The First Degree
Alexis Linkletter, Jac Vanek
Do you ever wonder what it’s like to be friends with a murderer? Or escape a kidnapping? Or have a father who was a serial killer? Join Jac Vanek and Alexis Linkletter on a chilling ride into the darkest corners of your worst nightmares. Murders, cults, kidnappings, and conspiracies—all told through the eyes of a guest who is one degree of separation from the story itself. From infamous serial killers to the unbelievable unknown murder in your own backyard, The First Degree delivers a new pers...
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DEEP DIVE: PALM BEACH PETE
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Heaven’s Gate Part 1 with Serial Killers & Murderous Minds
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DEEP DIVE: THE EPSTEIN FILES, PART 7 (PLUS REBEL WILSON)
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Episode 395: The Eleventh Gun
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DEEP DIVE: THE EPSTEIN FILES, PART 6
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Episode 394: Toby Beaugh
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DEEP DIVE: THE EPSTEIN FILES, PART 5
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Episode 393: After The Crash
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DEEP DIVE: THE EPSTEIN FILES, PART 4
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Episode 392: The Au Pair Catfish
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TFD Special Episode: Introducing The Knife
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DEEP DIVE: THE EPSTEIN FILES, PART 3
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Episode 391: Danny Rex Harris
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DEEP DIVE: THE EPSTEIN FILES, PART 2
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Episode 390: Peggy Klinke, Part 2
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DEEP DIVE: THE EPSTEIN FILES
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Episode 389: Peggy Klinke, Part 1
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DEEP DIVE: BLAKE VS JUSTIN (AND TAYLOR?)
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Episode 388: The Bird Creek Tragedy
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DEEP DIVE: BECKHAM FAMILY FEUD
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Episode 387: Jonathan Gerlach
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DEEP DIVE: STOP BULLYING ME!
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Episode 386: John Hinckley Jr.
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DEEP DIVE: HOW WILL MOMTOK SURVIVE THIS???
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Episode 385: Jason Marous
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DEEP DIVE: NEW YEAR, SAME BULLSHIT
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Episode 384: The Crimes That Defined 2025
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DEEP DIVE: BYE BYE 2025
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Episode 383: An Arrest & Murder Trial Abroad
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DEEP DIVE: RIP ROB REINER
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Episode 382: Arthur J. Williams Jr., Part 2
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DEEP DIVE: DIDDY DEEP DIVE
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Episode 381: Arthur J. Williams Jr., Part 1
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DEEP DIVE: RAGEBAIT
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Episode 380: Danielle Bell
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DEEP DIVE: EPSTEIN EMAILS
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Episode 379: True Crime Side Dishes
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DEEP DIVE: BETTER CALL KRIS
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Episode 378: Thirteen Years Later
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DEEP DIVE: BRITNEY SPEARS & GEORGE BUSH SITTING IN A TREE
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Episode 377: Taken Back
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DEEP DIVE: PRINCE ANDREW NO MORE
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Episode 376: Kelly Bergh Dove
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DEEP DIVE: BIG CANDY
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Episode 375: Sarah & Kayla Anderson
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Introducing a chilling new podcast: TWISTED TALES WITH HEIDI WONG
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DEEP DIVE: THE HEIST
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Episode 374: Meghan Kiefer
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DEEP DIVE: ROMANTIC HOMICIDE
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Episode 373: Joseph "Joby" Palczynski
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