{"id":33244,"date":"2025-08-04T18:24:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T18:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=33244"},"modified":"2025-08-04T18:24:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T18:24:05","slug":"unveiling-the-truth-woody-harrelsons-father-and-his-unexpected-crime-saga-newztimes21-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=33244","title":{"rendered":"Unveiling the truth: Woody Harrelson\u2019s father and his unexpected crime saga &#8211; NewzTimes21.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fans of Woody Harrelson have expressed their amazement at learning the identity of his father, saying, \u201cI never knew this!\u201d<br \/>\nThe 63-year-old actor gained notoriety for his parts in The Hunger Games, Zombieland, True Detective, and Cheers.<br \/>\nThere is more to the Harrelson family than meets the eye, even though he made a name and reputation for himself.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1580431\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Charles Voyde Harrelson, a mobster and contract murderer, is Woody\u2019s father, as an Instagram account called historyfeels reminded users last month.Alongside a photo of Charles on trial in the 1980s, the account penned: \u201cCharles Voyde Harrelson, the father of actor Woody Harrelson, was a contract killer with deep ties to organised crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1694729\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIn 1979, he was charged with the assassination of U.S. District Judge John H. Wood Jr., the first federal judge to be murdered in the 20th century.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1697588\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cHarrelson carried out the hit for $250,000 on behalf of a drug dealer awaiting trial.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cHe was captured after a six-hour standoff with police, during which he confessed to multiple killings, including JFK\u2019s, though that claim was widely dismissed.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1597146\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Fans of Woody Harrelson have expressed their amazement at learning the identity of his father, saying, \u201cI never knew this!\u201d The 63-year-old actor gained notoriety for his parts &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33244"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33246,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33244\/revisions\/33246"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}