Mancow's Police Report Details Pastor's 'Murder-For-Hire' Request

Wilmette Police on Wednesday released a redacted police report detailing radio host Erich "Mancow" Muller's claim that former Harvest Bible Chapel pastor James MacDonald asked him if he could "find a hitman."

Read the redacted police report here.

On Monday night, Muller, who hosts the WLS AM 890 morning show, made the allegations against the disgraced mega-church pastor public on his podcast.

MacDonald "came to me and wanted me to have someone killed for him. He came to me and he wanted to hire a hitman, and my understanding was to kill one of his rivals," Muller said on The Mancow Podcast.

"And at that moment I realized I was in a cult, this guy was bad and I couldn't support it any longer. Do I think he was kidding? No. I think he really wanted me to find a hitman for him."

A former Harvest Bible Chapel parishioner appearing on the podcast dropped another bombshell accusation. The man claimed MacDonald came to his house and asked him to kill his son-in-law.
"James MacDonald also asked me if I could kill his son-in-law ... He asked if I would be willing to do that for him, and he said he would be more than happy to help me get rid of the body," said the parishioner, whose voice was altered to protect his identity because he feared for his life.

"So, yeah, there's a reason to be afraid. 'Cause if he's willing to go after his son-in-law, and as it turns out, I'm not the only one he's asked and approached about this, which is insane, how many people he thought he could trust to ask something as crazy as this? What's to say he won't come after me?"

Wilmette Police interviewed Muller and the former parishioner who appeared on the podcast, contacted the "potential victim" and other law enforcement agencies including the FBI.

The potential victim told police he was contacted by MacDonald, who told him the allegations were untrue, according to the report.

Wilmette Police closed the case citing "no chargeable criminal offenses."