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: PSYCHIC MEDIUM JONATHAN MARK
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Episode 372: The Hillside Stranglers, Part 2
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DEEP DIVE: BAD WITCH CLUB
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Episode 371: The Hillside Strangers, Part 1
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DEEP DIVE: BIG ASS WIGS
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Episode 370: Brown's Chicken Massacre, Part 2
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DEEP DIVE: DEEP IN OUR EELINGS
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Episode 369: Brown's Chicken Massacre, Part 1
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DEEP DIVE: SHOW ME DEM ALIENS
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Episode 368: Zahra Baker
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DEEP DIVE: UNKNOWN CALLER, THE HIGH SCHOOL CATFISH
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Episode 367: An Arrest: Nikki Cheng Saelee McCain
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DEEP DIVE: BASED ON A FAKE STORY
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Episode 366: The Kalamazoo Uber Murders
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DEEP DIVE: DIZZY GLIZZY
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Episode 365: Carrie Lepak
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DEEP DIVE: TOUR DE EPSTEIN
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Episode 364: Just Outside the Line
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DEEP DIVE: THE DOCTOR WILL SEE YOU NOW
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Episode 363: Jennifer and Adrianna Wix, Part 2
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KILLING TIME: EEL OSMOSIS
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Episode 362: Jennifer and Adrianna Wix, Part 1
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DEEP DIVE: WELCOME BACK OZZY OSBOURNE
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Episode 361: Brian Schaffer
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DEEP DIVE: RELEASE THE LIST
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Episode 360: Jessica Gutierrez
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DEEP DIVE: JEFFREY EPSTEIN DIDN’T KILL HIMSELF
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Episode 359: Megan Trussell
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DEEP DIVE: RULES FOR THEE, NOT FOR ME
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Episode 358: Anatomy of Betrayal
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DEEP DIVE: THE YELLOW DELI
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Episode 357: Terence Freitas
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DEEP DIVE: EVERYONE IS CRASHING OUT
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Episode 356: Christy Giles Cilliers & Hilda Cabrales-Arzola
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DEEP DIVE: DEEP SEA DRAMA
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Episode 355: Vanishing Act
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DEEP DIVE: DIDDY, BLAKE, & CELINE DION?
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Episode 354: Destiny McClain
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DEEP DIVE: DIDDY TRIAL
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Episode 353: Melissa Lamesch
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DEEP DIVE: SHEN YUN
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Episode 352: Lynn Schockner
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DEEP DIVE: HOLLY MADISON RETURNS
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Episode 351: Slanz Bilello
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DEEP DIVE: DIDDY IS BACK
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Episode 350: Holly Madison: Kerissa Fare
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DEEP DIVE: IS SHE CURSED?
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Episode 349: Molly Franquemont, Part 2
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DEEP DIVE: WHERE ARE THE BODIES BURIED?!
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Episode 348: Molly Franquemont, Part 1
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