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Episode 203 - Number One Guy In the Group
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When your world shrinks to a single room, and your life is in someone else's hands. We delve into the harrowing true stories of individuals who have been caught in the ultimate nightmare: being a hostage.
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Research links below!
Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma - "The Joseph Palczynski Story"
Boston University - "Joe Palczynski: One Failure of the Mental Health System"
The Sun - "Hostages safe; fugitive killed"
The Washington Post - "Surrender Fell Through, Lawyer Says"
Los Angeles Times - "Woman Accused of Buying Guns Used in 4 Killings"
The Baltimore Sun - "The tale of Joseph Palczynski's victims"
AL.com - "Photos from the Midland City Hostage crisis in February 2013"
CBS News - "Saving Ethan: The FBI's race against the clock to rescue kidnapped Alabama boy"
CBS 42 - "In 2013, the eyes of the world were on Alabama's 'Boy in the Bunker'"
WDHN - "9-years-later: 'Boy in the Bunker' incident"
WSJ - "A Stolen Boy, an Angry Loner, an Underground Bunker"
CBS News - "Inside the FBI's real-life mission to save a young boy kidnapped and held hostage by a gunman"
AL.com - "Man behind Alabama hostage standoff, Jimmy Lee Dykes: Paranoid, poor and particular"
You can check out the Vocal Fries Podcast here!
Research links below!
Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma - "The Joseph Palczynski Story"
Boston University - "Joe Palczynski: One Failure of the Mental Health System"
The Sun - "Hostages safe; fugitive killed"
The Washington Post - "Surrender Fell Through, Lawyer Says"
Los Angeles Times - "Woman Accused of Buying Guns Used in 4 Killings"
The Baltimore Sun - "The tale of Joseph Palczynski's victims"
AL.com - "Photos from the Midland City Hostage crisis in February 2013"
CBS News - "Saving Ethan: The FBI's race against the clock to rescue kidnapped Alabama boy"
CBS 42 - "In 2013, the eyes of the world were on Alabama's 'Boy in the Bunker'"
WDHN - "9-years-later: 'Boy in the Bunker' incident"
WSJ - "A Stolen Boy, an Angry Loner, an Underground Bunker"
CBS News - "Inside the FBI's real-life mission to save a young boy kidnapped and held hostage by a gunman"
AL.com - "Man behind Alabama hostage standoff, Jimmy Lee Dykes: Paranoid, poor and particular"
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