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The Killafornia Dreaming Podcast

[Bonus] The Tale of the Paper Route: The Death of Debbie Stevens [Vacation Series]

The Killafornia Dreaming Podcast

Roseanne

Podcast, Justice System, True Crime, Non-fiction, Killers, Law Enforcement, Discussion, Mystery, Crime, California, News, Criminal, Murder

4.32K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS 911 AUDIO THAT IS LOUD AND DISTURBING AT TIMES. LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED On August 24, 2019, a torrential downpour swept through the Fort Smith, Arkansas area during the pre-dawn hours. Newspaper delivery person Debbie Stevens was out in the storm that morning getting ready to take care of her route when her vehicle was suddenly overtaken by floodwaters. Included is approximately 20 minutes of intense 911 audio that would end up promptin...

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0:00.0

Warning, this episode contains audio from a 911 call that is very disturbing to listen to.

0:10.9

Listener discretion is advised.

0:14.9

Hello, Dreamers, and welcome back to the show.

0:17.5

You know that I normally wouldn't make an episode that is heavy on the 911 calls

0:22.8

and the audio clips. That often set many of the stories that we talk about off. But the reason why

0:30.6

I decided to memorialize this particular 911 call into my own episode is because the next time I look for it, I want to be able to find it.

0:40.0

This is a 911 call that I have heard on two different podcasts, and I went looking for it recently

0:47.5

in order to recommend it to someone. And when I went to the first podcast that I heard it on,

0:53.6

I found that content is now behind a paywall.

0:57.1

Subscription only, and I'm not a subscriber. I heard it for free when it first was released a few years back.

1:03.9

So I guess some shows are putting older episodes that used to be free, available only to subscribers.

1:12.7

But like I said, when I listened to it, it was still for free.

1:17.0

I was kind of annoyed by that, so I went to YouTube and I found the 911 call.

1:22.2

So I just decided to make my own episode about it, and next time I can just send people here. This is a

1:29.3

just because I felt like it bonus episode of California Dreaming, The Tale of the Paper Route.

1:39.3

In the pre-dawn hours of August 24, 2019,

1:45.3

four Smith, Arkansas, and the surrounding areas were hit with rising flash floodwaters.

1:52.0

911 calls were coming in from stranded motorists on the road,

1:56.0

whose vehicles were suddenly overtaken.

1:59.1

The call that we are going to talk about today

2:02.2

was the 15th one to come in that morning.

2:07.3

The caller was 47-year-old Debbie Stevens.

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