Speaker 1: If you are looking for a new true crime miniseries
Speaker 1: that will keep you on the edge of your seat,
Speaker 1: you should check out the newest season of Wondery's hit podcast,
Speaker 1: Over My Dead Body Season three is set in the
Speaker 1: small town of Fox Lake, Illinois, and is the shocking
Speaker 1: true story of Officer Joe Gleniwitz. Joe is a hometown
Speaker 1: hero and a thirty year veteran of the local police department.
Speaker 1: On September first, two thousand fifteen, just one month from retirement,
Speaker 1: he was found dead outside of an abandoned cement plant,
Speaker 1: shot in the chest twice at close range. While the
Speaker 1: town and Joe's family mourned his passing, hundreds of police
Speaker 1: officers launched a man hunt to find his killer. After
Speaker 1: weeks of searching, the lead investigator discovered chilling secrets about Joe,
Speaker 1: the local police department, and the village of Fox Lake,
Speaker 1: secrets that, once uncovered, would put the town in the
Speaker 1: national spotlight and haunt them for years to come. Over
Speaker 1: My Dead Body's third season is a story about corruption, betrayal,
Speaker 1: and the secrets of a fallen hero. I'm about to
Speaker 1: play you a preview of Over My Dead Bodies new season.
Speaker 1: Fox Lake. While you're listening, be sure to follow over
Speaker 1: My Dead Body Season three Fox Lake on Apple Podcasts
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Speaker 2: On any other Labor Day, the town of Fox Lake,
Speaker 2: Illinois would be filled with people out for a good
Speaker 2: time boating and drinking in the bars. But on Labor
Speaker 2: Day twenty fifteen, the streets were lined with thousands of mourners,
Speaker 2: all here to pay tribute to a fallen hero, a
Speaker 2: local police officer, the twenty fifth cop nitionwide to be
Speaker 2: shot dead in the line of duty.
Speaker 1: That year.
Speaker 2: It had been one of the hottest summers on record,
Speaker 2: and inside the crowded high school theater where the funeral
Speaker 2: was taking place, the temperature was almost unbearable. I'm the
Speaker 2: Patrol Division commander for the Fox Lake Police Department. At
Speaker 2: the front of the theater was the officer's casket, draped
Speaker 2: in an American flag. With great honor that I make
Speaker 2: this presentation. Sitting in the back was a gray haired
Speaker 2: man in his late fifties with a silver go tee
Speaker 2: and a thick pair of glasses.
Speaker 3: When I got there, it kind of took me back
Speaker 3: and I was like, Wow, this is unbelievable.
Speaker 2: Metal of honor. George Falinko was a police chief in
Speaker 2: a neighboring town. He'd been to officer funerals before, but
Speaker 2: nothing like this.
Speaker 3: It was just incredible. How many officers were there, from
Speaker 3: how many departments, from all over the country.
Speaker 2: George was dressed in his one good suit. He watched
Speaker 2: as the other Fox Lake officers took the stage to speak.
Speaker 1: Joe's a friend of mine for thirty years, his saying
Speaker 1: embrace the suck. Well, we're doing it today. When we
Speaker 1: were growing up, we all knew Joe was a hero.
Speaker 1: But now the nation knows he's a hero.
Speaker 2: We are Glen, what strong? I love you, brother. George
Speaker 2: sat in the cushion seat, sweating from too many bodies
Speaker 2: crowded into the theater. He gazed forward, trying to focus
Speaker 2: on the speakers. Joe was a father to those boys,
Speaker 2: but his mind was elsewhere because George had been tasked
Speaker 2: with leading the investigation into the officer's death.
Speaker 3: I was just thinking, let's get back to the station.
Speaker 2: All eyes in the room were focused on the stage,
Speaker 2: but for the last week they'd been on George. It
Speaker 2: was up to him to bring Joe's killers to justice.
Speaker 3: I was focused on where we were going, what we had,
Speaker 3: when our next steps are going to be constantly thinking.
Speaker 3: When you're so absorbed in these cases, especially something like this,
Speaker 3: your mind just just runs about a thousand miles an hour.
Speaker 2: George thought about all the people in the room who
Speaker 2: loved Lieutenant Joe Glenowitz. He couldn't let them down. I'm
Speaker 2: here to tell you broke the mold with Joe. George
Speaker 2: and the other cops still had a lot to uncover
Speaker 2: about what had happened to their fallen brother. But there
Speaker 2: was one big thing George didn't know that day. The
Speaker 2: killer was right there in the room. From wondering the
Speaker 2: makers of Joe Exotic and the Shrink next Door comes
Speaker 2: a story about how the hunt for a killer.
Speaker 3: He said, when you find these motherfuckers, take your safeties
Speaker 3: off shoot.
Speaker 2: The kill revealed secrets hidden just below the surface. I
Speaker 2: was told in a very strong voice, it's none in
Speaker 2: your business.
Speaker 3: You don't need to know.
Speaker 2: That, doctor secrets that everyone in fox Lake would rather forget.
Speaker 3: Foxley kid get reputation a little bit on the Dark Side.
Speaker 3: We saw that the packet of the powder, which later
Speaker 3: turned out to be you know, cocaine.
Speaker 1: I wouldn't shock me if you try to plant something
Speaker 1: on her, but to kill her, no.
Speaker 2: I got the hell out of that town because small
Speaker 2: towns are just no good for anybody. Follow over My
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Speaker 3: I don't think we ever knew what was behind that
Speaker 3: closed door with g I Joe Glenowitz