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Introducing - The Burden | Bad Cops

Wrongful Conviction

August 11, 2026

Baltimore, Maryland likes to call itself Charm City. But you have to wonder: Is the nickname ironic? Consider one of the city's star cops, a sergeant so accomplished that he earned his own nickname, the Golden Boy. But Golden Boy led a double life.

Speakers Jessica Lussenhop

TopicsTrue Crime

Jessica Lussenhop (0:01)

Welcome to Baltimore, Maryland, a city where you can't always tell the protectors from the predators.

SPEAKER_2 (0:08)

I shook my head, like, I must be looking at, like, did I mix the files up? Like, this can't possibly be right.

SPEAKER_3 (0:13)

As soon as I put my car in reverse, they start ramming my car backwards.

SPEAKER_2 (0:18)

These guys did this. They had to have.

SPEAKER_3 (0:21)

I was robbed by Baltimore City Police. I'm robbed.

SPEAKER_2 (0:31)

I was a cop for 14 years, and I was the best. The best in the city, the Golden Boy.

Jessica Lussenhop (0:36)

Golden Boy, he was the best at a lot of things.

SPEAKER_2 (0:41)

Delivering pharmacies, I mean, I mean, there's not too many people that can do that, but he could. They're 1930s-style gangsters, as far as I'm concerned. He's, he's dangerous, you know what I mean? I know that.

None of it's true, none of it.

Jessica Lussenhop (1:02)

This is the story of Golden Boy and the childhood friend who helped take him down.

SPEAKER_2 (1:08)

As Rambo says, you drew first blood, here we go. Now we're going to burn it down. And that's what I did.

Jessica Lussenhop (1:17)

Orbit Media presents The Burden, Bad Cops, a podcast by BBC that asks, how do good cops turn bad? Listen on Apple or wherever you get your podcasts and follow us on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube at Orbit Media FM.

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