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American Vigilante

17 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★ - 468 ratings

KC is the American Vigilante - A hugely complex, intelligent, contradictory man who could save your life but end it too. Who leads a group of violent men standing on the blurred line between right and wrong, between revenge and redemption. A man you want on your side when it all falls apart.
American Vigilante is true crime, but so much more. It’s saving abducted children, it’s stepping beyond the law. It’s rescue missions, assassination attempts and last-gasp protection. It’s all the stuff you hope never comes to you, until it does.
Former BBC Journalist Sam Walker presents this Crowd Network original. She’s been speaking to KC for months and has recorded everything he’s told her. You’ll need to listen to make your own mind up, but you might never be the same again.
It’s shocking, inspiring, frightening and thought-provoking. It’ll change how you see the world, and it might change how you move within it.  
Everyone thinks they’re safe, until they aren’t. Everyone thinks they know how they’ll react, until the darkness comes.

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Episodes

Introducing: Oceans: Life Under Water

February 29, 2024 03:00 - 5 minutes

What do you hear at the bottom of the ocean? How does it feel to swim with whales? Or make friends with an octopus? Come and find out. This is Life Under Water. Wildlife filmmaker and TV personality Hannah Stitfall wants to take you the world below the waves. She’ll be chatting to freedivers, marine biologists, submarine pilots and more, hearing mind-boggling stories about the oceans-deep and its inhabitants. We explore The Lost City. We hang out with your favourite animals. The hypnotic sou...

Big Spender: Bad Money

February 13, 2023 00:01 - 29 minutes

We're linking up with our mates at Kindling Media to introduce you to one of their new podcasts, Bad Money. The first series is about Big Spender, a Hong Kong criminal who pulled off the biggest crimes of their kind the world has ever seen. Until he came up against arguably the most powerful enemy on the planet. This is the first episode of the 6-part series. If you'd like to hear more, then search for Bad Money or hit this link: https://link.chtbl.com/badmoney-americanvigilante. Learn more a...

Introducing: The Joe Marler Show

April 28, 2022 02:00 - 43 minutes

Looking for your next Crowd podcast? Let us introduce you to The Joe Marler Show.  Joe is an England rugby player who spends his spare time speaking to astronauts, sex workers, surgeons and chefs. In this teaser episode he chats to Michelle who worked on death row in a Texas prison, and watched hundreds of executions. If you want another Joe Marler Show episode, try the one about detectives: https://pod.fo/e/11558a Or the one about being captured by Somali pirates: https://pod.fo/e/10a9f0 Lea...

New Series: The Secret History of Flight 149

February 21, 2022 04:00 - 42 minutes

This is episode one of another podcast we think you might like. Imagine boarding a flight thinking you’re heading on holiday, but instead you get taken hostage by Saddam Hussein. It might sound far-fetched, but in August 1990 this really happened to the passengers and crew of BA Flight 149. What followed has been dubbed the most shocking government cover-up of the last thirty years. Journalist Stephen Davis has been reporting on this extraordinary story for the past three decades. In this ser...

Episode 12: What do we think?

November 22, 2021 02:00 - 53 minutes

The final conversation. Sam speaks to KC about the craziest summer of her life, and asks some of the questions that have kept her up at night. What happened to the guy at the theme park in Wrong Suspects? What happened to the police officer in The Mexican Job? Is Dee Dee his daughter? And does he worry about death? Sam will tell you what she thinks of KC, but have you made your mind up yet? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 11: Dee Dee

November 15, 2021 02:00 - 34 minutes

Holy S**t indeed. Sam speaks to a woman who was rescued by KC. Dee Dee was taken when she was just seven years old, and has a horrific story to tell. She’s also the reason KC became an American Vigilante. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 10: The Country Store

November 08, 2021 02:00 - 53 minutes

Remember that woman who has invited KC to her wedding? Well, Sam has some huge news about her, but not before she debates the constitution with KC, and hears a story about a young girl who was taken from her grandmother’s store. It’s an upsetting one.  6dyj7QFReNr9rpFFSmq4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 9: Rainy Nights

November 01, 2021 02:00 - 54 minutes

“The nastier the weather is the happier I am” - KC loves a rainy night and this time he has two stories for us. Plus Sam finds out more about the only woman he’s ever truly been in love with, and it’s not his ex-wife.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 8: Vengeance for Amanda

October 25, 2021 01:00 - 50 minutes

KC is back in Mexico to find a woman called Amanda, and then returns for her father’s revenge. Sam asks about KC’s “happy place” and finds out that he’s been lying to her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 7: A Well Earned Meal

October 18, 2021 02:00 - 51 minutes

KC has another encounter with the police, but this time he needs their help. And we meet two new members of the Brotherhood.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 6: Sons and Fathers

October 11, 2021 01:00 - 50 minutes

KC opens up about his father, and tells Sam about the time he recovered someone wanted for assaulting a police officer.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 5: Knock Knock

October 04, 2021 02:00 - 50 minutes

A member of the Mexican Mafia asks KC to shut down a drug house near his son’s school, and things get heated between KC and Sam for the first time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 4: The Marine's Wife

September 27, 2021 00:00 - 51 minutes

When three girls are raped and the police are unable to quickly capture the attacker, a former Marine and his wife hire KC to find him. KC's search brings him to a small town in Canada, where he finds the man about to claim another victim, and is forced to trust outsiders to help him accomplish his mission.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 3: Origins

September 19, 2021 23:30 - 48 minutes

What did this to KC? What made him do these things and tell these stories? Sam goes digging for the events that shaped his life, and gets to see KC for the first time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 2: Wrong Suspects

September 13, 2021 00:30 - 50 minutes

When a little girl is abducted, law enforcement wastes precious time targeting the parents. Convinced they are innocent, KC hunts down the real abductor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 1: KC

September 12, 2021 23:30 - 52 minutes

Who is KC? He's a hugely complex, intelligent, contradictory man who could save your life but end it too. He leads a group of violent men standing on the blurred line between right and wrong, between revenge and redemption. A man you want on your side when it all falls apart. In this first episode, KC tells the story of his first ever rescue mission and reveals what goes through his mind when a gun is pointed at him. New episodes every Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...

Coming Soon (Trailer)

September 01, 2021 12:25 - 36 seconds

This Crowd Network original series launches on September 13th 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices