Charlie Bear

Small Town Dicks

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True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.7 • 10K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

In Detective Matt's small town there is a spot called Fisherman's Cut. It's not easy to find - off the main highway, down a dirt road you'd probably never notice if you hadn't been there before, around a bend you can't see until it's too late. It's where, as Matt is getting ready to leave work for the holidays, someone reports finding a woman's dead body. Through a combination of keen observation and some good luck, Matt and his team find a suspect. The suspect is brought in for an interview. As Detective Matt begins his interrogation, he starts to wonder, 'Am I looking into the eyes of a serial killer?'

The detective: Detective Matt

Detective Matt grew up in Pennsylvania. He joined the police department shortly after graduating college. He worked in patrol at first and then moved to the street crimes unit before he started as an undercover narcotics investigator. He went on to join a DEA task force and worked to infiltrate a group threatening a major political party’s national convention. He received a medal of valor for his efforts. He moved to another state and worked as a deputy for several years and is now retired from law enforcement.

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0:00.0	Hey Small Towneown Fam, it's Yardley. How are you guys? I hope you're all well. We have quite the episode for you today I think of it as
0:15.3	quintessential real crime in that it has all the elements of why most of us who
0:21.0	listen to these cases are so drawn to them.
0:25.0	For instance, in order for our guest, who is fan favorite Detective Matt,
0:31.1	in order for him to solve the murder he tells us about today, he needs to check his judgment at the door,
0:38.0	then get up close and personal with the man he suspects is responsible for the violent rape and murder of a woman the killer
0:45.8	figured no one would miss. As I listened to the final edit of this episode, it reminded me that the kind of
0:54.4	compartmentalization Matt deploys is a skill that a lot of the detectives
0:59.4	we've had on the podcast talk about. And they all wave it off and say, oh you know, it's just part of the job. But
1:06.9	after sitting down for 13 seasons with these men and women, I've come to believe it's a part of the job that has a long, spiny tail.
1:17.6	Because the better you get at distancing yourself on the an interviewer is front and center.
1:32.9	And though the suspect stops short of a full confession,
1:36.7	the dots Matt and his team are able to connect via the evidence,
1:41.6	tell a horrendous story of torture, rape, and murder.
1:46.0	So small town fam, this is your warning to please take care when listening.
1:53.0	Finally, Matt's suspect becomes quite attached to him.
1:59.0	I mean, it's easy to see why,
2:01.0	because despite the man sitting across from him, Matt is respectful and
2:05.8	non-judgmental.
2:07.9	And it made me think, not for the first time, that even people who commit unspeakable acts want to feel like
2:16.8	somebody's listening. Here is Charlie Bear. Hi there, I'm Yardley. I'm Dan. I'm Dave. And I'm Paul.
2:30.0	And this is Small Town Dix.
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