A true-crime mystery that explores the unseen world of homelessness. In association with Backpocket.
A curious film student's questions about homelessness leads him to a shelter in downtown Phoenix. He talks with Chaplain Ron, who provides him with answers as to who these people are, how they got here and why they can't seem to get off the streets. But when he befriends an endearing homeless woman named Felony, the chaplain's explanations don't seem to add up.
After an ominous warning late one night at the movie theaters, Felony disappears without a trace. The questions that brought Matt to the homeless shelter in the first place have been replaced with entirely new ones: 'Where did she go?' 'Is she okay?' 'Am I the only one who's noticed her mysterious disappearance?'
The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club is a modern day mafia. As multiple sources have clearly iterated, they're not a group to mess with. Unless your friend Felony is in with the club, right?
Matt has begun to find answers. But as it turns out, there's still more to the story. What's the best way to help Felony? As he already knows and is currently witnessing, good intentions are not enough.
A predator terrorizing the homeless. Terrorizing Felony. Shit just got real.
At Tent City, blood has been shed. On the Internet, horror stories infiltrate any prior feelings of safety and security. In Mesa, Felony's dad Randy has a book identifying and implicating the masterminds of this terrible organization. How far will Matt be willing to go to expose Midnight Productions?
It's a twist no one saw coming... except Chaplain Ron. In the finale episode of Finding Felony, we get to the bottom of it all: 'Who are the homeless?' 'How did they get here?' 'Why can't they seem to get off the streets?'
When a homeless person confronts you asking for money, you're met with a complex ethical dilemma—should I help this person or just stay out of the way? In Finding Felony, Matt Chase, a 20-year-old film student, lets his curiosity about homelessness and desire to help lead him into an unlikely friendship with a middle-aged homeless woman named Felony. As their friendship grows, so does Matt's knowledge of the dark underbelly of Felony's daily reality on the streets of Phoenix—and the dangers that lurk within it. Then, without warning, Felony goes missing, sending Matt searching through a web of conspirators, drug dealers and traffickers to uncover the surprising villain behind her sudden disappearance—a predator keeping Felony and so many others trapped on the streets.