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In 2008, high school football star Billey Joe Johnson was pulled over for speeding in Lucedale, Mississippi. Moments later, the officer radioed that the Black teen had killed himself with a shotgun. \u201cMississippi Goddam: The Ballad of Billey Joe\u201d is an eight-part series of PRX's "Reveal" podcast. Host Al Letson pokes at the conclusion the teen\u2019s death was an accident.\n\nFOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS OF "MISSISSIPPI GODDAM" GO TO MINUTE 27.\n\nThe sudden death in 2009 of a rising star shocked Hollywood. The HBO Max two-part series \u201cWhat Happened, Brittney Murphy?\u201d recalls the actor\u2019s Hollywood climb and subsequent fatal backslide during her marriage to a gold-digging Svengali.\n\nFOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS OF "WHAT HAPPENED, BRITTNEY MURPHY?" GO TO MINUTE 61.\n\nIn Crime of the Week: Don't be cruel.\n\nClick here to get the Crime Writers On After Show, plus more exclusive content, on Patreon.: https://patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia