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39 • Little Red Wallet

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Jack Luna

True Crime, Science, Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Berkeley, California, is situated on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay. It’s a picturesque college town, known today for being the most liberal city in the U.S. A decade after the events to be recounted here, Berkeley was the epicenter of the counterculture movement, home to hippies and anarchists who flocked to the Bay Area from around the world. But before free love and bell bottoms gave this California city an identity that lasts even still, it was just another place in the U.S — where families raised children and worked toward the American dream. Even then, it was a beautiful city; its air fragrant with wild poppy and eucalyptus ... yet the dream for some here would melt into wickedness. Even the best home, the best grades, the best life couldn’t save at least one little girl... from something... so big… so bad… a girl who wanted a pet parakeet... and carried a picture of her poodle Hoagy next to photos of her classmate... in her little... red... wallet. ---- From the archives of The San Francisco Examiner, Oakland Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle,  San Mateo Times, Roseville Press-Times, Associated Press, Reuters, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, New York Daily News, United Press International, Book: Shallow Grave in Trinity County by Harry Farrell. ~ Researched and Written by F.T Norton Hosted and Co-Written by Jack Luna Produced by The Operator   Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Can we talk about something else? So, Hello. Hello out there.

0:36.1

there. Bad things happen to bad people. It's true. But evil doesn't discriminate. If it lays an eye on you and likes what it sees,

0:56.6

welcome to the stocking face. If upon closer inspection it decides that it loves what it sees?

1:03.0

Well, then, unfortunately, it's only a matter of time before an attempt will be made to take from you.

1:11.0

Often it's not entirely obvious that we've been intruded upon as the method

1:15.7

and intensity of attack can vary depending on what and how much a predator wants. If you're

1:22.1

lucky it will simply be your attention and what they'll

1:25.2

steal as a result is your time. Something we rarely consider as being hours

1:30.2

until it's no longer out to us, how it's spent. Speaking of spent, perhaps it's money that

1:36.9

they manage to separate from you, in the form of a loan that they'll repay with kind

1:41.9

words, compliments, a sense of charity but never with cash

1:46.7

Bad people aren't always obviously so but there is a way to expose them, to decipher their actions.

1:54.8

Just ask yourself if you be comfortable behaving as the person in question behaves.

2:00.0

This strips away the charm.

2:02.1

Charm being by far a Khan's most valuable tool.

2:06.0

Teenagers are conned so easily, charmed so simply.

2:10.0

Treat a teen with an ounce of respect as an adult and they are eating out of the palm of your hand.

2:15.0

It's terrifying how long it takes for teenagers to wise up to the ways of bad people, evil people.

2:22.0

No amount of preparation can protect them from a motivated predator.

2:26.0

The reality is that if someone wants them bad enough, they'll likely find a way to get them.

2:32.0

And the worst of it is that the more a youngster is sheltered from

2:35.8

uncomfortable realities the lest they'll be prepared when a wolf spots them alone.

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