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The Deck

BONUS: James "Jim" Foote (7 of Clubs, Florida) featuring Tommy Ray

The Deck

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True Crime

4.69.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

James “Jim” Foote was out for a fun night of karaoke in November 2004 when he was shot and killed in the parking lot of the Office Pub in Fort Myers, Florida. His case , which lacked witnesses or evidence, went unsolved for years until the card with his story on it landed in the hands of the right people who’d been incarcerated with his killer.

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0:00.0

Our card today is James Foot, the Seven of Clubs from Florida.

0:08.6

And James's story is unlike any that I've told you since we launched the deck earlier

0:13.1

this year.

0:14.2

With this bonus episode, I want to tell you a story that shows the power of what these

0:17.9

decks can do.

0:19.2

So you're going to hear from the guy who invented the decks about what inspired it and how

0:23.8

they're changing cold cases.

0:25.7

And I'm going to tell you how one of the first ever cold case decks led to a life-changing

0:30.2

discovery for James Foot's family.

0:32.9

I'm Ashley Flowers, and this is the deck.

0:55.7

On November 15th, 2004, Donna Foot had just woken up for her 6am shift at a Fort Myers

1:14.6

Florida hospital.

1:15.9

When she realized her husband Jim wasn't in bed beside her.

1:19.6

She knew that Jim had gone out with some friends for karaoke the night before, and he

1:23.2

hadn't been home yet when Donna had gone to bed, but she fully expected him to be next

1:27.6

to her when she woke up.

1:29.3

Donna didn't have time to immediately investigate her husband's whereabouts because she had to

1:33.2

get ready and go to work, and she hoped that by the time she got there she'd have a message

1:36.9

from him explaining his absence.

1:39.2

But there was no voicemail or page from Jim when Donna got to work, so pretty soon she

1:44.4

called home to see what the heck was going on.

1:47.2

But there was no answer.

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