Hey Smalltown Fam, how are you guys? It's Yardley. I'm so glad that you're here. We have such a cool episode for you today.

So as most of you know, the Small Town Dix team went to CrimeCon in Orlando, Florida for the first time this past September.

Well, I should qualify that and say,

Paul Holtz is a crime con veteran,

but it was a con debut for me and Dan and Dave. And on top of meeting hundreds of

you there are fabulous fans in the hallways at our scheduled meet and

greets, which we loved, by the way.

We did a live panel on stage with Paul giving us one of the cases he'll never forget.

And today we're bringing you that live recording. Now you can

either listen to it right here as is, like you always do, or you can bop on over to our YouTube channel at Small Town Dix

podcast and watch the panel in its entirety like you were in Orlando with us.

What I love about this live recording like you were in Orlando with us.

What I love about this live recording

is that you get a rare glimpse of your favorite detectives

in the wild, unfiltered and unedited. And of course, they're fantastic. I am going to warn you that the case Paul gives us is about a child's abduction and murderer.

But you know Paul, he is always sparing when it comes to the worst details

in those kinds of cases. You'll also hear a couple of unexpected moments of levity, which

I promise you were not a sign of disrespect on anyone's part.

On the contrary, Paul's story was so heavy, it seemed like everyone in that ballroom just needed to release the tension and breathe again.

And when I muttered that the suspect was an asshole,

and Detective Dave made a comment about Lisa Simpson swearing,

the whole room just burst out laughing.

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