A true-crime producer killed himself after receiving threats and feeling overworked, his family said. His wife called his death 'a failure of the industry.'

• True-crime producer John Balson died by suicide. 
• His family said he was threatened by people connected to a case he was researching and felt overworked.
• Balson stopped working when he was told by doctors that he had developed a migraine disorder.

The family of a true-crime producer who took his own said he was overworked and had received threats from people connected to a case he was researching.