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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BONUS: KILLING TIME: DEAD CELEB ISLAND
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Episode 229: The Milwaukee Ave Massacre
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BONUS: KILLING TIME: NEW YEAR, SAME US
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Episode 228: Dr. Ricardo Cruciani
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BONUS: KILLING TIME: CHRISTMAS IS CREEPY
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Episode 227: Udoamaka Nwamu, Kaliyah Ratliff & Nikita Green
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BONUS: KILLING TIME: BABY ONE MORE TIME
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Episode 226: Mayra De Loa
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BONUS: KILLING TIME: LIKE, LITERALLY!
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Episode 225: Dawsyn, reclaimed
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BONUS: KILLING TIME: BAKKER’S BUCKETS
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Episode 224: Anna Marie Emry
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BONUS: KILLING TIME: OL DUSTY BIRD
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Episode 223: Nicki Peterson
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BONUS: KILLING TIME: NIPPLEGATE
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Episode 222: The River Parishes Serial Killer
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BONUS: KILLING TIME: THE SINS OF SESAME
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Episode 221: Chester The Molester
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BONUS: KILLING TIME: OH NO-VEMBER!!!
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Episode 220: Garland Joseph Nelson
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BONUS: KILLING TIME: OOH, PIECE OF CANDY!
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Episode 219: Chris Northon
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BONUS: KILLING TIME: ITS CRYPTOZOOLOGY SZN
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Episode 218: Matthew Trecker
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BONUS: KILLING TIME: BEANBOOZLED
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Episode 217: Hope Parks
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BONUS: KILLING TIME: WILD WILD WEST
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Episode 216: Justine Vanderschoot
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BONUS: KILLING TIME: WHERE THERE'S A BILL, THERE'S A MAY
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Episode 215: Jacque Waller
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BONUS: KILLING TIME: WITCH HUNT
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Episode 214: The Lanz Brothers
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BONUS: KILLING TIME: CHUCKY D
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Episode 213: Terry Barron
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BONUS: KILLING TIME: JOAN OF ARC
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Episode 212: The Railroad Killer
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BONUS: KILLING TIME: ICEBERG RIGHT AHEAD!
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Episode 211: Jayna Murray
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BONUS: KILLING TIME: THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME
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Episode 210: Surviving Peter Paul, Part 2
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BONUS: KILLING TIME: MURDER & MAKEUP
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Episode 209: Surviving Peter Paul
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BONUS: KILLING TIME: SELF SABOTAGE
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Episode 208: Mr. Sanger
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BONUS: KILLING TIME: PLAGUE PARTY
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Episode 207: The Gypsy Joker Outlaws
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BONUS: KILLING TIME: THE HAMBURGLAR
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Episode 206: Jesse James Hollywood
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BONUS: KILLING TIME: MAN ON THE MOON
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Episode 205: Chacey Poynter
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