Hi, crime junkies. I'm your host Ashley Flowers and I'm Brits.

Oh, I didn't get to get to know you guys. I am so excited and so happy to be back.

This is amazing. And Brits, best episode ever for you to come back on because this is the episode to celebrate our five year anniversary.

Can you even believe it?

How, how we just did this like yesterday, right? Like we just started.

I tell people all the time it feels like both. Like yesterday we're like sitting down, being like, should we start a podcast? Maybe we should try it.

But at the same time, I also say that podcast years are like dog years. So there is also a completely different like lifetime.

Yeah, that I feel like I should be like easing into a time.

Hey, don't scare the people.

We're not going anywhere. Brits is back. You guys not just for this episode. She's going to be joining us for the episodes here on out.

Brits, I am so happy you took the time to carry yourself, but I am so freaking glad that you're back.

I cannot wait to get into these cases with you again. I am truly just so excited to be back. You guys.

And again, this one is perfect. Like I am so happy you're here because this episode is talking about the impact of crime drug you. We kind of want to look back on the last five years.

We've had our hand in so many cases and we want to see truly what has come of that because we always say we started the show to make a difference and we have done that.

Like our word is our bond and I want to show you guys what we have done together. But before we dive into the ridiculous amount of good that we've been able to do together.

Britain, I have a super cool announcement to make.

So December 18th, that is officially crime junkies birthday. We have actually gone through all the hoops and the red tape and made it an official holiday.

It is officially national crime junkie day, which is so wild to me. It's literally I cannot almost can't comprehend it, but I'm so excited. I think it's so cool.

And it's more it's more than just like, okay, first of all, it's more than us just saying anyone can say it's national crime junkie day, but it's a legit thing.

But it's more than just saying like, oh, we love a show. We love a podcast. But tell them like what this is meant to be.

Yeah, national crime junkie day is all about doing what our crime junkies do best and that's giving back. So this Sunday, we're encouraging all of our crime junkies to find a way to do some good out there, whether it's giving your time to an organization in your own community or a donation to nonprofit that could really use support.

Yeah, and if you guys need a little inspiration of where to start, we actually wrote up a list of some of the organizations that we've supported over the past five years.

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