10-16-21

Good story but no new info

If you've not heard of this case then the podcast is a relatively interesting but straightforward true crime case. However, there's no new information, no interviews with key players (most refused to be interviewed) and most of the information appears to come from someone else's pre-existing blog. Only worth a listen if you're bored.

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  • Neen Machine
  • 07-04-22

Doesn’t go anywhere

One point is the music, it sets the tone. I think it cheapens the quality and purpose of the series. It buys into the ‘shock and gore’ aspect of true crime series’ looking to make a quick buck. However the tone and themes of the podcast were much more subtle and nuanced. Interestingly presented but unfortunately I don’t think it added enough to the case to warrant the production.
Maybe this came down to hype over substance.

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  • Shaun V. Hewitt
  • 01-17-22

A good introduction to the case.

This is another of the 'I've read a book, listened to a podcast and watched a Youtube video, so I think I'll do my own podcast on the subject.' Even though this was my first introduction to the strange case, I could tell there was nothing groundbreaking.
That said, if like me, this IS your first introduction to the weird and sad murder of Robert Wone, this podcast is an excellent stepping off point for further searching. If you already know about the strange goings on of the thrupple, there will be nothing new, so probably not for you.
One thing that amused me, is the amount of times the writer says, 'I reached out to so-and-so (prime murder suspect, victims wife etc.), but they didn't want to take part'; why the heck would they?
Overall, enjoyable but somehow unsatisfying.

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