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Crime Countdown

Busted by Social Media

Crime Countdown

Spotify Studios

True Crime, History

4.43.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

When it comes to social media, we may not like people who over share… but the police do. Ash and Alaina scroll through the accounts of criminals who loved the ‘likes’ so much, it got them busted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The human brain is a complex organ.

0:08.4

It drives how our body feels, responds, and comprehends, but there are ways to manipulate

0:14.0

it.

0:15.0

When we post on social media and watch the likes come in, it lights up the same part of

0:18.4

our brain that's triggered by addiction.

0:20.4

We feel good, but soon enough, we need more.

0:23.6

Now mix that posting pleasure with the mind of a criminal, and you've got a combo police

0:28.8

love.

0:30.0

We might not like people who overshare, but the police do.

0:33.4

On this week's countdown of criminals busted by social media, I've got the number one spot

0:37.8

and it is a monster, and involves the take down of a very dangerous man, with a twist

0:43.0

in conspiracy to top it all off.

1:03.0

Hey all you weirdos, welcome to Crime Countdown, a Spotify original from Parkest.

1:06.7

I'm Ash.

1:07.7

And I'm Alaina.

1:08.7

Every week we'll highlight ten fascinating stories of history's most engaging and unsettling

1:14.0

crimes all picked by the Parkest Research Gods.

1:18.4

This episode we're counting down the top ten criminals busted by social media.

1:23.8

I think Alaina and I have very different relationships with social media.

1:27.5

Putting it lightly.

1:28.5

Yeah definitely.

1:29.5

It's different, because I grew up with it almost my entire life, and I think that's

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