What Now? | 6
City of Lights
In a final interview with Al and Mary Ann, Willy aims to answer unresolved questions. CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains a description of suicide (from a work of fiction). This begins at 6 minutes 30 seconds and ends at 7 minutes. : If you feel this podcast is worth your time, please consider donating $3. : Send Willy an email at wn@willynast.com Key figures in this episode: Jeff Signorelli (1984-2002): 18-year-old man from Aurora, IL. Recent graduate of Aurora Central Catholic High School. Murdered on July 11, 2002. The case remains unsolved. Mary Ann Signorelli: Jeff's mother....
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Aurora Kids | 5
City of Lights
Al and Mary Ann drive to the hospital to find Jeff. : If you feel this podcast is worth your time, please consider donating $3. : Send Willy an email at wn@willynast.com Key figures in this episode: Jeff Signorelli (1984-2002): 18-year-old man from Aurora, IL. Recent graduate of Aurora Central Catholic High School. Murdered on July 11, 2002. The case remains unsolved. Mary Ann Signorelli: Jeff's mother. Third-generation native of Aurora, IL. Has been involved in historic preservation efforts in Aurora. Al Signorelli: Jeff's father. Born and raised in Chicago. Long-time resident of...
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A Seat at the Table | 4
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A promising anti-violence program comes to Aurora. Mary Ann makes moves to keep it from falling apart. : If you feel this podcast is worth your time, please consider donating $3. : Send Willy an email at wn@willynast.com Key figures in this episode: Jeff Signorelli (1984-2002): 18-year-old man from Aurora, IL. Recent graduate of Aurora Central Catholic High School. Murdered on July 11, 2002. The case remains unsolved. Mary Ann Signorelli: Jeff's mother. Third-generation native of Aurora, IL. Has been involved in historic preservation efforts in Aurora. Did research on CeaseFire and explored...
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Single-Issue Candidate | 3
City of Lights
Al runs for city council. He finds himself up against more than his opponents in the election. : If you feel this podcast is worth your time, please consider donating $3 on Patreon. : Send Willy an email at wn@willynast.com Key figures in this episode: Jeff Signorelli (1984-2002): 18-year-old man from Aurora, IL. Recent graduate of Aurora Central Catholic High School. Murdered on July 11, 2002. The case remains unsolved. Mary Ann Signorelli: Jeff's mother. Third-generation native of Aurora, IL. Has been involved in historic preservation efforts in Aurora. Al Signorelli: Jeff's father. Born and...
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The Culture of the Department | 2
City of Lights
Al and Mary Ann meet with Aurora’s new chief of police, which sets the tone for their relationship with the APD. : If you feel this podcast is worth your time, please consider donating $3 at Patreon. : Send Willy an email at wn@willynast.com Key figures in this episode: Jeff Signorelli (1984-2002): 18-year-old man from Aurora, IL. Recent graduate of Aurora Central Catholic High School. Murdered on July 11, 2002. The case remains unsolved. Mary Ann Signorelli: Jeff's mother. Third-generation native of Aurora, IL. Her grandmother Ana immigrated to the United States from Romania in the early...
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It Could Be A Thick Book | 1
City of Lights
Willy visits Al and Mary Ann for the first time. He learns more about his hometown than he expected. : If you feel this podcast is worth your time, please consider donating $3 at Patreon. : Send Willy an email at wn@willynast.com Key figures in this episode: Jeff Signorelli (1984-2002): 18-year-old man from Aurora, IL. Recent graduate of Aurora Central Catholic High School. Murdered on July 11, 2002. The case remains unsolved. Mary Ann Signorelli: Jeff's mother. Third-generation native of Aurora, IL. Al Signorelli: Jeff's father. Born and raised in Chicago, long-time resident of Aurora,...
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Introducing: City of Lights
City of Lights
In 2002, in the city of Aurora, Illinois, an 18-year-old man named Jeff Signorelli was killed in a completely random act of violence. His murder remains unsolved. In the years following Jeff's murder, his parents Al and Mary Ann led efforts to make Aurora a safer place. But those efforts put them at odds with leaders in Aurora, including the mayor and chief of police. As the investigation into Jeff’s murder grew cold, their grief was amplified by a growing frustration. City of Lights is a true crime podcast about real life after the crime. Instead of asking "whodunnit?" or "how?" or...
info_outlineIn 2002, in the city of Aurora, Illinois, an 18-year-old man named Jeff Signorelli was killed in a completely random act of violence. His murder remains unsolved.
In the years following Jeff's murder, his parents Al and Mary Ann led efforts to make Aurora a safer place. But those efforts put them at odds with leaders in Aurora, including the mayor and chief of police. As the investigation into Jeff’s murder grew cold, their grief was amplified by a growing frustration.
City of Lights is a true crime podcast about real life after the crime. Instead of asking "whodunnit?" or "how?" or "why?," the question it seeks to answer is "what now?" What do you do when your only child, on the brink of his adult life, is taken away? And what do you do when you love a city that just won't love you back?
All six episodes of City of Lights drop on February 4th, 2026.