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: TAKING UP SPACE
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Episode 347: The Simi Valley Rapist, Part 2
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DEEP DIVE: MOUNTAIN DEWS, BABY!
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Episode 346: The Simi Valley Rapist, Part 1
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DEEP DIVE: UNDERGROUND TUNNELS IN MIAMI?
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Episode 345: Crystal Deniece McCrory Jones
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DEEP DIVE: DON’T DIE
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Episode 344: Janice Lillie
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DEEP DIVE: SHE'S A BELIEBER
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Episode 343: Jonathan T. Schwartz
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DEEP DIVE: A NOT SO SIMPLE FAVOR
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Episode 342: Anastasia WitbolsFeugen, Part 2
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DEEP DIVE: A LITTLE THIS, A LITTLE THAT
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Episode 341: Anastasia WitbolsFeugen, Part 1
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DEEP DIVE: DIDDY, FYRE FEST, & JUSTIN V BLAKE UPDATES
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Episode 340: The Victims: Milwaukee Ave Massacre
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DEEP DIVE: BLAKE VS JUSTIN PT 193572
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Episode 339: Stacy Shaw
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DEEP DIVE: THE DRAMA MASHUP
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Episode 338: Love, Chaos & Tragedy
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DEEP DIVE: RECEIPTS. TIMELINE. PROOF. SCREENSHOTS.
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Episode 337: Gilbert Gutjahr, Part 2
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DEEP DIVE: RYAN REYNOLDS, THE REAL VILLAIN??
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Episode 336: Gilbert Gutjahr, Part 1
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DEEP DIVE: BALDONI FIRES BACK
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Episode 335: The Crimes of Peter Nygard
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DEEP DIVE: THE DARK HEADLINES
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Episode 334: The Candy Man, Part 2
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DEEP DIVE: BLAKE VS. JUSTIN
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Episode 333: The Candy Man, Part 1
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DEEP DIVE: DRONES
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Episode 332: Debunked: The Glen Rogers x OJ Simpson Theory
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DEEP DIVE: KIM K
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Episode 331: Updates: John Getreu
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DEEP DIVE: JAY-Z
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Episode 330: Nikki Cheng Saelee-Mccain
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DEEP DIVE: LUIGI MANGIONE
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Episode 329: Timothy Haslett Jr.
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DEEP DIVE: SISTER WIVES
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Episode 328: Dr. Blatti
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DEEP DIVE: ELLEN
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Episode 327: UPDATES: Rita & Colleen
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DEEP DIVE: MEGAN FOX & THE BLACK GOO
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Episode 326: Lonene "Lonnie" Rogers
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DEEP DIVE: SATANIC FASHION
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Episode 325: Lana Clarkson & Phil Spector, Part 2
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DEEP DIVE: DIDDY, PART 7
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Episode 324: Lana Clarkson & Phil Spector, Part 1
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DEEP DIVE: DIDDY, PART 6
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Episode 323: TFD Investigates: Ashley Ellerin Updates
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